As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10, 2024
Registration No. 333-276348
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 8082 | 82-2956404 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
805 N. Whittington Parkway
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
(502) 394-2100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Steven S. Reed, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
805 N. Whittington Parkway
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
(502) 630-7438
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants agent for service)
With copies to:
Joseph H. Kaufman, Esq. Sunny Cheong, Esq. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 455-2000 |
Marc D. Jaffe, Esq. Ian D. Schuman, Esq. Latham & Watkins LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 (212) 906-1200 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed solely for the purpose of filing certain exhibits as indicated in Part II of this Amendment No. 1. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature pages to the Registration Statement, and the filed exhibits. The prospectus relating to an offering of shares of BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.s common stock, together with separate prospectus pages relating to an offering of BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.s Tangible Equity Units, are unchanged and have been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the expenses payable by the Registrant expected to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of common stock being registered hereby (other than the underwriting discounts and commissions). All of such expenses are estimates, except for the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, registration fee, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., or FINRA, filing fee and the stock exchange listing fee.
($ in thousands) | ||||
SEC registration fee |
$ | * | ||
FINRA filing fee |
* | |||
Nasdaq listing fee |
* | |||
Printing fees and expenses |
* | |||
Legal fees and expenses |
* | |||
Accounting fees and expenses |
* | |||
Blue Sky fees and expenses (including legal fees) |
* | |||
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses |
* | |||
Miscellaneous |
* | |||
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Total |
$ | * | ||
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* To be completed by amendment.
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide for this limitation of liability.
Section 145 of the DGCL, or Section 145, provides, among other things, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee, or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporations best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporations best interests, provided further that no indemnification is permitted without
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judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person under Section 145.
We expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments that we may make to such directors and officers.
Our amended and restated bylaws will provide that we must indemnify, and advance expenses to, our directors and officers to the full extent authorized by the DGCL. We also intend to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers, which agreements will require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to us, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we shall not be obligated to indemnify a director or officer in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by our board of directors pursuant to the applicable procedure outlined in the amended and restated bylaws.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
The underwriting agreement provides for indemnification by the underwriters of us and our officers and directors, and by us of the underwriters, for certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise in connection with this offering.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under any of the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Securities
Within the past three years, the Registrant has granted or issued the following securities of the Registrant which were not registered under the Securities Act.
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(a) Issuances of Capital Stock
| In January 2021, we issued 2,941 shares of our common stock at a price per share of $170 per share to an employee in connection with an acquisition. |
| In April 2021 and May 2021, we issued 49,220 shares of our common stock at a price per share of $250 to certain of our employees, including our executive officers, in connection with our acquisition of Abode. |
As of September 30, 2023, we had repurchased 9,881 shares of our common stock from certain of our employees in connection with the termination of their employment.
No underwriters were involved in the foregoing issuance of securities. The issuances of shares of common stock described in this Item 15(a) were issued pursuant to written compensatory plans or arrangements with our employees in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or the exemption set forth in Section 4(2) under the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder relative to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, to the extent an exemption from such registration was required.
(b) Stock Option Grants
Since December 2020, the Registrant has granted stock options to certain employees, in connection with services provided by such employees or the hiring/promotion of such employees, to purchase an aggregate of 180,875 shares of common stock of the Registrant.
Of the 180,875 stock option grants, since December 2020, options to purchase 8,994 shares of common stock of the Registrant had been exercised, and options to purchase 76,181 shares of common stock of the Registrant had expired or been forfeited and/or cancelled.
The issuances of stock options and the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the options described in this Item 15(b) were issued pursuant to written compensatory plans or arrangements with our employees and directors, in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or the exemption set forth in Section 4(2) under the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder relative to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, to the extent an exemption from such registration was required.
All of the foregoing securities are deemed restricted securities for purposes of the Securities Act.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the signature pages hereto, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules. None
Item 17. Undertakings.
(1) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
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claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(2) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
(A) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(B) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit |
Description | |
23.3*** | Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.2). | |
24.1** | Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement). | |
25.1* | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility with respect to the Indenture. | |
99.1** | Consent of Olivia Kirtley to be named as a director nominee. | |
107** | Filing Fee Table. |
* | Filed herewith. |
** | Previously filed. |
*** | To be filed by amendment. |
| Compensatory arrangements for director(s) and/or executive officer(s). |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 10, 2024.
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | ||||
By: | /s/ Jon Rousseau | |||
Name: | Jon Rousseau | |||
Title: | Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 10, 2024.
Signatures | Title | |
/s/ Jon Rousseau Jon Rousseau |
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | |
* Jim Mattingly |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | |
* Jennifer Phipps |
Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) | |
* Hunter Craig |
Director | |
* Matthew DAmbrosio |
Director | |
* Johnny Kim |
Director |
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Signatures |
Title | |
* Max Lin |
Director |
*By:
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/s/ Jon Rousseau | |
Name: Jon Rousseau Title: Attorney-in-fact |
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Exhibit 1.1
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
[ ] Shares
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
[ ], 2024
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street,
New York, New York 10282
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters), for whom you (the Representative) are acting as Representative, [ ] shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (Common Stock), of the Company (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the Underwritten Securities). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to [ ] additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any (the Option Securities; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the Securities). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 24 hereof.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term Transaction means, the offering of the Securities and the use of proceeds therefrom as described herein and in the Disclosure Package.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number 333-276348) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except
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to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined below) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a settlement date), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date, at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) (i) The Disclosure Package, (ii) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, and (iii) each electronic road show, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any electronic roadshow based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
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(f) The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication (other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representative) and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representative, Jefferies LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representative has been authorized to act on the Companys behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communication.
(g) None of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined below) is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will be an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act, without taking account of any exemption arising out of the number of holders of the Companys securities.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any Securities (except as contemplated in this Agreement).
(i) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, (ii) has full corporate or other organizational power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except, in the case of its subsidiaries, and solely with respect to clause (iii), the Company, where the failure to be so organized or qualified, have such power or authority or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect, or reasonably be expected to have a prospective material adverse effect, on the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and after giving effect to the Transaction (a Material Adverse Effect).
(k) The Company has no significant subsidiary, as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act, other than those subsidiaries listed on Schedule III (each, a Significant Subsidiary).
(l) As of September 30, 2023, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transaction (but without giving effect to the issuance of any Option Securities), the Company and its subsidiaries would have had the issued and outstanding as adjusted capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Capitalization, and all the outstanding membership interests or shares of capital stock, as applicable, of the Company and each subsidiary listed on Exhibit 21 of the Registration Statement have been duly authorized
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and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, if applicable, and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of the Closing Date, all outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests of the subsidiaries held by the Company are owned either directly or indirectly free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance (other than liens, encumbrances and restrictions imposed in connection with that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated as of May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020, as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021, as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 5, dated as of April 16, 2021 and as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6, dated as of June 30, 2023, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., as the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the First Lien Credit Facility) and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated as of May 17, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 15, 2020 and as amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2023, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., as the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the Second Lien Credit Facility and, together with the First Lien Credit Facility, the Credit Facilities) or permitted under the Credit Facilities or by the Act). Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or except in connection with equity investments by, or awards of stock options or other equity-based awards to, members of management or other employees of the Company, or any directors, contractors or agents of the Company, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there will be, on the Closing Date and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transaction, no (i) outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, (ii) agreements or other obligations to issue or (iii) other rights to convert any obligation into, or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(m) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(n) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any United States (or any political subdivision thereof) court or governmental agency or body, or to the knowledge of the Company, any non-United States court or governmental agency or body, in either case is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Transaction, except (i) registration of the Securities under the Act, (ii) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered and sold in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or under the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), (iii) filings with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iv) filings with the Commission under the Exchange Act, (v) the filing of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware or (vi) as shall have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date.
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(o) None of the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transaction, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (ii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, other than in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii), such breaches, violations, liens, charges, or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; or result in the violation of the charter, bylaws or any equivalent organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(p) There is no contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required. The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders, BusinessRegulation, BusinessLegal Proceedings and BusinessIntellectual Property insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(q) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement, other than as required by (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, among the Company and the shareholders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof) and (ii) the Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, by and among the Company, KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P. and the other parties thereto.
(r) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the consolidated historical financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the entities to which they relate as of the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein); the summary historical financial data set forth under the heading SummarySummary Historical Consolidated Financial and Other Data in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents in all material respects, on the basis stated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the information included therein.
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(s) Except as otherwise set forth therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (i) there has not occurred any material adverse change or development that could reasonably be expected to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(t) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), no action, suit, proceeding, investigation or audit by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Transaction, or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except (i) pursuant to the Credit Facilities or (ii) where failure to have such good and marketable title or free and clear title would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter, bylaws or any equivalent organizational document; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, as applicable, other than in the cases of clauses (i) (if such entity is not the Company or a Significant Subsidiary), (ii) and (iii), such violations and defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) KPMG LLP, who have audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(x) [Reserved].
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(y) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), the Company and its subsidiaries (i) have filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof except in any case in which the failure so to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other tax assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, tax assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or to the Companys knowledge, is threatened, and the Company is unaware of any existing labor problem or dispute, that, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) The Company and its subsidiaries, take as a whole, have insurance in amounts and against such losses and risks as such party believes to be customary for companies engaged in similar business in similar industries and markets; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance, except, in each case, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Immediately after giving effect to the Transaction, no subsidiary of the Company will be prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company or any other subsidiary (except as may be limited by applicable state or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership, insurance or other applicable regulatory law), from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock or membership interests (except as may be limited by applicable state or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership, insurance or other applicable regulatory law), from repaying to the Company or any other subsidiary any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or any other subsidiary or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or contemplated pursuant to the Credit Facilities.
(cc) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), (i) the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit that, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(dd) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and as has been remediated as of the date hereof, the Company is not aware of any material weakness in the Company and its subsidiaries internal controls over financial reporting.
(ee) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(ff) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety (as such is affected by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes (including, without limitation, medical waste), pollutants or contaminants), or of the environment or the release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (Environmental Laws); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law; and (iv) have not been named as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive or comply with such required permits, licenses or other approvals, such liability or status as a potentially responsible party would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has established or maintains a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or Section 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(hh) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all patents, trademarks and service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names (in each case including all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the Intellectual Property) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, except where the failure to own, possess, license or otherwise have such rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the
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Companys and its subsidiaries rights to such Intellectual Property are free and clear of all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances, except for claims, liens or other encumbrances pursuant to the Credit Facilities; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Companys or its subsidiaries rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries; and (v) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party.
(ii) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same is in effect on the Closing Date.
(jj) The Company has taken all necessary actions such that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), with which the Company is required to comply as of such time.
(kk) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) or presentation of market-related or statistical data contained in the Disclosure Package, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(ll) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, threatened.
(mm) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or controlled Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject or target of any U.S. sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a specially designated national or blocked person), the United Nations
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Security Council, the European Union, His Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions including, without limitation, the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic, the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each a Sanctioned Country); and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: (i) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities or business of or with any individual or entity (Person) or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of any Sanctions; (ii) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country; or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions.
(nn) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or, knowingly, indirectly, to any government official, including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office (Governmental Official) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit, to any Governmental Official or other person or entity. The Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(oo) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are, and at all times have been, in compliance with all applicable Health Care Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, Health Care Laws means (i) all federal, state and local health care fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the federal civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.),
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the criminal False Claims Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a), the exclusions laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), 18 U.S.C. §§ 286 and 287 and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); (ii) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.; (iii) the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, 21 U.S.C. § 353 et seq.; (iv) the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., and equivalent state laws regarding the dispensing of controlled substances; (v) the Medicare Statute (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act); (vi) the Medicaid Statute (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (vii) the TRICARE Statute (10 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq.); (viii) HIPAA; (ix) the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes, each as amended from time to time; (x) all federal, state and local health care laws and regulations relating to quality, safety, accreditation, facility and health care professional licensure, corporate practice of medicine and professional fee-splitting; and (xi) federal, state and local health care laws and regulations relating to the Company and its subsidiaries operations. During the last three years, neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their respective employees, directors or officers, nor to the Companys knowledge, agents, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from, or is otherwise ineligible for participation in, any federal health care program as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f) (Federal Health Care Program). Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action (Action) from any court, arbitrator, governmental or regulatory authority or third party alleging that any operation or activity is in material violation of any Health Care Laws, and to the Companys knowledge, no such Action is threatened. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to (a) any corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements or monitoring agreements or (b) any consent decrees or settlement orders with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority relating to any Health Care Law that are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, registrations, provider numbers, permits, accreditations, exemptions, certificates of need, approvals and other authorizations required or issued by the appropriate federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authorities (each, a Health Care Permit) that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any termination, suspension, revocation, non-renewal or material modification of any Health Care Permit, except where such termination, suspension, revocation, non-renewal or material modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(pp) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries, as applicable, meet all material requirements of participation of any Federal Health Care Programs and are a party to valid participation agreements for payment by such Federal Health Care Programs. Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, for the last three years, none of the Company or its subsidiaries has received written notice from any Federal Health Care Program of the exclusion, revocation or termination of any Federal Health Care Program participation.
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(qq) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, to the Companys knowledge, all reports required to be filed by the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with any Federal Health Care Program have been timely filed and were true and complete at the time filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing). Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), to the Companys knowledge, there are no claims, actions or appeals pending (and the Company and its subsidiaries have not made any filing or submission that would result in any claims, actions or appeals) with respect to any Federal Health Care Program reports or claims filed by the Company, or any of its subsidiaries on or before the date hereof, or with respect to any disallowances by any Federal Health Care Program in connection with any audit or appeal that, if adversely determined, which would be reasonably expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(rr) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, IT Systems) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted and, to the knowledge of the Company, are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (Personal Data)). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(ss) The Company does not have any debt securities outstanding that have been rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
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2. Purchase and Sale.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to [ ] Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than twice) on or before the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on [ ], 2024, or at such time on such later date not more than two Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the Closing Date). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company in writing to the Representative. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities to the Representative on the date specified by the Representative (which shall be within two Business Days after exercise of said option, which date may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same- day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representative on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
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4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will prepare a term sheet, containing a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Representative, and to file such final term sheet pursuant to and within the period required by Rule 433(d). The Company will promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its commercially reasonable efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), there occurs an event, the result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, or counsel for the Company, the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as they may reasonably request.
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(c) If, during such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172) (the Prospectus Delivery Period), there occurs an event, the result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, or counsel for the Company, the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will promptly (i) notify the Representative of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement that will eliminate or correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as they may reasonably request.
(d) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such statement or omission.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commissions EDGAR system) an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(f) The Company will cooperate with the Representative and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(g) The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
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(h) The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would reasonably be expected to subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or to subject themselves to taxation in excess of a nominal amount in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell or contract to sell, pledge (other than on behalf of an Affiliate of the Company) or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the public filing (or participation in the public filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (Related Securities); or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) (i) the Securities to be issued in the Transaction, (ii) the issuance of the Issuable Stock (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representative of the underwriters, relating to the tangible equity units of the Company (the TEU Underwriting Agreement)) and (iii) the issuance of securities in the Units Transaction (as such term is defined in the TEU Underwriting Agreement), (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or upon the settlement of restricted stock unit awards, in each case disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) the grant of awards pursuant to the Companys incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation arrangements with directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) the issuance or grant of shares of securities, including restricted stock awards, options to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock units or any other stock-based awards, in each case, registered or to be registered pursuant to any registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to any benefit plans or arrangements (including, without limitation, employee stock purchase plans), in each case, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (E) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or business entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition, or (F) the issuance of shares of Common Stock, of restricted stock awards or of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each case, in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of immediately preceding clauses (E) and (F), the aggregate number of restricted stock awards and shares of Common Stock issued in connection with, or issuable pursuant to the exercise of any
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options issued in connection with, all such acquisitions and other transactions does not exceed 5% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Transaction and the recipient of the shares of Common Stock agrees in writing to be bound by the same terms described in the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(j) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(k) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(l) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of any blue sky memorandum delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the Exchange); (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification in an amount not to exceed $20,000); (vii) the approval of the Securities for book entry transfer by DTC; (viii) any filings required to be made with the FINRA (including filing fees, fees and expenses of the QIU (as defined below) and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings in an amount not to exceed $35,000); (ix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including any roadshow (and including one half of the cost of all chartered aircraft used in connection with any roadshow); (x) the costs and expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company; (xi) the fees and expenses of the Companys accountants and the fees and
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expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the forgoing, except as specifically provided in this paragraph (l) and in Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection with presentations for prospective purchasers of the Securities including the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including any roadshow (and including one half of the cost of all chartered aircraft used in connection with any roadshow).
(m) The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds.
(n) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute, or otherwise use, refer to or distribute, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show, each furnished to the Representative before first use. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that it is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the period a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities).
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects (except in the case of Section 1(ll), (mm) and (nn) or to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such obligations shall be subject to the accuracy in all respects) of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company in all material respects of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
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(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, to furnish to the Representative an opinion letter and a negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, as set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(c) The Representative shall have received from Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion letter and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representative, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) the chairman, chief executive officer, president or vice president and (y) the chief financial officer, treasurer or principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:
(1) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of Section 1 (ll), (mm) and (nn) or to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects) at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, and the Company has complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be;
(2) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); and
(3) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act have been instituted or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened.
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(e) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to furnish to the Underwriters a comfort letter, dated as of the Execution Time, and a bring-down comfort letter, dated as of the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Exchange Act and within the meaning of the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and confirming certain matters with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and other financial and accounting information of the Company contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including any supplement thereto at the date of the applicable letter.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change or development involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and after giving effect to the Transaction, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), the effect of which is, or would reasonably be expected to become, in the judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(i) On the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Securities shall have been approved for listing and admitted and authorized for trading on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(j) At or prior to the Execution Time, the Company shall have caused each officer, director and stockholder of the Company listed on Exhibit A-1 hereto to furnish to the Representative, a letter addressed to the Representative substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(k) Prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Company shall have taken all action reasonably required to be taken by it to have the Securities declared eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) Prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
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The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be available for inspection at the office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, at 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, including as described in Section 9 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters on demand for all accountable expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, selling agents and Affiliates of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or any bona fide electronic road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (a road show), or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or roadshow or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees (subject to the limitations set forth in the provisos to this sentence) to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion therein. The obligations of the Company under this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 8 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the Company, as applicable, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, (ii) each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act) the Company, (iii) each of the directors of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, (iv) each of the officers of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus set forth in the thirteenth paragraph, the fourteenth paragraph and the fifteenth paragraph under the heading Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest), constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any road show.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 or Section 11 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8 or Section 11, as applicable, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above or Section 11, as applicable, unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights or defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above or Section 11, as applicable, except as provided in paragraph (d) below. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest (based on the advice of counsel for the indemnified person); (ii) such action includes both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel for the indemnified person) that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the
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same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified persons. Any such separate firm for any Underwriters, its Affiliates, directors, selling agents and officers and any control persons of such Underwriters shall be designated in writing by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and any such separate firm for the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(b) above shall be designated in writing by the Company. In the event that any Underwriter, its Affiliates, directors, selling agents and officers or any control persons of such Underwriter are indemnified persons collectively entitled, in connection with a proceeding in a single jurisdiction, to the payment of fees and expenses of a single separate firm under this Section 8(c), and any such Underwriter, its Affiliates, directors, selling agents and officers or any control persons of such Underwriter cannot agree to a mutually acceptable separate firm to act as counsel thereto, then such separate firm for all such indemnified persons shall be designated in writing by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim, action suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any statement as to, or any admission of, fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 or Section 11, as applicable, is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason (other than by virtue of the failure of an indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party of its right to indemnification pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (c) above or Section 11, as applicable, where such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of substantial rights or defenses)), the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively Losses) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) on the other from the offering of the Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason or not permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by them, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Benefits received by the QIU shall be deemed to be equal to the compensation received by the QIU for acting in such capacity. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters (or the
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QIU in its capacity as such) on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), in no event shall any Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The QIU, in its capacity as such, shall not be responsible for any amount in excess of the compensation received by the QIU for acting in such capacity. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, Affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters, as the case may be, shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions that the amount of the Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of the Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters, as applicable) the Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of the Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the Company shall be entitled to a period of 36 hours within which to procure another party or parties reasonably satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters, as the case may be, to purchase no less than the amount of such unpurchased Securities that exceeds 10% of the amount thereof upon such terms herein set forth. If, however, the Company shall not have completed such arrangements within 72 hours after such default and the amount of unpurchased Securities exceeds 10% of the amount of such Securities to be purchased on such date, then this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Representative are necessary in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company or any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
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10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) there shall have occurred, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change or development in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) trading in the Companys Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the Exchange or trading in any securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market shall have been suspended or materially limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either exchange; (iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities as contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
11. Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Company hereby confirms that at its request Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has without compensation acted as qualified independent underwriter (in such capacity, the QIU) within the meaning of Rule 5121 of FINRA in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities. In addition to its obligations under Section 8(a) herein, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the QIU, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the QIU within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the QIU may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon the QIUs acting (or alleged failing to act) as such qualified independent underwriter (within the meaning of Rule 5121 of FINRA) in connection with the offering of Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, and will reimburse the QIU for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the QIU in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one law firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the QIU in its capacity as such and all persons, if any, who control such QIU within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 11 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the Company, as applicable, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 8 and 10 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attention: [ ], or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed or delivered to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., 805 N. Whittingon Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, Attention: Chief Legal Officer; with a copy to Joseph H. Kaufman and Sunny Cheong, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, at 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York (fax no. ****). The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by the Representative.
14. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) For purposes of this Section 14, a BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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15. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective successors and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
16. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
17. Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
18. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Companys engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. Any review by the Representative and the other Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
19. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
20. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., pdf or tif) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
22. Electronic Signatures. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
23. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
24. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Affiliate shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.
Agreement shall mean this Underwriting Agreement.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which commercial banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed to investors and used to offer the Securities, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and any other information identified in Schedule II hereto (including the pricing information provided orally by the underwriters), and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
Effective Date shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.
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Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Execution Time shall mean [ ][a/p].m. on [ ], 2024.
Free Writing Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
Investment Company Act shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
Preliminary Prospectus shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
Registration Statement shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
Rule 158, Rule 163, Rule 164, Rule 172, Rule 405, Rule 415, Rule 424, Rule 430A and Rule 433 refer to such rules under the Act.
Rule 430A Information shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
Testing-the-Waters Communication means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Rule 163B under of the Act.
Written Testing-the-Waters Communication means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
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Very truly yours, | ||
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | ||
By: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement. |
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriters |
Number of Underwritten Securities to be Purchased |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
[ ] | |||
KKR Capital Markets LLC |
[ ] | |||
Jefferies LLC |
[ ] | |||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
[ ] | |||
UBS Securities LLC |
[ ] | |||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
[ ] | |||
Guggenheim Securities, LLC |
[ ] | |||
Leerink Partners LLC |
[ ] | |||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
[ ] | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
[ ] | |||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
[ ] | |||
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
[ ] | |||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
[ ] | |||
Loop Capital Markets LLC |
[ ] | |||
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Total |
[ ] |
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SCHEDULE II
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
| [None]. |
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Disclosure Package:
| The final term sheet, dated as of the date hereof, prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. |
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SCHEDULE III
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company
Abode Healthcare, Inc.
OncoMed Specialty LLC
Onex ResCare Holdings
Pharmacy Corporation of America
PharMerica Corporation
PharMerica Institutional Pharmacy Services LLC
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc.
Res-Care, Inc.
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Form of Lock-Up Agreement | EXHIBIT A |
[Letterhead of officer, director or major shareholder of
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.]
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
__, 2024
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street,
New York, New York 10282
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter agreement (this Letter Agreement) is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement), among BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and you as representative (the Representative) of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Common Stock), of the Company (the Offering).
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any controlled affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any controlled affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the public filing (or participation in the public filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company (Shares) or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock (Related Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period from the date hereof until 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the lock-up period). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Underwriting Agreement.
The foregoing restrictions shall not apply:
(i) | to the transfer of Shares or Related Securities by gift, or by will or intestate succession to a family member or to a trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or a family member; |
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(ii) | if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, to (1) transfers of Shares or Related Securities to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the undersigned or (2) distributions of Shares or Related Securities to limited partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the undersigned or holders of similar equity interests in the undersigned; |
(iii) | if the undersigned is a trust, to transfers to the beneficiary of such trust; |
(iv) | to transfers to any investment fund or other entity that controls or manages, or is controlled or managed by, or is under common control or management with, the undersigned; |
(v) | to transfers to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (iv); |
(vi) | to transfers to the Company (1) pursuant to the exercise, in each case on a cashless or net exercise basis, of any option to purchase Shares or the vesting of any restricted stock awards or the settlement of any restricted stock units granted by the Company pursuant to any incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation plans or arrangements described in or filed as an exhibit to the registration statement with respect to the Offering, where any Shares received by the undersigned upon any such exercise, vesting or settlement will be subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement, or (2) for the purpose of satisfying any withholding taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of any option to purchase Shares or the vesting of any restricted stock awards or the settlement of any restricted stock units granted by the Company pursuant to any incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation plans or arrangements described in or filed as an exhibit to the registration statement with respect to the Offering, in each case on a cashless or net exercise basis, where any Shares received by the undersigned upon any such exercise, vesting or settlement will be subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement; provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, the reason for such disposition and that such transfer of Shares was solely to the Company; |
(vii) | to transfers pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, a court or regulatory agency means any domestic or foreign, federal, state or local government, including any political subdivision thereof, any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, department, agency or official, any court or administrative body, and any national securities exchange or similar self-regulatory body or organization, in each case of competent jurisdiction); provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, that such transfer is pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; |
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(viii) | to transfers of Shares or Related Securities to the Company pursuant to the call or put provisions of existing employment agreements and equity grant documents; provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, the reason for such disposition and that such transfer of Shares or Related Securities was solely to the Company; |
(ix) | to transfers from an executive officer or his or her estate to the Company upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such executive officer; |
(x) | to transfers of Shares acquired in the Offering or in open-market transactions after the completion of the Offering; |
(xi) | to transfers in response to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to or with all holders of Shares or related Securities involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company occurring after the consummation of the Offering, that has been approved by the board of directors of the Company, provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigneds Shares shall remain subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement. For purposes of this clause (xi), change of control means the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any person (as defined in Section 13 (d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of at least 51% of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company; and |
(xii) | to enter into a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-l under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Shares or Related Securities that does not in any case provide for the transfer of Shares or Related Securities during the lock-up period; provided that any filing under the Exchange Act or other public announcement made by any person regarding the establishment of such plan during the lock-up period shall include a statement that the undersigned is not permitted to transfer securities under such plan during the lock-up period in contravention of this Letter Agreement. |
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Provided, further, that:
A. | in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) above, it shall be a condition to such transfer that each transferee executes and delivers to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC stating that such transferee is receiving and holding such Shares and/or Related Securities subject to the provisions of this Letter Agreement and agrees not to sell or offer to sell such Shares and/or Related Securities, engage in any swap or engage in any other activities restricted under this Letter Agreement except in accordance with this Letter Agreement (as if such transferee had been an original signatory hereto); and |
B. | in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) and clause (ix) above, prior to the expiration of the lock-up period no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act (other than those required pursuant to Section 13), or other public announcement reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, the restrictions set forth in this Letter Agreement shall not apply to the exercise of any right with respect to a registration of any Shares or Related Securities; provided that no transfer of the undersigneds Shares or Related Securities proposed to be registered pursuant to the exercise of such rights under this paragraph shall occur, and no registration statement shall be publicly filed or announced, during the lock-up period. In addition, the undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigneds Shares or Related Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed shares of Common Stock the undersigned may purchase in the Offering.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Offering and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Representative may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Offering, the Representative and the other Underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to enter into this Letter Agreement, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Representative or any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC agrees that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of Common Stock, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver or, as applicable, to disclose such release or waiver in the
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publicly filed registration statement in connection with a secondary offering. Any release or waiver granted by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration or that is to an immediate family member (as defined in FINRA Rule 5130(i)(5)) and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this letter to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date, the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly, |
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Name: |
Address: |
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List of Lock-Up Parties | EXHIBIT A-1 |
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Form of Press Release | EXHIBIT B |
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
[Date]
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company) announced today that Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as lead book-running manager in the Companys recent public sale of [ ] shares of Common Stock, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [] shares of the Companys Common Stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [ ], 20 [ ], and the shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Form of Waiver of Lock-Up | ADDENDUM |
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
[Name and Address of
Officer or Director
Requesting Waiver]
Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) of [ ] shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the Common Stock), of the Company and the lock-up letter dated [ ], 2024 (the Lock-up Letter), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated [ ], 20[ ], with respect to [ ] shares of Common Stock (the Shares).
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC hereby agrees to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Shares, effective [ ], 20[ ]; provided, however, that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two business days before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].
Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.
Yours very truly, |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
cc: Company
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Form of STB Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter | EXHIBIT C |
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Form of Term Sheet | EXHIBIT D |
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Exhibit 1.2
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
[ ] [ ]% Tangible Equity Units
Underwriting Agreement
[ ], 2024
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street,
New York, New York 10282
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters), for whom you (the Representative) are acting as Representative, an aggregate of [ ] [ ]% tangible equity units (the Units), of the Company (the Units to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the Underwritten Securities). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to [ ] additional Units to cover overallotments, if any (the Option Securities; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the Securities, and the offer and sale of the Securities hereunder being called the Units Offering). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 24 hereof.
Each Security has a stated amount of $50.00 (the Stated Amount) and consists of (a) a prepaid stock purchase contract (each, a Purchase Contract) under which the holder has purchased and the Company will agree to deliver on [ ], 2027, subject to postponement in certain circumstances and subject to any early settlement of such Purchase Contract pursuant to the provisions thereof and of the purchase contract agreement (the Purchase Contract Agreement), to be dated as of the date of the Closing Date (as defined below), among the Company, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as purchase contract agent (the Purchase Contract Agent) and attorney-in-fact for the holders of the Purchase Contracts from time to time, and the Trustee (as defined below), a number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (Common Stock), determined pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and the Purchase Contract Agreement and (b) a senior amortizing note with a final installment payment date of [ ], 2027 (each, an Amortizing Note) issued by the Company, which will have an initial principal amount of $[ ] and will pay equal quarterly cash installments of $[ ] per amortizing note (or, in the case of the installment payment due on [ ], 2024, $[ ] per amortizing note). All references herein to the Securities include references to the Purchase Contracts and the Amortizing Notes comprising the Units, unless the context requires otherwise. The Amortizing Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the Base Indenture), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association,
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as Trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture, between the Company and the Trustee (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), each dated as of the Closing Date. The Securities will be issued pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Indenture.
This Agreement, the Securities, the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contracts, the Indenture and the Amortizing Notes are collectively referred to herein as the Units Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term Units Transaction means, the offering of the Securities, including the issuance of the Securities, the Purchase Contracts and the Amortizing Notes, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Units Transaction Documents, including the issuance of the Issuable Stock (as defined below) upon the settlement of the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement, and the use of proceeds therefrom as described herein and in the Disclosure Package.
The Company is, concurrent with the Units Offering, offering in a separate public offering up to [ ] shares of Common Stock, including the Underwriters option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock (the Equity Offering). For the purposes of this Agreement, the term Transaction means, collectively, the Equity Offering, the Units Offering and the use of proceeds from the Equity Offering and Units Offering, each as described herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number 333-276348) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities, the Issuable Stock (as defined below), the Purchase Contracts and the Amortizing Notes. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined below) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a settlement date), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
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applicable requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act) and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date, at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any settlement date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from (i) the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 or (ii) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) (i) The Disclosure Package, (ii) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, and (iii) each electronic road show, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any electronic roadshow based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein.
(f) The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication (other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representative) and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representative, Jefferies LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representative has been authorized to act on the Companys behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communication.
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(g) None of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined below) is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will be an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act, without taking account of any exemption arising out of the number of holders of the Companys securities.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any Securities (except as contemplated in this Agreement).
(i) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(j) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, (ii) has full corporate or other organizational power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except, in the case of its subsidiaries, and solely with respect to clause (iii), the Company, where the failure to be so organized or qualified, have such power or authority or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect, or reasonably be expected to have a prospective material adverse effect, on the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and after giving effect to the Transaction (a Material Adverse Effect).
(k) The Company has no significant subsidiary, as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act, other than those subsidiaries listed on Schedule III (each, a Significant Subsidiary).
(l) As of September 30, 2023, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transaction (but without giving effect to the issuance of any option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock in the Equity Offering or the issuance of any Option Securities), the Company and its subsidiaries would have had the issued and outstanding as adjusted capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Capitalization, and all the outstanding membership interests or shares of capital stock, as applicable, of the Company and each subsidiary listed on Exhibit 21 of the Registration Statement have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, if applicable, and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of the Closing Date, all outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests of the subsidiaries held by the Company are owned either directly or indirectly free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance (other than liens, encumbrances and restrictions imposed in connection with that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated as of May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as
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amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020, as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021, as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 5, dated as of April 16, 2021 and as amended by the Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6, dated as of June 30, 2023, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., as the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the First Lien Credit Facility) and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated as of May 17, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 15, 2020 and as amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2023, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., as the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, the Second Lien Credit Facility and, together with the First Lien Credit Facility, the Credit Facilities) or permitted under the Credit Facilities or by the Act). Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or except in connection with equity investments by, or awards of stock options or other equity-based awards to, members of management or other employees of the Company, or any directors, contractors or agents of the Company, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there will be, on the Closing Date and after giving effect to the consummation of the Transaction, no (i) outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, (ii) agreements or other obligations to issue or (iii) other rights to convert any obligation into, or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(m) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(n) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any United States (or any political subdivision thereof) court or governmental agency or body, or to the knowledge of the Company, any non-United States court or governmental agency or body, in either case is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Units Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Units Transaction, except (i) registration of the Securities under the Act, (ii) the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of the Amortizing Notes, (iii) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered and sold in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or under the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), (iv) filings with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (v) filings with the Commission under the Exchange Act, (vi) the filing of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware or (vii) as shall have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date.
(o) None of the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Units Transaction, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
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subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (ii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, other than in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii), such breaches, violations, liens, charges, or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; or result in the violation of the charter, bylaws or any equivalent organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(p) There is no contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required. The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders, BusinessRegulation, BusinessLegal Proceedings and BusinessIntellectual Property insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(q) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement, other than as required by (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, among the Company and the shareholders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof) and (ii) the Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, by and among the Company, KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P. and the other parties thereto.
(r) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the consolidated historical financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the entities to which they relate as of the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein); the summary historical financial data set forth under the heading SummarySummary Historical Consolidated Financial and Other Data in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents in all material respects, on the basis stated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the information included therein.
(s) Except as otherwise set forth therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (i) there has not occurred any material adverse change or development that could reasonably be expected to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
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(t) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), no action, suit, proceeding, investigation or audit by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of the Units Transaction Documents or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Units Transaction, or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except (i) pursuant to the Credit Facilities or (ii) where failure to have such good and marketable title or free and clear title would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter, bylaws or any equivalent organizational document; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, as applicable, other than in the cases of clauses (i) (if such entity is not the Company or a Significant Subsidiary), (ii) and (iii), such violations and defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) KPMG LLP, who have audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(x) [Reserved].
(y) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), the Company and its subsidiaries (i) have filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof except in any case in which the failure so to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other tax assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, tax assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(z) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or to the Companys knowledge, is threatened, and the Company is unaware of any existing labor problem or dispute, that, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) The Company and its subsidiaries, take as a whole, have insurance in amounts and against such losses and risks as such party believes to be customary for companies engaged in similar business in similar industries and markets; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance, except, in each case, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Immediately after giving effect to the Units Transaction, no subsidiary of the Company will be prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company or any other subsidiary (except as may be limited by applicable state or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership, insurance or other applicable regulatory law), from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock or membership interests (except as may be limited by applicable state or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership, insurance or other applicable regulatory law), from repaying to the Company or any other subsidiary any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or any other subsidiary or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or contemplated pursuant to the Credit Facilities.
(cc) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), (i) the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit that, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and as has been remediated as of the date hereof, the Company is not aware of any material weakness in the Company and its subsidiaries internal controls over financial reporting.
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(ee) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(ff) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety (as such is affected by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes (including, without limitation, medical waste), pollutants or contaminants), or of the environment or the release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (Environmental Laws); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law; and (iv) have not been named as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive or comply with such required permits, licenses or other approvals, such liability or status as a potentially responsible party would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has established or maintains a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or Section 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(hh) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all patents, trademarks and service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names (in each case including all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the Intellectual Property) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, except where the failure to own, possess, license or otherwise have such rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Companys and its subsidiaries rights to such Intellectual Property are free and clear of all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances, except for claims, liens or other encumbrances pursuant to the Credit Facilities; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Companys or its subsidiaries rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action,
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suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries; and (v) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party.
(ii) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same is in effect on the Closing Date.
(jj) The Company has taken all necessary actions such that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), with which the Company is required to comply as of such time.
(kk) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) or presentation of market-related or statistical data contained in the Disclosure Package, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(ll) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, threatened.
(mm) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or controlled Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject or target of any U.S. sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a specially designated national or blocked person), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions including, without limitation, the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic, the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each a Sanctioned Country); and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
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(i) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities or business of or with any individual or entity (Person) or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of any Sanctions; (ii) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country; or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions.
(nn) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or, knowingly, indirectly, to any government official, including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office (Governmental Official) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit, to any Governmental Official or other person or entity. The Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(oo) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are, and at all times have been, in compliance with all applicable Health Care Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, Health Care Laws means (i) all federal, state and local health care fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the federal civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a), the exclusions laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the civil monetary penalties law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), 18 U.S.C. §§ 286 and 287 and the health care fraud criminal provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); (ii) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.; (iii) the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987, 21 U.S.C. § 353 et seq.; (iv) the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., and equivalent state laws regarding the dispensing of controlled substances; (v) the Medicare Statute (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act); (vi) the
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Medicaid Statute (Title XIX of the Social Security Act); (vii) the TRICARE Statute (10 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq.); (viii) HIPAA; (ix) the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes, each as amended from time to time; (x) all federal, state and local health care laws and regulations relating to quality, safety, accreditation, facility and health care professional licensure, corporate practice of medicine and professional fee-splitting; and (xi) federal, state and local health care laws and regulations relating to the Company and its subsidiaries operations. During the last three years, neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their respective employees, directors or officers, nor to the Companys knowledge, agents, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from, or is otherwise ineligible for participation in, any federal health care program as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f) (Federal Health Care Program). Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action (Action) from any court, arbitrator, governmental or regulatory authority or third party alleging that any operation or activity is in material violation of any Health Care Laws, and to the Companys knowledge, no such Action is threatened. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to (a) any corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements or monitoring agreements or (b) any consent decrees or settlement orders with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority relating to any Health Care Law that are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, registrations, provider numbers, permits, accreditations, exemptions, certificates of need, approvals and other authorizations required or issued by the appropriate federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authorities (each, a Health Care Permit) that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any termination, suspension, revocation, non-renewal or material modification of any Health Care Permit, except where such termination, suspension, revocation, non-renewal or material modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(pp) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries, as applicable, meet all material requirements of participation of any Federal Health Care Programs and are a party to valid participation agreements for payment by such Federal Health Care Programs. Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, for the last three years, none of the Company or its subsidiaries has received written notice from any Federal Health Care Program of the exclusion, revocation or termination of any Federal Health Care Program participation.
(qq) Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, to the Companys knowledge, all reports required to be filed by the Company and its subsidiaries in connection
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with any Federal Health Care Program have been timely filed and were true and complete at the time filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing). Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), to the Companys knowledge, there are no claims, actions or appeals pending (and the Company and its subsidiaries have not made any filing or submission that would result in any claims, actions or appeals) with respect to any Federal Health Care Program reports or claims filed by the Company, or any of its subsidiaries on or before the date hereof, or with respect to any disallowances by any Federal Health Care Program in connection with any audit or appeal that, if adversely determined, which would be reasonably expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(rr) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, IT Systems) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted and, to the knowledge of the Company, are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (Personal Data)). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(ss) The Company does not have any debt securities outstanding that have been rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
(tt) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Units Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder including, without limitation, to issue, sell and deliver the Securities and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock to be issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Purchase Contracts (calculated assuming exercise in full by the Underwriters of the option to purchase the Option Securities and settlement of the Purchase Contracts at the maximum settlement rate, as such term is defined in the Disclosure Package, the Issuable Stock); and the Company has duly and validly taken all corporate action required to be taken by it for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the Units Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Units Transaction.
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(uu) The Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued, executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided herein, will (i) constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles (the Enforceability Exceptions), (ii) be entitled to the benefits of the Purchase Contract Agreement and (iii) conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(vv) The Amortizing Notes have been duly authorized and, when issued and executed in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided herein, will (i) constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions, (ii) be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture and (iii) conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ww) The Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and, when issued, executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement against payment therefor as provided herein, will (i) constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions, (ii) be entitled to the benefits of the Purchase Contract Agreement and (iii) conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xx) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company (assuming that the Indenture is a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
(yy) The Purchase Contract Agreement, when duly executed and delivered by the Company (assuming the Purchase Contract Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact for the holders thereof, and the Trustee) will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
(zz) The Issuable Stock has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right.
(aaa) Each of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Purchase Contract Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a net purchase price of $[ ] per Unit, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to [ ] Option Securities at the purchase price per Unit set forth above. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time (but not more than twice) upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date, provided that such settlement date shall occur within a period of 13 calendar days from, and including, the Closing Date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional Units.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on [ ], 2024, or at such time on such later date not more than two Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the Closing Date). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company in writing to the Representative. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities to the Representative on the date specified by the Representative (which shall be within two Business Days after exercise of said option, which date may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of
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the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representative on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will prepare a term sheet, containing a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Representative, and to file such final term sheet pursuant to and within the period required by Rule 433(d). The Company will promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the Issuable Stock for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its commercially reasonable efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
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(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), there occurs an event, the result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, or counsel for the Company, the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) subject to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as they may reasonably request.
(c) If, during such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172) (the Prospectus Delivery Period), there occurs an event, the result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, or counsel for the Company, the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will promptly (i) notify the Representative of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement that will eliminate or correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to the several Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters without charge in such quantities as they may reasonably request.
(d) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such statement or omission.
(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commissions EDGAR system) an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(f) The Company will cooperate with the Representative and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(g) The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
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(h) The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would reasonably be expected to subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or to subject themselves to taxation in excess of a nominal amount in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell or contract to sell, pledge (other than on behalf of an Affiliate of the Company) or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the public filing (or participation in the public filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock (Related Securities); or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Equity Offering, (B) the issuance of the Issuable Stock, (C) the issuance of Securities in the Units Transaction, (D) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, upon the vesting of restricted stock awards or upon the settlement of restricted stock unit awards, in each case disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (E) the grant of awards pursuant to the Companys incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation arrangements with directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (F) the issuance or grant of shares of securities, including restricted stock awards, options to purchase shares of Common Stock, restricted stock units or any other stock-based awards, in each case, registered or to be registered pursuant to any registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to any benefit plans or arrangements (including, without limitation, employee stock purchase plans), in each case, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (G) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or business entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition, or (H) the issuance of shares of Common Stock, of restricted stock awards or of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each case, in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of immediately preceding clauses (G) and (H), the aggregate number of restricted stock awards and shares of Common Stock issued in connection with, or issuable pursuant to the exercise of any
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options issued in connection with, all such acquisitions and other transactions does not exceed 5% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Equity Offering and the recipient of the shares of Common Stock agrees in writing to be bound by the same terms described in the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(j) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(k) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(l) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of any blue sky memorandum delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities and the Issuable Stock; (v) the registration of the Securities and the Issuable Stock under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the Exchange) and the listing of the Issuable Stock on the Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities and the Issuable Stock for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification in an amount not to exceed $20,000); (vii) the approval of the Securities for book entry transfer by DTC; (viii) any filings required to be made with the FINRA (including filing fees, fees and expenses of the QIU (as defined below) and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings in an amount not to exceed $35,000); (ix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including any roadshow (and including one half of the cost of all chartered aircraft used in connection with any roadshow); (x) the costs and expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the
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prior approval of the Company; (xi) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or dividend disbursing agent; (x) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agents of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Amortizing Notes and the Securities; (xi) the fees and expenses of the Purchase Contract Agent in connection with the Purchase Contracts, the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Securities; (xii) the fees and expenses of the Companys accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (xiii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the forgoing, except as specifically provided in this paragraph (l) and in Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses in connection with presentations for prospective purchasers of the Securities including the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including any roadshow (and including one half of the cost of all chartered aircraft used in connection with any roadshow).
(m) The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds.
(n) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute, or otherwise use, refer to or distribute, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show, each furnished to the Representative before first use. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that it is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the period a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Securities).
(o) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, the Issuable Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligation to issue shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts.
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(p) The Company shall use commercially reasonably efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Securities and the Issuable Stock on the Exchange and to provide satisfactory evidence of such actions to the Representative.
(q) The Company will not, between the date hereof and the date of the delivery of the Securities, do or authorize any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the settlement rates of the Purchase Contracts.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects (except in the case of Section 1(ll), (mm) and (nn) or to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such obligations shall be subject to the accuracy in all respects) of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company in all material respects of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, to furnish to the Representative an opinion letter and a negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, as set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(c) The Representative shall have received from Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion letter and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representative, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) the chairman, chief executive officer, president or vice president and (y) the chief financial officer, treasurer or principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:
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(1) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of Section 1 (ll), (mm) and (nn) or to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects) at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, and the Company has complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be;
(2) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); and
(3) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act have been instituted or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened.
(e) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to furnish to the Underwriters a comfort letter, dated as of the Execution Time, and a bring-down comfort letter, dated as of the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Exchange Act and within the meaning of the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and confirming certain matters with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and other financial and accounting information of the Company contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including any supplement thereto at the date of the applicable letter.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change or development involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and after giving effect to the Transaction, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), the effect of which is, or would reasonably be expected to become, in the judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(i) On the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Securities and the Issuable Stock shall have been approved for listing and admitted and authorized for trading on the Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
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(j) At or prior to the Execution Time, the Company shall have caused each officer, director and stockholder of the Company listed on Exhibit A-1 hereto to furnish to the Representative, a letter addressed to the Representative substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the executed agreements delivered by such persons in connection with the Equity Offering satisfy the requirements of this Section 6(j) and no separate letters need be delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
(k) The closing of the Equity Offering shall have occurred prior to or simultaneously with the Closing Date, provided that the obligation of the Company to consummate the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters shall also be subject to such condition.
(l) Prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Company shall have taken all action reasonably required to be taken by it to have the Securities declared eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(m) On or prior to the Closing Date, each of the Units Transaction Documents (other than this Agreement) shall have been executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto.
(n) Prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be available for inspection at the office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, at 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date or any settlement date, as the case may be.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, including as described in Section 9 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters on demand for all accountable expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
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8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, selling agents and Affiliates of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, or any bona fide electronic road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (a road show), or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or roadshow or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees (subject to the limitations set forth in the provisos to this sentence) to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion therein. The obligations of the Company under this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 8 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the Company, as applicable, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, (ii) each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act) the Company, (iii) each of the directors of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, (iv) each of the officers of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus set forth in the thirteenth paragraph, the fourteenth paragraph and the fifteenth paragraph under the heading Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest), constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any road show.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 or Section 11 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8 or Section 11, as applicable, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above or Section 11, as applicable, unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights or defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above or Section 11, as applicable, except as provided in paragraph (d) below. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest (based on the advice of counsel for the indemnified person); (ii) such action includes both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel for the indemnified person) that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified persons. Any such separate firm for any Underwriters, its Affiliates, directors, selling agents and officers and any control persons of such Underwriters shall be designated in writing by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and any such separate firm for the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(b) above shall be designated in writing by the Company. In the event that any Underwriter, its Affiliates, directors, selling agents and officers or any control persons of such Underwriter are indemnified persons collectively entitled, in connection with a proceeding in a single jurisdiction, to the payment of fees and expenses of a single separate firm under this Section 8(c), and any such Underwriter, its Affiliates, directors, selling agents and officers or any control persons of such Underwriter cannot agree to a mutually acceptable separate firm to act as counsel thereto, then such separate firm for all such indemnified persons shall be designated in writing by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be
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sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim, action suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any statement as to, or any admission of, fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 or Section 11, as applicable, is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason (other than by virtue of the failure of an indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party of its right to indemnification pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (c) above or Section 11, as applicable, where such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of substantial rights or defenses)), the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively Losses) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) on the other from the offering of the Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason or not permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by them, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Benefits received by the QIU shall be deemed to be equal to the compensation received by the QIU for acting in such capacity. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters (or the QIU in its capacity as such) on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), in no event shall any Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The QIU, in its capacity as such, shall not be responsible for any amount in excess of the compensation received by the QIU for acting in such capacity. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this
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Section 8 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, Affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters, as the case may be, shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions that the amount of the Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of the Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters, as applicable) the Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of the Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the Company shall be entitled to a period of 36 hours within which to procure another party or parties reasonably satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters, as the case may be, to purchase no less than the amount of such unpurchased Securities that exceeds 10% of the amount thereof upon such terms herein set forth. If, however, the Company shall not have completed such arrangements within 72 hours after such default and the amount of unpurchased Securities exceeds 10% of the amount of such Securities to be purchased on such date, then this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Representative are necessary in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company or any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) there shall have occurred, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change or development in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) trading in the Companys Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the Exchange or trading in any securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market shall have been suspended or materially limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either exchange; (iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities,
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declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities as contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
11. Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Company hereby confirms that at its request Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has without compensation acted as qualified independent underwriter (in such capacity, the QIU) within the meaning of Rule 5121 of FINRA in connection with the offering of the Securities. In addition to its obligations under Section 8(a) herein, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the QIU, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls the QIU within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the QIU may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon the QIUs acting (or alleged failing to act) as such qualified independent underwriter (within the meaning of Rule 5121 of FINRA) in connection with the offering of Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, and will reimburse the QIU for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the QIU in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one law firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the QIU in its capacity as such and all persons, if any, who control such QIU within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. The Company shall not be liable under this Section 11 to any indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by the Company, as applicable, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 8 and 10 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attention: [ ], or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed or delivered to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., 805 N. Whittingon Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, Attention: Chief Legal Officer; with a copy to Joseph H. Kaufman and Sunny Cheong, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, at 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York (fax no. ****). The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by the Representative.
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14. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) For purposes of this Section 14, a BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
15. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective successors and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
16. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
17. Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
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18. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Companys engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. Any review by the Representative and the other Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
19. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
20. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., pdf or tif) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
22. Electronic Signatures. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
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23. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
24. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Affiliate shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.
Agreement shall mean this Underwriting Agreement.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which commercial banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed to investors and used to offer the Securities and the Issuable Stock, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and any other information identified in Schedule II hereto (including the pricing information provided orally by the underwriters), and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
Effective Date shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Execution Time shall mean [ ][a/p].m. on [ ], 2024.
Free Writing Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
Investment Company Act shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
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Preliminary Prospectus shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities and the Issuable Stock that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
Registration Statement shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
Rule 158, Rule 163, Rule 164, Rule 172, Rule 405, Rule 415, Rule 424, Rule 430A and Rule 433 refer to such rules under the Act.
Rule 430A Information shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
Testing-the-Waters Communication means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Rule 163B under of the Act.
Written Testing-the-Waters Communication means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
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Very truly yours,
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | ||
By: | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement. |
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriters |
Number of Underwritten Securities to be Purchased |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
[ | ] | ||
KKR Capital Markets LLC |
[ | ] | ||
Jefferies LLC |
[ | ] | ||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
[ | ] | ||
UBS Securities LLC |
[ | ] | ||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
[ | ] | ||
Guggenheim Securities, LLC |
[ | ] | ||
Leerink Partners LLC |
[ | ] | ||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
[ | ] | ||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
[ | ] | ||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
[ | ] | ||
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
[ | ] | ||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
[ | ] | ||
Loop Capital Markets LLC |
[ | ] | ||
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Total |
[ | ] |
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SCHEDULE II
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
| [None]. |
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Disclosure Package:
| The final term sheet, dated as of the date hereof, prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. |
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SCHEDULE III
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company
Abode Healthcare, Inc.
OncoMed Specialty LLC
Onex ResCare Holdings
Pharmacy Corporation of America
PharMerica Corporation
PharMerica Institutional Pharmacy Services LLC
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc.
Res-Care, Inc.
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Form of Lock-Up Agreement | EXHIBIT A |
[Letterhead of officer, director or major shareholder of
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.]
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
__, 2024
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street,
New York, New York 10282
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter agreement (this Letter Agreement) is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement), among BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and you as representative (the Representative) of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Common Stock), of the Company (the Offering).
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any controlled affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any controlled affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the public filing (or participation in the public filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company (Shares) or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock (Related Securities), or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period from the date hereof until 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the lock-up period). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Underwriting Agreement.
The foregoing restrictions shall not apply:
(i) | to the transfer of Shares or Related Securities by gift, or by will or intestate succession to a family member or to a trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or a family member; |
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(ii) | if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, to (1) transfers of Shares or Related Securities to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the undersigned or (2) distributions of Shares or Related Securities to limited partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the undersigned or holders of similar equity interests in the undersigned; |
(iii) | if the undersigned is a trust, to transfers to the beneficiary of such trust; |
(iv) | to transfers to any investment fund or other entity that controls or manages, or is controlled or managed by, or is under common control or management with, the undersigned; |
(v) | to transfers to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (iv); |
(vi) | to transfers to the Company (1) pursuant to the exercise, in each case on a cashless or net exercise basis, of any option to purchase Shares or the vesting of any restricted stock awards or the settlement of any restricted stock units granted by the Company pursuant to any incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation plans or arrangements described in or filed as an exhibit to the registration statement with respect to the Offering, where any Shares received by the undersigned upon any such exercise, vesting or settlement will be subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement, or (2) for the purpose of satisfying any withholding taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of any option to purchase Shares or the vesting of any restricted stock awards or the settlement of any restricted stock units granted by the Company pursuant to any incentive plans or otherwise pursuant to equity compensation plans or arrangements described in or filed as an exhibit to the registration statement with respect to the Offering, in each case on a cashless or net exercise basis, where any Shares received by the undersigned upon any such exercise, vesting or settlement will be subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement; provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, the reason for such disposition and that such transfer of Shares was solely to the Company; |
(vii) | to transfers pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, a court or regulatory agency means any domestic or foreign, federal, state or local government, including any political subdivision thereof, any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, department, agency or official, any court or administrative body, and any national securities exchange or similar self-regulatory body or organization, in each case of competent jurisdiction); provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, that such transfer is pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; |
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(viii) | to transfers of Shares or Related Securities to the Company pursuant to the call or put provisions of existing employment agreements and equity grant documents; provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, the reason for such disposition and that such transfer of Shares or Related Securities was solely to the Company; |
(ix) | to transfers from an executive officer or his or her estate to the Company upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such executive officer; |
(x) | to transfers of Shares acquired in the Offering or in open-market transactions after the completion of the Offering; |
(xi) | to transfers in response to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to or with all holders of Shares or related Securities involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company occurring after the consummation of the Offering, that has been approved by the board of directors of the Company, provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigneds Shares shall remain subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement. For purposes of this clause (xi), change of control means the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any person (as defined in Section 13 (d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of at least 51% of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company; and |
(xii) | to enter into a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-l under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Shares or Related Securities that does not in any case provide for the transfer of Shares or Related Securities during the lock-up period; provided that any filing under the Exchange Act or other public announcement made by any person regarding the establishment of such plan during the lock-up period shall include a statement that the undersigned is not permitted to transfer securities under such plan during the lock-up period in contravention of this Letter Agreement. |
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Provided, further, that:
A. | in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) above, it shall be a condition to such transfer that each transferee executes and delivers to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC stating that such transferee is receiving and holding such Shares and/or Related Securities subject to the provisions of this Letter Agreement and agrees not to sell or offer to sell such Shares and/or Related Securities, engage in any swap or engage in any other activities restricted under this Letter Agreement except in accordance with this Letter Agreement (as if such transferee had been an original signatory hereto); and |
B. | in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) and clause (ix) above, prior to the expiration of the lock-up period no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act (other than those required pursuant to Section 13), or other public announcement reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Shares shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, the restrictions set forth in this Letter Agreement shall not apply to the exercise of any right with respect to a registration of any Shares or Related Securities; provided that no transfer of the undersigneds Shares or Related Securities proposed to be registered pursuant to the exercise of such rights under this paragraph shall occur, and no registration statement shall be publicly filed or announced, during the lock-up period. In addition, the undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigneds Shares or Related Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed shares of Common Stock the undersigned may purchase in the Offering.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Offering and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Representative may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Offering, the Representative and the other Underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to enter into this Letter Agreement, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Representative or any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC agrees that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of Common Stock, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver or, as applicable, to disclose such release or waiver in the
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publicly filed registration statement in connection with a secondary offering. Any release or waiver granted by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration or that is to an immediate family member (as defined in FINRA Rule 5130(i)(5)) and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this letter to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date, the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.
Yours very truly, |
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Name: |
Address: |
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List of Lock-Up Parties | EXHIBIT A-1 |
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Form of Press Release | EXHIBIT B |
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
[Date]
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company) announced today that Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as lead book-running manager in the Companys recent public sale of [ ] tangible equity units of the Company, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [ ] shares of the Companys common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [ ], 20 [ ], and the shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Form of Waiver of Lock-Up | ADDENDUM |
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Public Offering of Tangible Equity Units
[Name and Address of
Officer or Director
Requesting Waiver]
Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) of [ ] tangible equity units of the Company and the lock-up letter dated [ ], 2024 (the Lock-up Letter), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated [ ], 20[ ], with respect to [ ] shares of common stock (the Shares).
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC hereby agrees to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Shares, effective [ ], 20[ ]; provided, however, that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two business days before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].
Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.
Yours very truly, |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
cc: Company
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Form of STB Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter | EXHIBIT C |
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Form of Term Sheet | EXHIBIT D |
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Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of December 7, 2017, is by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (KKR), Walgreen Co., an Illinois corporation (Walgreens and, together with the KKR and any other stockholders of the Corporation who become party to this Agreement from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, each a Stockholder and collectively, the Stockholders).
WHEREAS, KKR and Walgreens are parties to that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may hereafter be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time (the Stockholders Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders desire to have, and the Corporation desires to grant, certain registration and other rights with respect to their Registrable Securities (each as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings, and terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Stockholders Agreement:
Adverse Disclosure shall mean public disclosure of material non-public information that, in the Boards good faith judgment, after consultation with outside counsel to the Corporation, (i) would be required to be made in any report or Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Corporation so that such report or Registration Statement would not be materially misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such report or Registration Statement; and (iii) the Corporation has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, an affiliate as defined in Rule 405 of the regulations promulgated under the Securities Act; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Affiliate of any KKR Stockholder shall not include any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) owned by any fund managed or advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or any of its Affiliates; provided, further, that for purposes of this Agreement none of the Stockholders and shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (or vice versa).
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act.
Board shall mean the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Corporation.
Common Stock means the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation following the consummation of an Initial Public Offering.
Corporation/Holder Indemnitees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
Demand Delay shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).
Demand Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
Demand Registration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, as in effect at the time.
FINRA shall mean the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Governmental Authority means any U.S. federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign or multinational government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, legislative body, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.
Holder Indemnitees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Indemnified Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(c).
Indemnifying Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(c).
Initial Public Offering shall have the meaning set forth in the Stockholders Agreement.
KKR Stockholders means KKR and its Permitted Transferees.
Losses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall have the meaning set forth in Section3(d)(i).
Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall mean any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is not a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down.
Non-Principal Stockholder means any Stockholder or other holder (whether directly or indirectly) of Registrable Securities that is not a KKR Stockholder or a Walgreens Stockholder.
Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
Permitted Transferee shall have the meaning set forth in the Stockholders Agreement.
Person shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company,
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estate, trust, bank trust company, land trust, business trust, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, custodian, trustee-executor, administrator, nominee or entity in a representative capacity and any Governmental Authority.
Piggyback Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Piggyback Registration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Piggyback Rights shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
Principal Shelf Holder shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
Principal Stockholder shall mean any Stockholder that is a KKR Stockholder or a Walgreens Stockholder and holds (whether directly or indirectly through the Partnership) Registrable Securities.
Proceeding shall mean an action, claim, suit, arbitration or proceeding (including an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
Prospectus shall mean any prospectus included in, or relating to, any Registration Statement (including any preliminary prospectus, any prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A or Rule 430B promulgated under the Securities Act (or any similar or successor rules or regulations that may be hereafter adopted by the SEC) and any issuer free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act (or any similar or successor rules or regulations that may be hereafter adopted by the SEC))), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Public Offering shall mean the sale of shares of Common Stock to the public pursuant to an effective Registration Statement (other than Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form) filed under the Securities Act or any comparable law or regulatory scheme of any foreign jurisdiction.
Registrable Securities shall mean any shares of Common Stock currently held or hereafter acquired by the Stockholders and any other securities issued with respect to (or issuable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued with respect to) any such shares of Common Stock by way of share split, share dividend, recapitalization, merger, exchange or similar event or otherwise. As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) they are sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, (ii) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or any similar or successor form) covering such securities is effective, (iii) they are sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision in force under the Securities Act), (iv) they shall have ceased to be outstanding or (v) they have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferors rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities. No Registrable Securities may be registered under more than one Registration Statement at any one time.
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Registration Statement shall mean any registration statement of the Corporation under the Securities Act that permits the public offering of any of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including any related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Representatives shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(k).
Rule 144 shall mean Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation that may be hereafter adopted by the SEC.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency having jurisdiction under the Securities Act.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Stockholders shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Shelf Holder shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
Shelf Registration Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
Shelf Registration Statement shall mean a Registration Statement of the Corporation filed with the SEC on a Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form) for an offering to be made pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar or successor rule or regulation that may be hereafter adopted by the SEC) covering the Registrable Securities, as applicable.
Shelf Suspension shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c).
Shelf Take-Down1 shall mean any offering or sale of Registrable Securities by a Shelf Holder pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.
Stockholders Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Subsidiary means (i) any corporation or other entity a majority of the Capital Stock of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, with power to vote, by the Corporation or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation or (ii) a partnership in which the Corporation or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation is a general partner.
Take-Down Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(i).
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Transfer Restriction Waiver shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering shall mean a registration in which securities of the Corporation are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(i).
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participating Holder shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(ii).
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participation Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(ii).
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Selling Holders shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(ii).
Walgreens Stockholders means Walgreens and any of its Permitted Transferees that has become a Stockholder in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement.
Well-Known Seasoned Issuer shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 (or any similar or successor rule or regulation that may be hereafter adopted by the SEC) of the Securities Act.
Section 2. Holders of Registrable Securities. A Person is deemed, and shall only be deemed, to be a holder of Registrable Securities if such Person owns (beneficially or of record) Registrable Securities or has a right to acquire such Registrable Securities and such Person is a Stockholder.
Section 3. Shelf Registrations.
(a) Filing. Upon the one-year anniversary of an Initial Public Offering (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders), subject to the Corporations rights under Section 3(c) and the limitations set forth in Section 3(d), the Corporation shall (i) promptly (but in any event no later than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date such Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective) give written notice (a Shelf Registration Notice) of the proposed registration to all holders of Registrable Securities and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after such one-year anniversary of such Initial Public Offering, and to cause to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, a Shelf Registration Statement (which Shelf Registration Statement shall be designated and filed by the Corporation as an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Corporation is a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer at the time of filing such Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC) for all Registrable Securities held by the Principal Stockholders (or, if a Principal Stockholder determines to not include all of its Registrable Securities therein, such lesser amount as such Principal Stockholder shall request to the Corporation in writing), together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other holder or holders of Registrable Securities, in each case, as are specified in a written request received by the Corporation within five (5) days after such Shelf Registration Notice is given (each holder of Registrable Securities with Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf
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Registration Statement from time to time, as the case may be, a Shelf Holder and each Principal Stockholder which is a Shelf Holder from time to time, a Principal Shelf Holder), provided, however, that if the Corporation is permitted by applicable Law to add selling stockholders to a Shelf Registration Statement without filing a post-effective amendment, a holder of Registrable Securities may request the inclusion of additional Registrable Securities in such Shelf Registration Statement at any time or from time to time, and the Corporation shall add such Registrable Securities to the Shelf Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable, and such holder of Registrable Securities shall be deemed a Shelf Holder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Corporation be required to file or maintain the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a) at any time if Form S-3 is not available to the Corporation at such time.
(b) Continued Effectiveness. The Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3(a) continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by the Shelf Holders until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities registered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold and (ii) such shorter period as agreed by each of the Principal Shelf Holders.
(c) Suspension of Filing or Registration. If the Corporation shall furnish to the Shelf Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel or other equivalent senior executive officer of the Corporation stating that the filing, effectiveness or continued use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the Corporation to make an Adverse Disclosure, then the Corporation shall have a period of not more than sixty (60) days or such longer period as the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders shall consent to in writing, within which to delay the filing or effectiveness (but not the preparation) of such Shelf Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has been declared effective, to suspend the use by Shelf Holders of such Shelf Registration Statement (in each case, a Shelf Suspension); provided, however, that, unless consented to in writing by each of the Principal Shelf Holders, the Corporation shall not be permitted to exercise more than two (2) Shelf Suspensions pursuant to this Section 3(c) and Demand Delays pursuant to Section 4(c), in the aggregate. Each Shelf Holder shall keep confidential the fact that a Shelf Suspension is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Shelf Suspension or until otherwise notified by the Corporation in accordance with Section 12(k). In the case of a Shelf Suspension that occurs after the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Shelf Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus for the permitted duration of such Shelf Suspension in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the certificate referred to above. The Corporation shall immediately notify the Shelf Holders upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension, and (A) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement that has not been declared effective, shall promptly thereafter file the Shelf Registration Statement and use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act, and (B) in the case of an effective Shelf Registration Statement, shall amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any material misstatement or omission prior to the expiration of the Shelf Suspension and furnish to the Shelf Holders such number of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Shelf Holders may reasonably request. The Corporation agrees, if necessary, to supplement or
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make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the registration form used by the Corporation for such registration or by the instructions applicable to such registration form or by the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or as may reasonably be requested by any of the Principal Shelf Holders.
(d) Requests for Shelf Take-Downs.
(i) Initiation of Shelf Take-Downs. If a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed and is effective, then each of the Principal Shelf Holders may from time to time initiate a Shelf Take-Down by delivering a notice to the Corporation (a Take-Down Notice) stating that it intends to effect a Shelf Take-Down that is reasonably expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds in excess of $50,000,000 and that such Shelf Take-Down shall be subject to compliance with the requirements of this Section 3(d) (if and to the extent applicable to such Shelf Take-Down). The Take-Down Notice shall indicate whether such Shelf Take-Down will be in the form of an Underwritten Offering (an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) and, with respect to any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, whether such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down will involve a customary road show (including an electronic road show) or other substantial marketing effort by the underwriters over a period of at least two days (a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down); provided, that any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 4, a Demand Registration and subject to the limitations contained in Section 4.
(ii) Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs. If such Shelf Take-Down is an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, then the initiating Principal Shelf Holder shall also deliver the Take-Down Notice to all other Shelf Holders as far in advance of the completion of such Shelf Take-Down as shall be reasonably practicable in light of the circumstances applicable to such Shelf Take-Down and permit each such Shelf Holder to include its Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement in the Underwritten Shelf Take-Down if such Shelf Holder notifies the initiating Principal Shelf Holder the Corporation within five (5) days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such Shelf Holder (in connection with any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) or within three (3) days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such Shelf Holder (in connection with any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, including any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is structured as a block trade). Each such Take-Down Notice shall set forth (A) the total number of Registrable Securities expected to be offered and sold in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (B) the expected plan of distribution of such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (C) an invitation to each other Shelf Holder to elect (such other Shelf Holders who make such an election being Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participating Holders and, together with the initiating Principal Shelf Holder and all other Persons who otherwise are transferring, or have exercised a contractual or other right to transfer, Registrable Securities in connection with such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Selling Holders) to include in the Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Registrable Securities held by such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participating Holder (on the terms set forth in this Section 3(d)) and (D) the action or actions required (including the expected timing thereof) in connection with such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down with respect to each
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such other Shelf Holder that elects to exercise such right (including the delivery of one or more certificates representing Registrable Securities of such other Shelf Holder to be sold in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down). Upon delivery of such Take-Down Notice, each such other Shelf Holder may elect to sell Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, at the same price per Registrable Security and pursuant to the same terms and conditions with respect to payment for the Registrable Securities as agreed to by such initiating Principal Shelf Holder, by sending a written notice (an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participation Notice) to such initiating Principal Shelf Holder within the time period specified in such Take-Down Notice, indicating its, his or her election to sell up to the number of Registrable Securities in the Underwritten Shelf Take-Down specified by such other Shelf Holder in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participation Notice (on the terms set forth in this Section 3(d)). With respect to such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Corporation shall, if so requested by such initiating Principal Shelf Holder, file and effect an amendment or supplement of the Shelf Registration Statement for such purpose as soon as practicable. With respect to such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (including any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down), in the event that a Shelf Holder otherwise would be entitled to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to this Section 3(d), the right of such Shelf Holder to participate in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be conditioned upon such Shelf Holders participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Shelf Holders Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. The Corporation shall, together with all Shelf Holders that are permitted to distribute their securities through such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected in accordance with Section 11. In the event that, in connection with a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the underwriter determines that marketing factors (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be included in such take-down, the underwriter may limit the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be included in such Shelf Take-Down in the same manner as described in Section 4(b) with respect to a limitation of the Registrable Securities to be included in a Demand Registration. In connection with an Underwritten Shelf-Takedown that is not a block trade and in which both one or more KKR Stockholders and one or more Walgreens Stockholders are participating, the participating Principal Stockholders shall determine in good faith the size of proposed transaction, based on comparable precedent transactions. In connection with an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is a block trade, if the participating Principal Stockholders determine that the maximum number of shares that should be included in such offering exceeds the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be included in such take-down, the number of Registrable Securities shall be reduced in the same manner as described in Section 4(b) with respect to a limitation of the Registrable Securities to be included in a Demand Registration.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that in order to be entitled to exercise its, his or her right to sell Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to this Section 3(d), each Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Participating Holder must agree, on a several and not joint basis, to make the same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements, if any, as the initiating Principal Shelf Holder agrees to make in connection with the
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Underwritten Shelf Take-Down. Notwithstanding the delivery of any Take-Down Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms of any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be at the sole discretion of the initiating Principal Shelf Holder.
Section 4. Demand Registrations.
(a) Requests for Registration. Subject to the following paragraphs of this Section 4(a), (i) in connection with any Initial Public Offering on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, the KKR Stockholders shall have the right, by delivering or causing to be delivered a written notice to the Corporation, to require the Corporation to register, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the sale of a number of Registrable Securities specified by the KKR Stockholders (subject to clause (i) of the second paragraph of Section 5(a)), (ii) in connection with any Initial Public Offering following the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, if KKR and Walgreens agree (each acting reasonably) on the total number of Registrable Securities to be sold by the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders in such Initial Public Offering, then each Principal Stockholder shall have the right, by delivering or causing to be delivered a written notice to the Corporation, to require the Corporation to register, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the sale of pro rata portion of such total number of Registrable Securities; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if KKR and Walgreens do not so agree, no Principal Stockholder shall be entitled to sell Registrable Securities in such Initial Public Offering, and (iii) following the Initial Public Offering, each Principal Stockholder shall have the right, by delivering or causing to be delivered a written notice to the Corporation, to require the Corporation to register, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the sale of a number of Registrable Securities specified by such Principal Stockholder, in each case on Form S-1 or any similar or successor long-form registration (Long-Form Registrations) or, if available, on Form S-3 or any similar or successor short-form registration (Short-Form Registrations) (any such written notice, a Demand Notice and any such registration, a Demand Registration); provided, however, that a Demand Notice may only be made if the sale of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by any demanding Principal Stockholder and its Affiliates is reasonably expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds in excess of $50,000,000 (without regard to any underwriting discount or commission); provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to file a Registration Statement relating to any registration request under this Section 4(a) within a period of ninety (90) days after the effective date of any other Registration Statement relating to any registration request under this Section 4(a) (including, for this purpose, any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take Down) (or, after the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, within a period of one hundred eighty (180) days). Following receipt of a Demand Notice for a Demand Registration in accordance with this Section 4(a), the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC a Registration Statement as promptly as practicable and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof.
Promptly (and, in any event, within five (5) days) after receipt by the Corporation of a Demand Notice in accordance with this Section 4(a), the Corporation shall give written notice
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(the Notice) of such Demand Notice to all other holders of Registrable Securities and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4(b), include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Corporation received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after such Notice is given by the Corporation to such holders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless otherwise consented to by the KKR Stockholders, in connection with a Demand Notice for an Initial Public Offering, the Corporation shall only be required (and permitted) to deliver any Notice or Piggyback Notice as provided in clause (i) of the second paragraph of Section 5(a).
All requests made pursuant to this Section 4 will specify the estimated number of Registrable Securities to be registered and/or, in the case of an Initial Public Offering, the estimated number of shares of Common Stock to be issued, and the intended methods of disposition thereof; provided that the requesting holder shall promptly inform the Corporation of any updates to such estimates.
The Corporation shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to any Demand Registration for a period of at least one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date thereof or such shorter period during which all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have actually been sold; provided, however, that such period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the holder of Registrable Securities refrains from selling any securities included in such Registration Statement at the request of the Corporation or an underwriter of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Priority on Demand Registration. If any of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to a Demand Registration are to be sold in a firm commitment Underwritten Offering, and the managing underwriter or underwriters advise the holders of such securities in writing that in their view the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such offering is such as to adversely affect the success of such offering (including securities proposed to be included by other holders of securities entitled to include securities in such Registration Statement pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights), then there shall be included in such firm commitment Underwritten Offering the maximum number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities that in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated as follows, unless the managing underwriter(s) require a different allocation (provided, however, that any reallocation methodology with respect to any Principal Stockholder be applied to all Principal Stockholder on a pro rata basis):
(i) first, pro rata among the holders of Registrable Securities on the basis of the such holders ownership of the Registrable Securities; and
(ii) second, the securities for which inclusion in such Demand Registration, as the case may be, was requested by the Corporation.
For purposes of the underwriter cutback set forth in this Section 4(b), all Registrable Securities held by any Stockholder shall also include any Registrable Securities held by the
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partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates of such holder, or the estates and family members of any such holder or such partners, members and shareholders, any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons and, at the election of such holder or such partners, members, shareholders, trusts or Affiliates, any charitable organization, in each case to which any of the foregoing shall have been distributed, transferred or contributed Registrable Securities prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement in connection with such Underwritten Offering; provided that such distribution, transfer or contribution occurred not more than ninety (90) days prior to such execution, and such holder and other Persons shall be deemed to be a single selling holder, and any pro rata reduction (unless the managing underwriter(s) require a different allocation) with respect to such selling holder shall be based upon the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such selling holder, as defined in this sentence. No securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriters marketing limitation shall be included in such registration.
(c) Postponement of Demand Registration. The Corporation shall not be obligated to file any Registration Statement or other disclosure document pursuant to this Section 4 (but shall be obligated to continue to prepare such Registration Statement or other disclosure document) if the Corporation shall furnish to the holders requesting registration a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel or other equivalent senior executive officer of the Corporation stating that the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement would require the Corporation to make an Adverse Disclosure, in which case the Corporation shall have a period (in each case, a Demand Delay) of not more than sixty (60) days or such longer period as the Principal Stockholder initiating such registration request shall consent to in writing, within which to file such Registration Statement; provided, however, that, unless consented to in writing by the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders, the Corporation shall not be permitted to exercise more than two (2) Demand Delays pursuant to this Section 4(c) and Shelf Suspensions pursuant to Section 3(c) in the aggregate. Each Stockholder receiving such certificate shall keep confidential the fact that a Demand Delay is in effect, the certificate referred to above and its contents for the permitted duration of the Demand Delay until otherwise notified by the Corporation, in each case in accordance with Section 12(k). If the Corporation shall so postpone the filing of a Registration Statement, the Principal Stockholder requesting such Demand Registration shall have the right to withdraw the request for registration by giving written notice to the Corporation within twenty (20) days of the anticipated termination date of the postponement period, as provided in the certificate delivered to the holders; provided, however, that any other Principal Stockholder may elect to continue such Demand Registration as if it were the requesting Principal Stockholder (which continuation shall, for the avoidance of doubt, not require the restart of any applicable minimum notice provisions, but shall count as a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 4(e)).
(d) Cancellation of a Demand Registration. The Principal Stockholder that requested a Demand Registration shall have the right to notify the Corporation that it has determined that the proposed offering be abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Corporation shall abandon or withdraw the applicable Registration Statement and no Demand Registration shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Section 4; provided, however, that any other Principal Stockholder may elect to continue such Demand Registration as if it were the requesting Principal Stockholder (which continuation shall, for the avoidance of doubt,
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not require the restart of any applicable minimum notice provisions, but shall count as a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 4(e)). For the avoidance of doubt, prior to entering into the underwriting agreement with respect to any proposed offering, any holder of Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration may elect, in its sole discretion, to withdraw from such Demand Registration.
(e) Number of Demand Notices. In connection with the provisions, and subject to the limitations, of this Section 4, (i) the KKR Stockholders shall have an unlimited number of Demand Notices that they are permitted to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Corporation hereunder and (ii) the Walgreens Stockholders shall be permitted to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Corporation no more than five (5) Demand Notices hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Demand Registration shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Section 4 if the Registration Statement relating thereto (i) does not become effective, (ii) is not maintained effective for the period required pursuant to this Section 4, or (iii) the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is subject to a stop order, injunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such period, in which case, such requesting holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to an additional Demand Registration in lieu thereof.
Section 5. Other Piggyback Registration.
(a) Right to Piggyback. Except with respect to the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement as provided in Section 3 or a Demand Registration as provided in Section 4, if the Corporation proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Common Stock whether or not for sale for its own account (other than a Registration Statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto, (ii) filed solely in connection with any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment (or similar) plan, (iii) a registration pursuant to which the Corporation is offering to exchange its own securities for other securities, or (iv) a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to which only the initial purchasers and subsequent transferees of debt securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary that are convertible for Common Stock and that are initially issued pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S (or any successor provision) of the Securities Act may resell such notes and sell the Common Stock into which such notes may be converted, then, except to the extent otherwise provided below with respect to the Initial Public Offering, the Corporation shall give prompt written notice of such proposed filing no later than ten (10) days prior to the anticipated filing date (the Piggyback Notice) to all of the holders of Registrable Securities. The Piggyback Notice shall offer such holders the opportunity to include (or cause to be included) in such Registration Statement the number of Registrable Securities as each such holder may request (a Piggyback Registration). Subject to Section 5(b), the Corporation shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Corporation has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after notice has been given to the applicable holder. The eligible holders of Registrable Securities shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time at least five (5) Business Days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement for such Piggyback Registration. The Corporation shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a Piggyback Registration beyond the earlier to occur of (i) one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date thereof and (ii) consummation of the distribution by the holders of the applicable Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) in connection with a Demand Notice for an Initial Public Offering in which the KKR Stockholders are selling (or causing to be sold) Registrable Securities beneficially owned by them in such Initial Public Offering on a secondary basis, the Corporation shall be required to deliver a Piggyback Notice to all holders of Registrable Securities and in such event all holders of Registrable Securities shall have the right to participate in such offering on a pro rata basis with such KKR Stockholders, taken together (it being understood that in connection with any Initial Public Offering in which the KKR Stockholders are not selling (or causing to be sold) Registrable Securities beneficially owned by them on a secondary basis, no such Piggyback Notice need be sent), and (ii) no member of senior management of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries who has been provided with piggyback rights in this Section 5 shall be permitted to exercise such rights unless the KKR Stockholders are selling Registrable Securities in such transaction.
If at any time after giving a Piggyback Notice and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration the Corporation shall determine for any reason not to register the securities originally intended to be included in such registration, the Corporation may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Stockholders and thereupon the Corporation shall be relieved of its obligation to register such Registrable Securities in connection with the registration of securities originally intended to be included in such registration, without prejudice, however, to the right of a Principal Stockholder promptly thereafter to request that such registration be continued as a registration under Section 3 to the extent permitted thereunder (which continuation shall, for the avoidance of doubt, not require the restart of any applicable minimum notice provisions, but shall count as a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 4(e)).
(b) Priority on Piggyback Registrations. The Corporation shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the applicable holders of Registrable Securities who have submitted a Piggyback Notice in connection with such offering to include in such offering all Registrable Securities included in each holders Piggyback Notice on the same terms and conditions as any other shares of Common Stock, if any, of the Corporation included in the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of such Underwritten Offering have informed the Corporation in writing that it is their good faith opinion that the total amount of securities that such holders, the Corporation and any other Persons having rights to participate in such registration, intend to include in such offering is such as to adversely affect the success of such offering, then the amount of securities to be offered (i) for the account of holders of Registrable Securities (other than the Corporation) on a pro rata basis, based on their ownership of Registrable Securities, and (ii) for the account of all such other Persons (other than the Corporation) shall be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter or underwriters by first reducing, or eliminating if necessary, all securities of the Corporation requested to be included by such other Persons (other than the Corporation and holders of Registrable Securities) and then, if necessary, reducing the securities requested to be included by the holders of Registrable Securities requesting such registration pro rata among such holders on the basis of the percentage of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such holders.
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Section 6. Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities; Restrictions on the Corporation; Transfer Restriction Waiver.
(a) Subject to Section 6(d), each Stockholder agrees, in connection with the Initial Public Offering, and each holder of Registrable Securities agrees, in connection with any Underwritten Offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 5 (whether or not such holder elected to include Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement), if requested (pursuant to a written notice) by the managing underwriter or underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, not to effect any public sale or distribution of any of the Corporations securities (except as part of such Underwritten Offering), including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 or any swap or other economic arrangement that transfers to another Person any of the economic consequences of owning Common Stock or to give any Demand Notice during the period commencing on the date of the request (which shall be no earlier than fourteen (14) days prior to the expected pricing of such offering) and continuing for not more than: (a) with respect to the Initial Public Offering, one hundred eighty (180) days, (b) with respect to any other offering (other than a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down), ninety (90) days, or (c) with respect to any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the lesser of (i) forty-five (45) days and (ii) the date that such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is abandoned, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) or (c) above, after the date of the final Prospectus (or final Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a shelf registration) pursuant to which such public offering shall be made, or such lesser period as is required by the managing underwriter (which shall also apply equally to all Stockholders). Each Stockholder agrees that it will deliver to the managing underwriter or underwriters of any offering to which clause (a), (b) or (c) above is applicable a customary lock-up agreement (with customary terms, conditions and exceptions) that is in all material respects the same as the lock-up agreements delivered to the managing underwriter or underwriters by the KKR Stockholders (or in the case of any Demand Registration initiated by any Walgreens Stockholder, as the lock-up agreements delivered to the managing underwriter or underwriters by the Walgreens Stockholders) reflecting their agreement set forth in this Section 6.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any discretionary waiver or termination of this lock-up provision or any such lock-up agreement by the Corporation (other than pursuant to Section 6(d)) or the underwriters with respect to any of the Stockholders shall apply to the other Stockholders as well, pro rata based upon the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such obligations.
(c) The Corporation agrees, in connection with any Underwritten Offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 5 not to effect any public sale or distribution of any Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock) (other than pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto relating to Common Stock to be issued solely by the Corporation in connection with (i) any acquisition of another entity or business or (ii) a stock option or any other employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan) for its own account, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), during the period beginning seven (7) days prior to the launch of the
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Underwritten Offering and ending no later than the earlier of: (x) with respect to the Initial Public Offering, one hundred eighty (180) days, (y) with respect to any other offering (other than a Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down), ninety (90) days, or (z) with respect to any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the lesser of (I) sixty (60) days and (II) the date that such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down is abandoned, in the case of each of clauses (x), (y) or (z) above, after the date of the final Prospectus (or final Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a shelf registration) pursuant to which such public offering shall be made, or such lesser period as is required by the managing underwriter (which shall also apply equally to all Stockholders).
(d) Transfer Restriction Waiver; Suspension of Piggyback Rights. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any Public Offering in which a Non-Principal Stockholders piggyback registration rights pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 5 (the Piggyback Rights) would otherwise be available, the Board, in its sole discretion, may elect to waive any restrictions on Transfer contained in any stockholders agreement between such Non-Principals Stockholder and the Corporation and under Section 6(a) with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Non-Principal Stockholder that would have been subject to such Piggyback Rights in connection with such Public Offering (a Transfer Restriction Waiver). If the Board shall have elected to effect a Transfer Restriction Waiver with respect to a Public Offering, (A) the Non-Principal Stockholders shall not be entitled to exercise any Piggyback Rights with respect to such Public Offering, and (B) the Corporation shall (x) deliver a written notice to each Non-Principal Stockholder on or promptly following the completion of the Public Offering giving rise to the Transfer Restriction Waiver, which notice shall include the number of shares of Common Stock sold by the Principal Stockholders in such Public Offering and the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Transfer Restriction Waiver shall apply, and (y) promptly take, and cause each of its controlled Affiliates, officers, employees, agents and representatives to promptly take, all such actions as may be reasonably required in connection therewith to effectuate, or cause to be effectuated, the Transfer Restriction Waiver, including causing any applicable lock-ups or other restrictions on Transfer not to apply to the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of such Transfer Restriction Waiver and taking the actions set forth in Section 10, to the extent legally possible, with respect to such shares of Common Stock.
Section 7. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Corporation is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 3, 4 or 5, the Corporation shall effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Corporation shall cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on such form as shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders thereof or by the Corporation in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Corporation shall furnish or otherwise make available to the Principal Stockholder that hold
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Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such counsel, and such other documents reasonably requested by such counsel, including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested by such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each Prospectus included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Corporations books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors. The Corporation shall not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including such documents that, upon filing, would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) with respect to a Demand Registration to which the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Principal Stockholder covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the opinion of the Corporation, such filing is necessary to comply with applicable Law;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective during the period provided herein and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement; and cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar or successor rule or regulation then in force) under the Securities Act;
(c) notify each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if at any time the Corporation has reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Corporation contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 7(o) below cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the Corporation of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (vi) if the Corporation has knowledge of the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a
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material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (which notice shall notify the selling holders only of the occurrence of such an event and shall provide no additional information regarding such event to the extent such information would constitute material non-public information);
(d) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest date reasonably practicable;
(e) if requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an Underwritten Offering, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriters, if any, and such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Corporation has received such request; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 7(e) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, in compliance with applicable Law;
(f) furnish or make available to each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Prospectus supplements, if applicable, and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements (but excluding schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits, unless requested in writing by such holder, counsel or underwriter); provided that the Corporation may furnish or make available any such documents in electronic format;
(g) deliver to each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel, and the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of Prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the distribution of the Registrable Securities; provided that the Corporation may furnish or make available any such documents in electronic format; and the Corporation, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 7, hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any such amendment or supplement thereto;
(h) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling holders of Registrable Securities, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any seller or underwriter reasonably requests in writing and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such
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Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and to take any other action that may be necessary or advisable to enable such holders of Registrable Securities to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction; provided, however, that the Corporation will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(i) cooperate with the selling holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends) or issuance of Registrable Securities in book-entry form (not being subject to any legends) representing Registrable Securities to be sold after receiving written representations from each holder of such Registrable Securities that the Registrable Securities represented by the certificates so delivered by such holder will be transferred in accordance with the Registration Statement, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters, if any, or holders may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities in a firm commitment public offering, but in any other such sale, within ten (10) Business Days prior to having to issue the securities;
(j) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities within the United States, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling holders business, in which case the Corporation will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals, as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(k) upon the occurrence of, and its knowledge of, any event contemplated by Section 7(c)(vi), promptly prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(l) prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities;
(m) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement and, if applicable, provide for a custodian for such Registrable Securities and enter into any agreements with respect thereto;
(n) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on a national securities exchange if shares of the particular class of Registrable Securities are at that time listed on such exchange, as the case may
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be, prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement (or, if such registration is an Initial Public Offering, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be so listed within one (1) Business Day following the effectiveness of such Registration Statement);
(o) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in Underwritten Offerings) and take all such other actions reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Principal Stockholders that are being sold in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the managing underwriters, if any) to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, (i) make such representations and warranties to the holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in Underwritten Offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the selling holders of such Registrable Securities opinions of counsel to the Corporation and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if any, and counsels to the selling holders of the Registrable Securities), addressed to each selling holder of Registrable Securities and each of the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in Underwritten Offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such counsel and underwriters, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain cold comfort letters and updates or bring-downs thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Corporation (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any Subsidiary of the Corporation or of any business acquired by the Corporation for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements included in such Registration Statement, addressed to each selling holder of Registrable Securities (unless such accountants shall be prohibited from so addressing such letters by applicable standards of the accounting profession) and each of the underwriters, if any, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in cold comfort letters in connection with Underwritten Offerings, (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures substantially to the effect set forth in Section 9 with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section except as otherwise agreed by each Principal Stockholder and (v) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 7(o)(i) and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Corporation. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder;
(p) make available for inspection by a representative of the selling holders of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such selling holders or underwriter, at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial
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and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement; provided, however, that any information that is not generally publicly available at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such Persons in accordance with Section 12(k) and no such information shall be used by such Persons as the basis for any market transactions in securities of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries in violation of Law;
(q) cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including participation in road shows) taking into account the Corporations reasonable business needs;
(r) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and
(s) use reasonable best efforts to take all such other reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
The Corporation may require each holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Corporation in writing such information required in connection with such registration regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Corporation may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing and the Corporation may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees if such holder has Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus that, upon receipt of any written notice from the Corporation of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 7(c)(ii), 7(c)(iii), 7(c)(iv) or 7(c)(v), such holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus until such holders receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 7(k), or until it is advised in writing by the Corporation that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus; provided, however, that the time periods under Sections 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a Registration Statement must be maintained shall automatically be extended by the amount of time the holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.
Section 8. Registration Expenses. All reasonable fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Corporation, including (i) all registration and filing fees (including fees and expenses with respect to (A) filings required to be made with the SEC and FINRA, including any reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with such FINRA filings and the
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review thereof by FINRA, and (B) qualification or compliance with securities or blue sky laws, including any fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 7(h)), (ii) typesetting, filing and printing expenses (including, if applicable, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Corporation and of printing Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Corporation, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, (v) expenses of the Corporation incurred in connection with any road show, (vi) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 7(o)(iii) (including the expenses of any cold comfort letters required by this Agreement) and any other Persons, including special experts retained by the Corporation, (vii) fees and disbursements of any transfer agent, registrar, custodian or depositary, and (viii) fees and disbursements of one (1) counsel for the KKR Stockholders and any other holders whose Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement, which counsel shall be selected (x) by the KKR Stockholders in connection with the Initial Public Offering or if the KKR Stockholder is making the Demand Registration or Shelf Take-Down request, (y) by the Walgreens Stockholder if the Walgreens Stockholder is making the Demand Registration or Shelf Take-Down request or (z) otherwise, by holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with such offering, and which shall, in each case, be borne by the Corporation whether or not any Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective. In addition, the Corporation shall pay its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are then listed and rating agency fees and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Corporation.
The Corporation shall not be required to pay (i) fees and disbursements of any counsel retained by any holder of Registrable Securities or by any underwriter (except as set forth in Section 8(i) and Section 8(viii)), (ii) any underwriters fees (including discounts, commissions or fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals) relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities (other than with respect to Registrable Securities sold by the Corporation), (iii) any transfer taxes or (iv) any other expenses of the holders of Registrable Securities not specifically required to be paid by the Corporation pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 8.
Section 9. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Corporation. The Corporation shall, without limitation as to time, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each holder of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement or Prospectus, the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, affiliates, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each of them, each Person who controls each such holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, each underwriter,
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if any, the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, affiliates, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of such underwriter and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter (collectively, Holder Indemnitees), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages (including punitive and exemplary damages), liabilities, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys fees and any legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or Proceeding), expenses (including interest, assessments, and other charges in connection therewith and disbursements of professional advisors), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, Losses), as incurred, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus, any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) or supplement to any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered, or any other offering document (including any related notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act or of the Exchange Act, or any violation by the Corporation of this Agreement, and will reimburse each Holder Indemnitee for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such Loss or Proceeding, provided that the Corporation will not be liable to any Holder Indemnitee in any such case to the extent that any such Loss or Proceeding arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission by such Holder Indemnitee or underwriter, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other offering document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Holder Indemnitee or underwriter expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other offering document. It is agreed that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Loss or Proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Corporation (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Such indemnity agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder Indemnitee and shall survive the Transfer of Registrable Securities by any such Holder Indemnitee.
(b) Indemnification by Holder of Registrable Securities. In connection with any Registration Statement in which a holder of Registrable Securities includes Registrable Securities, such holder of Registrable Securities agrees to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, severally and not jointly, the Corporation, each other holder of Registrable Securities which includes Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement, their respective directors, managers and officers and each Person who controls the Corporation and such holders (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (collectively, Corporation/Holder Indemnitees), from and against all Losses arising out of or based on any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement, Prospectus, or other offering document, or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and will reimburse each
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Corporation/Holder Indemnitee for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss or Proceeding, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, or other offering document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation by such Corporation/Holder Indemnitee expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other offering document; provided, however, that the obligations of such Corporation/Holder Indemnitee hereunder shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Losses or Proceedings if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Corporation/Holder Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); and provided, further, that the liability of each selling holder of Registrable Securities hereunder shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such selling holder from the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. In addition, insofar as the foregoing indemnity relates to any such untrue statement or omission made in a preliminary Prospectus but eliminated or remedied in an amended or supplemented preliminary Prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, or in any amendment or supplement thereto at or prior to the pricing of the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to the indemnification obligation, and such new preliminary Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto is delivered to the underwriter, the indemnity agreement in this Section 9(b) shall not inure to the benefit of any Person if a copy of such amended or supplemented preliminary Prospectus was not furnished to the Person asserting the Loss at or prior to the pricing of the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to the indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Person shall be entitled to indemnity hereunder (an Indemnified Party), such Indemnified Party shall give prompt notice to the party from which such indemnity is sought (the Indemnifying Party) of any claim or of the commencement of any Proceeding with respect to which such Indemnified Party seeks indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the delay or failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation or liability except (and only) to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has been prejudiced in defending the claim as a result of such delay or failure. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt of written notice from such Indemnified Party of such claim or Proceeding, to, unless in the Indemnified Partys reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and Indemnifying Parties may exist in respect of such claim, assume, at the Indemnifying Partys expense, the defense of any such claim or Proceeding, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such claim or Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees to pay such fees and expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails promptly to assume, or in the event of a conflict of interest cannot assume, the defense of such claim or Proceeding or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, in which case the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ counsel and to assume the defense of such claim or proceeding; provided, further, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one such claim or Proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related claims or Proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of
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attorneys (in addition to appropriate local counsel) at any time for all of the Indemnified Parties, or for fees and expenses that are not reasonable. If, and so long as, the defense is assumed by the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnifying Party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Indemnifying Party shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that includes any admission of fault or culpability of such Indemnified Party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses (other than in accordance with its terms), then each applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses and (ii) any other relevant equitable considerations. For purposes of this Section 9(d), the relative fault of such Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been taken by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action, statement or omission.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(d), an Indemnifying Party that is a holder of Registrable Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds to the Indemnifying Party from the sale of the Registrable Securities sold in a transaction that resulted in Losses in respect of which contribution is sought in such proceeding pursuant to this Section 9(d), exceed the amount of any damages that such Indemnifying Party has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission (including as a result of any indemnification obligation hereunder). No person finally determined to be guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 are in addition to any other liability that the Indemnifying Parties may otherwise have to the Indemnified Parties; provided that in no event shall any holder of Registrable Securities be liable to any Indemnified Parties with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or other offering document for any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds to the Indemnifying Party from the sale of the Registrable Securities sold in the transaction that resulted in any
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liability, exceeds the amount of any damages that such Indemnifying Party has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission (including as a result of any indemnification or contribution obligation hereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.
Section 10. Rule 144; Restriction Removal.
(a) At all times after the effective date of the first Registration Statement filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Corporation shall (i) file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner, (ii) furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities forthwith upon written request, (x) a written statement by the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (y) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Corporation, and (z) such other reports and documents so filed by the Corporation as such holder may reasonably request in availing itself of Rule 144, and (iii) take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Corporation shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
(b) The Corporation shall, promptly upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities (and, to the extent necessary, the delivery of such Registrable Securities to the transfer agent therefor), cause any legend or stop-transfer instructions with respect to restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act of such Registrable Securities to be removed or otherwise eliminated (including the delivery of any opinion or instructions to the transfer agent as may be required by such transfer agent for transfer of any Registrable Securities) if (i) such Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, (ii) in connection with a sale transaction, such holder provides the Corporation with an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that a public sale, assignment or transfer of the Registrable Securities may be made without registration under the Securities Act, (iii) such holder provides the Corporation reasonable assurances that the Registrable Securities have been or are being sold pursuant to, or can then be sold by such holder without restriction or limitation under, Rule 144, or (iv) such holder certifies in writing that such holder is not an Affiliate of the Corporation and either (A) a holding period (determined as provided in Rule 144(d)) of at least six months has elapsed since the acquisition of such Registrable Securities from the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation and such holder will only sell the Registrable Securities in accordance with Rule 144 (including, as applicable, the public information requirement thereof) or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, or (B) a holding period (determined as provided in Rule 144(d)) of at least one year has elapsed since the acquisition of such Registrable Securities from the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation. The Corporation shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of its transfer agent and The Depository Trust Corporation associated with the issuance of the Registrable Securities to the Stockholder and any legend or stop-transfer instruction removal or elimination in accordance herewith.
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(c) The foregoing provisions of this Section 10 are not intended to modify or otherwise affect any restrictions on Transfers of securities contained in the Stockholders Agreement or any other stockholders agreement between the holder and the Corporation.
Section 11. Underwritten Registrations. In connection with any Underwritten Offering, the underwriter or underwriters shall be selected by (i) with respect to any Demand Registration, the Principal Stockholders delivering the Demand Notice with respect thereto, which selection shall be subject to approval by the Corporation, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (ii) with respect to any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the initiating Principal Stockholder that delivers the Take-Down Notice, which selection shall be subject to approval by the Corporation, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (iii) with respect to any other offering, including any Piggyback Registration (other than an Initial Public Offering), the Corporation.
No Person may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell the Registrable Securities it desires to have covered by a Registration Statement on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in customary form and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, custody agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, provided that such Person shall not be required to make any representations or warranties other than those related to title and ownership of such Persons Registrable Securities being sold and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in a Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation or the managing underwriters, if any, by such Person specifically for use therein.
Section 12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given without the written consent of each of the Corporation and a majority of Registrable Securities held by the Principal Stockholders; provided, however, that (i) any amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to departures from the provisions of this Agreement that would adversely affect the rights (economic or otherwise) hereunder of the Walgreens Stockholders (in their capacities as Stockholders) in a manner that is disproportionate as compared to the KKR Stockholders (in their capacities as Stockholders), shall not be effective as to such Walgreens Stockholders, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by such Walgreens Stockholders, and (ii) any amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to departures from the provisions of this Agreement that would adversely affect the rights (economic or otherwise) hereunder of any one or more Stockholders (in their capacities as Stockholders) in a manner that is disproportionate as compared to the KKR Stockholders (in their capacities as Stockholders), shall not be effective as to such Stockholder(s), without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by such non-KKR Stockholders(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and
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that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other holders of Registrable Securities may be given by holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by such holders pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(b) Notices. All notices required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given if personally delivered, sent via email or facsimile and receipt thereof has been confirmed in writing (including by return e-mail other than by an automated reply), or mailed by nationally recognized overnight delivery service with proof of receipt maintained, at the following addresses (or any other address that any such party may designate by written notice to the other parties): (i) if to the Corporation, to the address of its principal executive offices, and (ii) if to any Stockholder, at such Stockholders address as set forth on the records of the Corporation. Any such notice shall, if delivered personally, be deemed received upon delivery; shall, if delivered by email or facsimile, be deemed received on the first Business Day following written confirmation of receipt; and shall, if delivered by nationally recognized overnight delivery service, be deemed received the first Business Day after being sent.
(c) Successors and Assigns; Stockholder Status. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties, including the Corporation and subsequent holders of Registrable Securities acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Stockholders; provided, however, that such successor or assign shall not be entitled to such rights unless the successor or assign shall have executed and delivered to the Corporation an Addendum Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (which shall also be executed by the Corporation) promptly following the acquisition of such Registrable Securities, in which event such successor or assign shall be deemed a Stockholder for purposes of this Agreement. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under, in or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained, except that the Holder Indemnitees and Corporation/Holder Indemnitees shall be express third-party beneficiaries of and have the right to enforce Section 9.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Headings; Construction. The Section and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise: (i) pronouns in the masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa; (ii) the term including shall be construed to be expansive rather than limiting in nature and to mean including, without limitation,; (iii) references to Sections and paragraphs refer to Sections and paragraphs of this Agreement; and (iv) the words this Agreement, herein, hereof, hereby, hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including Exhibit A hereto, and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The terms dollars and $ shall mean United States dollars. Except as otherwise set forth herein, securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into any other securities shall not be
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deemed as outstanding securities of the type into which they are exercisable, exchangeable or convertible for any purposes in this Agreement. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
(f) Governing Law. The provisions of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware.
(g) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(h) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement and any stockholders agreements between the Non-Principals Stockholders and the Corporation are intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement, and are intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the Corporation with respect to Registrable Securities. This Agreement, together with the Stockholders Agreement, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
(i) Securities Held by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries. Whenever the consent or approval of holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the holders of such required percentage.
(j) Specific Performance. The parties hereto recognize and agree that money damages would be insufficient to compensate the holders of any Registrable Securities for breaches by the Corporation of the terms hereof and, consequently, that the equitable remedy of specific performance of the terms hereof will be available in the event of any such breach, in addition to any other remedies available to the holders of any Registrable Securities at law or in equity.
(k) Confidentiality. In furtherance of and not in limitation of any other similar agreement such Person may have with the Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries, each Shelf Holder, Stockholder and Person referred to in Section 7(p) shall keep the information referred to in Section 3(c), Section 4(c) and Section 7(p), respectively, confidential
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and shall not disclose such information in any manner whatsoever, except such information may be disclosed (i) by such Person to its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees and authorized representatives (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors of such Shelf Holder or its Affiliates) and each Person that is a limited partnership or limited liability company may disclose such Confidential Information to any former partners or members who retained an economic interest in such Person, and to any current or prospective partner, limited partner, member, general partner or management company of such Person (or any employee, attorney, accountant, consultant, banker or financial advisor or representative of any of the foregoing) (collectively, Representatives) who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential; (ii) by such Person to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its current or prospective limited partners or members, or former partners or members who retained an economic interest in such Person, in each case who have agreed to keep such information confidential; (iii) by such Person to the extent that such Person or its Representative has received advice from its counsel (which may be in-house counsel) that it is legally compelled to disclose such information or is required to do so to comply with applicable Law or legal process or government agency or self-regulatory body request; provided that prior to making such disclosure, such Person or Representative, as the case may be, uses commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of such information to the extent permitted by Law, including consulting with the Corporation regarding such disclosure and, if reasonably requested by the Corporation, assisting the Corporation, at the Corporations expense, in seeking a protective order to prevent the requested disclosure; provided, however, that, in no event, shall any such Person be required to directly initiate or participate in any legal proceeding in connection with such efforts; provided, further, that such Person or Representative, as the case may be, discloses only that portion of such information as is, based on the advice of its counsel, legally required to be disclosed; (iv) by any Person or its Representative in connection with an audit or an ordinary course examination by a regulator, bank examiner or self-regulatory organization with regulatory oversight over such Person or Representative, provided that such audit or examination is not specifically directed at the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or such information; (v) to the extent such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a non-permitted disclosure or failure to safeguard by such Person or its Representative and (vi) to a court in connection with any dispute resolution process with respect to any dispute arising among the parties to this Agreement in connection with this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or entered into hereafter in connection herewith, or the transactions contemplated thereby; provided, however, that such Person making such disclosure in such judicial proceeding shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that confidential treatment will be accorded to the disclosed information.
(l) Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to a Stockholder on the date on which such Stockholder ceases to beneficially own any Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement with respect to a Stockholder, (i) such Stockholders rights and obligations pursuant to Section 9, as well as the Corporations obligations to pay expenses pursuant to Section 8, shall survive with respect to any Registration Statement in which any Registrable Securities of such Stockholder were included and (ii) this Section 12 shall survive any such termination. For the avoidance of doubt, any underwriter lock-up agreement that a Stockholder has executed prior to a Stockholders termination in accordance with this clause shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.
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(m) Consent to Jurisdiction. (e) In any judicial proceeding involving any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, each of the parties unconditionally accepts the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any United States District Court located in the State of Delaware, or of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, and the appellate courts to which orders and judgments thereof may be appealed. In any such judicial proceeding, the parties agree that in addition to any method for the service of process permitted or required by such courts, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, service of process may be made by delivery provided pursuant to the directions in Section 12(b). EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(n) Consents, Approvals and Actions.
(i) If any consent, approval or action of any KKR Stockholder or Walgreens Stockholder is required at any time pursuant to this Agreement, such consent, approval or action shall be deemed given if the holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the KKR Stockholders or Walgreens Stockholders, as applicable, at such time provide such consent, approval or action in writing at such time.
(ii) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any consent, approval or action of the Principal Stockholders (as a group taken together and not individually) is required at any time pursuant to this Agreement, such consent, approval or action shall be deemed given if the holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Principal Stockholders at such time provide such consent, approval or action in writing at such time.
(iii) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any consent, approval or action of the Stockholders (as a group taken together and not individually) is required at any time pursuant to this Agreement, such consent, approval or action shall be deemed given if the holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Stockholders at such time provide such consent, approval or action in writing at such time.
(o) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Corporation shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to the securities of the Corporation that is inconsistent in any material respects with, or would otherwise materially prejudice, the rights granted to the Principal Stockholders in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. | ||||
By: | /s/ Max C. Lin | |||
Name: | Max C. Lin | |||
Title: | Vice President and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
STOCKHOLDERS:
KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P. | ||||
By: KKR Phoenix Aggregator GP LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ William J. Janetschek | |||
Name: | William J. Janetschek | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Walgreen Co. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark E. Vainisi | |||
Name: | Mark E. Vainisi | |||
Title: | SVP, WBA M&A |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
ADDENDUM AGREEMENT
This Addendum Agreement is made this day of , 20 , by and between (the New Stockholder) and [ ] (the Corporation), pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 (as the same may be amended through the date hereof, the Agreement), by and among the Corporation and the Stockholders. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Corporation has agreed to provide registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities as set forth in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the New Stockholder has acquired Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Stockholder; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Stockholders have required in the Agreement that all persons desiring registration rights must enter into an Addendum Agreement binding the New Stockholder to the Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties, the New Stockholder acknowledges that it has received and read the Agreement and that the New Stockholder shall be bound by, and shall have the benefit of, all of the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party to the Agreement and shall be deemed to be a Stockholder thereunder.
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Exhibit A-1
AGREED TO on behalf of [ ] pursuant to Section 12(c) of the Agreement.
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Exhibit A-2
Exhibit 4.2
PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT
Dated as of [], 2024
between
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Purchase Contract Agent,
as Attorney-in-Fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities
from time to time as provided herein
and as Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 1 | |||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Definitions |
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SECTION 1.02. |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
13 | ||||
SECTION 1.03. |
Notices |
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SECTION 1.04. |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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SECTION 1.05. |
Successors and Assigns |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.06. |
Separability Clause |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.07. |
Benefits of Agreement |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.08. |
Governing Law |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.09. |
Conflict with Indenture |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.10. |
Legal Holidays |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.11. |
Counterparts |
15 | ||||
SECTION 1.12. |
Inspection of Agreement |
16 | ||||
SECTION 1.13. |
Calculations |
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SECTION 1.14. |
UCC |
16 | ||||
SECTION 1.15. |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Article II UNIT AND PURCHASE CONTRACT FORMS | 17 | |||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Forms of Units and Purchase Contracts Generally |
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SECTION 2.02. |
Form of Certificate of Authentication |
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SECTION 2.03. |
Global Securities; Separation of Units |
18 | ||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Recreation of Units |
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Article III THE UNITS AND PURCHASE CONTRACTS | 20 | |||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Amount and Denominations |
20 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Equity-Linked Securities |
20 | ||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
20 | ||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Temporary Equity-Linked Securities |
21 | ||||
SECTION 3.05. |
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
22 | ||||
SECTION 3.06. |
Book-Entry Interests |
23 | ||||
SECTION 3.07. |
Notices to Holders |
23 | ||||
SECTION 3.08. |
Appointment of Successor Depositary |
23 | ||||
SECTION 3.09. |
Definitive Securities |
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SECTION 3.10. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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SECTION 3.11. |
Persons Deemed Owners |
25 | ||||
SECTION 3.12. |
Cancellation |
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Article IV SETTLEMENT OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS | 27 | |||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Mandatory Settlement Rate |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Representations and Agreements of Holders |
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SECTION 4.03. |
Purchase Contract Settlement Fund |
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SECTION 4.04. |
Settlement Conditions |
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SECTION 4.05. |
Mandatory Settlement on the Mandatory Settlement Date |
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SECTION 4.06. |
Early Settlement |
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SECTION 4.07. |
Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change |
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SECTION 4.08. |
Early Mandatory Settlement at the Companys Election |
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SECTION 4.09. |
Acceleration of Mandatory Settlement Date |
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SECTION 4.10. |
Registration of Underlying Shares and Transfer Taxes |
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SECTION 4.11. |
Return of Purchase Contract Settlement Fund |
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SECTION 4.12. |
No Fractional Shares |
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Article V ADJUSTMENTS | 37 | |||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Adjustments to the Fixed Settlement Rates |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Reorganization Events |
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Article VI CONCERNING THE HOLDERS OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS | 48 | |||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Evidence of Action Taken by Holders |
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SECTION 6.02. |
Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities |
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SECTION 6.03. |
Purchase Contracts Deemed Not Outstanding |
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SECTION 6.04. |
Right of Revocation of Action Taken |
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SECTION 6.05. |
Record Date for Consents and Waivers |
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Article VII REMEDIES | 50 | |||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Shares of Common Stock |
50 | ||||
SECTION 7.02. |
Notice To Purchase Contract Agent; Limitation On Proceedings |
50 | ||||
SECTION 7.03. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
51 | ||||
SECTION 7.04. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
51 | ||||
SECTION 7.05. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
51 | ||||
SECTION 7.06. |
Undertaking for Costs |
51 | ||||
SECTION 7.07. |
Waiver of Stay or Execution Laws |
51 | ||||
SECTION 7.08. |
Control by Majority |
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Article VIII THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT AND TRUSTEE | 52 | |||||
SECTION 8.01. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
52 | ||||
SECTION 8.02. |
Notice of Default |
53 | ||||
SECTION 8.03. |
Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent |
53 | ||||
SECTION 8.04. |
Not Responsible for Recitals |
55 | ||||
SECTION 8.05. |
May Hold Units and Purchase Contracts |
56 | ||||
SECTION 8.06. |
Money Held in Custody |
56 | ||||
SECTION 8.07. |
Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnification |
56 | ||||
SECTION 8.08. |
Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility |
57 | ||||
SECTION 8.09. |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
57 | ||||
SECTION 8.10. |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
58 | ||||
SECTION 8.11. |
Merger; Conversion; Consolidation or Succession to Business |
59 | ||||
SECTION 8.12. |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
59 | ||||
SECTION 8.13. |
No Other Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent or Trustee |
59 | ||||
SECTION 8.14. |
Tax Compliance |
60 | ||||
Article IX SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS | 60 | |||||
SECTION 9.01. |
Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders |
60 | ||||
SECTION 9.02. |
Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders |
61 | ||||
SECTION 9.03. |
Execution of Supplemental Agreements |
62 | ||||
SECTION 9.04. |
Effect of Supplemental Agreements |
62 | ||||
SECTION 9.05. |
Reference to Supplemental Agreements |
62 | ||||
SECTION 9.06. |
Notice of Supplemental Agreements |
62 | ||||
Article X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE | 63 | |||||
SECTION 10.01. |
Covenant Not to Consolidate, Merge, Convey, Transfer or Lease Property Except Under Certain Conditions |
63 | ||||
SECTION 10.02. |
Rights and Duties of Successor Entity |
63 | ||||
SECTION 10.03. |
Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent |
63 | ||||
Article XI COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 64 | |||||
SECTION 11.01. |
Performance Under Purchase Contracts |
64 | ||||
SECTION 11.02. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
64 | ||||
SECTION 11.03. |
Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default; Notice of Default |
64 | ||||
SECTION 11.04. |
[Reserved] |
64 | ||||
SECTION 11.05. |
Company to Reserve Common Stock |
64 | ||||
SECTION 11.06. |
Covenants as to Common Stock |
65 |
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SECTION 11.07. |
Tax Treatment |
65 | ||||
SECTION 11.08. |
Patriot Act |
65 |
Exhibit A Form of Unit |
Exhibit B Form of Purchase Contract |
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PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT, dated as of [], 2024, between BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association acting as purchase contract agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities (as defined herein) from time to time (the Purchase Contract Agent) and as trustee under the Indenture (as defined herein).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Units and Purchase Contracts issuable hereunder.
All things necessary to make the Units and the Purchase Contracts, when such are executed by the Company, and authenticated on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent, as provided in this Agreement, the valid obligations of the Company and to constitute this Agreement a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Units (including the constituent parts thereof) by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;
(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect as of the date hereof;
(c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other subdivision; and
(d) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.01(d):
Acceleration Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.
Affiliate means, when used with reference to a specified Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Person specified.
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Agreement means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
Applicable Market Value (i) with respect to Common Stock, means the arithmetic average of the daily VWAPs of the Common Stock over the Mandatory Settlement Period, subject to adjustment as provided in Article V and (ii) with respect to any Exchange Property, has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).
Applicants has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12(b).
Averaging Period has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(v).
Bankruptcy Event means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
(a) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent entity, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of the Company under any Bankruptcy Law and if such decree or order shall have been entered more than 90 days prior to the last Trading Day of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period during which the Applicable Market Value is determined, such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 90 days;
(b) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee (or other similar official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of all or substantially all of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered and if such decree or order shall have been entered more than 90 days prior to the last Trading Day of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period during which the Applicable Market Value is determined, such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or
(c) the Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization under any Bankruptcy Law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee (or other similar official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of its property, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Beneficial Holder means, with respect to a Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Interest as reflected on the books of the Depositary or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with the Depositary (directly as a Depositary Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of the Depositary).
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Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board or any director or directors and/or, with respect to the Notes, any Officer or Officers to whom that board or committee shall have duly delegated its authority.
Board Resolution means (a) one or more resolutions, certified by an Officer to have been duly adopted or consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect, or (b), with respect to the Notes, a certificate signed by the director or directors and/or Officer or Officers to whom the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of that Board shall have duly delegated its authority, in each case, delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.
Book-Entry Interest means a beneficial interest in a Global Security, registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by such Depositary as described in Section 3.06.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by applicable law or executive order to close or be closed.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of or in such Persons capital stock or other equity interests, and options, rights or warrants to purchase such capital stock or other equity interests, whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date.
Clearing Agency means an organization registered as a Clearing Agency pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
close of business means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
Closing Price means, with respect to a share of Common Stock (or any other security) on any day, (i) the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the Relevant Stock Exchange; (ii) if the Common Stock (or any other security) is not listed for trading on a Relevant Stock Exchange on the relevant date, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or such other security) in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization; or (iii) if the Common Stock (or any other security) is not so quoted, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock (or such other security) on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (title 26 of the United States Code), as amended from time to time.
Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company as it existed on the date of this Agreement, subject to Section 5.02.
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Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor or the issuer of any Exchange Property, as the context may require.
Component Note means a Note, in global form and attached to a Global Unit, that (a) shall evidence the number of Notes specified therein that are components of the Units evidenced by such Global Unit, (b) shall be registered on the security register for the Notes in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of holder(s) of the Units of which such Notes form a part, and (c) shall be held by the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact of such holder(s), together with such Global Unit, as custodian of such Global Unit for the Depositary.
Component Purchase Contract means a Purchase Contract, in global form and attached to a Global Unit, that (a) shall evidence the number of Purchase Contracts specified therein that are components of the Units evidenced by such Global Unit, (b) shall be registered on the Security Register in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of holder(s) of the Units of which such Purchase Contract forms a part, and (c) shall be held by the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact of such holder(s), together with such Global Unit, as custodian of such Global Unit for the Depositary.
control when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 100 Wall Street, Suite 600, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
daily VWAP of Common Stock on any Trading Day means such price per share as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page BTSG <Equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open to the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, the market value per share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose. The daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
default means any failure to comply with terms of this Agreement or any covenant contained herein.
Definitive Equity-Linked Security means an Equity-Linked Security in definitive form.
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Definitive Security means any Security in definitive form.
Depositary means a Clearing Agency that is acting as a depositary for the Equity-Linked Securities and in whose name, or in the name of a nominee of that organization, shall be registered one or more Global Securities and which shall undertake to effect book-entry transfers of the Equity-Linked Securities as contemplated by Section 3.05 and Section 3.06.
Depositary Participant means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book-entry transfers of securities deposited with the Depositary.
Determination Date means each of (a) in the case of a settlement of Purchase Contracts on the Mandatory Settlement Date, the last Trading Day of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period during which the Applicable Market Value is determined, (b) any Early Settlement Date, (c) any Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date, (d) any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, and (e) the day immediately preceding any Acceleration Date.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Early Mandatory Settlement Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(a).
Early Mandatory Settlement Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(b).
Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(b)(ii).
Early Mandatory Settlement Rate shall be the Maximum Settlement Rate as of the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date unless the Closing Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive), including the Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date in a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date exceeds 130% of the Threshold Appreciation Price in effect on each such Trading Day, in which case the Early Mandatory Settlement Rate shall be the Minimum Settlement Rate as of the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date.
Early Mandatory Settlement Right has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(a).
Early Settlement means, in respect of any Purchase Contract, that the Holder of such Purchase Contract has elected to settle such Purchase Contract early pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 4.07, as the case may be.
Early Settlement Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(c).
Early Settlement Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(b)(i).
Early Settlement Rate means, for any Purchase Contract in respect of which Early Settlement is applicable, the Minimum Settlement Rate in effect on the Early Settlement Date, unless the Holder of such Purchase Contract has elected to settle such Purchase Contract early in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 4.07, in which case the Early Settlement Rate for such Purchase Contract means the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate.
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Early Settlement Right has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(a).
Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(d); provided, however, that for the purposes of Section 5.01, Effective Date means the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.
Equity-Linked Security means a Unit or a Purchase Contract, as applicable.
ERISA has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(d)(i)(A).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Property has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).
Ex-Date when used with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution, means the first date on which the shares of Common Stock (or other applicable security) trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution in question from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock (or other applicable security) on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any liabilities relating to such assets) that would be negotiated in an arms-length transaction for cash between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of which is under any compulsion to complete the transaction, as such price is determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board Resolution.
Fixed Settlement Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c).
A Fundamental Change shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) any person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Companys and its Subsidiaries employee benefit plans, or any Permitted Holder files a Schedule TO or any other schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock;
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(b) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person or persons other than one of the Companys Wholly Owned Subsidiaries;
(c) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(d) the Common Stock (or other common stock receivable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts, if applicable) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of the NYSE, Nasdaq or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors).
A transaction or transactions described in clauses (a) or (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change, however, if (i) at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters appraisal rights) in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of the NYSE, Nasdaq or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors), or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions, and (ii) as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration becomes the consideration receivable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts, if applicable, excluding cash payments for fractional shares.
For purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph, any transaction that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to both (a) and (b) of the definition thereof (prior to giving effect to the exception set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph) shall be deemed to be a transaction solely under (b) of such definition (and, for the avoidance of doubt, will be subject to the exception set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph).
If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another Person occurs, following completion of any related Fundamental Change Early Settlement Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the second immediately preceding paragraph, following the date such transaction becomes effective), references to the Company in the definition of Fundamental Change above shall instead be references to such other Person.
Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(b).
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Fundamental Change Early Settlement Period has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(a).
Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(f).
Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(a).
Global Note means a Note, as defined in the Indenture, in global form that shall (a) evidence the number of Separate Notes specified therein, (b) be registered on the security register for the Notes in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, and (c) be held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.
Global Purchase Contract means a Purchase Contract in global form that shall (a) evidence the number of Separate Purchase Contracts specified therein, (b) be registered on the Security Register in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, and (c) be held by the Purchase Contract Agent as custodian for the Depositary.
Global Security means a Global Unit, a Global Purchase Contract or a Global Note, as applicable.
Global Unit means a Unit in global form that shall (a) evidence the number of Units specified therein, (b) be registered on the Security Register in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (c) include, as attachments thereto, a Component Note and a Component Purchase Contract, evidencing, respectively, a number of Notes and a number of Purchase Contracts, in each case, equal to the number of Units evidenced by such Unit in global form, and (d) be held by the Purchase Contract Agent as custodian for the Depositary.
Holder means, with respect to a Unit or Purchase Contract, the Person in whose name the Unit or Purchase Contract, as the case may be, is registered in the Security Register, and with respect to a Note, the Person in whose name the Note is registered as provided for in the Indenture.
Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and the Trustee (including any provisions of the TIA that are deemed incorporated therein), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture.
Installment Payment Date has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Issue Date means [], 2024.
Issuer Order means a written statement, request or order of the Company, which is signed in its name by an Officer and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee.
KKR Stockholder means KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P., an investment entity owned by investment funds and other entities affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
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Mandatory Settlement Date means the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date, subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 4.09; provided that, if one or more of the 20 consecutive Scheduled Trading Days in the Mandatory Settlement Period is not a Trading Day, the Mandatory Settlement Date shall be postponed until the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Mandatory Settlement Period.
Mandatory Settlement Period means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding [], 2027.
Mandatory Settlement Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).
Market Disruption Event means (i) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence on the Relevant Stock Exchange prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock (or other security for which a daily VWAP or Closing Price must be determined) for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock (or such other security) or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock (or such other security).
Maximum Settlement Rate has the meaning set forth under Section 4.01(b)(iii), subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of Article V.
Minimum Settlement Rate has the meaning set forth under Section 4.01(b)(i), subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of Article V.
Minimum Stock Price has the meaning set forth under Section 4.07(f)(iii).
Nasdaq means the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Notes means the series of notes designated as the []% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027 to be issued by the Company under the Indenture, and Note means each note of such series having an initial principal amount of $[].
NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
Officer means any of the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the principal accounting officer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by an Officer. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 1.02 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section 1.02.
open of business means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
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Opinion of Counsel means an opinion in writing signed by the chief counsel of the Company or by such other legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 1.02 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section 1.02.
Outstanding Purchase Contracts means, subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, as of the date of determination, all executed Purchase Contracts, authenticated on behalf of the Holder and delivered under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Purchase Contracts held as a component of Units and Separate Purchase Contracts), except:
(a) Purchase Contracts cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent or delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation or deemed cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; and
(b) Purchase Contracts in exchange for or in lieu of which other Purchase Contracts have been executed, authenticated on behalf of the Holder and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such Purchase Contract in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Purchase Contract Agent proof satisfactory to it that such Purchase Contract is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands the Purchase Contracts are valid obligations of the Company.
Patriot Act has the meaning set forth in Section 11.08.
Paying Agent has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Permitted Holder means any of KKR Stockholder, Walgreen Stockholder or their respective Affiliates (including any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by KKR Stockholder or Walgreen Stockholder but other than, in each case, any portfolio company of KKR Stockholder or Walgreen Stockholder).
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(d)(i).
Prospectus means the preliminary prospectus, dated [], 2024, as supplemented and/or amended by the related pricing term sheet dated [], 2024, relating to the offering and sale of the Units.
Purchase Contract means a prepaid stock purchase contract obligating the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Purchase Contract Agent means the Person named as the Purchase Contract Agent in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have become such pursuant to Article VIII, and thereafter Purchase Contract Agent shall mean such Person.
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Purchase Contract Settlement Fund has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03.
Record Date means, when used with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or other applicable security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
Reference Price means the Stated Amount, divided by the then applicable Maximum Settlement Rate, which as of the Issue Date is approximately equal to $[].
Relevant Stock Exchange means Nasdaq or, if the Common Stock (or other security for which a daily VWAP or Closing Price must be determined) is not then listed on Nasdaq, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or admitted for trading.
Reorganization Event has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).
Repurchase Date has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Repurchase Price has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Repurchase Right has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Responsible Officer means any officer of the Purchase Contract Agent with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date means [], 2027.
Scheduled Trading Day means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock (or such other security) is not listed or admitted for trading on a Relevant Stock Exchange, Scheduled Trading Day means a Business Day.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Security means a Unit, a Purchase Contract or a Note, as applicable.
Security Register has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.
Security Registrar has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.
Separate Note has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
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Separate Purchase Contract has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
Settlement Date means (i) the second Business Day following any Early Settlement Date, (ii) the second Business Day following any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, (iii) any Early Mandatory Settlement Date, or (iv) the Mandatory Settlement Date.
Similar Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(d)(i)(B).
Spin-Off means the Company makes a dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock consisting of Capital Stock of, or similar equity interests in, or relating to, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company that, upon issuance, will be traded on a U.S. national securities exchange.
Stated Amount means $50.00.
Stock Price has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(d).
Subsidiary of any Person means any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to vote in the election of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions of such corporation or other entity is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.
Supplemental Indenture means the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Notes will be issued.
Tender Offer Expiration Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(v).
Threshold Appreciation Price means an amount equal to the Stated Amount, divided by the then applicable Minimum Settlement Rate, which as of the Issue Date is approximately equal to $[].
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.
Trading Day means (A) for purposes of determining any consideration due at settlement of a Purchase Contract, a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a daily VWAP must be determined) generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange; provided, that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, Trading Day means a Business Day; and (B) for all other purposes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 5.01), a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange, or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a Relevant Stock Exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or admitted for trading and (ii) a Closing Price per share for the Common Stock (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, Trading Day means a Business Day.
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Trustee means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture, or any successor thereto.
Unit means the collective rights of a Holder of a unit consisting of a single Purchase Contract and a single Note prior to separation pursuant Section 2.03 or subsequent to recreation pursuant to Section 2.04.
Valuation Period has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(iii)(B).
Walgreen Stockholder means Walgreen Co., an affiliate of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, except that, solely for the purposes of this definition, the reference to a majority of the Capital Stock in the definition of Subsidiary shall be deemed replaced by a reference to all of the Capital Stock.
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, upon any application or request by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or Trustee to take any action in accordance with any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or Trustee, as applicable, an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with.
Every Officers Certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such Officers Certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers Certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters or information that is in the possession of the Company as applicable, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or representations by an Officer or Officers, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer, as applicable, or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, as applicable, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with and directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.
SECTION 1.03. Notices. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served by the Purchase Contract Agent or by the Holders to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of the Company is filed by the Company with the Purchase Contract Agent) to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., 805 N. Whittington Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, Attention: Chief Legal Officer. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Company or any Holder to or upon the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of the Purchase Contract Agent or Trustee is filed by the Purchase Contract Agent or Trustee with the Company) to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 100 Wall Street, Suite 600, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, re: BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at its last address as it appears in the Security Register; provided, however, that, in the case of a Global Unit or Global Purchase Contract, electronic notice may be given to the Depositary, as the Holder thereof, in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Purchase Contract Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Company when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent shall be deemed to be sufficient notice.
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SECTION 1.04. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.05. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.06. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Purchase Contracts shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.07. Benefits of Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Purchase Contracts, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and, to the extent provided hereby, the Holders, any benefits or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. The Holders from time to time shall be beneficiaries of this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Purchase Contracts by their acceptance of delivery of such Purchase Contracts.
SECTION 1.08. Governing Law. This Agreement, the Units and the Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 1.09. Conflict with Indenture. To the extent that any provision of this Purchase Contract Agreement relating to the Notes conflicts with or is inconsistent with the Indenture, the Indenture shall govern.
SECTION 1.10. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Settlement Date shall not be a Business Day, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Purchase Contracts, the settlement of the Purchase Contracts shall not be effected on such date, but instead shall be effected on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Settlement Date, and no interest or other amounts shall accrue or be payable by the Company or to any Holder in respect of such delay.
SECTION 1.11. Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Agreement or in any certificate, agreement or document related to this Agreement shall include electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and Adobe Sign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
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SECTION 1.12. Inspection of Agreement. Unless a conformed copy of this Agreement has been filed on the EDGAR system of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times during normal business hours at BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., 805 N. Whittington Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40222 for inspection by any Holder or Beneficial Holder.
SECTION 1.13. Calculations. The solicitation of any necessary bids and the performance of any calculations to be made hereunder and under the Units and Purchase Contracts shall be the sole obligation of the Company, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no obligation to make, review or verify such calculations. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determination of the applicable Mandatory Settlement Rate, the Fixed Settlement Rates, the Early Settlement Rate, the Early Mandatory Settlement Rate, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate, the Applicable Market Value, the Closing Price and the daily VWAP, as the case may be. All such calculations made by the Company or its agent hereunder shall be made in good faith and, absent manifest error, be final and binding on the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Holders. For any calculations to be made by the Company or its agent hereunder, the Company shall provide a schedule of such calculations to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee, and each of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the accuracy of the calculations by the Company or its agent without independent verification, shall have no liability with respect thereto and shall have no liability to the Holders for any loss any of them may incur in connection with no independent verification having been done. Furthermore, the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be under any duty or responsibility to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment hereunder, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed.
SECTION 1.14. UCC. Each Purchase Contract (whether or not included in a Unit) is a security governed by Article VIII of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof.
SECTION 1.15. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee hereto waives its respective rights to trial by jury in any action or proceeding arising out of or related to the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Such waiver of a jury trial does not serve as a waiver by any parties of any rights for claims made under the U.S. federal securities laws and no Holder may waive the Companys compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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ARTICLE II
UNIT AND PURCHASE CONTRACT FORMS
SECTION 2.01. Forms of Units and Purchase Contracts Generally. (a) The Units and Purchase Contracts shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto, respectively, which shall be incorporated in and made a part of this Purchase Contract Agreement, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Units or Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, are (or may in the future be) listed or any depositary therefor, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Units and Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
(b) The Units and Purchase Contracts shall be issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Unit or Purchase Contract, as the case may be, and any integral multiple thereof.
(c) The Units will initially be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Units as set forth in Section 3.06. The Purchase Contracts will initially be issued as Component Purchase Contracts substantially in the form of Attachment 3 to the form of Global Unit attached as Exhibit A hereto, and will be attached to the related Global Unit and registered in the name of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as attorney-in-fact of the holder(s) of such Global Unit.
(d) Definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved with steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing the Units or Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, evidenced by such Definitive Securities, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
(e) Every Global Unit and Global Purchase Contract executed, authenticated on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL [UNIT / PURCHASE CONTRACT] WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE DEPOSITARY) TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
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UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Certificate of Authentication. The form of certificate of authentication of the Units and Purchase Contracts shall be in substantially the form set forth in the form of Unit or form of Purchase Contract, respectively, attached hereto.
SECTION 2.03. Global Securities; Separation of Units.
(a) On any Business Day (subject to the operations of the Depositary) during the period beginning on, and including, the Business Day immediately following the Issue Date to, but excluding, the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date or, if earlier, the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding any Early Mandatory Settlement Date and also excluding the Business Day immediately preceding any Installment Payment Date (provided that the right to separate the Units shall resume after such Business Day), a Holder of a Unit may separate such Unit into its constituent Purchase Contract and Note (each such separated Purchase Contract and separated Note, a Separate Purchase Contract and Separate Note, respectively), which will thereafter trade under their respective CUSIP numbers ([]) and ([]), and that Unit will cease to exist. In order to cause the separation of a Global Unit into its component parts, a Beneficial Holder must comply with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Following a valid exercise of separation rights by a Holder of Global Units, the Purchase Contract Agent or Trustee, as applicable, shall register (i) a decrease in the number of Units represented by the Global Unit and the number of Purchase Contracts and Notes represented by the Component Purchase Contract and the Component Note attached to the Global Unit as Attachments 3 and 4, respectively, as set forth in Schedule A to each such attachment, and (ii) a corresponding increase in the number of Purchase Contracts and Notes represented by the Global Purchase Contract and the Global Note, respectively. If, however, such Unit is in the form of a Definitive Security in accordance with Section 3.09, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent such Unit, together with a separation notice, in the form set forth in Attachment 1 to the form of Unit attached hereto as Exhibit A. Upon the receipt of such separation notice, the Company shall promptly cause delivery, in accordance with the delivery instructions set forth in such separation notice, of one Separate Purchase Contract and one Separate Note for each such Unit. Separate Purchase Contracts and Separate Notes will be transferable independently from each other.
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(b) Holders that elect to separate the Note and related Purchase Contract in accordance with this Section 2.03 shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection with such separation, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any such fees or expenses.
(c) In the event that any Notes that are a component of Units are redeemed in accordance with the Indenture, upon such redemption, the Company shall execute and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, Separate Purchase Contracts, in same form as the Purchase Contracts comprising part of the Units, equal to the number of Notes as to which such redemption was effected.
SECTION 2.04. Recreation of Units.
(a) On any Business Day during the period beginning on, and including, the Business Day immediately following the Issue Date to, but excluding, the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date or, if earlier, the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding any Early Mandatory Settlement Date and also excluding the Business Day immediately preceding any Installment Payment Date (provided that the right to recreate the Units shall resume after such Business Day), a Holder of a Separate Purchase Contract and a Separate Note may recreate a Unit (which will thereafter trade under the CUSIP number [] for the Units), and each such Separate Purchase Contract and Separate Note will cease to exist. In order to cause the recreation of a global Separate Purchase Contract and a global Separate Note into a Unit, a Beneficial Holder must comply with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Following a valid exercise of recreation rights by a Holder of Global Notes and Global Purchase Contracts, the Purchase Contract Agent or Trustee, as applicable, shall register (i) an increase in the number of Units represented by the Global Unit and the number of Purchase Contracts and Notes represented by the Component Purchase Contract and the Component Note attached to the Global Unit as Attachments 3 and 4, respectively, as set forth in Schedule A to each such attachment, and (ii) a corresponding decrease in the number of Purchase Contracts and Notes represented by the Global Purchase Contract and Global Note, respectively. If, however, such Separate Purchase Contract and Separate Note are in the form of Definitive Securities, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent such Definitive Securities, together with a recreation notice, in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the form of Unit attached hereto as Exhibit A. Upon the receipt of such recreation notice, the Company shall promptly cause delivery, in accordance with the delivery instructions set forth in such recreation notice, of one Unit in definitive form for such Definitive Securities.
(b) Holders that recreate Units in accordance with this Section 2.04 shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection with such recreation, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any such fees or expenses.
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ARTICLE III
THE UNITS AND PURCHASE CONTRACTS
SECTION 3.01. Amount and Denominations. The aggregate number of Units and Separate Purchase Contracts evidenced by Equity-Linked Securities executed, authenticated on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder is limited to [] (as automatically increased by the number of Units, if any, issued pursuant to the underwriters option to purchase additional Units as described in the Prospectus), except for Units and Separate Purchase Contracts executed, authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Units and Separate Purchase Contracts pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.10 or Section 9.05. Each Unit was initially issued for a purchase price of $50.00 (before underwriting discounts and commissions), which represented an issue price of $[] for the Note contained in each Unit and an issue price of $[] for the Purchase Contract contained in each Unit.
SECTION 3.02. Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Equity-Linked Securities. Each Equity-Linked Security shall evidence the number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, specified therein, with (a) each such Unit representing the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and of the Company under one Purchase Contract, and the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and of the Company under one Note, and (b) each such Separate Purchase Contract representing the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and of the Company under one Separate Purchase Contract. In the case of a Unit, the Holder of such Unit shall, for all purposes hereunder and under the Indenture, be deemed to be the Holder of the Note and Purchase Contract that are components of such Unit.
Prior to the close of business on the Determination Date with respect to any Purchase Contract (whether such Purchase Contract is held as a component of a Unit or as a Separate Purchase Contract), the shares of Common Stock underlying such Purchase Contract shall not be outstanding, and such Purchase Contract shall not entitle the Holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of the meetings of shareholders or for the election of directors for any other matter, or any other rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Company may deliver Equity-Linked Securities executed by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Purchase Contracts from time to time (in the case of Purchase Contracts), to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee (if applicable) for authentication on behalf of the Holders and delivery, together with an Issuer Order for authentication of such Equity-Linked Securities, and the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee (if applicable) in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate on behalf of the Holders and deliver such Equity-Linked Securities.
The Equity-Linked Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any authorized Officer and, in the case of the Purchase Contracts, shall be executed on behalf of the Holders by any authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Purchase Contracts from time to time. The signature of any such Officer or officer of the Purchase Contract Agent on the Equity-Linked Securities may be electronic, manual or facsimile.
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Equity-Linked Securities bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signature of an individual who was at any time the proper Officer or, in the case of the Purchase Contracts, the proper officer of the Purchase Contract Agent, shall bind the Company and the Holders of Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Equity-Linked Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Equity-Linked Securities.
Each Equity-Linked Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Equity-Linked Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Equity-Linked Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee (if applicable) by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Equity-Linked Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Equity-Linked Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Equity-Linked Securities. Pending the preparation of any Definitive Equity-Linked Securities, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of Units, Trustee, and the Purchase Contract Agent and, if applicable, Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the Holders, and deliver, in lieu of such Definitive Equity-Linked Securities, temporary Equity-Linked Securities that are in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A or Exhibit B hereto, as the case may be, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, are listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Equity-Linked Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Equity-Linked Securities.
If temporary Equity-Linked Securities are issued, the Company will cause Definitive Equity-Linked Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Equity-Linked Securities, the temporary Equity-Linked Securities shall be exchangeable for Definitive Equity-Linked Securities upon surrender of the temporary Equity-Linked Securities at the Corporate Trust Office, at the expense of the Company and without charge to the Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Equity-Linked Securities, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee, and the Purchase Contract Agent and, if applicable, the Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more Definitive Equity-Linked Securities of like tenor and denominations and evidencing a like number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, as the temporary Equity-Linked Security or Equity-Linked Securities so surrendered. Until so exchanged, the temporary Equity-Linked Securities shall in all respects evidence the same benefits and the same obligations with respect to the Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, evidenced thereby as Definitive Equity-Linked Securities.
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SECTION 3.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Equity-Linked Securities and of transfers of Equity-Linked Securities. The Purchase Contract Agent is hereby initially appointed security registrar (the Security Registrar) for the purpose of registration of Equity-Linked Securities and transfers of Equity-Linked Securities as provided herein. The Security Registrar shall record separately the registration and transfer of the Equity-Linked Securities evidencing Units and Separate Purchase Contracts.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Equity-Linked Security at the Corporate Trust Office, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee, and the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the designated transferee or transferees, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Equity-Linked Securities of any authorized denominations, of like tenor, and evidencing a like number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be.
At the option of the Holder, Equity-Linked Securities may be exchanged for other Equity-Linked Securities, of any authorized numbers and evidencing a like number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, upon surrender of the Equity-Linked Securities to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office. Whenever any Equity-Linked Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee, and the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of Units, the Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder, and deliver the Equity-Linked Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Equity-Linked Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of an Equity-Linked Security shall evidence the ownership of the same number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, and be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same obligations, under this Agreement as the Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, evidenced by the Equity-Linked Security surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Equity-Linked Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Purchase Contract Agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent duly executed by the Holder thereof, or its attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of an Equity-Linked Security, but the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Company may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Equity-Linked Securities, other than any exchanges pursuant to Section 3.06 and Section 9.05 not involving any transfer.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of Units, the Trustee shall not be obligated to authenticate on behalf of the Holder or deliver any Equity-Linked Security in exchange for any other Equity-Linked Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange on or after the Business Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date or any earlier Settlement Date with respect to such Equity-Linked Security. In lieu of delivery of a new Equity-Linked Security, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Company shall, if a Settlement Date with respect to such Equity-Linked Security has occurred, deliver or cause to be delivered the shares of Common Stock deliverable and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock in respect of the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Equity-Linked Security (together with the Separate Note, if such Equity-Linked Security is a Unit and if the Repurchase Right is not applicable or, if applicable, not exercised).
SECTION 3.06. Book-Entry Interests. The Units, on original issuance, will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Units, to be delivered to the Depositary or its custodian by, or on behalf of, the Company. The Company hereby designates DTC as the initial Depositary. Such Global Units shall initially be registered on the books and records of the Company in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Beneficial Holder will receive a Definitive Unit representing such Beneficial Holders interest in such Global Unit, except as provided in Section 3.09. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Securities have been issued to Beneficial Holders pursuant to Section 3.09:
(i) the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the Company shall treat the Depositary for all purposes of this Agreement (including settling the Purchase Contracts and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Global Units and Global Purchase Contracts and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Holders;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.06 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Beneficial Holders shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Holders and the Depositary or the Depositary Participants.
SECTION 3.07. Notices to Holders. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this Agreement, the Company or the Companys agent shall give such notices and communications to the Holders and, with respect to any Units or Purchase Contracts registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, the Company or the Companys agent shall, except as set forth herein, have no obligations to the Beneficial Holders.
SECTION 3.08. Appointment of Successor Depositary. If the Depositary elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Units or Purchase Contracts, the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Units or such Purchase Contracts, as the case may be.
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SECTION 3.09. Definitive Securities. If:
(i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Securities or ceases to be a Clearing Agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary registered as a Clearing Agency under the Exchange Act is not appointed by the Company within 90 days; or
(ii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture), or any failure on the part of the Company to observe or perform any covenant or agreement in the Purchase Contracts or the Purchase Contract Agreement, has occurred and is continuing and a Beneficial Holder requests that its Securities be issued in physical, certificated form,
then, in each case the Company shall execute, and the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of Definitive Securities, shall authenticate and deliver Definitive Securities representing an aggregate number of Securities with respect to the Global Security or Securities representing such Securities (or representing an aggregate number of Securities equal to the aggregate number of Securities in respect of which such Beneficial Holder has requested the issuance of Definitive Securities pursuant to clause (ii) above) in exchange for such Global Security or Securities (or portion thereof). Each Definitive Security so delivered shall evidence Units or Purchase Contracts or Notes, as the case may be, of the same kind and tenor as the Global Security so surrendered in respect thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Global Notes for Notes in definitive form shall be governed by the Indenture.
SECTION 3.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Equity-Linked Security is surrendered to the Purchase Contract Agent, together with such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee to hold them or any of their agents harmless, then the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee, and the Purchase Contract Agent and, if applicable, the Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Equity-Linked Security, evidencing the same number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, and bearing a security number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee (in the case of any Units) (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Equity-Linked Security, and (ii) such security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee at the expense of the Holder, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee that such Equity-Linked Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee (in the case of any Units), and the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee (in the case of any Units) shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Equity-Linked Security, a new Equity-Linked Security, evidencing the same number of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, and bearing a security number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee, and the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of Units, the Trustee shall not be obligated to authenticate on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, an Equity-Linked Security on or after the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date or the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding any Early Mandatory Settlement Date with respect to such Equity-Linked Security. In lieu of delivery of a new Equity-Linked Security, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Company shall, if a Settlement Date with respect to such Equity-Linked Security has occurred, deliver or arrange for delivery of the shares of Common Stock deliverable and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock in respect of the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Equity-Linked Security (together with Separate Notes equal to the number of, and in the same form as, the Notes evidenced by such Equity-Linked Security if such Equity-Linked Security is a Unit and if the Repurchase Right is not applicable or, if applicable, not exercised).
Upon the issuance of any new Equity-Linked Security under this Section 3.10, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Purchase Contract Agent) connected therewith.
Every new Equity-Linked Security issued pursuant to this Section 3.10 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Equity-Linked Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and of the Holder in respect of the Unit or Separate Purchase Contract, as the case may be, evidenced thereby, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Equity-Linked Security shall be found at any time. Such new Equity-Linked Security (and the Units or Separate Purchase Contracts, as applicable, evidenced thereby) shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and be subject to all the obligations of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Equity-Linked Securities delivered hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.10 are exclusive and shall preclude, to the extent lawful, all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Equity-Linked Securities.
SECTION 3.11. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of an Equity-Linked Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee, and any agent of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee, may treat the Person in whose name such Equity-Linked Security is registered as the owner of the Unit or Purchase Contract, as the case may be, evidenced thereby, for the purpose of performance of the Units or Purchase Contracts, as applicable, evidenced by such Equity-Linked Securities and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Unit or Global Purchase Contract, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Unit or Global Purchase Contract or impair, as between such Depositary and the related Beneficial Holder, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Unit or Global Purchase Contract.
None of the Purchase Contract Agent, Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Beneficial Holder in a Global Security, an agent member or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any agent member, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any agent member, Beneficial Holder or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities and this Agreement shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of Beneficial Holders in Global Securities shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures. The Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, DTC Participants and any Beneficial Holders. The Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered Holder of any Global Security for all purposes of this Agreement relating to such Global Security (including the payment or delivery of amounts due hereunder and the giving of instructions or directions by or to any Beneficial Holder) as the sole Holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the Beneficial Holders thereof. None of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any such Depositary, including records in respect of the Beneficial Holders of any such Global Security, for any transactions between the Depositary and any agent member or between or among the Depositary, any such agent member and/or any Holder or Beneficial Holder of such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or shall impair, as between such Depositary and Beneficial Holders of such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.
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None of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Agreement or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among DTC Participants, members or Beneficial Holders in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Agreement, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
SECTION 3.12. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for separation or recreation and all Equity-Linked Securities surrendered for settlement or upon the registration of transfer or exchange of an Equity-Linked Security shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Purchase Contract Agent, be delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and, if not already cancelled, be promptly cancelled by it; provided, however, that the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver any Notes or Separate Notes so surrendered to it to the Trustee and Paying Agent (as defined in the Indenture) for disposition in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. In the case of a Unit or Units surrendered for settlement, subject to Section 4.08 hereof, the Company shall promptly execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver in accordance with the terms of the Indenture to the Holder thereof a number of Separate Notes equal to the number of, and in the same form as, the Notes comprising part of the Units so surrendered. The Company may at any time deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation any Equity-Linked Securities previously executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Equity-Linked Securities so delivered shall, upon an Issuer Order, be promptly cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent; provided, however, that if the Equity-Linked Securities so delivered are Units, the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver the Notes comprising such Units to the Trustee and Paying Agent (as defined in the Indenture) for disposition in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. No Equity-Linked Securities shall be executed, authenticated on behalf of the Holder and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Equity-Linked Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Equity-Linked Securities held by the Purchase Contract Agent shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary practices.
If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall acquire any Equity-Linked Security, such acquisition shall not operate as a cancellation of such Equity-Linked Security unless and until such Equity-Linked Security is delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation, in which case such Equity-Linked Security shall be accompanied by an Issuer Order and cancelled in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.
ARTICLE IV
SETTLEMENT OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS
SECTION 4.01. Mandatory Settlement Rate. (a) Each Purchase Contract obligates the Company to deliver, on the Mandatory Settlement Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate as determined by the Company, unless such Purchase Contract has settled prior to the Mandatory Settlement Date.
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(b) The Mandatory Settlement Rate is equal to:
(i) if the Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock is greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price, [] shares of Common Stock for each Purchase Contract (the Minimum Settlement Rate);
(ii) if the Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock is greater than or equal to the Reference Price but less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price, a number of shares of Common Stock for each Purchase Contract equal to the Stated Amount, divided by the Applicable Market Value; and
(iii) if the Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock is less than the Reference Price, [] shares of Common Stock for each Purchase Contract (the Maximum Settlement Rate).
(c) The Maximum Settlement Rate and the Minimum Settlement Rate (each, a Fixed Settlement Rate) shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Article V.
(d) The Company shall give notice of the Mandatory Settlement Rate to the Purchase Contract Agent and Holders no later than the Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Mandatory Settlement Date.
SECTION 4.02. Representations and Agreements of Holders. Each Holder of an Equity-Linked Security, by its acceptance thereof:
(a) irrevocably authorizes and directs the Purchase Contract Agent to execute and deliver on its behalf and perform this Agreement on its behalf and appoints the Purchase Contract Agent as its attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes;
(b) in the case of a Purchase Contract that is a component of a Unit, or that is evidenced by a Separate Purchase Contract, irrevocably authorizes and directs the Purchase Contract Agent to execute, deliver and hold on its behalf the Separate Purchase Contract or the Component Purchase Contract evidencing such Purchase Contract and to execute and deliver Units, and appoints the Purchase Contract Agent as its attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes;
(c) consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the terms and provisions hereof and thereof;
(d) represents that either (i) no portion of the assets used to acquire or hold the Units, Common Stock issuable upon the settlement of the Purchase Contracts or Notes constitutes assets of any (A) employee benefit plans that are subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), (B) plan, individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or provisions under any other U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code (collectively, Similar Laws), or (C) entity which is deemed to hold the assets of any of the foregoing
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types of plans, accounts or arrangements described in clauses (A) and (B) (each of the foregoing described in clause (A), (B) and (C) referred to as a Plan) or (ii) (A) the acquisition and holding of the Units, Common Stock issuable upon the settlement of the Purchase Contracts or Notes and any of its constituent parts will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a similar violation under any applicable Similar Laws and (B) neither the Company, the underwriters in the offering of the Units or any of their respective Affiliates is, or is undertaking to be, a fiduciary with respect to the Plan in connection with the Plans acquisition, holding or disposition of the Units, Common Stock issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts or Notes, as applicable;
(e) acknowledges and agrees that such Holder has the exclusive responsibility for ensuring that their acquisition and holdings of the Units complies with the fiduciary responsibility rules of ERISA and does not violate the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA, the Code or applicable Similar Laws; and
(f) agrees to the tax treatment provided for in Section 11.07.
SECTION 4.03. Purchase Contract Settlement Fund. On the applicable Settlement Date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Holders of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts (or, in the case of an Early Settlement, to the Holders of Purchase Contracts that have elected such Early Settlement) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holders of the Purchase Contracts to be settled on such Settlement Date are entitled hereunder and any cash payable for fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12. When any shares of Common Stock are required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to this Article IV, the Company shall deliver such shares of Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions for which a Record Date and payment date for such dividend or distribution have occurred as of or after the close of business on the applicable Determination Date (collectively, the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund) to such Holders, and the Company shall cause any such shares to be registered in the name of such Holder or such Holders designee pursuant to Section 4.10.
SECTION 4.04. Settlement Conditions. A Holders right to receive the shares of Common Stock, any cash payable for fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12, and any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund, upon settlement of any of its Purchase Contracts is subject to the following conditions:
(a) if such Purchase Contract or the Unit that includes such Purchase Contract is in the form of a Definitive Security, surrendering the relevant Definitive Security to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank and with duly completed settlement instructions in the form attached thereto, or if such Purchase Contract is represented by a Global Security, surrendering the relevant Security in compliance with the Depositarys applicable procedures; and
(b) the payment of any transfer or similar taxes payable pursuant to Section 4.10.
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SECTION 4.05. Mandatory Settlement on the Mandatory Settlement Date. On the Mandatory Settlement Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 by a Holder with respect to any of its Purchase Contracts, the Company shall cause a number of shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate to be issued and delivered, together with payment of (i) any cash payable in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12 and (ii) any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund (but without any interest thereon), to such Holder by book-entry transfer or other appropriate procedures pursuant to Section 4.10. The Person in whose name any shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon settlement of any Purchase Contract on the Mandatory Settlement Date shall be treated as the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Mandatory Settlement Period.
SECTION 4.06. Early Settlement. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.06, prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date, a Holder may elect to settle its Purchase Contracts early, in whole or in part, at the Early Settlement Rate (Early Settlement Right).
(b) A Holders right to receive Common Stock upon Early Settlement of any of its Purchase Contracts is subject to the following conditions (in the case of Global Securities, subject to the applicable procedures of the Depositary):
(i) delivery of a written and signed notice of election (an Early Settlement Notice) in the form attached to the Purchase Contract to the Purchase Contract Agent electing Early Settlement of such Purchase Contract; and
(ii) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.04.
(c) If a Holder complies with the requirements set forth in Section 4.06(b) prior to the close of business on any Business Day, then that Business Day shall be considered the Early Settlement Date. If a Holder complies with the requirements set forth in Section 4.06(b) at or after the close of business on any Business Day or at any time on a day that is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day shall be considered the Early Settlement Date.
(d) On the second Business Day following the Early Settlement Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.06(b) by a Holder with respect to any of its Purchase Contracts, the Company shall cause a number of shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract equal to the Early Settlement Rate to be issued and delivered, together with payment of (i) any cash payable in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12 and (ii) any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund (but without any interest thereon), to such Holder by book-entry transfer or other appropriate procedures pursuant to Section 4.10. The Person in whose name any shares of the Common Stock shall be issuable upon such Early Settlement of a Purchase Contract shall be treated as the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the relevant Early Settlement Date.
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(e) In the event that Early Settlement is effected with respect to Purchase Contracts that are a component of Units, upon such Early Settlement, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate (pursuant to the Indenture) on behalf of the Holder and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, Separate Notes, in same form as the Notes comprising part of the Units, equal to the number of Purchase Contracts as to which Early Settlement was effected.
(f) In the event that Early Settlement is effected with respect to Purchase Contracts represented by less than all the Purchase Contracts evidenced by a Security, upon such Early Settlement, the Company shall execute and the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Security evidencing the Purchase Contracts as to which Early Settlement was not effected.
(g) Upon receipt of any Early Settlement Notice pursuant to Section 4.06(b), the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of such Early Settlement Notice to the Company.
SECTION 4.07. Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs and a Holder exercises the right to effect Early Settlement in respect of its Purchase Contracts in connection with such Fundamental Change in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.06, such Holder shall receive a number of shares of Common Stock (or, if a Reorganization Event has occurred, cash, securities or other property, as applicable) for each such Purchase Contract equal to the applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate (the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right). An Early Settlement shall be deemed for these purposes to be in connection with such Fundamental Change if the Holder delivers an Early Settlement Notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, and otherwise satisfies the requirements for effecting Early Settlement of its Purchase Contracts set forth in Section 4.06, during the period beginning on, and including, the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change and ending at the close of business on the 35th Business Day thereafter (or, if earlier, the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Scheduled Mandatory Settlement Date) (the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Period).
(b) If a Holder complies with the requirements set forth in Section 4.07(a) and 4.06(b) to exercise the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right prior to the close of business on any Business Day during the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Period, then that Business Day shall be considered the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date. If a Holder complies with the requirements set forth in set forth in Section 4.07(a) and 4.06(b) to exercise the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right at or after the close of business on any Business Day during the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Period or at any time on a day during the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Period that is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day shall be considered the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.
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(c) The Company shall provide the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee and the Holders of Units and Separate Purchase Contracts with a notice of a Fundamental Change within five Business Days after its Effective Date and issue a press release announcing such Effective Date. The notice shall set forth:
(i) the applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate;
(ii) if not Common Stock, the kind and amount of cash, securities and other property receivable by the Holder upon settlement;
(iii) the deadline by which each Holders Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right must be exercised; and
(iv) any other information the Company determines to be appropriate.
(d) The Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be determined by the Company by reference to the table set forth in Section 4.07(f), based on the date on which the Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the Effective Date) and the stock price (the Stock Price) in the Fundamental Change, which shall be:
(i) in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition thereof in which all holders of shares of Common Stock receive only cash in the Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock; and
(ii) in all other cases, the Stock Price shall be the arithmetic average of the daily VWAPs of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date.
(e) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table set forth in Section 4.07(f) shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Fixed Settlement Rates are adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Maximum Settlement Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Maximum Settlement Rate as so adjusted. The Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates per Purchase Contract in the table set forth in Section 4.07(f) shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Fixed Settlement Rates as set forth in Section 5.01.
(f) The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate per Purchase Contract (the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate) for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:
Stock Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date |
$[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | $[] | ||||||||||||
[], 2024 | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | ||||||||||||
[], 2025 | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | ||||||||||||
[], 2026 | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | ||||||||||||
[], 2027 | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] | [] |
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The exact Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
(i) if the applicable Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the applicable Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;
(ii) if the applicable Stock Price is greater than $[] per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be the Minimum Settlement Rate; or
(iii) if the applicable Stock Price is less than $[] per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above, the Minimum Stock Price), the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be determined as if the Stock Price equaled the Minimum Stock Price, and using straight-line interpolation, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.07(f), if the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table.
The maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable under a Purchase Contract is [], subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Fixed Settlement Rates as set forth under Section 5.01.
(g) [Reserved.]
(h) On the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.06(b) by a Holder with respect to any of its Purchase Contracts, the Company shall cause a number of shares of Common Stock (or, if a Reorganization Event has occurred, cash, securities or other property, as applicable) per Purchase Contract, as a result of such Holders exercise of the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right equal to the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate to be issued (if applicable) and delivered, together with payment of (i) any cash payable in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12 and (ii) any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund (but without interest thereto), to such Holder by book-entry transfer or other appropriate processes pursuant to Section 4.10. The Person in whose name any shares of Common Stock or such other securities shall be deliverable following exercise of a Holders Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right shall be treated as the holder of record of such shares or such other securities as of the close of business on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.
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(i) If a Holder exercises its Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right with respect to Purchase Contracts that are a component of Units, upon such Early Settlement in connection with a Fundamental Change, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate (pursuant to the Indenture) on behalf of the Holder and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, Separate Notes, in same form as the Notes comprising part of the Units, equal to the number of Purchase Contracts as to which Early Settlement in connection with a Fundamental Change was effected.
(j) If a Holder exercises its Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right with respect to Purchase Contracts represented by less than all the Purchase Contracts evidenced by a Security, upon such Early Settlement in connection with a Fundamental Change, the Company shall execute and the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the Holder and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Security evidencing the Purchase Contracts as to which Early Settlement in connection with a Fundamental Change was not effected.
(k) If a Holder does not elect to exercise the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right, such Holders Purchase Contracts shall remain outstanding and shall be subject to normal settlement on any subsequent Settlement Date.
SECTION 4.08. Early Mandatory Settlement at the Companys Election. (a) The Company has the right to settle the Purchase Contracts on or after [], 2024, in whole but not in part (the Early Mandatory Settlement Right), on a date fixed by it (the Early Mandatory Settlement Date) at the Early Mandatory Settlement Rate on the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date.
(b) If the Company elects to exercise its Early Mandatory Settlement Right, the Company shall provide the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders of Units, Separate Purchase Contracts and Separate Notes with a notice of its election (the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice) and issue a press release announcing its election. The Early Mandatory Settlement Notice shall specify:
(i) the Early Mandatory Settlement Rate;
(ii) the Early Mandatory Settlement Date, which will be on or after [], 2024 and at least five but not more than 20 Business Days following the date of the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice (the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date);
(iii) that Holders of Units and Separate Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase their Notes that are a component of the Units or their Separate Notes, as the case may be, pursuant to and in accordance with the Indenture (subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Indenture);
(iv) if applicable, the Repurchase Price and Repurchase Date;
(v) if applicable, the last date on which Holders of Units or Separate Notes may exercise their Repurchase Right;
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(vi) if applicable, the procedures that Holders of Units or Separate Notes must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes (which procedures shall be in accordance with the Indenture); and
(vii) any other information the Company determines to be appropriate.
(c) On the Early Mandatory Settlement Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 by a Holder with respect to any of its Purchase Contracts, the Company shall cause a number of shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract equal to the Early Mandatory Settlement Rate to be issued and delivered, together with payment of (i) any cash payable in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12 and (ii) any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund (but without any interest thereon), to such Holder by book-entry transfer or other appropriate procedures pursuant to Section 4.10. The Person in whose name any shares of the Common Stock shall be issuable following exercise of the Early Mandatory Settlement Right shall be treated as the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice Date.
(d) In the event that Early Mandatory Settlement is effected with respect to Purchase Contracts that are a component of Units, upon such Early Mandatory Settlement, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate (pursuant to the Indenture) on behalf of the Holder and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, Separate Notes in the same form and in the same number as the Notes comprising part of the Units; provided, however, that if the Repurchase Date occurs prior to the Early Mandatory Settlement Date, any Holder exercising the Repurchase Right shall surrender the Units on the Repurchase Date and the Company shall execute, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, Separate Purchase Contracts in the same form and in the same number as the Purchase Contracts comprising part of the Units, such Separate Purchase Contracts to be settled on the Early Mandatory Settlement Date.
SECTION 4.09. Acceleration of Mandatory Settlement Date. If a Bankruptcy Event occurs at any time on or before the last Trading Day of the Mandatory Settlement Period during which the Applicable Market Value is determined (the day on which such Bankruptcy Event occurs, the Acceleration Date), the Mandatory Settlement Date shall automatically be accelerated to the Business Day immediately following the Acceleration Date and Holders of Purchase Contracts shall be entitled to receive, upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on such accelerated Mandatory Settlement Date, a number of shares of Common Stock per Purchase Contract equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate as calculated pursuant to Section 4.01. For purposes of calculating the Mandatory Settlement Rate upon a Bankruptcy Event only, the Mandatory Settlement Period shall mean the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Acceleration Date. The Company shall cause to be delivered the shares of Common Stock, securities, cash or other property deliverable as a result of any such acceleration of the Mandatory Settlement Date in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 4.05, except that (i) such delivery shall be made on the accelerated Mandatory Settlement Date, and (ii) the Person in whose name any shares of Common Stock shall be issuable following such acceleration shall be treated as the
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holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the Acceleration Date. Any claim for damages that Holders of the Purchase Contracts (whether as Separate Purchase Contracts or Purchase Contracts underlying Units) have for the Companys failure to deliver Common Stock following a Bankruptcy Event as described in this Section 4.09 will rank pari passu with the claims of holders of the Common Stock in the relevant bankruptcy proceeding.
SECTION 4.10. Registration of Underlying Shares and Transfer Taxes. The shares of Common Stock underlying the Purchase Contracts shall be registered in the name of the Holder or the Holders designee as specified in the settlement instructions provided by the Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Company will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts, unless any such tax is payable in respect of any registration of such shares in a name of a Person other than the Person in whose name the Security evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered, in which case the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax and no such registration shall be made unless the Person requesting such registration has paid any such taxes required by reason of such registration in a name of a Person other than the Person in whose name the Security evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax either has been paid or is not payable.
SECTION 4.11. Return of Purchase Contract Settlement Fund. In the event a Holder fails to effect surrender or delivery of its Units or Purchase Contracts on or following the applicable Settlement Date in accordance with the provisions hereof, the shares of Common Stock underlying such Purchase Contracts, any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.12 and any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until the earlier to occur of:
(i) the surrender of the relevant Units or Separate Purchase Contracts for settlement in accordance with the provisions hereof or receipt by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent from such Holder of satisfactory evidence that such Units or Separate Purchase Contracts have been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; and
(ii) the passage of two years from the applicable Settlement Date, as the case may be, following which the Purchase Contract Agent shall pay to the Company such Holders share of such Common Stock, any cash paid with respect to fractional shares and any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund; provided, however, that prior to receiving any such payment, the Company shall notify each such Holder that such property remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notice, any unclaimed balance of such property then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, (A) Holders entitled to such property must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, unless applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and (B) all liability of the Purchase Contract Agent with respect to such property shall cease.
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SECTION 4.12. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip certificates representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered to Holders upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts. In lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon settlement of any Purchase Contracts, a Holder of a Purchase Contract shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the fraction of a share of Common Stock, calculated on an aggregate basis in respect of the Purchase Contracts being settled (provided that, so long as the Units are held as Global Units, the Company may elect to aggregate Units for purposes of these calculations on any basis permitted by the applicable procedures of the Depositary), multiplied by the daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Settlement Date, the Early Settlement Date, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or the Early Mandatory Settlement Date, as the case may be. To the extent the Purchase Contract Agent is obligated to make any payments on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall provide the Purchase Contract Agent with sufficient funds to permit the Purchase Contract Agent to make all such cash payments in a timely manner.
ARTICLE V
ADJUSTMENTS
SECTION 5.01. Adjustments to the Fixed Settlement Rates. (a) Each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be subject to the adjustment, without duplication, upon:
(i) If the Company issues Common Stock to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, then each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
SR1 = | SR0 x | OS1 | ||||||
OS0 |
where,
SR0 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as the case may be; |
SR1 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date or immediately after the open of business on such Effective Date, as the case may be; |
OS0 = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the open of business on such Effective Date, as the case may be (in either case, prior to giving effect to such event); and |
OS1 = | the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
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Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as the case may be. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (i) is declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Settlement Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this clause (i), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable, shall not include shares held in treasury by the Company but shall include any shares issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any such dividend or make any such distribution on shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company.
(ii) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock rights, options or warrants (other than rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan, stockholder rights plan, stock purchase plan or similar plans) entitling such holders, for a period of up to 45 calendar days from the date of issuance of such rights, options or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance per share of Common Stock, then each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
SR1 = | SR0 x | (OS0 + X) | ||||||
(OS0 + Y) |
where,
SR0 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such issuance; |
SR1 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; |
OS0 = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date; |
X = | the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and |
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Y = | the total number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(ii) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such issuance. In the event that such rights, options or warrants described in this clause (ii) are not so issued, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to such Fixed Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights, options or warrants upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date of such expiration or the date it is determined such shares will not be delivered, as the case may be, to such Fixed Settlement Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered.
In determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
For the purposes of this clause (ii), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the Company but shall include any shares issuable in respect of any scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not issue any such rights, options or warrants in respect of share of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company.
(iii) (A) If the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock shares of Capital Stock (other than Common Stock), evidences of the Companys indebtedness, assets or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock, indebtedness or assets, excluding (1) any dividend or distribution (including share splits or share combinations) as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i), (2) any rights, options or warrants as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ii), (3) except as otherwise described in Section 5.01(b), rights issued pursuant to any stockholder rights plan of the Company then in effect, (4) any dividend or distribution described in Section 5.01(a)(iv), (5) distributions of Exchange Property in a transaction described in Section 5.02(a) and (6) any Spin-Off to which the provisions set forth in Section 5.01(a)(iii)(B) shall apply, then each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
SR1 = | SR0 x | SP0 | ||||||
(SP0 -FMV) |
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where,
SR0 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; |
SR1 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; |
SP0 = | the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution; and |
FMV = | the Fair Market Value (as determined by the Board of Directors) on such Record Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or rights, options or warrants so distributed, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock. |
If FMV (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above) or if the difference between SP0 and FMV is less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Unit or Separate Purchase Contract to receive, for each Unit or Separate Purchase Contract, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the kind and amount of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect on the Record Date for the dividend or distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(iii)(A) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so made, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. The Company shall not make any such distribution on shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company.
(B) In the event that a Spin-Off occurs, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
SR1 = | SR0 x | (FMV0 + MP0) | ||||||
MP0 |
where,
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SR0 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off; |
SR1 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off; |
FMV0 = | the average of the Closing Prices (as if references to Common Stock therein were references to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock) per share of the Capital Stock or similar equity interests so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off (the Valuation Period); and |
MP0 = | the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock for the Valuation Period. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(iii)(B) shall be calculated immediately after the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period but shall be given effect as of immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date of the Spin-Off; provided that, if any Determination Date occurs during the Valuation Period, the Company shall delay any settlement of a Unit or Purchase Contract until the second Business Day after the last day of the Valuation Period. In the event that such dividend or distribution described in this Section 5.01(a)(iii)(B) is not so made, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. The Company shall not make any such dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company.
(iv) If the Company makes a dividend or distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock (excluding (1) any cash that is distributed in, and will constitute Exchange Property as a result of, a Reorganization Event in exchange for shares of Common Stock and (2) any dividend or distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company), then each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
SR1 = | SR0 x | (SP0) | ||||||
(SP0-C) |
where,
SR0 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; |
SR1 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; |
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SP0 = | the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution; and |
C = | the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock. |
If C (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above) or if the difference between SP0 and C is less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Unit or Separate Purchase Contract to receive, for each Unit or Separate Purchase Contract, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Settlement Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(iv) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. In the event that any dividend or distribution described in this Section 5.01(a)(iv) is not so made, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Settlement Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. The Company shall not make any such dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock held in treasury.
(v) If the Company or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company successfully completes a tender or exchange offer pursuant to a Schedule TO or registration statement on Form S-4 for the Common Stock (other than an odd-lot tender offer) where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged exceeds the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the Averaging Period) commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (the Tender Offer Expiration Date), then each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
SR1 = | SR0 x | (AC + (SP x OS1)) | ||||||
(SP x OS0) |
where,
SR0 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Tender Offer Expiration Date; |
SR1 = | the Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Tender Offer Expiration Date; |
AC = | the aggregate value of all cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined by the Board of Directors) on the Tender Offer Expiration Date of any other consideration paid or payable for shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer; |
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OS1 = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Tender Offer Expiration Date, after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender offer or exchange offer; |
OS0 = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Tender Offer Expiration Date, prior to giving effect to the purchase of any shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender offer or exchange offer; and |
SP1 = | the average of the Closing Prices per share of the Common Stock over the Averaging Period. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(v) shall be calculated at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period, but shall be given effect immediately after the close of business on the Tender Offer Expiration Date; provided that, if any Determination Date occurs during the Averaging Period, the Company shall delay any settlement of a Unit or Purchase Contract until the second Business Day after the last day of the Averaging Period. If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be readjusted to be such Fixed Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.
(b) Rights Plans. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on any Determination Date, Holders shall receive, in addition to the Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to such Determination Date, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company made a distribution to all holders of the Common Stock as described in Section 5.01(a)(iii)(A), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
(c) Discretionary Adjustments. Subject to applicable law and the applicable listing standards of Nasdaq (or any other securities exchange where the Common Stock is listed) and in accordance with this Agreement, the Company may make such increases in each Fixed Settlement Rate, in addition to any other increases required by this Article V, as the Company determines to be in its best interests or the Company deems advisable. The Company may also (but is not required to) increase each Fixed Settlement Rate in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or issuance of rights, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons; provided that, in each case, the same proportionate adjustment must be made to each Fixed Settlement Rate.
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(d) Calculation of Adjustments. All adjustments to each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock. No adjustment in a Fixed Settlement Rate shall be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent therein. If any adjustment is not required to be made by reason of this Section 5.01(d), then the adjustment shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided that on each Determination Date, adjustments to the Fixed Settlement Rates shall be made with respect to any such adjustment carried forward and which has not been taken into account before such Determination Date.
(e) Adjustments to Prices Over a Period. Whenever the Company is required to calculate the Closing Prices, the daily VWAPs or any other prices or amounts over a span of multiple days (including, without limitation, the Applicable Market Value or the Stock Price), the Company shall make appropriate adjustments, if any, to each to account for any adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rates if the related Record Date, Ex-Date, Effective Date or Tender Offer Expiration Date occurs during the period in which the Closing Prices, the daily VWAPs or such other prices or amounts are to be calculated.
(f) Limitation on Adjustments. No adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rates shall be made if Holders of Units or any Separate Purchase Contracts participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Purchase Contracts, in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment without having to settle the Purchase Contracts as if such Holder held a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Maximum Settlement Rate, multiplied by the number of Purchase Contracts held by such Holder. In addition, if the application of the formulas in Section 5.01(a) would result in a decrease in the Fixed Settlement Rates, no adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rates shall be made (other than as a result of a share combination pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) or the reversal of an increase to the Fixed Settlement Rates, as expressly specified in this Article V). In addition, the Fixed Settlement Rates shall only be adjusted as set forth above and shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Companys securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or rights, options, restricted stock units, warrants or similar securities to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit or incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon the repurchase of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an open market share repurchase program or other buy-back transaction, including structured or derivative transactions, that is not a tender offer or exchange offer of the nature described in Section 5.01(a)(v);
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(iv) for the sale or issuance of shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, for cash, including at a price per share less than the Fair Market Value thereof or otherwise or in an acquisition, except as described in one of Section 5.01(a)(i) through Section 5.01(a)(v) above;
(v) for a third party tender offer;
(vi) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date;
(vii) solely for a change in, or elimination of, the par value of the Common Stock; or
(viii) for any other issuance of shares of our Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of our Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of our Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, except as described above.
(g) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Fixed Settlement Rates are adjusted, the Company shall:
(i) prepare and transmit to the Purchase Contract Agent an Officers Certificate setting forth such adjusted Fixed Settlement Rates and/or the adjusted Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based;
(ii) within five Business Days following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rates and the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware), provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event; and
(iii) within five Business Days following the determination of such adjusted Fixed Settlement Rates and Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates provide, or cause to be provided, to the Holders of the Units and the Separate Purchase Contracts a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment to such Fixed Settlement Rates and the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates was determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Settlement Rates and Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based.
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(h) Corresponding Adjustments. The Company shall adjust the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rates at the time it adjusts the Fixed Settlement Rates pursuant to this Section 5.01. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company makes an adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rates pursuant to this Section 5.01, such adjustment shall result in a corresponding adjustment to the Early Settlement Rate and the Early Mandatory Settlement Rate. For the further avoidance of doubt, if the Company makes an adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rates, no separate inversely proportionate adjustment will be made either to (i) the Threshold Appreciation Price because it is equal to $50.00 divided by the Minimum Settlement Rate as adjusted in the manner described herein (rounded to the nearest $0.0001) or (ii) the Reference Price because it is equal to $50.00 divided by the Maximum Settlement Rate as adjusted in the manner described herein (rounded to the nearest $0.0001).
(i) Withholding and Off-set. If an applicable withholding agent pays any U.S. federal withholding tax on behalf of a Holder of Purchase Contract or of a beneficial owner of Purchase Contract as a result of deemed or constructive dividends received by such Holder of Purchase Contract or beneficial owner of Purchase Contract arising from the adjustment or failure to adjust the Fixed Settlement Rates, the withholding agent may withhold any such withholding tax from any cash to be paid to, or shares of Common Stock to be delivered to, such Holder of Purchase Contract or beneficial owner of Purchase Contract, or set-off such amount against certain other funds or assets belonging to such Holder of Purchase Contract or beneficial owner of Purchase Contract.
SECTION 5.02. Reorganization Events. (a) In the event of:
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation and in which the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation is not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Company or another Person);
(ii) any direct or indirect sale, lease, assignment, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Companys consolidated property or assets;
(iii) any reclassification of Common Stock into securities, including securities other than Common Stock (other than changes in par value or resulting from a subdivision or combination); or
(iv) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition);
in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, securities, cash or other property (each, a Reorganization Event), each Purchase Contract outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of Holders of the Purchase Contracts, become a contract to purchase the kind of securities, cash and/or other property that a holder of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in
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connection with such Reorganization Event (such securities, cash and other property, the Exchange Property with each unit of Exchange Property being the kind and amount of Exchange Property that a holder of one Common Stock would have received in such Reorganization Event) and, prior to or at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee a supplemental agreement permitted under Section 9.01(iv) amending this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts to provide for such change in the right to settle the Purchase Contracts.
For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of Exchange Property in the case of any Reorganization Event that causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election) shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock. The Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent in writing of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.
The number of units of Exchange Property the Company shall deliver for each Purchase Contract settled following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that the Company would otherwise be required to deliver as determined based on the Fixed Settlement Rates then in effect on the applicable Determination Date, or such other settlement rates as provided herein (without interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a Record Date prior to the Determination Date). Each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be determined based upon the Applicable Market Value of a unit of Exchange Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have received in such Reorganization Event.
For purposes of this Section 5.02(a), Applicable Market Value shall be deemed to refer to the Applicable Market Value of the Exchange Property and such value shall be determined (A) in the case of any publicly traded securities that comprise all or part of the Exchange Property, based on the daily VWAP of such securities, (B) in the case of any cash that comprises all or part of the Exchange Property, based on the amount of such cash and (C) in the case of any other property that comprises all or part of the Exchange Property, based on the value of such property, as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose. For purposes of this Section 5.02(a), the term daily VWAP shall be determined by reference to the definition of daily VWAP as if references therein to Common Stock were to such publicly traded securities that comprise all or part of the Exchange Property. For purposes of this Section 5.02(a), references to Common Stock in the definition of Trading Day shall be replaced by references to any publicly traded securities that comprise all or part of the Exchange Property.
If the Exchange Property in respect of any Reorganization Event includes, in whole or in part, securities of another Person, such supplemental agreement described in this Section 5.02(a) shall be executed by such other Person and shall (x) provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable, as determined by the Officer executing such supplemental agreement, to the adjustments provided for in this Article V, and (y) otherwise modify the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts to reflect the
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substitution of the applicable Exchange Property for the Common Stock (or other Exchange Property then underlying the Purchase Contracts). In establishing such anti-dilution and other adjustments referenced in the immediately preceding sentence, such Officer shall act in a commercially reasonable manner and in good faith.
(b) In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental agreement pursuant to Section 5.02(a), the Company shall promptly file with the Purchase Contract Agent an Officers Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or property or asset that will comprise the Exchange Property after any such Reorganization Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly notify Holders thereof. The Company (or any successor) shall, within 20 days of the occurrence of any Reorganization Event or, if earlier, within 20 days of the execution of any supplemental agreement pursuant to Section 5.02(a), provide written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent and Holders of such occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property and of the execution of such supplemental agreement, if applicable. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 5.02 or the legality or validity of any such supplemental agreement.
(c) The Company shall not become a party to any Reorganization Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 5.02. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder of Purchase Contracts to effect Early Settlement pursuant to Section 4.06 and Section 4.07 prior to the effective date of such Reorganization Event.
(d) The above provisions of this Section 5.02 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 5.01 shall apply to any shares of Capital Stock of the Company (or any successor) received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
SECTION 6.01. Evidence of Action Taken by Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by a specified percentage of number of Purchase Contracts may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such specified percentage of Holders in Person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.03) conclusive in favor of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Article VI.
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SECTION 6.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities. Subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.03, the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy may be proved in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Holder of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer of any jurisdiction authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds or administer oaths that the Person executing such instruments acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of the authority of the Person executing the same.
(b) The ownership of the Units and the Purchase Contracts shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security Registrar.
SECTION 6.03. Purchase Contracts Deemed Not Outstanding. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Purchase Contracts have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Agreement, Purchase Contracts which are owned by the Company or by any Affiliate of the Company with respect to which such determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding Purchase Contracts for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Purchase Contract Agent shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only Purchase Contracts which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Purchase Contracts so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding Purchase Contracts if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Purchase Contract Agent the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Purchase Contracts and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent promptly an Officers Certificate listing and identifying all Purchase Contracts, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.03, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to accept such Officers Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Purchase Contracts not listed therein are Outstanding Purchase Contracts for the purpose of any such determination.
SECTION 6.04. Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Purchase Contract Agent, as provided in Section 6.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the number of Purchase Contracts specified in this Agreement in connection with such action, any Holder of a Purchase Contract the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the Purchase Contracts the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article VI, revoke such action so far as concerns such Purchase Contract; provided that such revocation shall not become effective until three Business Days after such filing. Except as aforesaid, any
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such action taken by the Holder of any Purchase Contract shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Purchase Contract and of any Purchase Contracts issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Purchase Contract. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage of the number of Purchase Contracts specified in this Agreement in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Purchase Contracts affected by such action.
SECTION 6.05. Record Date for Consents and Waivers. The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, establish a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Agreement to be given made or taken by Holders of Purchase Contracts. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and any such Persons, shall be entitled to give, make or take any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holder remains a Holder after such record date; provided, however, that unless such waiver or consent is obtained from the Holders, or duly designated proxies, of the requisite number of Outstanding Purchase Contracts prior to the date which is the 120th day after such record date, any such waiver or consent previously given shall automatically and, without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
ARTICLE VII
REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Shares of Common Stock. Each Holder of a Purchase Contract (whether or not included in a Unit) shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Purchase Contract and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such right to receive the shares of Common Stock, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 7.02. Notice To Purchase Contract Agent; Limitation On Proceedings. Holders of not less than 25% of Outstanding Purchase Contracts, by notice given to the Purchase Contract Agent, may request that Purchase Contract Agent institute proceedings with respect to a default relating to any covenant hereunder; provided, subject to Section 7.08 and Article VIII hereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no obligation to institute any such proceeding. No Holder of Purchase Contracts may institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Agreement or for any remedy hereunder, except in the case of failure of the Purchase Contract Agent, for 60 days, to act after the Purchase Contract Agent has received a written request to institute proceedings in respect of a default with respect to any covenant hereunder from the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts, as well as an offer of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent. This provision will not prevent any Holder of Purchase Contracts from instituting suit for the delivery of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on any Settlement Date.
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SECTION 7.03. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If any Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to such Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company and such Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 7.04. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.10, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 7.05. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of any Holder or the Purchase Contract Agent to exercise any right or remedy upon a default hereunder shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such right. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by such Holders or the Purchase Contract Agent.
SECTION 7.06. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Agreement agree, and each Holder of a Purchase Contract, by its acceptance of such Purchase Contract shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit against the Purchase Contract Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Purchase Contract Agent, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and costs against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by (a) the Purchase Contract Agent, (b) any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts, or (c) any Holder for the enforcement of the right to receive shares of Common Stock or other Exchange Property issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts held by such Holder.
SECTION 7.07. Waiver of Stay or Execution Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or assume or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Agreement; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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SECTION 7.08. Control by Majority. The Holders of not less than a majority in number of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Purchase Contract Agent, or of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Purchase Contract Agent; provided that the Purchase Contract Agent has received indemnity satisfactory to it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchase Contract Agent may refuse to follow any direction that is in conflict with any law or the Purchase Contract Agreement or that may involve it in personal liability.
ARTICLE VIII
THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT AND TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Each of the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee undertakes to perform, with respect to the Units and Purchase Contracts, such duties and only such duties as are specifically delegated to it and set forth in this Agreement.
(b) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Purchase Contract Agent from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Purchase Contract Agent with respect to the Purchase Contracts shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee;
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; but in the case of any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement;
(iii) the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, unless it shall be proved that the Purchase Contract Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
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(iv) the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 7.08 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, or exercising any right or power conferred upon the Purchase Contract Agent and/or the Trustee, as applicable, under this Agreement.
(c) This Agreement shall not be deemed to create a fiduciary relationship under state or federal law between U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as the Purchase Contract Agent, and any Holder of any Equity-Linked Security or between U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as Trustee under the Indenture, and any Holder of any Purchase Contract (whether separated or as part of a Unit). Nothing herein shall be deemed to govern or affect the Trustees rights, duties, responsibilities, benefits, protections, indemnities or immunities with respect to the Notes, which shall be governed by the Indenture.
None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require the Purchase Contract Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 8.02. Notice of Default. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default by the Company hereunder of which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has knowledge (subject to Section 8.03(h) hereof), the Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Company and the Holders of Purchase Contracts of such default hereunder, unless such Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has actual knowledge that such default shall have been cured or waived.
SECTION 8.03. Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01:
(a) the Purchase Contract Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers Certificate or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers Certificate or Issuer Order (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Purchase Contract Agent by a Board Resolution;
(c) the Purchase Contract Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice of such counsel promptly confirmed in writing shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
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(d) the Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 7.08), unless such Holders shall have offered to the Purchase Contract Agent security or indemnity satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement and in no case shall the Purchase Contract Agent be liable for any act or omission hereunder in the absence of its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith;
(f) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in number of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Purchase Contract Agent of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Purchase Contract Agent, not reasonably assured to the Purchase Contract Agent by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent may require indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Purchase Contract Agent or any predecessor Purchase Contract Agent, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;
(g) the Purchase Contract Agent may execute any of the rights or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys not regularly in its employ and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of any default hereunder unless either a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent (or any successor division or department of the Purchase Contract Agent) shall have received written notice of such default from the Company or any Holder;
(i) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement and in no case shall the Purchase Contract Agent be liable for any losses, costs or liabilities of any kind except for those arising directly out of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct;
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(j) the permissive rights of the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder shall not be construed as duties;
(k) in no event shall the Purchase Contract Agent be liable for any consequential, special, punitive or indirect loss or damages, even if advised of the likelihood thereof in advance and regardless of the form of action;
(l) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Purchase Contract Agent, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee (whether or not the Trustee is expressly referred to in connection with any such rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits) in each of their capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(m) each of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth the name of the individuals and/or titles of Officers authorized at such time to take specific actions pursuant to this Agreement, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such Officers Certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
(n) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee shall be responsible for delays or failures in performance of its obligations hereunder resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, pandemics, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes, terrorist attacks or other disasters, it being understood that each of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances;
(o) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be required to exercise discretion in exercising its rights, powers or authorizations hereunder and the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any such act unless and until the Purchase Contract Agent has received written direction from a majority in number of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts and indemnification satisfactory to it and shall not be liable for any delay in acting caused while awaiting such direction; and
(p) delivery of reports, information and documents to the Purchase Contract Agent is for informational purposes only and the Purchase Contract Agents receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein.
SECTION 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Company and neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee assumes any responsibility for their accuracy. Neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of either this Agreement or of the Purchase Contracts. Neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Trustee shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the proceeds in respect of the Purchase Contracts.
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SECTION 8.05. May Hold Units and Purchase Contracts. Any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, or the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee and any of their Affiliates, in their individual or any other capacity, may become the owner of Units, Separate Purchase Contracts and Separate Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any other Person with the same rights it would have if it were not Security Registrar or such other agent, or the Purchase Contract Agent or the Trustee. The Company may become the owner of Units, Separate Purchase Contracts and Separate Notes.
SECTION 8.06. Money Held in Custody. Money held by the Purchase Contract Agent in custody hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or provided herein. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to invest or pay interest on any money received by it hereunder except as it may specifically agree in writing with the Company.
SECTION 8.07. Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Purchase Contract Agent from time to time, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Purchase Contract Agent and each predecessor Purchase Contract Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its gross negligence or bad faith as determined by a final, non-appealable, judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Purchase Contract Agent and each predecessor Purchase Contract Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Purchase Contract Agent), incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Agreement and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability (regardless of whether such claim is brought by the Company or any third party). The provisions of this Section 8.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the termination of this Agreement. If the Purchase Contract Agent incurs any expenses, or if the Purchase Contract Agent is entitled to any compensation for services rendered (including fees and expenses of its agent and counsel), in each case, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement after the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event, then any such expenses or compensation are intended to constitute expenses of administration under applicable Bankruptcy Laws. As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section the Purchase Contract Agent shall have a lien prior to the Holders upon all property and funds held or collected by the Purchase Contract Agent as such, except funds or property held in trust for payment to the Holders.
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SECTION 8.08. Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Purchase Contract Agent hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof or the District of Columbia having a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000, and which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia authority, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article.
SECTION 8.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and no appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.10.
(b) The Purchase Contract Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company 60 days prior to the effective date of such resignation. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Purchase Contract Agent required by Section 8.10 shall not have been delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Purchase Contract Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.
(c) The Purchase Contract Agent may be removed at any time by the Holders of a majority in number of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Purchase Contract Agent required by Section 8.10 shall not have been delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 days after evidence of such removal is delivered to the Company and Purchase Contract Agent, the removed Purchase Contract Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 8.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or
(ii) the Purchase Contract Agent shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
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conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (x) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Purchase Contract Agent, or (y) any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Purchase Contract for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.
(e) If the Purchase Contract Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Purchase Contract Agent for any cause, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Purchase Contract Agent and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.10. If no successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Purchase Contract for at least six months, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, or the Purchase Contract Agent may petition at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.
(f) The Company shall give, or shall cause such successor Purchase Contract Agent to give, notice of each resignation and each removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and each appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent to Holders. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Purchase Contract Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 8.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Purchase Contract Agent, every such successor Purchase Contract Agent so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Purchase Contract Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall become effective and such successor Purchase Contract Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, agencies and duties of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent. At the request of the Company or the successor Purchase Contract Agent, such retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall, upon its receipt of payment or reimbursement of any amounts due to it hereunder, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all property and money held by such retiring Purchase Contract Agent hereunder.
(b) Upon request of any such successor Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all such rights, powers and agencies referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(c) No successor Purchase Contract Agent shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Purchase Contract Agent shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
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SECTION 8.11. Merger; Conversion; Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into which the Purchase Contract Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Purchase Contract Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be the successor of the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder; provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. If any Equity-Linked Securities shall have been authenticated on behalf of the Holders by the Trustee and Purchase Contract Agent then in office, but not delivered, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Purchase Contract Agent may adopt such Purchase Contract Agents authentication and deliver the Equity-Linked Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Purchase Contract Agent had itself authenticated such Equity-Linked Securities.
SECTION 8.12. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. (a) The Purchase Contract Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders as received by the Purchase Contract Agent in its capacity as Security Registrar.
(b) If three or more Holders (such three or more Holders, the Applicants) apply in writing to the Purchase Contract Agent, and furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent reasonable proof that each such Applicant has owned a Unit or Separate Purchase Contract for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Units or Separate Purchase Contracts and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication that such Applicants propose to transmit, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall transmit to all the Holders copies of the form of proxy or other communication that is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Purchase Contract Agent of the materials to be transmitted and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of such transmission.
SECTION 8.13. No Other Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent or Trustee. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor Trustee assumes any obligations, and neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor Trustee shall be subject to any liability, under this Agreement or any Security evidencing a Unit or Purchase Contract in respect of the obligations of the Holder of any Unit or Purchase Contract thereunder. The Company agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his or her acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed, that the Purchase Contract Agents and/or Trustees authentication, as applicable, of the Securities shall be solely, in the case of the Purchase Contract Agent, as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders and, in the case of the Trustee, as Trustee under the Indenture, and that neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor Trustee shall have any obligation to perform such Purchase Contracts (whether held as components of Units or Separate Purchase Contracts) on behalf of the Holders, except to the extent expressly provided in Article III hereof.
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SECTION 8.14. Tax Compliance. (a) The Purchase Contract Agent shall comply with all applicable certification, information reporting and withholding (including backup withholding) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations or administrative practice with respect to (i) any shares of Common Stock delivered upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts, any amounts paid in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts, and any other amounts included in the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund paid to Holders upon settlement of any Purchase Contracts; (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer or exercise of rights under the Purchase Contracts; or (iii) the adjustment of or failure to adjust the Fixed Settlement Rates in certain circumstances. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, but without limiting the requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, the Purchase Contract Agents obligations under this Section 8.14 shall extend only to form 1099 reporting and any applicable withholding unless and until the Purchase Contract Agent is otherwise notified by the Company pursuant to paragraph (b) below.
(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall, in accordance with the terms hereof, comply with any written direction received from the Company with respect to the execution or certification of any required documentation and the application of such requirements to particular payments or Holders or in other particular circumstances, and may for purposes of this Agreement conclusively rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.01(b)(ii).
(c) The Purchase Contract Agent shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available, on written request, to the Company or its authorized representative within a reasonable period of time after receipt of such request. For the avoidance of doubt, any costs or expenses incurred by the Purchase Contract Agent in connection with complying with its obligations under this Section 8.14 shall be covered by Section 8.07.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Trustee at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, for the purpose of modifying in any manner the terms of the Purchase Contracts, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Purchase Contracts:
(i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Units and Separate Purchase Contracts, if any;
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(ii) to add to the covenants for the benefit of Holders of Purchase Contracts or to surrender any of the Companys rights or powers under this Agreement;
(iii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent;
(iv) upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event, solely (i) to provide that each Purchase Contract will become a contract to purchase Exchange Property and (ii) to effect the related changes to the terms of the Purchase Contracts and the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, pursuant to Section 5.02;
(v) to conform the terms of the Purchase Contracts or the provisions of this Agreement to the Description of the Purchase Contracts, and Description of the Units sections in the Prospectus;
(vi) to cure any ambiguity or manifest error or to correct or supplement any provisions that may be inconsistent; or
(vii) to make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions, so long as such action does not adversely affect the interest of the Holders.
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in number of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee may enter into an one or more agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of modifying in any manner the terms of the Purchase Contracts, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Purchase Contracts; provided, however, that, except as contemplated herein, no such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Purchase Contract affected thereby:
(i) reduce the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts (except to the extent expressly provided in Section 5.01);
(ii) change the Mandatory Settlement Date, or adversely modify the right to settle Purchase Contracts early or the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right;
(iii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the Purchase Contracts; or
(iv) reduce the above-stated percentage of Outstanding Purchase Contracts the consent of the Holders of which is required for the modification or amendment of the provisions of the Purchase Contracts or this Agreement.
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It shall not be necessary for any consent of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Agreements. In executing, or accepting the additional agencies created by, any supplemental agreement permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the agencies created by this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee shall be provided, and (subject to Section 8.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental agreement is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and does not violate the Indenture, and that any and all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such supplemental agreement have been satisfied. The Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental agreement that affects the Purchase Contract Agents or Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Agreements. Upon the execution of any supplemental agreement under this Article, this Agreement and the Equity-Linked Securities shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental agreement shall form a part of this Agreement and the Equity-Linked Securities for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder, shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.05. Reference to Supplemental Agreements. Securities authenticated on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the execution of any supplemental agreement pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Purchase Contract Agent as to any matter provided for in such supplemental agreement. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental agreement may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent in exchange for outstanding Securities.
SECTION 9.06. Notice of Supplemental Agreements. After any supplemental agreement under this Article becomes effective, the Company shall give to the Holders a notice briefly describing such supplemental agreement; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of such supplemental agreement.
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ARTICLE X
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 10.01. Covenant Not to Consolidate, Merge, Convey, Transfer or Lease Property Except Under Certain Conditions. The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other entity, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise convey its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:
(i) (a) it is the continuing entity (in the case of a merger), or (b) if it is not the continuing entity, the successor entity formed by such consolidation or into which it is merged or which acquires by sale, transfer, lease or other conveyance of its properties and assets, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, and expressly assumes, by a supplement to this Agreement, all obligations of the Company under this Agreement; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default, and no event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become a default under this Agreement or the Purchase Contracts, has or will have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 10.02. Rights and Duties of Successor Entity. In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance (but not any such lease) and upon any such assumption under Section 10.01(i)(b) by a successor entity in accordance with Section 10.01, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities evidencing Units or Purchase Contracts issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent; and, upon the order of such successor entity, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Agreement prescribed, the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee (if applicable) shall authenticate on behalf of the Holders and deliver any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee for authentication, and any Security evidencing Units or Purchase Contracts that such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In the event of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities evidencing Units or Purchase Contracts thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 10.03. Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agent, subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.03, shall receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption under Section 10.01(i)(b), complies with the provisions of this Article and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance have been met.
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ARTICLE XI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 11.01. Performance Under Purchase Contracts. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Units and Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, that it will duly and punctually perform its obligations under the Units and Purchase Contracts, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the Units and Purchase Contracts and this Agreement.
SECTION 11.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on any Settlement Date, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Purchase Contracts and this Agreement may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Purchase Contract Agent with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company hereby appoints the Purchase Contract Agent as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby designates as the place of payment for the Purchase Contracts the Corporate Trust Office and appoints the Purchase Contract Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as paying agent in such city.
SECTION 11.03. Statements of Officers as to Default; Notice of Default. The Company will deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which fiscal year ends, as of the Issue Date, on December 31) ending after December 31, 2024, an Officers Certificate (one of the signers of which shall be the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company), stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof, and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 11.04. [Reserved.]
SECTION 11.05. Company to Reserve Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts, the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon the settlement of all Outstanding Purchase Contracts (whether or not included in a Unit), assuming settlement at the Maximum Settlement Rate.
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SECTION 11.06. Covenants as to Common Stock. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issuable upon settlement of any Outstanding Purchase Contract will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from all taxes, liens and charges and not subject to any preemptive rights.
The Company further covenants that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange, the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange, all Common Stock issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts; provided, however, that, if the rules of such exchange system permit the Company to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the first delivery of Common Stock upon settlement of Purchase Contracts in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Company covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the requirements of such exchange at such time.
SECTION 11.07. Tax Treatment. The Company agrees, and by purchasing a Unit each Holder of Purchase Contract and beneficial owner of Purchase Contract agrees, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (a) treat a Unit as an investment unit composed of two separate instruments, in accordance with its form, (b) treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Company and (c) in the case of each Holder of Purchase Contract and beneficial owner of Purchase Contract acquiring the Units at original issuance, allocate the Stated Amount of each Unit between the Note and the Purchase Contract so that such Holders or beneficial owners initial tax basis in each Purchase Contract will be $[] and each such Holders or beneficial owners initial tax basis in each Note will be $[] (as reflected in the cross-receipt for the Units initial issuance).
SECTION 11.08. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A Patriot Act (the Patriot Act), the Purchase Contract Agent, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Purchase Contract Agent. The parties to this Agreement agree that they shall provide the Purchase Contract Agent with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee under the Indenture | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Attorney-in-Fact of the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time as provided under the Purchase Contract Agreement | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF UNIT]
[THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL UNIT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE DEPOSITARY) TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]*
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
A-1
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
[]% TANGIBLE EQUITY UNITS
CUSIP No. []
ISIN No. []
No. [ ] [Initial]* Number of Units [ ]
This Unit certifies that [CEDE & CO., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company]* [ ]** (the Holder), or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Units set forth above[, which number may from time to time be reduced or increased, as set forth on Schedule A, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below), but which number, taken together with the number of all other outstanding Units, shall not exceed [] Units at any time (as automatically increased by the number of Units, if any, issued pursuant to the underwriters option to purchase additional Units described in the Prospectus)]*.
Each Unit consists of (i) a Purchase Contract issued by BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company), and (ii) a Note issued by the Company. Each Unit evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of [], 2024 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the Purchase Contract Agreement), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent), as Trustee (including its successors hereunder, the Trustee) under the Indenture and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time.
Reference is hereby made to the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Indenture and, in each case supplemental agreements thereto, for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Trustee, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Units are, and are to be, executed and delivered.
Upon the conditions and under the circumstances set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement, Holders of Units shall have the right to separate a Unit into its component parts, and a Holder of a Separate Purchase Contract and Separate Note shall have the right to re-create a Unit.
The Company agrees, and by purchasing a Unit each Holder of Purchase Contract and beneficial owner of Purchase Contract agrees, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (1) treat each Unit as an investment unit composed of two separate instruments, in accordance with its form, (2) treat each Note as indebtedness of the Company and (3) in the case of each Holder of Purchase Contract and beneficial owner of Purchase Contract acquiring the Units at original issuance, allocate the Stated Amount of each Unit between the Note and the Purchase Contract so that such Holder or beneficial owners initial tax basis in each Purchase Contract will be $[] and each such Holders or beneficial owners initial tax basis in each Note will be $[].
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* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
The Units and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
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* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Unit and the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement shall prevail.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
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* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated: _____________________ | ||
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: |
||
Title: |
A-5
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
UNIT CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
OF PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE
This is one of the Units referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract Agreement.
Dated: ________________________ |
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract Agent
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee under the Indenture
By: |
||
Authorized Signatory |
A-6
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
[FORM OF REVERSE OF UNIT]
[Intentionally Blank]
A-7
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SCHEDULE A*
[SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL UNIT]
The initial number of Units evidenced by this Global Unit is [ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Unit have been made:
Date |
Amount of increase in number of Units Global Unit |
Amount of decrease in number of Units evidenced by the Global Unit |
Number of Units evidenced by the Global Unit following such decrease or increase |
Signature of authorized signatory of Purchase Contract Agent |
A-8
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ATTACHMENT 1
[FORM OF SEPARATION NOTICE]
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
100 Wall Street, Suite 600
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Corporate Trust Services, re: BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Re: Separation of [Global]* Units
The undersigned [Beneficial Holder]* hereby notifies you that it wishes to separate Units [as to which it holds a Book-Entry Interest]* (the Relevant Units) into a number of Notes equal to the number of Relevant Units and a number of Purchase Contracts equal to the number of Relevant Units in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement (the Purchase Contract Agreement) dated [], 2024 between the BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, as Trustee under the Indenture and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time. Terms used and not defined herein have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The undersigned [includes herewith]** [Beneficial Holder has instructed the undersigned Depository Participant to transfer to you its Book-Entry Interests in]* the number of Units specified in the immediately succeeding paragraph. The undersigned [includes herewith]** [Beneficial Holder has furnished the undersigned Depository Participant with]* the appropriate endorsements and documents and paid all applicable transfer or similar taxes, if any, to the extent required by the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Please [deliver to the undersigneds address specified below]** [transfer to the account of the undersigned Beneficial Holder with the undersigned Depositary Participant the beneficial interests in]* (i) the number of Separate Notes and (ii) number of Separate Purchase Contracts represented by the number of Units specified above.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
A-9
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the [undersigned has caused this instrument to be duly executed]* [Depository Participant has caused this instrument to be duly executed on behalf of itself and the undersigned Beneficial Holder]**.
Dated: _______________________ | ||
[NAME OF BENEFICIAL HOLDER] | ||
By: |
||
Name: |
||
Title: |
||
Address: |
||
[NAME OF DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT]* | ||
By: |
||
Name: |
||
Address: |
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Attest By: |
A-10
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ATTACHMENT 2
[FORM OF RECREATION NOTICE]
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
100 Wall Street, Suite 600
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Corporate Trust Services, re: BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Re: Recreation of [Global]* Units
The undersigned [Beneficial Holder]* hereby notifies you that it wishes to recreate Units [as to which it holds a Book-Entry Interest]* (the New Units) from a number of Separate Notes equal to the number of New Units and a number of Separate Purchase Contracts equal to the number of New Units in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement (the Purchase Contract Agreement) dated as of [], 2024 between BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, as Trustee under the Indenture and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time. Terms used and not defined herein have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The undersigned [includes herewith]** [Beneficial Holder has instructed the undersigned Depository Participant to transfer to you its Book-Entry Interests in]* the applicable number of Separate Notes and the applicable number of Separate Purchase Contracts sufficient for the recreation of the number of Units specified above. The undersigned [includes herewith]** [Beneficial Holder has furnished the undersigned Depository Participant with]* the appropriate endorsements and documents and paid all applicable transfer or similar taxes, if any, to the extent required by the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Please [deliver to the undersigneds address specified below]** [transfer to the account of the undersigned Beneficial Holder with the undersigned Depositary Participant the beneficial interests in]* the number of Units specified above.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
A-11
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the [undersigned has caused this instrument to be duly executed]* [Depository Participant has caused this instrument to be duly executed on behalf of itself and the undersigned Beneficial Holder]**.
Dated: |
[NAME OF BENEFICIAL HOLDER]
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: | ||
[NAME OF DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT]* | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Address: | ||
Attest By: |
A-12
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ATTACHMENT 3
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
PURCHASE CONTRACTS
No. ___ Initial Number of Purchase Contracts: __________
This Purchase Contract certifies that U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as attorney-in-fact of holder(s) of the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby, or its registered assigns (the Holder) is the registered owner of the number of Purchase Contracts set forth above, which number may from time to time be reduced or increased as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below), but which number of Purchase Contracts, taken together with the number of all other Outstanding Purchase Contracts, shall not exceed [] Purchase Contracts at any time (as automatically increased by the number of Purchase Contracts, if any, issued pursuant to the underwriters option to purchase additional Units described in the Prospectus).
Each Purchase Contract consists of the rights of the Holder under such Purchase Contract with BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company). All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Company to deliver to the Holder of this Purchase Contract on the Mandatory Settlement Date a number shares of Common Stock of the Company equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate, unless such Purchase Contract has settled prior to the Mandatory Settlement Date, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
A-13
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Dated: |
A-14
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
REGISTERED HOLDER(S) (as to obligations of such holder(s) under the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby)
By: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not individually but solely as Attorney-in-Fact of such holder(s)
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
A-15
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
PURCHASE CONTRACT CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF
PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
This is one of the Purchase Contracts referred to in the within-mentioned Purchase Contract Agreement.
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract Agent
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory | ||
Dated: |
A-16
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
[REVERSE OF PURCHASE CONTRACT]
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of [], 2024 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the Purchase Contract Agreement), between BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent), as Trustee under the Indenture and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase Contract Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Purchase Contracts are, and are to be, executed and delivered.
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Company to deliver to the Holder of this Purchase Contract, on the Mandatory Settlement Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate, unless such Purchase Contract has settled prior to the Mandatory Settlement Date pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 4.12 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The Purchase Contracts are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Purchase Contract and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Purchase Contract will be registered and Purchase Contracts may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The Purchase Contracts are initially being issued as part of the []% Tangible Equity Units (the Units) issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement. Holders of the Units have the right to separate such Units into their constituent parts, consisting of Separate Notes and Separate Purchase Contracts, during the times, and under the circumstances, described in the Purchase Contract Agreement. Following separation of any Unit into its constituent parts, the Separate Purchase Contracts are transferable independently from the Separate Notes. In addition, Separate Purchase Contracts can be recombined with Separate Notes to recreate Units, as provided for in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The Holder of this Purchase Contract, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement, the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.
The Purchase Contracts and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
A-17
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
The Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, may treat the Person in whose name this Purchase Contract is registered as the owner of the Purchase Contracts, evidenced hereby, for the purpose of performance of the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
A-18
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
The Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of the Common Stock or other Exchange Property, except as provided by the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Each Purchase Contract (whether or not included in a Unit) is a security governed by Article VIII of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof.
Unless a conformed copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement has been filed on the EDGAR system of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement will be available for inspection at the offices of the Company.
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Purchase Contract and the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement shall prevail.
A-19
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM: | as tenants in common |
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT: | Custodian |
(cust) |
(minor) |
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors |
||
Act of ___________________ |
TENANT: as tenants by the entireties |
JT TEN: as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee) (Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee) the within Purchase Contracts and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney , to transfer said Purchase Contracts on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
DATED: | Signature |
Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Purchase Contracts in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Signature Guarantee:
A-20
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, deliverable upon settlement of the number of Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Purchase Contract be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incidental thereto, as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Dated: | ||
Signature | ||
Signature Guarantee: | ||
(if assigned to another Person) |
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to (or cash is to be paid to) a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Persons name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:
Name |
Name |
|||||||
Address |
Address |
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
A-21
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY
The undersigned Holder of this Purchase Contract hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect Early Settlement (which Early Settlement may, as applicable, be deemed to be in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Purchase Contract Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Purchase Contract as specified below. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, deliverable upon such Early Settlement be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Purchase Contract representing any Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto, as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Dated: |
Signature |
Signature Guarantee: |
A-22
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
Number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement is being elected:
If shares of Common Stock or Purchase Contracts are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Persons name and address:
REGISTERED HOLDER
Please print name and address of Registered Holder:
Name | Name | |||||||
Address | Address |
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
A-23
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SCHEDULE A*
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT
The initial number of Purchase Contracts evidenced by this certificate is [ ]. The following increases or decreases in this certificate have been made:
Date |
Amount of increase in number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby |
Amount of decrease in number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby |
Number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby following such decrease or increase |
Signature of authorized signatory of Purchase Contract Agent |
* | Include only if a Global Purchase Contract. |
A-24
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ATTACHMENT 4
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
[]% SENIOR AMORTIZING NOTES DUE 2027
CUSIP No.: []
ISIN No.: []
No. [ ][Initial]* Number of Notes: [ ]
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as attorney-in-fact of holder(s) of the Units of which this Note forms a part]* [ ]**, or registered assigns (the Holder), the initial principal amount of $[] for each of the number of Notes set forth above[, which number of Notes may from time to time be reduced or increased as set forth in Schedule A hereto, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture]*, in equal quarterly installments (except for the first such payment) (each such payment, an Installment Payment), constituting a payment of interest (at a rate of []% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal, payable on each [], [], [] and [], commencing on [], 2024 (each such date, an Installment Payment Date, and the period from, and including, [], 2024 to, but excluding, the first Installment Payment Date and thereafter each quarterly period from, and including, the immediately preceding Installment Payment Date to, but excluding, the relevant Installment Payment Date, an Installment Payment Period) with the final Installment Payment due and payable on [], 2027, all as set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. To the extent that payment of interest shall be legally enforceable, interest shall accrue and be payable on any overdue Installment Payments or principal at a rate of []% per annum.
Each Installment Payment for any Installment Payment Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If an Installment Payment is payable for any period shorter or longer than a full Installment Payment Period, such Installment Payment shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. Furthermore, if any date on which an Installment Payment is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Installment Payment on such date shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay. Installment Payments shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered, with limited exceptions as provided in the Indenture, at the close of business on [], [], [] or [] immediately preceding the relevant Installment Payment Date, as applicable (each, a Regular Record Date). Installment Payments shall be payable (x) in the case of any Certificated Note, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; provided, however, that payment of Installment Payments may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or (y) in the case of any Global Note, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee or otherwise in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary.
A-25
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication shall have been manually signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
A-26
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
A-27
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated: ___________________ | ||
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
A-28
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
Dated: | ||
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
A-29
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
[REVERSE OF NOTE]
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
[]% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company designated as its []% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027 (herein sometimes referred to as the Notes), issued under the Indenture, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) (including any provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed incorporated therein) (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [], 2024 (the First Supplemental Indenture), between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders. The terms of other series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture may vary with respect to interest rates, issue dates, maturity, redemption, repayment, currency of payment and otherwise as provided in the Base Indenture. The Base Indenture further provides that securities of a single series may be issued at various times, with different maturity dates and may bear interest at different rates. This series of Securities is limited in aggregate initial principal amount as specified in the First Supplemental Indenture.
Each Installment Payment shall constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of []% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Notes, allocated with respect to each Note as set forth in the schedule below:
Scheduled Installment Payment Date |
Amount of Principal |
Amount of Interest |
||||||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2027 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] |
A-30
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
Any Installment Payment on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Installment Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Installment Payment) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Installment Payment may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Installment Payment to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Installment Payment proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Installment Payment or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Installment Payment as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Notes at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Installment Payment shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Installment Payment on the Notes in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
The Notes shall not be subject to redemption at the option of the Company. However, a Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase some or all of its Notes for cash at the Repurchase Price per Note and on the Repurchase Date, upon the occurrence of certain events and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture.
This Note is not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge, legal defeasance and covenant defeasance of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Note.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare the Repurchase Price and all Installment Payments on this Note, to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, subject to the conditions and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
A-31
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures for certain purposes as described therein.
No provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Repurchase Price, if applicable, of and all Installment Payments on this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
The Notes are originally being issued as part of the []% Tangible Equity Units (the Units) issued by the Company pursuant to that certain Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, as Trustee and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Equity-Linked Securities (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) from time to time (the Purchase Contract Agreement). Holders of the Units have the right to separate such Units into their constituent parts, consisting of Separate Purchase Contracts (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) and Separate Notes, during the times, and under the circumstances, described in the Purchase Contract Agreement. Following separation of any Unit into its constituent Separate Note and Separate Purchase Contract, the Separate Notes are transferable independently from the Separate Purchase Contracts. In addition, Separate Notes can be recombined with Separate Purchase Contracts to recreate Units, as provided for in the Purchase Contract Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase Contract Agreement for a more complete description of the terms thereof applicable to the Units.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note shall be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentation of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations and for a like aggregate principal amount.
The Notes are initially issued in registered, global form without coupons in denominations equal to $[] initial principal amount and integral multiples in excess thereof.
The Company or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer of this Note. No service charge shall be made for any such transfer or for any exchange of this Note as contemplated by the Indenture.
A-32
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered upon the Security Register for the Notes as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of the Indenture, interest on this Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Note and the Indenture and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of any Installment Payment on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor, either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise; and all such personal liability is expressly released and waived as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the issuance of this Note.
The Company and each Holder of Purchase Contract and beneficial owner of Purchase Contract agrees, for United States federal income tax purposes, to treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Company.
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Note and the provisions of the Indenture, the Indenture shall prevail.
A-33
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Note to:
(Insert assignees social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: |
Signature: |
Signature Guarantee: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
A-34
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
A-35
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
FORM OF REPURCHASE NOTICE
TO: | BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. |
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
The undersigned registered Holder hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company) regarding the right of Holders to elect to require the Company to repurchase the Notes and requests and instructs the Company to pay, for each Note designated below, the Repurchase Price for such Notes (determined as set forth in the Indenture), in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, to the registered holder hereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. The Notes shall be repurchased by the Company as of the Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
Dated: |
|
Signature: |
|
NOTICE: The above signature of the Holder hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Notes in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Notes Certificate Number (if applicable):
Number of Notes to be repurchased (if less than all, must be one Note or integral multiples in excess thereof):
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:
A-36
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SCHEDULE A*
[SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE]
The initial number of Notes evidenced by this Global Note is [ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
Date |
Amount of decrease in number of Notes evidenced hereby |
Amount of increase in number of Notes evidenced hereby |
Number of Notes evidenced hereby following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee |
* | Include only if a Global Note. |
A-37
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF PURCHASE CONTRACT]
[THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL PURCHASE CONTRACT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE DEPOSITARY) TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]*
* | Include only if a Global Purchase Contract. |
B-1
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
PURCHASE CONTRACTS
CUSIP No. []
ISIN No. []
No. ___ [Initial]* Number of Purchase Contracts: ________
This Purchase Contract certifies that [CEDE & CO., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company]* [ ]**, or its registered assigns (the Holder) is the registered owner of the number of Purchase Contracts set forth above[, which number may from time to time be reduced or increased as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined below), but which number of Purchase Contracts, taken together with the number of all other Outstanding Purchase Contracts, shall not exceed [] Purchase Contracts at any time (as automatically increased by the number of Purchase Contracts, if any, issued pursuant to the underwriters option to purchase additional Units described in the Prospectus)]*.
Each Purchase Contract consists of the rights of the Holder under such Purchase Contract with the Company. All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Company to deliver to the Holder of this Purchase Contract on the Mandatory Settlement Date a number shares of Common Stock of the Company equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate, unless such Purchase Contract has settled prior to the Mandatory Settlement Date, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the reverse hereof.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
B-2
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated: |
|
B-3
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
REGISTERED HOLDER(S) (as to obligations of such holder(s) under the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby)
By: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not individually but solely as Attorney-in-Fact of such holder(s)
By: |
||
Name: | ||
Title: |
B-4
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
PURCHASE CONTRACT CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF
PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
This is one of the Purchase Contracts referred to in the within-mentioned Purchase Contract Agreement.
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract Agent
By: |
||
Authorized Signatory |
Dated: |
|
B-5
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
[REVERSE OF PURCHASE CONTRACT]
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of [], 2024 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the Purchase Contract Agreement), between BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent), as Trustee under the Indenture and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase Contract Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Purchase Contracts are, and are to be, executed and delivered.
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Company to deliver to the Holder of this Purchase Contract, on the Mandatory Settlement Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Settlement Rate, unless such Purchase Contract has settled prior to the Mandatory Settlement Date pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 4.12 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The Purchase Contracts are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Purchase Contract and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Purchase Contract will be registered and Purchase Contracts may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The Purchase Contracts are initially being issued as part of the []% Tangible Equity Units (the Units) issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement. Holders of the Units have the right to separate such Units into their constituent parts, consisting of Separate Notes and Separate Purchase Contracts, during the times, and under the circumstances, described in the Purchase Contract Agreement. Following separation of any Unit into its constituent parts, the Separate Purchase Contracts are transferable independently from the Separate Notes. In addition, Separate Purchase Contracts can be recombined with Separate Notes to recreate Units, as provided for in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The Holder of this Purchase Contract, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement, the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.
The Purchase Contracts and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
B-6
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
The Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, may treat the Person in whose name this Purchase Contract is registered as the owner of the Purchase Contracts, evidenced hereby, for the purpose of performance of the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of the Common Stock or other Exchange Property, except as provided by the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Each Purchase Contract (whether or not included in a Unit) is a security governed by Article VIII of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof.
Unless a conformed copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement has been filed on the EDGAR system of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement will be available for inspection at the offices of the Company.
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Purchase Contract and the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement shall prevail.
B-7
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM: | as tenants in common | |
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT: | Custodian | |
(cust) |
(minor) | |
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors |
||
Act of |
TENANT: | as tenants by the entireties | |
JT TEN: | as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)
(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)
the within Purchase Contracts and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Purchase Contracts on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
DATED: | Signature |
Notice : The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Purchase Contracts in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Signature Guarantee: |
B-8
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, deliverable upon settlement of the number of Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Purchase Contract be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incidental thereto, as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Date: |
Signature: |
Signature Guarantee: |
||
(if assigned to another Person) |
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to (or cash is paid to) a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Persons name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:
Name | Name | |||||||
Address | Address |
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
B-9
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY
The undersigned Holder of this Purchase Contract hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect Early Settlement (which Early Settlement may, as applicable, be deemed to be in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Purchase Contract Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Purchase Contract as specified below. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, deliverable upon such Early Settlement be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Purchase Contract representing any Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or other securities, as applicable, are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto, as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Date: |
Signature: |
Signature Guarantee: |
B-10
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
Number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby as to which Early Settlement is being elected:
If shares of Common Stock or Purchase Contracts are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Persons name and address:
REGISTERED HOLDER
Please print name and address of Registered Holder:
Name | Name | |||||||
Address | Address |
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
B-11
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
SCHEDULE A*
[SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT]
The initial number of Purchase Contracts evidenced by this certificate is [ ]. The following increases or decreases in this certificate have been made:
Date |
Amount of increase in number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby |
Amount of decrease in number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby |
Number of Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby following such decrease or increase |
Signature of authorized signatory of Purchase Contract Agent | ||||
* Include only if a Global Purchase Contract. |
B-12
* | Include only if a Global Unit. |
** | Include only if not a Global Unit. |
Exhibit 4.5
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.,
as Issuer,
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of [], 2024
Senior Securities
Table of Contents
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 5 | ||||
Section 1.03 |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 6 | ||||
Section 1.04 |
Acts of Holders; Record Dates | 6 | ||||
Section 1.05 |
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company | 8 | ||||
Section 1.06 |
Notice to Holders; Waiver | 8 | ||||
Section 1.07 |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 9 | ||||
Section 1.08 |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 9 | ||||
Section 1.09 |
Successors and Assigns | 9 | ||||
Section 1.10 |
Separability Clause | 9 | ||||
Section 1.11 |
Benefits of Indenture | 9 | ||||
Section 1.12 |
Governing Law | 10 | ||||
Section 1.13 |
Legal Holidays | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS | 10 | |||||
Section 2.01 |
Forms Generally | 10 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Form of Face of Security | 10 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Form of Reverse of Security | 12 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Form of Legend for Global Securities | 13 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES | 14 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 14 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Denominations | 16 | ||||
Section 3.03 |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 17 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Temporary Securities | 18 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 18 | ||||
Section 3.06 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities | 19 | ||||
Section 3.07 |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 20 | ||||
Section 3.08 |
Persons Deemed Owners | 21 | ||||
Section 3.09 |
Cancellation | 21 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Computation of Interest | 21 | ||||
Section 3.11 |
CUSIP Numbers | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 22 | |||||
Section 4.01 |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 22 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Application of Trust Money | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE V REMEDIES | 23 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Events of Default | 23 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 24 | ||||
Section 5.03 |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 24 | ||||
Section 5.04 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 25 | ||||
Section 5.05 |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 25 |
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Section 5.06 |
Application of Money Collected | 26 | ||||
Section 5.07 |
Limitation on Suits | 26 | ||||
Section 5.08 |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest | 26 | ||||
Section 5.09 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 27 | ||||
Section 5.10 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 27 | ||||
Section 5.11 |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 27 | ||||
Section 5.12 |
Control by Holders | 27 | ||||
Section 5.13 |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 27 | ||||
Section 5.14 |
Undertaking for Costs | 28 | ||||
Section 5.15 |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE | 28 | |||||
Section 6.01 |
Duties of Trustee | 28 | ||||
Section 6.02 |
Rights of Trustee | 29 | ||||
Section 6.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee | 30 | ||||
Section 6.04 |
Trustees Disclaimer | 31 | ||||
Section 6.05 |
Notice of Default | 31 | ||||
Section 6.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders | 31 | ||||
Section 6.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity | 31 | ||||
Section 6.08 |
Replacement of Trustee | 32 | ||||
Section 6.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. | 33 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 33 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Preferential Collection of Claims against Company | 33 | ||||
ARTICLE VII HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY | 33 | |||||
Section 7.01 |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders | 33 | ||||
Section 7.02 |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 34 | ||||
Section 7.03 |
Reports by Trustee | 34 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE | 34 | |||||
Section 8.01 |
When Company May Merge, Etc. | 34 | ||||
Section 8.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 35 | |||||
Section 9.01 |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 35 | ||||
Section 9.02 |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders | 36 | ||||
Section 9.03 |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 37 | ||||
Section 9.04 |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 37 | ||||
Section 9.05 |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 37 | ||||
Section 9.06 |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE X COVENANTS | 37 | |||||
Section 10.01 |
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 37 | ||||
Section 10.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 38 | ||||
Section 10.03 |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust | 38 | ||||
Section 10.04 |
Statement by Officers as to Default | 39 | ||||
Section 10.05 |
Waiver of Certain Covenants | 39 | ||||
Section 10.06 |
Reports by Company | 39 |
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ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 39 | |||||
Section 11.01 |
Applicability of Article | 39 | ||||
Section 11.02 |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 40 | ||||
Section 11.03 |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed | 40 | ||||
Section 11.04 |
Notice of Redemption | 40 | ||||
Section 11.05 |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 41 | ||||
Section 11.06 |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 41 | ||||
Section 11.07 |
Securities Redeemed in Part | 41 | ||||
ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS | 42 | |||||
Section 12.01 |
Applicability of Article | 42 | ||||
Section 12.02 |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 42 | ||||
Section 12.03 |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 42 | ||||
ARTICLE XIII [RESERVED] | 42 | |||||
ARTICLE XIV DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | 42 | |||||
Section 14.01 |
Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 42 | ||||
Section 14.02 |
Defeasance and Discharge | 43 | ||||
Section 14.03 |
Covenant Defeasance | 43 | ||||
Section 14.04 |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 44 | ||||
Section 14.05 |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 45 | ||||
Section 14.06 |
Reinstatement | 45 | ||||
ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS | 45 | |||||
Section 15.01 |
Patriot Act | 45 | ||||
Section 15.02 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 46 | ||||
Section 15.03 |
No Recourse Against Others | 46 | ||||
Section 15.04 |
Counterparts; Electronic Signatures | 46 |
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INDENTURE, dated as of [], 2024, between BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company), having its principal office at 805 N. Whittington Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the Securities), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) the words Article and Section refer to an Article and Section, respectively, of this Indenture; and
(4) the words herein and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
Add On Securities has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by any Officer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by applicable law or executive order to close or be closed.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble hereof and shall also refer to any successor obligor under the Indenture.
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee in New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office as of the date hereof is located at 100 Wall Street, Suite 600, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust.
Corporation means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 14.03.
Custodian means any receiver, receiver manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, monitor, or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 14.02.
Defeasible Series has the meaning specified in Section 14.01.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any statute successor thereto.
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Global Security means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.
Interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the date upon which an installment of interest on such Security becomes due and payable.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(4).
Officer means any of the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the principal accounting officer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company. Any such opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 14.02; and
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(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in Clause (A) above) of such Security, and (C) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
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Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock (or equivalent equity interest) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, voting stock means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Surviving Person has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the party named in the preamble hereof until a successor replaces such party in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers Certificate, if to be given by an Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents). On or prior to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any Holder (or any duly appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any such expiration date, any action identical to, or, at any time, contrary to or different from, the action or purported action to which such expiration date relates, in which event the Company may set a record date in respect thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly appointed agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is so taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, any notice, declaration or direction referred to in the next paragraph.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, if an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such a declaration to the Company, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. Promptly
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after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee shall notify the Company and the Holders of Outstanding Series of such series of any such record date so fixed and the proposed action. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such notice, declaration or direction shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such notice, declaration or direction shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a notice, declaration or direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, the notice, declaration or direction to which such record date relates, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any notice, declaration or direction of the type referred to in this paragraph given at any time to the Trustee and the Company by Holders (or their duly appointed agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such notice, declaration or direction is so given.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, or sent electronically in accordance with the Depositarys procedures, in each case, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Holder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the Securities.
All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by the Trust Indenture Act referenced to another statute or defined by any Commission rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings defined to them thereby.
Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10 Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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Section 1.12 Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01 Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legends required.]
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
No. | $ |
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[ ] on [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on and in each year, commencing at the rate of [ ]% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert , and at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium
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and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of [ ]% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of [ ]% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in [ ], in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of [], 2024 (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable insert , limited in aggregate principal amount to $[ ] ].
[If applicable insert The Securities are subject to redemption at the election of the Holders thereof, in whole or in part, and in limited circumstances at the election of the Company, in whole, as described in the Indenture.]. [The Securities are not otherwise subject to redemption prior to maturity and no sinking fund is provided for the Securities.]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (1) the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest all of the Companys obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof]. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.
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Section 2.05 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory | ||
Dated: |
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series, including CUSIP Numbers (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
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(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 1.01;
(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;
(14) if applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article XIV or any changes in the provisions relating thereto;
(15) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.05 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered;
(16) any additions or deletions to or changes in the covenants contemplated by Article X which applies to Securities of the series;
(17) additions or deletions to or changes in the provisions relating to the modification of the Indenture both with and without the consent of holders of Securities of the series;
(18) the form and terms of any guarantee of any Securities of the series and the provisions, if any, relating to any securities provided for the Securities of the series;
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(19) if applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in Article IV or any changes in the provisions relating thereto;
(20) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable; and
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms may modify, supplement or delete any provision of the Indenture with respect to such series; provided, however, that no such term may modify or delete any provision thereof if imposed by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, further, that any modification or deletion of the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustee).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The Company may, from time to time, by adoption of a Board Resolution and subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional securities of any series of Securities (Add On Securities) having terms and conditions identical to those of such series of Outstanding Securities, except that such Add On Securities:
(i) may have a different issue date from such series of Outstanding Securities;
(ii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of Outstanding Securities; and
(iii) may have terms specified in such Board Resolution for such Add On Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities laws) which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Securities) and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the Trustee.
Section 3.02 Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
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Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Officer. The signature of any such Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper Officers shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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Section 3.04 Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is hereby appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute (or through book-entry transfer in the case of Global Securities), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute (or through book-entry transfer in the case of Global Securities), and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company or Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (1) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (2) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee thereof, and no such transfer may be registered, unless (1) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (2) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so transferable, registrable and exchangeable, and such transfers shall be registrable, (3) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities evidenced by such Global Security or (4) there shall exist such other circumstances, if any, as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security to which the restriction set forth in the preceding sentence shall have ceased to apply may be transferred only to, and may be registered and exchanged for Securities registered only in the name or names of, such Person or Persons as the Depositary for such Global Security shall have directed and no transfer thereof other than such a transfer may be registered.
Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security to which the restriction set forth in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph shall apply, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security.
Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company and the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued under this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.09 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in its customary manner.
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any changes in the CUSIP numbers.
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of any series (if all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series under Section 6.07, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.01 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein or in a Security issued hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series when due; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to
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the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any Custodian or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar committee.
Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the Company.
Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a Custodian, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
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Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12 Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine, that the proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to not have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holders of the Securities, or group of Holders of the Securities, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of the Outstanding Securities for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Outstanding Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Outstanding Securities, and provided, further, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.
Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this Indenture and covenants and agrees to perform the same, as herein expressed.
Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in or read into this Indenture.
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(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.12.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take or omit to take any action under this Indenture.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of this Section 6.01.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to the extent required by law.
Section 6.02 Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 6.01:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such investigation.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
(g) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection of any action taken, suffered or omitted by in hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of, or have actual knowledge of, any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of any event which is in fact such a default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, Custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, pandemics, epidemics, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
(k) The Trustee shall not be liable for any indirect, punitive, special or consequential losses or damages (including but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
Section 6.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Security Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 6.08, 6.09 and 6.10.
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Section 6.04 Trustees Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities and it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities, other than the Trustees certificate of authentication, or the use or application of any funds received by a Paying Agent other than the Trustee.
Section 6.05 Notice of Default.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of Securities of such series notice of the uncured Event of Default within 90 days after such Event of Default occurs. Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) of, or interest on, any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 6.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each December 31 beginning with the December 31 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such December 31 that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) if such report is required by such Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Sections 313(b) and 313(c).
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Securities of any series become listed on any stock exchange or automatic quotation system.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed.
Section 6.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents, accountants, experts and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee) and any predecessor Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors, attorneys-in-fact and agents for, and hold it harmless against, any claim, demand, expense (including but not limited to reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel), loss, charges (including taxes (other than taxes based upon the income of the Trustee)) or liability incurred by them without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and their rights or duties hereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. At the request of the Trustee, the Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Companys expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee as determined by a final, non-appealable, judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
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To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 6.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all assets held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets held in trust to pay principal and premium, if any, of or interest on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or (6) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Companys obligations under this Section 6.07 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Companys obligations pursuant to Article IV of this Indenture and any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.08 Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holder or Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a series may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series by so notifying the Company and the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series with the Companys consent. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a Custodian, or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, with respect to Securities of that or those series. Within one year after the successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities takes office, the Holder or Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to such series to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that and provided that all sums owing to the Trustee provided for in Section 6.07 have been paid, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee with respect to such series of Securities to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 6.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder of Securities of that or those series.
If a successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holder or Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
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If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10, any Holder of Securities of a series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08, the Companys obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 6.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.
Section 6.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(1) and Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(5). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).
Section 6.11 Preferential Collection of Claims against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
If the Trustee is not the Security Registrar, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list for each series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the Regular Record Date, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Security Registrar.
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Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of the Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company may not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other person, or, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, assign, transfer or convey its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (computed on a consolidated basis) to another person or group of affiliated persons, and another person or group of affiliated persons may not directly or indirectly sell, lease, assign, transfer or convey its properties and assets as an entity or substantially as an entity (computed on a consolidated basis) to the Company, unless:
(1) the Company shall be the continuing person, or the person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company are transferred as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (the Company or such other person being hereinafter referred to as the Surviving Person), and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and the Indenture, so supplemented, shall remain in full force and effect;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption of the obligations as set forth in clause (1), above, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(3) if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, assignment, or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article VIII and that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
Section 8.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 8.01, the Surviving Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Person had been named as the Company herein. When a Surviving Person duly assumes all of the obligations of the Company pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Securities, the predecessor shall be relieved of the performance and observance of all obligations and covenants of this Indenture and the Securities, including but not limited to the obligation to make payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on all the Securities then outstanding, and the Company may thereupon or any time thereafter be liquidated and dissolved.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the, benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
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(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest or the time of payment of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13 or Section 10.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, or
(4) change any obligation of the Company to pay additional amounts, or
(5) adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase at the option of the Holder, or
(6) reduce or postpone any sinking fund or similar provision.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS.
Section 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
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Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 10.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust hereunder by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
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only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 10.04 Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024), an Officers Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture.
Section 10.05 Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 3.01(16) or 9.01(2) for the benefit of the Holders of such series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 10.06 Reports by Company.
The Company shall comply with all of the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.01 Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
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Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 10 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple authorized for Securities of that series) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If less than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register or delivered as required by the Depositary.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
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(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(7) applicable CUSIP Numbers.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.01 Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 10 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 10 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.
ARTICLE XIII
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ARTICLE XIV
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 14.01 Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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The Company may elect, at its option by Board Resolution at any time, to have either Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible pursuant to this Article XIV (hereinafter called a Defeasible Series), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article XIV.
Section 14.02 Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 14.01 to have this Section 14.02 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series and subject to the proviso to Section 14.01, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the Securities of such series are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 14.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities of such series when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article XIV. Subject to compliance with this Article XIV, the Company may exercise its option provided in Section 14.01 to have this Section 14.02 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option provided in Section 14.01 to have Section 14.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series. Following a Defeasance, payment of such Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 14.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 14.01 to have this Section 14.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(17) or Section 9.01(2) with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and Section 8.01, as applicable, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 5.01(3), 5.01(4) (with respect to Section 8.01, any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(17) or Section 9.01(2)), 5.01(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any covenants added for the benefit of the Securities of such series pursuant to any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.01(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.
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Section 14.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such series.
(2) In the case of an election under Section 14.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date first set forth hereinabove, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the case of an election under Section 14.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) No Event of Default or event that (after notice or lapse of time or both) would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any Event of Default or any such event specified in Sections 5.01(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
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Section 14.05 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 14.06, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of the Securities of any Defeasible Series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of such series and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of Securities of such series, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 14.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article XIV to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 14.04 with respect to Securities of any Defeasible Series that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Securities of such series.
Section 14.06 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article XIV with respect to the Securities of any series by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XIV with respect to Securities of such series until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 14.05 with respect to Securities of such series in accordance with this Article XIV; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 15.01 Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A Patriot Act (the Patriot Act), the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they shall provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the Patriot Act.
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Section 15.02 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECURITIES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING AS AMONG THE ISSUER AND/OR THE TRUSTEE ONLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES. SUCH WAIVER OF A JURY TRIAL DOES NOT SERVE AS A WAIVER BY ANY PARTIES OF ANY RIGHTS FOR CLAIMS MADE UNDER THE U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. NO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES MAY WAIVE THE COMPANYS COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
Section 15.03 No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder as such of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 15.04 Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Indenture or in any certificate, agreement or document related to this Indenture shall include electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and Adobe Sign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
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U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
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[Signature Page to Senior Indenture]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.01. |
Scope of Supplemental Indenture; General | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02. |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 |
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THE SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01. |
Title and Terms | 5 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Installment Payments | 6 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Maturity Date | 8 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Right to Exchange or Register a Transfer | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 3.01. |
Amendments to Article IV of the Base Indenture | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 |
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 4.01. |
Amendments to Article V of the Base Indenture | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 |
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THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 5.01. |
Amendments to Article VI of the Base Indenture | 16 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 |
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SUCCESSOR CORPORATION |
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Section 6.01. |
Amendments to Article VIII of the Base Indenture | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 |
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AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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Section 7.01. |
Amendments to Article IX of the Base Indenture | 18 |
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ARTICLE 8 |
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COVENANTS |
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Section 8.01. |
Amendments to Article X of the Base Indenture | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 |
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NO REDEMPTION |
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Section 9.01. |
Article XI of the Base Indenture Inapplicable | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 |
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 10.01. |
Amendments to Article XIV of the Base Indenture | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE 11 |
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REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER |
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Section 11.01. |
Offer to Repurchase | 24 | ||||
Section 11.02. |
Early Mandatory Settlement Notice | 24 | ||||
Section 11.03. |
Procedures for Exercise | 24 | ||||
Section 11.04. |
Withdrawal of Repurchase Notice | 25 | ||||
Section 11.05. |
Effect of Repurchase | 25 | ||||
Section 11.06. |
No Sinking Fund | 26 | ||||
ARTICLE 12 |
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TAX TREATMENT |
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Section 12.01. |
Tax Treatment | 26 | ||||
ARTICLE 13 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.01. |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 26 | ||||
Section 13.02. |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 26 | ||||
Section 13.03. |
Successors and Assigns | 26 | ||||
Section 13.04. |
Separability | 26 | ||||
Section 13.05. |
Benefits of Supplemental Indenture | 26 | ||||
Section 13.06. |
Governing Law and Jury Trial Waiver | 27 | ||||
Section 13.07. |
Electronic Signatures | 27 | ||||
Section 13.08. |
Ratification of Indenture | 27 | ||||
Exhibit A Form of Note |
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of [], 2024 (this Supplemental Indenture) between BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee), Paying Agent and Security Registrar, supplementing the Indenture dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to provide for, among other things, the issuance of unsecured debt securities in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture provides that the Company may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form and terms of any series of Securities as provided by Section 3.01 and Section 9.01(7) of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by the Company of a series of Securities designated as its []% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027 (the Notes, and each $[] of initial principal amount of such Securities, a Note), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, on the terms set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company now wishes to issue Notes in an aggregate initial principal amount of $[] (as increased by an amount equal to the Initial Principal Amount multiplied by the number of additional Units purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to any exercise of their option to purchase such Units as described in the Prospectus), each Note initially to be issued as a component of the Units (as defined herein) being issued on the date hereof by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, as Trustee and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Equity-Linked Securities from time to time (the Purchase Contract Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms and (ii) the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of the parties hereto and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. Scope of Supplemental Indenture; General. The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes (which shall be initially in the aggregate initial principal amount of $[] (as increased by an amount equal to the Initial Principal Amount multiplied by the number of additional Units purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to any exercise of their option to purchase such Units as described in the Prospectus)) and shall not apply to any other Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. This Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any corresponding provisions in the Base Indenture.
Section 1.02. Definitions. For all purposes of the Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) the terms defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(ii) all words, terms and phrases defined in the Base Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meaning herein as in the Base Indenture;
(iii) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them therein; and
(iv) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Agent Members has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.01(d).
Base Indenture has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble hereof.
Beneficial Holder means, with respect to a Global Note, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Interest as reflected on the books of the Depositary or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with the Depositary (directly as a Depositary Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of the Depositary).
Book-Entry Interest means a beneficial interest in a Global Note, registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by such Depositary.
Certificated Note means a Note in definitive registered form without interest coupons.
close of business means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company or such other securities or assets as shall be deliverable in replacement thereof under the Purchase Contract Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.
Company has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble hereof and shall also refer to any successor obligor under the Indenture.
Component Note means a Note in global form and attached to a Global Unit that (a) shall evidence the number of Notes specified therein that are components of the Units evidenced by such Global Unit, (b) shall be registered on the Security Register for the Notes in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of holder(s) of the Units of which such Notes form a part, and (c) shall be held by the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for such holder(s), together with the Global Unit, as custodian of such Global Unit for the Depositary.
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Defaulted Installment Payment has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.02(d).
Depositary means The Depository Trust Company until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter Depositary shall mean such successor Depositary.
Depositary Participant means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book-entry transfers of securities deposited with the Depositary.
Early Mandatory Settlement Date has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Early Mandatory Settlement Notice has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Early Mandatory Settlement Right has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Equity-Linked Securities has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Fundamental Change has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Global Note means any Note that is a Global Security.
Global Unit has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Holder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Security Registrars books.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
Initial Principal Amount means $[] initial principal amount per Note.
Installment Payment has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.02(a).
Installment Payment Date means each [], [], [] and [], commencing on [], 2024 and ending on the Maturity Date.
Installment Payment Period means (i) in the case of the first Installment Payment Date on [], 2024, the period from, and including, the Issue Date to, but excluding, such first Installment Payment Date and (ii) in the case of any subsequent Installment Payment Date, the quarterly period from, and including, the immediately preceding Installment Payment Date to, but excluding, such Installment Payment Date.
Issue Date means [], 2024.
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Maturity when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which any Installment Payment becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise.
Maturity Date means [], 2027.
Note and Notes have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the preamble hereof and include, for the avoidance of doubt, both Separate Notes and Notes that constitute part of a Unit.
Paying Agent means any Person (including the Company) authorized by the Company to pay the principal amount of or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company. The Paying Agent shall initially be U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
Prospectus means the preliminary prospectus dated [], 2024, as supplemented and/or amended by the related pricing term sheet dated [], 2024, related to the offering and sale of the Notes.
Purchase Contract means a prepaid stock purchase contract obligating the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Purchase Contract Agent means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as purchase contract agent under the Purchase Contract Agreement, until a successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, and thereafter Purchase Contract Agent shall mean such Person.
Purchase Contract Agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble hereof.
Regular Record Date means, with respect to any [], [], [] and [] Installment Payment Date, the immediately preceding [], [], [] or [], respectively.
Reporting Event of Default has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.16.
Repurchase Date shall be a date specified by the Company in the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice, which date shall be at least 20 but not more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice (and which may or may not fall on the Early Mandatory Settlement Date).
Repurchase Notice means a notice in the form entitled Form of Repurchase Notice attached to the Notes.
Repurchase Price means, (a) with respect to a Note to be repurchased pursuant to Article 11, an amount equal to the principal amount of such Note as of the Repurchase Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such principal amount from, and including, the immediately preceding Installment Payment Date (or, if none, from, and including, the Issue Date) to, but not including, such Repurchase Date, calculated at an annual rate of []%; provided that, if the Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date for any Installment Payment and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Installment Payment Date, the Installment Payment payable on such Installment Payment Date will be paid on such Installment Payment Date to the holder as of such Regular Record Date and will not be included in the Repurchase Price per Note or (b) with respect to a Note that has been accelerated pursuant to Article 5, an amount equal to the principal amount of such Note as of the date of acceleration, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such principal amount from, and including, the last Installment Payment Date in respect of which the relevant Installment Payment was paid (or, if none, from, and including, the Issue Date) to, but not including, the date of acceleration.
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Repurchase Right has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.01.
Separate Note means a Note that has been separated from a Unit in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Separate Purchase Contract means a Purchase Contract that has been separated from a Unit in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Special Interest means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 5.16.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Note or any Installment Payment thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the Repurchase Price of such Note or such Installment Payment is due and payable.
Supplemental Indenture has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble hereof.
Surviving Person has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.01(a)
Trustee means the party named in the preamble hereof until a successor replaces such party in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
Underwriters means Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, KKR Capital Market LLC, Jefferies LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Leerink Partners LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., and Loop Capital Markets LLC.
Unit means the collective rights of a holder of a []% Tangible Equity Unit, with a stated amount of $50.00 (representing an issue price of $[] for the Note included in each Unit and an issue price of $[] for the Purchase Contract included in each Unit), issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement, each consisting of a single Purchase Contract and a single Note prior to separation or subsequent to recreation thereof pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Title and Terms.
(a) There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the []% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027 limited in aggregate initial principal amount to $[] (as increased by an amount equal to the Initial Principal Amount multiplied by the number of additional Units purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to any exercise of their option to purchase such Units as described in the Prospectus), which amount shall be as set forth in any written order of the Company for authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture.
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(b) The Notes will initially be issued as Component Notes in substantially the form of Attachment 4 to the form of Global Unit attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Contract Agreement, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. The Notes will initially be attached to the related Global Unit and registered in the name of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as attorney-in-fact of the holder(s) of such Global Unit.
(c) Holders of Units have the right to separate such Units into their constituent parts, consisting of Separate Purchase Contracts and Separate Notes, during the times, and under the circumstances, described in Section 2.03 of the Purchase Contract Agreement. Upon separation of any Unit into its constituent parts, (i) if such Unit is a Global Unit, the Separate Notes will initially be evidenced by a Global Note (the Global Note) in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is incorporated into and shall be deemed a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, or (ii) if such Unit is in definitive, registered form, the Separate Notes will be evidenced by Certificated Notes in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, in each case, as provided in Section 2.03 of the Purchase Contract Agreement. Following separation of any Unit into its constituent Separate Note and Separate Purchase Contract, the Separate Notes are transferable independently from the Separate Purchase Contracts. In addition, Separate Notes can be recombined with Separate Purchase Contracts to recreate Units, as provided for in Section 2.04 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
(d) The Global Note representing Separate Notes (which shall initially have a balance of zero Notes) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary and delivered to the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Note (or any Global Unit in the case of Component Notes) held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Note (or such Global Unit), and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note (or such Global Unit) for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of any Holder.
(e) The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of initial principal amounts equal to the Initial Principal Amount and integral multiples in excess thereof.
Section 2.02. Installment Payments. (a) The Company shall pay installments on the Notes (each such payment, an Installment Payment) in cash at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided in the Notes. Installment Payments shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date corresponding to such Installment Payment Date. The Company has initially designated U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as its Paying Agent and Security Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in New York, New York as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer. The Company may, however, change the Paying Agent or Security Registrar for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders thereof, and the Company may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar.
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(b) On the first Installment Payment Date occurring on [], 2024, the Company shall pay, in cash, an Installment Payment with respect to each Note in an amount equal to $[] per Note, and on each Installment Payment Date thereafter, the Company shall pay, in cash, equal quarterly Installment Payments with respect to each Note in an amount equal to $[] per Note; provided that, in respect of any Certificated Note, the final Installment Payment shall be made only against surrender of such Certificated Note to the Paying Agent.
(c) Each Installment Payment shall constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of []% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Notes, allocated with respect to each Note as set forth in the schedule below:
Scheduled Installment Payment Date |
Amount of Principal |
Amount of Interest |
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[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2027 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] |
(d) Each Installment Payment for any Installment Payment Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If an Installment Payment is payable for any period shorter or longer than a full Installment Payment Period, such Installment Payment shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. Furthermore, if any date on which an Installment Payment is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Installment Payment on such date shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay.
Any Installment Payment on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Installment Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Installment Payment) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Installment Payment may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Installment Payment to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Installment Payment proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Installment Payment or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Installment Payment as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
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proposed payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Notes at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Installment Payment shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Installment Payment on the Notes in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.03. Maturity Date. The date on which the final Installment Payment on the Notes shall be due, unless the Notes are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof or otherwise paid prior to Maturity in connection with a Holders exercise of the Repurchase Right, shall be the Maturity Date.
Section 2.04. Right to Exchange or Register a Transfer. (a) The Company shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Note if the Holder thereof has exercised his, her or its right, if any, to require the Company to repurchase such Note in whole or in part, except the portion of such Note not required to be repurchased.
(b) For purposes of any Note that constitutes part of a Unit, Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture (as modified by this Supplemental Indenture) shall be subject to the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Base Indenture, if:
(i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or ceases to be a Clearing Agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary registered as a Clearing Agency under the Exchange Act is not appointed by the Company within 90 days; or
(ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and a Beneficial Holder requests that its Notes be issued in physical, certificated form,
then, in each case the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Certificated Notes, shall authenticate and deliver Certificated Notes representing an aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to the Global Note or Notes representing such Notes (or representing an aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes in respect of which such Beneficial Holder has requested the issuance of Certificated Notes pursuant to clause (ii) above) in exchange for such Global Note or Notes (or portion thereof). Each Certificated Note so delivered shall evidence Notes of the same kind and tenor as the Global Note so surrendered in respect thereof.
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ARTICLE 3
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01. Amendments to Article IV of the Base Indenture. For purposes of the Notes, Article IV of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Notes authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Maturity Date within one year, and the Company, in the case of (i) or (ii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee cash in trust for the benefit of the Holders, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for Installment Payments to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
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Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the Installment Payments for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE 4
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 4.01. Amendments to Article V of the Base Indenture. For purposes of the Notes, Article V of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety by the following:
Section 5.01 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any Installment Payment on any Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable and continuance of such failure for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the Repurchase Price of any Notes when the same shall become due and payable; or
(3) failure by the Company to give notice of a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Purchase Contract Agreement when due and continuance of such failure for a period of five Business Days; or
(4) failure by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Notes or this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Notes other than the Notes), and such failure continues for the period and after the notice specified in Section 5.02, subject to extension pursuant to Section 5.16; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or
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proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action.
Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
A default as described in Section 5.01(4) will not be deemed an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes notify the Company in writing and the Trustee, of the default and the Company does not cure the default within 90 calendar days after receipt of such notice. The notice must reference the Company, as issuer, the Units and this Indenture and specify the default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a Notice of Default. If such a default is cured within such time period, it ceases.
If an Event of Default with respect to Notes at the time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6)) occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), declare all Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon such declaration of acceleration, all future, scheduled Installment Payments on the Notes will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) occurs and is continuing, such amount will automatically become due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue Installment Payments on all Notes,
(B) the Repurchase Price on any Notes which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Notes,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue Repurchase Price and Installment Payments at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Notes, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Notes, other than the non-payment of the Repurchase Price of Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any Installment Payments on any Note when such Installment Payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the Repurchase Price of any Note at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue Repurchase Price or Installment Payments, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar committee.
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Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of Repurchase Price or any Installment Payment, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for Repurchase Price and Installment Payments on the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for Repurchase Price and Installment Payments; and
THIRD: To the Company.
Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Repurchase Price and Installment Payments.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments (subject to Section 3.07) on such Note on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Note and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Notes to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12 Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes, provided that
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(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past default hereunder with respect to such Notes and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the Repurchase Price or any Installment Payment on any Note, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holders of the Notes, or group of Holders of the Notes, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of the Outstanding Notes for the enforcement of the payment of the Installment Payments on any Outstanding Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Outstanding Notes, and provided, further, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.
Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Section 5.16 Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company may elect that the sole remedy for any Event of Default (a Reporting Event of Default) pursuant to Section 5.01(4) arising from the Companys failure to comply with Section 10.06 will, for each of the first 180 days on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, consist exclusively of the right to receive Special Interest. If the Company has made such an election, then (i) the Notes will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 5.02 on account of the relevant Reporting Event of Default from, and including, the 181st day on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Company fails to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest when due; and (ii) Special Interest will cease to accrue on any Notes from, and including, such 181st day.
Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as Installment Payments on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to 0.25% of the principal amount thereof for the first 90 days on which Special Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% of the principal amount thereof.
To make the election set forth in this Section 5.16, the Company must send to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, before the date on which each Reporting Event of Default first occurs, a notice that (i) briefly describes the report(s) that the Company failed to file with the Commission; (ii) states that the Company is electing that the sole remedy for such Reporting Event of Default consist of the accrual of Special Interest; and (iii) briefly describes the periods during which and rate at which Special Interest will accrue and the circumstances under which the Notes will be subject to acceleration on account of such Reporting Event of Default.
If Special Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five Business Days before each date on which such Special Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officers Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Special Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Special Interest is payable or the amount thereof.
No election pursuant to this Section 5.16 with respect to a Reporting Event of Default will affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default, including with respect to any other Reporting Event of Default.
ARTICLE 5
THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01. Amendments to Article VI of the Base Indenture.
(a) For purposes of the Notes, Section 6.02(i) of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, Custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
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(b) For purposes of the Notes, Section 6.05 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
If an Event of Default with respect to Notes occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of Notes notice of the uncured Event of Default within 90 days after such Event of Default occurs. Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of Repurchase Price or any Installment Payment on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders of Notes.
(c) For purposes of the Notes, the second and third paragraphs of Section 6.07 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee) and any predecessor Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors, attorneys-in-fact and agents for, and hold it harmless against, any claim, demand, expense (including but not limited to reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel), loss, charges (including taxes (other than taxes based upon the income of the Trustee)) or liability incurred by them without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the execution and performance of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the acceptance or administration of this trust and their rights or duties hereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. At the request of the Trustee, the Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Companys expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee as determined by a final, non-appealable, judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee in this Section 6.07, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, mutatis mutandis, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association in each of its capacities hereunder.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 6.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all assets held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets held in trust to pay Repurchase Price or Installment Payments on particular Notes.
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ARTICLE 6
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 6.01. Amendments to Article VIII of the Base Indenture.
(a) For purposes of the Notes, Article VIII of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety to the following:
Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other entity, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise convey its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:
(1) (i) the Company is the continuing entity (in the case of a merger) or (ii) if the Company is not the continuing entity, the successor entity formed by such consolidation or into which it is merged or which acquires by sale, transfer, lease or other conveyance of its properties and assets, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (any such other entity being referred to herein as the Surviving Person), is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, and expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of the Installment Payments on the Notes and the performance of all of the covenants under this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default under this Indenture, has or will have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, assignment, or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article VIII and that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
Section 8.02 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 8.01, the Surviving Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Person had been named as the Company herein and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor shall be relieved of the performance and observance of all obligations and covenants of this Indenture and the Notes, including but not limited to the obligation to make payment of the Installment Payments on all the Notes then outstanding, and the Company may thereupon or any time thereafter be liquidated and dissolved.
ARTICLE 7
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 7.01. Amendments to Article IX of the Base Indenture.
(a) For purposes of the Notes, Section 9.01 and 9.02 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; or
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(2) to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation as set forth in Article VIII; or
(3) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment with respect to the Notes by a successor Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, and add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one Trustee; or
(5) to secure the Notes; or
(6) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes; or
(7) to add covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company; or
(8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect; or
(9) to conform the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of the Amortizing Notes section in the Prospectus.
Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. Without prior notice to any Holder, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may modify and amend this Indenture or the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby, an amendment or waiver may not:
(1) change any Installment Payment Date or reduce the amount owed on any Installment Payment Date, or
(2) reduce the Repurchase Price or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes the obligation of the Company to make such payment, or
(3) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver provided for in this Indenture, or
(4) impair the right of any Holder to receive the Repurchase Price on or after the due dates therefor or the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the due dates therefor, or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13 or Section 10.05, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
ARTICLE 8
COVENANTS
Section 8.01. Amendments to Article X of the Base Indenture.
(a) For purposes of the Notes, Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Notes that it will duly and punctually pay the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
(b) For purposes of the Notes, Section 10.03 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, it will, on or before each due date of the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments on the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Notes, it will, on or prior to each due date of the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments on the Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for the Notes other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment in respect of the Notes, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Notes.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust hereunder by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent. Upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the Repurchase Price and Installment Payments on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such Repurchase Price and Installment Payment has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
(c) For purposes of the Notes, Section 10.06 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
The Company will send to the Trustee copies of all reports that it is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 calendar days after the date it is required to so file the same (after giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). For purposes of this Section, documents filed by the Company with the Commission via EDGAR system will be deemed to be filed with the Trustee as of the time such documents are filed via EDGAR, provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine if such filing has occurred.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such reports, information or documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants under the Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on an Officers Certificate).
ARTICLE 9
NO REDEMPTION
Section 9.01. Article XI of the Base Indenture Inapplicable. The Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company and Article XI of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
ARTICLE 10
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 10.01. Amendments to Article XIV of the Base Indenture. For purposes of the Notes, Article XIV of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
Section 14.01 Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option by Board Resolution at any time, to have either Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 applied to the Outstanding Notes, upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article XIV.
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Section 14.02 Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 14.01 to have this Section 14.02 applied to the Outstanding Notes, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Notes as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes and to have satisfied all its other obligations under the Notes and this Indenture insofar as the Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 14.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal and interest on such Notes when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (3) the rights, protections, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article XIV. Subject to compliance with this Article XIV, the Company may exercise its option provided in Section 14.01 to have this Section 14.02 applied to the Outstanding Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option provided in Section 14.01 to have Section 14.03 applied to the Outstanding Notes. Following a Defeasance, payment of such Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 14.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 14.01 to have this Section 14.03 applied to the Outstanding Notes, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(16) or Section 9.01(2) with respect to the Notes and Section 8.01, as applicable, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.01(4) (with respect to Section 8.01, any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(16) or Section 9.01(2)), shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Notes as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any covenants added for the benefit of the Notes pursuant to any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.01(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 14.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 to the Outstanding Notes:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Outstanding Notes, U.S. Dollars in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and interest on the Notes on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes.
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(2) In the case of an election under Section 14.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date first set forth hereinabove, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the case of an election under Section 14.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) No Event of Default or event that (after notice or lapse of time or both) would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit.
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Notes are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 14.05 Deposited Money to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 10.03, all money (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 14.06, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of the Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal or interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Anything in this Article XIV to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money held by it as provided in Section 14.04 with respect to Notes that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes.
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Section 14.06 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article XIV with respect to the Notes by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XIV with respect to Notes until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 14.05 with respect to Notes in accordance with this Article XIV; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of Notes to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE 11
REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
Section 11.01. Offer to Repurchase. If the Company elects to exercise its Early Mandatory Settlement Right with respect to the Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement, then each Holder of Notes (whether any such Note is a Separate Note or constitutes part of a Unit) shall have the right (the Repurchase Right) to require the Company to repurchase some or all of its Notes for cash at the Repurchase Price per Note to be repurchased on the Repurchase Date, pursuant to Section 11.03. The Company shall not be required to repurchase a portion of a Note. Holders shall not have the right to require the Company to repurchase any or all of such Holders Notes in connection with any Early Settlement (as such term is defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) of such Holders Purchase Contracts at the Holders option pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Section 11.02. Early Mandatory Settlement Notice. If the Company elects to exercise its Early Mandatory Settlement Right with respect to the Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Company shall provide the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes with a copy of the Early Mandatory Settlement Notice delivered pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement.
Section 11.03. Procedures for Exercise.
(a) To exercise the Repurchase Right, a Holder must deliver, on or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date, the Notes to be repurchased (or the Units that include the Notes to be repurchased, if (x) the Early Mandatory Settlement Date occurs on or after the Repurchase Date and (y) the relevant Notes have not been separated from the Units), together with a duly completed written Repurchase Notice, in each case, subject to and in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary, unless the Notes are not in the form of a Global Note (or the Units are not in the form of Global Units, as the case may be), in which case such Holder must deliver the Notes to be repurchased (or the Units that include the Notes to be repurchased, if (i) the Early Mandatory Settlement Date occurs on or after the Repurchase Date and (ii) the Notes have not been separated from the Units), duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, together, in either case, with a Repurchase Notice, to the Paying Agent.
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(b) The Repurchase Notice must state the following:
(i) if Certificated Notes (or Units) have been issued, the certificate numbers of the Notes (or Units), or if the Notes (or Units) are in the form of a Global Note (or a Global Unit), the Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary;
(ii) the number of Notes to be repurchased; and
(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Article 11.
(c) In the event that the Company exercises its Early Mandatory Settlement Right with respect to Purchase Contracts that are a component of Units and the Early Mandatory Settlement Date occurs prior to the Repurchase Date, upon such Early Mandatory Settlement Date, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate on behalf of the holder of the Units and deliver to such holder, at the expense of the Company, Separate Notes in the same form and in the same number as the Notes comprising part of the Units.
Section 11.04. Withdrawal of Repurchase Notice.
(a) A Holder may, subject to and in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary, in the case of a Global Note or Global Unit, withdraw any Repurchase Notice (in whole or in part) by a written, irrevocable notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent, with a copy to the Trustee and the Company, on or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date.
(b) The notice of withdrawal must state the following:
(i) if Certificated Notes (or Units) have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Notes (or Units), or if the Notes (or Units) are in the form of a Global Note (or a Global Unit), the notice of withdrawal must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures;
(ii) the number of the withdrawn Notes; and
(iii) the number of Notes, if any, that remain subject to the Repurchase Notice.
Section 11.05. Effect of Repurchase. (a) The Company shall be required to repurchase the Notes with respect to which the Repurchase Right has been validly exercised and not withdrawn on the Repurchase Date. To effectuate such repurchase, the Company shall deposit immediately available funds with the Paying Agent, on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Date, in an amount or amounts sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price with respect to those Notes for which the Repurchase Right has been exercised. A Holder electing to exercise the Repurchase Right shall receive payment of the Repurchase Price on the later of (i) the Repurchase Date and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of the Notes (or Units, as applicable).
(b) If the Paying Agent holds money on the Repurchase Date sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price with respect to those Notes for which the Repurchase Right has been exercised, then (i) such Notes shall cease to be outstanding and interest shall cease to accrue thereon (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes or Units, as applicable, is made or whether or not the Notes or Units, as applicable, are delivered as required herein), and (ii) all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price and, if the Repurchase Date falls between a Regular Record Date and the corresponding Installment Payment Date, the related Installment Payment).
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(c) In connection with any repurchase offer pursuant to this Article 11, the Company shall, if required, comply with the provisions of the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Notes may be repurchased at the option of Holders if the principal amount thereof has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Repurchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Company of the payment of the Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes).
Section 11.06. No Sinking Fund. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
ARTICLE 12
TAX TREATMENT
Section 12.01. Tax Treatment. The Company and each Holder of Notes and beneficial owner of Notes agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Company.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Supplemental Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Supplemental Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this Supplemental Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 13.02. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 13.03. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.04. Separability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.05. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Persons, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture.
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Section 13.06. Governing Law and Jury Trial Waiver. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED THERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES. SUCH WAIVER OF A JURY TRIAL DOES NOT SERVE AS A WAIVER BY ANY PARTIES OF ANY RIGHTS FOR CLAIMS MADE UNDER THE U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. NO HOLDER OF NOTES MAY WAIVE THE COMPANYS COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER.
Section 13.07. Electronic Signatures.
The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Supplemental Indenture or in any certificate, agreement or document related to this Supplemental Indenture shall include electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and Adobe Sign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
Section 13.08. Ratification of Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall, subject to the terms hereof, supersede the provisions of the Base Indenture to the extent the Base Indenture is inconsistent herewith.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC., as the Company | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE DEPOSITARY) TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1
1 | Include only if a Global Note. |
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BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
[]% SENIOR AMORTIZING NOTES DUE 2027
CUSIP No.: []
ISIN No.: []
No. [ ] [Initial]* Number of Notes: [ ]
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [CEDE & Co., as nominee of The Depositary Trust Company]* [ ] **, or registered assigns (the Holder), the initial principal amount of $[] for each of the number of Notes set forth above[, which number of Notes may from time to time be reduced or increased as set forth in Schedule A hereto, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture]*, in equal quarterly installments (except for the first such payment) (each such payment, an Installment Payment), constituting a payment of interest (at a rate of []% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal, payable on each [], [],[] and [], commencing on [], 2024 (each such date, an Installment Payment Date, and the period from, and including, [], 2024 to, but excluding, the first Installment Payment Date and thereafter each quarterly period from, and including, the immediately preceding Installment Payment Date to, but excluding, the relevant Installment Payment Date, an Installment Payment Period) with the final Installment Payment due and payable on [], 2027, all as set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. To the extent that payment of interest shall be legally enforceable, interest shall accrue and be payable on any overdue Installment Payments or principal at a rate of []% per annum.
Each Installment Payment for any Installment Payment Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If an Installment Payment is payable for any period shorter or longer than a full Installment Payment Period, such Installment Payment shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. Furthermore, if any date on which an Installment Payment is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Installment Payment on such date shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay. Installment Payments shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered, with limited exceptions as provided in the Indenture, at the close of business on [], [], [] or [] immediately preceding the relevant Installment Payment Date, as applicable (each, a Regular Record Date). Installment Payments shall be payable (x) in the case of any Certificated Note, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; provided, however, that payment of Installment Payments may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or (y) in the case of any Global Note, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee or otherwise in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary.
This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication shall have been manually signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
* | Include only if a Global Note. |
** | Include only if not a Global Note. |
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated: ___________________
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC., | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, certifies
that this is one of the Securities of the series
designated herein referred to in the within
mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
[]% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company designated as its []% Senior Amortizing Notes due 2027 (herein sometimes referred to as the Notes), issued under the Indenture, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), (including any provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed incorporated therein) (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [], 2024 (the First Supplemental Indenture), between the Company and the Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders. The terms of other series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture may vary with respect to interest rates, issue dates, maturity, redemption, repayment, currency of payment and otherwise as provided in the Base Indenture. The Base Indenture further provides that securities of a single series may be issued at various times, with different maturity dates and may bear interest at different rates. This series of Securities is limited in aggregate initial principal amount as specified in the First Supplemental Indenture.
Each Installment Payment shall constitute a payment of interest (at a rate of []% per annum) and a partial repayment of principal on the Notes, allocated with respect to each Note as set forth in the schedule below:
Scheduled Installment Payment Date |
Amount of Principal |
Amount of Interest |
||||||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2024 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2025 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2026 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] | ||
[], 2027 |
$ | [ | ] | $ | [ | ] |
Any Installment Payment on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Installment Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Installment Payment) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Installment Payment may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Installment Payment to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
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Defaulted Installment Payment proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Installment Payment or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Installment Payment as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Notes at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Installment Payment and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Installment Payment shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Installment Payment on the Notes in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
The Notes shall not be subject to redemption at the option of the Company. However, a Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase some or all of its Notes for cash at the Repurchase Price per Note and on the Repurchase Date, upon the occurrence of certain events and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture.
This Note is not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge, legal defeasance and covenant defeasance of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Note.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare the Repurchase Price and all Installment Payments on this Note, to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, subject to the conditions and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures for certain purposes as described therein.
No provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Repurchase Price, if applicable, of and all Installment Payments on this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
The Notes are originally being issued as part of the []% Tangible Equity Units (the Units) issued by the Company pursuant to that certain Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of [], 2024, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, as Trustee and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Equity-Linked Securities (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) from time to time (the Purchase Contract Agreement). Holders of the Units have the
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right to separate such Units into their constituent parts, consisting of Separate Purchase Contracts (as defined in the Purchase Contract Agreement) and Separate Notes, during the times, and under the circumstances, described in the Purchase Contract Agreement. Following separation of any Unit into its constituent Separate Note and Separate Purchase Contract, the Separate Notes are transferable independently from the Separate Purchase Contracts. In addition, Separate Notes can be recombined with Separate Purchase Contracts to recreate Units, as provided for in the Purchase Contract Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase Contract Agreement for a more complete description of the terms thereof applicable to the Units.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note shall be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentation of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations and for a like aggregate principal amount.
The Notes are initially issued in registered, global form without coupons in denominations equal to $[] initial principal amount and integral multiples in excess thereof.
The Company or Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer of this Note. No service charge shall be made for any such transfer or for any exchange of this Note as contemplated by the Indenture.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered upon the Security Register for the Notes as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of the Indenture, interest on this Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Note and the Indenture and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of any Installment Payment on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or successor, either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise; and all such personal liability is expressly released and waived as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the issuance of this Note.
The Company and each Holder of Notes and beneficial owner of Notes agrees, for United States federal income tax purposes, to treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Company.
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Note and the provisions of the Indenture, the Indenture shall prevail.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Note to:
(Insert assignees social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: | Signature: | |||||
Signature Guarantee: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Attest
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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FORM OF REPURCHASE NOTICE
TO: | BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. |
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
The undersigned registered Holder hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company) regarding the right of Holders to elect to require the Company to repurchase the Notes and requests and instructs the Company to pay, for each Note designated below, the Repurchase Price for such Notes (determined as set forth in the Indenture), in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, to the registered holder hereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. The Notes shall be repurchased by the Company as of the Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
Dated:
Signature |
NOTICE: The above signature of the Holder hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Notes in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Notes Certificate Number (if applicable):
Number of Notes to be repurchased (if less than all, must be one Note or integral multiples in excess thereof):
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:
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SCHEDULE A
[SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE]2
The initial number of Notes evidenced by this Global Note is . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
Date |
Amount of decrease in number of Notes evidenced hereby |
Amount of increase in number of Notes evidenced hereby |
Number of Notes decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee |
2 | Include only if a Global Note. |
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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
AMONG
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.,
KKR PHOENIX AGGREGATOR L.P.,
WALGREEN CO.,
KKR AMERICAS FUND XII L.P., SOLELY FOR CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET FORTH HEREIN
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC., SOLELY FOR CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET FORTH HEREIN
AND
PHARMERICA CORPORATION, SOLELY FOR A CERTAIN SECTION AS SET FORTH HEREIN
March 5, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1. |
Certain Defined Terms |
1 | ||||
Section 1.2. |
Construction |
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Article II CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
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Section 2.1. |
Board Representation |
9 | ||||
Section 2.2. |
Committees |
10 | ||||
Section 2.3. |
Meetings of the Board |
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Section 2.4. |
Acts of the Board and Approval Rights |
11 | ||||
Section 2.5. |
Action by Consent |
12 | ||||
Section 2.6. |
Outside Activities |
12 | ||||
Section 2.7. |
Interlocking Directorates |
12 | ||||
Article III TRANSFERABILITY OF SHARES; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS |
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Section 3.1. |
Transfers Generally |
13 | ||||
Section 3.2. |
General Restrictions on Transfer of Shares |
13 | ||||
Section 3.3. |
Exit Transactions |
14 | ||||
Section 3.4. |
Tag-Along Rights |
14 | ||||
Section 3.5. |
Drag Along Right |
16 | ||||
Section 3.6. |
Other Transfer Restrictions |
17 | ||||
Section 3.7. |
Preemptive Rights |
18 | ||||
Section 3.8. |
Appraisal Related Capital Contributions |
20 | ||||
Section 3.9. |
Specific Performance |
20 | ||||
Article IV OTHER COVENANTS |
20 | |||||
Section 4.1. |
Further Assurances |
20 | ||||
Section 4.2. |
Information |
20 | ||||
Section 4.3. |
Non-Solicit and Non-Compete |
22 | ||||
Section 4.4. |
Term Debt |
23 | ||||
Section 4.5. |
Additional Synergies |
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Standstill |
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Section 4.7. |
Prime Vendor Agreement |
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Article V MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 5.1. |
Termination |
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Section 5.2. |
Indemnification |
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Section 5.3. |
Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 5.4. |
Successors, Assigns and Transferees |
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Legend |
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Section 5.6. |
Notices |
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Section 5.7. |
Entire Agreement |
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Section 5.8. |
Delays or Omissions |
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Section 5.9. |
Governing Law; Severability; Limitation of Liability; Judicial Proceedings |
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Equitable Relief |
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Aggregation of Shares |
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Section 5.12. |
Subsequent Acquisition of Shares |
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Section 5.13. |
Table of Contents, Headings and Captions |
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Section 5.14. |
No Recourse |
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Counterparts |
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Schedules and Exhibits
Schedule I |
Share Ownership | |
Schedule II |
Directors as of the BrightSpring Closing | |
Schedule III |
Walgreens Approval Rights | |
Annex A |
Form of Joinder Agreement |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (this Agreement) is entered into as of March 5, 2019, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (KKR), Walgreen Co., an Illinois corporation (Walgreens and, together with KKR and any other stockholders of the Company who become party to this Agreement from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, the Stockholders), KKR Americas Fund XII L.P. (KKR Americas XII), solely for purposes of Sections 3.3(d), 4.3, 4.4, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.13, 5.14 and 5.15 (the KKR Americas Specified Provisions), Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), solely for purposes of Sections 2.7, 3.3(d), 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.13, 5.14 and 5.15 (the WBA Specified Provisions) and PharMerica Corporation, a Delaware corporation (PharMerica), solely for the purposes of Section 4.7.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2017, the parties hereto entered into a Stockholders Agreement (the Original Agreement) in connection with the closing of the acquisition by the Company, by a merger of Phoenix Merger Sub Inc. with and into PharMerica, of all of the outstanding common stock of PharMerica (the Acquisition and the closing of such Acquisition, the Closing);
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2018, the Company, Cardinal Merger Sub Inc., Onex Rescare Holdings Corp. (BrightSpring). and Onex Partners GP, Inc. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the BrightSpring Merger Agreement), pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of which, among other things, the Company would acquire, by a merger of Cardinal Merger Sub Inc. with and into BrightSpring, all of the outstanding common stock of BrightSpring (the BrightSpring Acquisition);
WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the BrightSpring Acquisition (the BrightSpring Closing) the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement;
WHEREAS, immediately following the BrightSpring Closing and as of the date hereof, KKR and Walgreens Beneficially Own (as defined below) the respective amounts of the issued and outstanding Common Stock (as defined below) set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereby agree to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ABDC means AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation.
ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement means, collectively, that certain Pharmaceutical Purchase and Distribution Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2013, by and between ABDC (and certain of its affiliates) and Walgreens (and certain of its affiliates), as amended prior to the date hereof (the Underlying ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement) and as further amended by that certain Joinder Agreement and Eighth Amendment to the Pharmaceutical Purchase and Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, pursuant to which, among other things, PharMerica is treated as an affiliate of Walgreens under such Pharmaceutical Purchase and Distribution Agreement, entitling PharMerica and its Subsidiaries to purchase pharmaceuticals and other products thereunder on the terms set forth therein (the Eighth Amendment to the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement), each as may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms.
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Acquisition has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Adverse PVA Amendment has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
Adverse PVA Termination has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
Adverse WBAD Termination has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, an affiliate as defined in Rule 405 of the regulations promulgated under the Securities Act; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Affiliate of a KKR Stockholder or KKR Americas XII shall not include any KKR Portfolio Company; provided, further, that for purposes of this Agreement none of the Stockholders, KKR Americas XII and WBA shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or vice versa).
Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Alternative Purchasing Arrangement has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(b).
Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution Cap has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(b).
Associated Person has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Beneficial Ownership of any securities means ownership by a Person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security. The terms Beneficially Own and Beneficial Owner shall have a correlative meaning. For the avoidance of doubt, no Stockholder shall be deemed to Beneficially Own any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries held by any other holder of such securities solely by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this definition).
Board has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
BrightSpring has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
BrightSpring Acquisition has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
BrightSpring Closing has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
BrightSpring Merger Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which national banking associations in the State of New York are authorized by Law to be closed.
Capital Stock means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), and any and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
Closing has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Closing Date means December 7, 2017.
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Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.
Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble; provided that, following an Initial Public Offering, references herein to the Company shall be deemed to be references to the IPO Corporation (unless the context clearly indicates otherwise).
Company Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a).
Confidential Information means all confidential or proprietary information (irrespective of the form of communication) obtained by or on behalf of a Stockholder or any of its Representatives from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, through the ownership of Shares or through the rights granted pursuant hereto, other than any information which (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by a Stockholder or any of its Representatives, (ii) was or becomes available to a Stockholder or any of its Representatives on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure to such Stockholder or its Representative by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, (iii) was or becomes available to a Stockholder or any of its Representatives from a source other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, provided that such source is not known by such Stockholder or its Representative to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of confidentiality with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) is independently developed by a Stockholder or any of its Representatives without the use of any such information received under this Agreement. Confidential Information also includes (x) all information previously provided under the provisions of any confidentiality agreement(s) between the Stockholders or their Affiliates and the Company or PharMerica entered into in connection with the Acquisition, including all information, documents and reports referred to thereunder, (y) all understandings, agreements and other arrangements between and among the Stockholders or their respective Affiliates relating to or in consideration with their investments in, or dealings with, the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (z) all other non-public information received from, or otherwise relating to, the Company and its Subsidiaries or any Stockholder or other investor in any of the foregoing.
control (including the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.
Covered Persons has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
Declining Stockholders has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
Director means any member of the Board or the IPO Corporation Board, as the case may be.
Drag Shares has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
Dragging Stockholders has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
Expert Auditor has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(b).
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect in the United States of America from time to time.
Governmental Authority means: (i) any nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) the United States and other federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government or (iii) any governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal).
Inclusion Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b).
Inclusion Right has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(c).
Indemnification Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Indemnification Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., PharMerica, BrightSpring, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and WBA, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Indemnification Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(c).
Indemnification Cap has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).
Initial Management Equity Program means the Management Equity Program established or entered into in connection with the Acquisition and pursuant to which a pool of no greater than 10% of the total Shares outstanding (calculated on a fully diluted basis) in the aggregate have been authorized for issuance.
Initial Public Offering means the first firm commitment underwritten public offering of equity securities of the IPO Corporation pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Forms S-4 or S-8 or any similar form).
Interim Investors Agreements means (a) the interim investors agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, by and among the Company, KKR Americas XII and WBA and (b) the interim investors agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, by and among the Company, KKR Americas XII and WBA.
IPO Corporation means the Company, as the entity which undertakes the Initial Public Offering, unless the Board otherwise determines that the IPO Corporation shall be any Subsidiary of the Company or another corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or any other entity, in which case the IPO Corporation shall be such other Person.
IPO Corporation Board has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(i).
Issuance Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
Joinder Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).
KKR has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
KKR Americas Specified Provisions has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
KKR Board Representation Number means the following number as applicable from time to time: three (3) as of the Closing Date and, following the Closing upon any change in the number of Directors constituting the entire Board and/or change in the percentage of the issued and outstanding Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the KKR Stockholders, the KKR Board Representation Number shall be equal to the product (rounded up or down to the nearest whole number) of (i) the total number of Directors constituting the entire Board (without taking into account, prior to an Initial Public Offering, the Director that is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) multiplied by (ii) the percentage of the issued and outstanding Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the KKR Stockholders.
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KKR Debt Fund Affiliates has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
KKR Designated Director has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(i).
KKR Nominee has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(i).
KKR Portfolio Company means any portfolio company (as such term is commonly understood in the private equity industry) owned by any fund managed or advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or any of its Affiliates.
KKR Stockholder means KKR and any of its Permitted Transferees that has become a Stockholder in accordance with this Agreement.
Law means any applicable constitutional provision, statute, act, code, law, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, decree, ruling, proclamation, resolution, judgment, decision, declaration, or interpretative or advisory opinion or letter of a Governmental Authority.
Management Equity Program any management equity plan, stock incentive plan or other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any combination thereof, pursuant to which a pool of Shares or other equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been authorized for issuance to members of management and/or other employees or consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Merger Agreement means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 1, 2017, by and among the Company, Phoenix Merger Sub, Inc. and PharMerica, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Monitoring Agreement means that certain agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among PharMerica, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and WBA, pursuant to which certain management, consulting and financial services are to be provided to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Negotiation Period has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(c).
Option Care has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
Participating Stockholder has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
Permitted Transferee means (A) with respect to any Walgreens Stockholder: (i) any Affiliate of such Person to the extent that a majority of the equity interest in, and the voting power with respect to, such Affiliate are Beneficially Owned by WBA, and (B) with respect to any KKR Stockholder: (i) any Affiliate of such Person, (ii) any successor entity of such Person and (iii) any investment fund or vehicle with respect to which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or an Affiliate thereof serves as the general partner or manager or advisor; except to the extent that a majority of the equity interest in, and the voting power with respect to, such Persons described in clauses (B)(i), (ii) or (iii) are Beneficially Owned by Persons other than Affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or investment funds or vehicles with respect to which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or an Affiliate thereof serves as the general partner or manager or advisor.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, estate, trust, bank trust company, land trust, business trust, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, custodian, trustee-executor, administrator, nominee or entity in a representative capacity and any government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
PharMerica has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
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Post-IPO Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
Preemptive Percentage has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).
Pre-IPO Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Public Offering means a public offering of equity securities pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company and each of the Stockholders, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(c).
Required Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
Required Sale Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
Restricted Business has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).
Restricted Period means the period commencing on December 7, 2017 and terminating on the earliest to occur of the following events: (i) prior to an Initial Public Offering, (A) with respect to WBA, the date that the Walgreens Stockholders collectively cease to hold at least 15% of the issued and outstanding Shares (disregarding any Shares or options to purchase Shares issued or granted to management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (B) with respect to KKR Americas XII, the date that the KKR Stockholders collectively cease to hold at least a majority of the issued and outstanding Shares (disregarding any Shares or options to purchase Shares issued or granted to management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) after an Initial Public Offering, the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of completion of such Initial Public Offering and (B) (x) with respect to WBA, the date that the Walgreens Stockholders collectively cease to hold at least 50% of the Shares the Walgreens Stockholders held immediately prior to the completion of such Initial Public Offering and (y) with respect to KKR Americas XII, the date that the KKR Stockholders collectively cease to hold at least 50% of the Shares the KKR Stockholders held immediately prior to the completion of such Initial Public Offering.
Restricted Person has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
Sale Proposal has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
Same Terms and Conditions means the same price and otherwise on the same terms and conditions (and with respect to any consideration to be paid to the Selling Stockholders or the Dragging Stockholders (as the case may be) with respect to, arising out of, or in connection with the subject transaction, excluding any amounts payable under (i) the Monitoring Agreement or (ii) any other then-existing agreement between the Company or its Subsidiaries and the Selling Stockholders or the Dragging Stockholders (as the case may be) entered into in compliance with this Agreement, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), which is in addition to the consideration paid to the Selling Stockholders or the Dragging Stockholders (as the case may be) as payment for, or distribution on, their Shares); provided, that (x) the Selling Stockholders or the Dragging Stockholders (as the case may be) may receive, even if not offered to the other Stockholders, rights to appoint members of any board of directors or similar governing body or any other governance rights (including board observer rights) and (y) the Selling Stockholders or the Dragging Stockholders (as the case may be) may receive, even if not offered to the other Stockholders, rights to Transfer any securities received in such transaction not given to the other Stockholders.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Selling Stockholder has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Senior Credit Facility has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
Shares means shares of the Capital Stock of the Company.
Sharing Percentage means, with respect to each Stockholder (or group of Stockholders), the fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the number of Shares owned by such Stockholder (or group) and the denominator of which is the sum of the total number of Shares owned by all Stockholders (or the relevant Stockholders if the calculation is made with respect to a specified group of Stockholders).
Shortfall Funding has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).
Significant Subsidiary of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person that would constitute a significant subsidiary of such Person within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the SEC and as in effect on the date hereof.
Stockholder has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Subscription Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
Subsidiary means with respect to any Person (i) any corporation or other entity a majority of the Capital Stock of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, with power to vote, by such initial Person or (ii) a partnership in which such initial Person or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such initial Person is a general partner. For the avoidance of doubt, all references herein to the Subsidiaries of the Company shall include PharMerica and its Subsidiaries unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Tag-Along Pro Rata Share means a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Shares proposed to be Transferred by the Selling Stockholder in the transaction subject to the applicable Inclusion Notice, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Shares Beneficially Owned by the KKR Stockholders.
Tag Offerees has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Term Debt has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
Term Debt Limit has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
Transaction Agreements means, collectively, the Interim Investors Agreements (in the case of the Interim Investors Agreement dated August 1, 2017, solely with respect to the provisions thereof that expressly survive the Closing, and, in the case of the Interim Investors Agreement dated March 5, 2019 solely with respect to the provisions thereof that expressly survive the closing of the BrightSpring Acquisition), the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Monitoring Agreement and the Transaction Fee Agreement.
Transaction Fee Agreement means that certain Transaction Fee Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among KKR, WBA and Phoenix Guarantor Inc.
Transfer or Transferred means any direct or indirect transfer, sale, gift, assignment, exchange, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or any other disposition (whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law) of any Shares (or any interest (pecuniary or otherwise) therein or rights thereto) Beneficially Owned by a Person. In the event that any Stockholder that is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
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or other legal entity (other than an individual, trust or estate) ceases to be controlled by the Person or group of Persons controlling such Stockholder or any Permitted Transferee or Permitted Transferees of such Person or group of Persons, such event shall be deemed to constitute a Transfer subject to the restrictions on Transfer contained or referenced herein. For the avoidance of doubt, any direct or indirect transfer, sale, assignment, exchange or any other disposition by a partner, member or other equity holder of a Stockholder to another Person, of any partnership or membership interest or other equity security of such Stockholder that does not result in the Person or group of Persons controlling such Stockholder or a Permitted Transferee or Permitted Transferees of such Person or group of Persons to cease to control such Stockholder, shall not be deemed to constitute a Transfer subject to the restrictions on Transfer contained or referenced herein.
Voting Securities means, at any time, shares of any class of Capital Stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are then entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors and not solely upon the occurrence and during the continuation of certain specified events, and any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such shares of Capital Stock or other securities.
Walgreens has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Walgreens Board Representation Number means the following number as applicable from time to time: two (2) as of the Closing Date and, following the Closing upon any change in the number of Directors constituting the entire Board and/or change in the percentage of the issued and outstanding Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the Walgreens Stockholders, the Walgreens Board Representation Number shall be equal to the product (rounded up or down to the nearest whole number) of (i) the total number of Directors constituting the entire Board (without taking into account the Director that is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) multiplied by (ii) the percentage of the issued and outstanding Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the Walgreens Stockholders.
Walgreens Designated Director has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(i).
Walgreens Nominee has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(i).
Walgreens Stockholder means Walgreens and any of its Permitted Transferees that has become a Stockholder in accordance with this Agreement.
WBA has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
WBAD has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
WBAD Membership Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
WBA Specified Provisions has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Section 1.2. Construction. Unless the context requires otherwise, the gender of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine, feminine and neuter forms and the singular form of words shall include the plural and vice versa. All references to Articles and Sections refer to articles and sections of this Agreement, and all references to Schedules and Exhibits are to Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto, each of which is made a part hereof for all purposes. Whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation (except to the extent the context otherwise provides). This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
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ARTICLE II
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Section 2.1. Board Representation.
(a) Board Size. At the BrightSpring Closing, the Company and the Stockholders shall take such action, including any stockholder votes or written consents in lieu thereof, as may be necessary to cause the board of directors of the Company (the Board) to consist, immediately following the BrightSpring Closing, of seven (7) Directors as identified on Schedule II, three of which are KKR Designated Directors, two of which are Walgreens Designated Directors, one of which is the then-current Chief Executive Officer of the Company and one of which has been mutually agreed by the KKR Stockholder and the Walgreens Stockholder. Any changes in the size or composition of the Board following Closing will be subject to the provisions of this Section 2.1.
(b) Board Representation during Pre-IPO Period. From the Closing until an Initial Public Offering (the Pre-IPO Period), unless both the KKR Stockholder and the Walgreens Stockholder otherwise agree in writing:
(i) Each Stockholder agrees that it will vote, or execute a written consent in lieu thereof with respect to, all of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned or held of record by it or cause all of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by it to be voted, or cause a written consent in lieu thereof to be executed, to elect and, during such period, to continue in office a Board consisting, in each case, solely of the following individuals: (A) a number of individuals designated by the KKR Stockholder equal to the KKR Board Representation Number, as applicable from time to time (with each such individual being designated by the KKR Stockholder as the KKR Stockholder shall from time to time designate in writing to the Company), or such lower number as determined by the KKR Stockholder (each, a KKR Designated Director), (B) a number of individuals designated by the Walgreens Stockholder equal to the Walgreens Board Representation Number, as applicable from time to time (with each such individual being designated by the Walgreens Stockholder as the Walgreens Stockholder shall from time to time designate in writing to the Company), or such lower number as determined by the Walgreens Stockholder (each, a Walgreens Designated Director), (C) the then-current Chief Executive Officer of the Company (unless such individual is at the time an interim or acting Chief Executive Officer, in which case such individual may serve as a Director only if the KKR Stockholder and the Walgreens Stockholder mutually agree) and (D) if one or more other individuals as mutually agreed by the KKR Stockholder and the Walgreens Stockholder.
(ii) If, from time to time, the KKR Board Representation Number or the Walgreens Board Representation Number shall increase or decrease, the Company and the KKR Stockholders or Walgreens Stockholders, as applicable, shall take all necessary action to cause the applicable number of KKR Designated Directors or Walgreens Designated Directors to be appointed or removed (as the case may be) immediately and the Stockholders and the Company shall take all necessary action to cause the number of directors on the Board to be increased or reduced accordingly. Except as provided above, during the Pre-IPO Period, the KKR Stockholder and the Walgreens Stockholder shall have the exclusive right to appoint and to remove, in each case at any time and from time to time, each of the KKR Designated Directors and the Walgreens Designated Directors, respectively, as well as the exclusive right to fill any and all vacancies created by reason of death, removal or resignation of such designees, and the Stockholders and the Company shall take all necessary action to cause the Board to be so constituted.
(c) Board Representation during Post-IPO Period. From and after an Initial Public Offering (the Post-IPO Period), to the extent permitted by Law and the rules of any stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed, unless both the KKR Stockholder and the Walgreens Stockholder otherwise agree in writing:
(i) The KKR Stockholder will have the right to nominate a number of individuals for election to the board of directors of the IPO Corporation (the IPO Corporation Board) equal to the then-applicable KKR Board Representation Number, or such lower number as determined by the KKR Stockholder (each, a KKR Nominee), and the Walgreens Stockholder will have the right to nominate a number of individuals for election to the IPO Corporation Board equal to the then-applicable Walgreens Board Representation Number, or such lower number as determined by the Walgreens Stockholder (each, a Walgreens Nominee).
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(ii) For so long as the KKR Stockholder or the Walgreens Stockholder has the right to nominate any KKR Nominee or any Walgreens Nominee, respectively, in connection with each election of Directors, the IPO Corporation shall, and the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders shall take all actions necessary to cause the IPO Corporation to, nominate each KKR Nominee or each Walgreens Nominee, as the case may be, for election as a Director as part of the slate that is included in the proxy statement (or consent solicitation or similar document) of the IPO Corporation relating to the election of Directors, and to provide the highest level of support for the election of each such KKR Nominee or each such Walgreens Nominee, as the case may be, as it provides to any other individual standing for election as a Director as part of the IPO Corporations slate of Directors. For so long as the KKR Stockholder or the Walgreens Stockholder has the right to nominate any KKR Nominee or any Walgreens Nominee, respectively, the IPO Corporation shall not nominate, and the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders shall take all actions necessary to cause the IPO Corporation to refrain from nominating, a number of nominees for any election of Directors that exceeds the number of Directors to be elected.
(iii) In the event that a KKR Nominee or a Walgreens Nominee shall cease to serve as a Director for any reason (including any removal thereof), the KKR Stockholder or the Walgreens Stockholder, respectively, shall have the right to appoint another KKR Nominee or Walgreens Nominee, respectively, to fill any vacancy resulting therefrom. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the failure of the stockholders of the IPO Corporation to elect any KKR Nominee or any Walgreens Nominee shall not affect the right of the KKR Stockholder or the Walgreens Stockholder, as applicable, to designate the KKR Nominees or the Walgreens Nominees, as the case may be, for election pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) in connection with any future election of Directors.
(iv) Following an Initial Public Offering and until such time as the IPO Corporation is no longer a controlled company (as defined under the applicable stock exchange listing rules), each Stockholder that Beneficially Owns Voting Securities shall vote all of such Voting Securities in favor of each KKR Nominee and each Walgreens Nominee nominated in accordance with this Section 2.1(c). Each Stockholder agrees that, (A) if and for so long as the KKR Stockholder is permitted to nominate one or more KKR Nominees pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) and such Stockholder is then entitled to vote for the removal of any such KKR Nominee, such Stockholder will not vote in favor of the removal of any such KKR Nominee unless requested in writing by the KKR Stockholder and (B) if and for so long as the Walgreens Stockholder is permitted to nominate one or more Walgreens Nominees pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) and such Stockholder is then entitled to vote for the removal of any such Walgreens Nominee, such Stockholder will not vote in favor of the removal of any such Walgreens Nominee unless requested in writing by the Walgreens Stockholder.
(d) Other Board Matters.
(i) The Company shall reimburse each Director (or the Person that designated (or nominated) such Director) for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Director (or the Person that designated (or nominated) such Director, on his or her behalf) in connection with his or her attendance at meetings of the Board, and any committees thereof, including travel, lodging and meal expenses.
(ii) The Company shall obtain customary director and officer indemnity insurance on commercially reasonable terms as determined by the Board.
Section 2.2. Committees. The Board shall establish a Compliance and Governance Committee, which shall review general internal control and risk management procedures and regulatory compliance programs, an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee and any other committee of such Board that may be formed upon the approval of such Board and in compliance with Section 2.4, with such powers and rights as are determined by the Board, and with such composition as determined by the Board; provided, that, (i) until such time as the Walgreens Stockholder is no longer entitled to designate or nominate any Directors pursuant to
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Section 2.1, to the extent permitted by Law and the rules of any stock exchange on which the Shares may then be listed, the Walgreens Stockholder shall be entitled to appoint at least one member to each committee of the Board, and (ii) to the extent permitted by Law and the rules of any stock exchange on which the Shares then be listed, the KKR Stockholder shall be entitled to appoint the remaining members of the Compliance and Governance Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee and any such other committee.
Section 2.3. Meetings of the Board. The Board shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly at such times and at such places as shall from time to time be determined by such Board, or the chairman thereof (if any), as applicable, and shall be called on at least five (5) Business Days notice to each Director. Directors holding at least two (2) votes on the Board out of the total number of votes held by all Directors may call a special meeting of the Board on not less than five (5) Business Days notice to each other Director. Notice of any meeting of either Board may be delivered to each Director personally, by telephone, by mail, by telecopier, by electronic mail or by any other means of communication reasonably calculated to give notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board need not be given to any Director if a written waiver of notice, executed by such Director before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any Director who attends the meeting without protesting the lack of notice prior thereto or at its commencement. Each notice of a meeting of the Board shall state the purposes of the meeting. Notwithstanding whether a meeting of the Board is requested to be an in- person meeting, Directors of the Board may participate in any meeting of such Board by means of conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear and speak to each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 2.4. Acts of the Board and Approval Rights.
(a) At all duly called meetings of the Board, Directors holding a majority of the total number of votes on such Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present; provided that notice for any reconvened meeting shall have been given in accordance with Section 2.3; provided, further, that the quorum for the transaction of business at any reconvened or subsequent meeting shall be Directors holding a majority of the total votes on the Board. No action may be taken by the Board without the consent of Directors holding a majority of the votes on such Board; provided that, prior to an Initial Public Offering and so long as the Walgreens Stockholder owns at least 15% of the issued and outstanding Shares (disregarding any Shares or options to purchase Shares issued or granted to management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries), any action set forth on Schedule III shall also require the approval of the Walgreens Designated Directors or the Walgreens Stockholder, provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement (or any replacement Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement under which WBA or its Affiliates are jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder) is in effect, any action set forth in clause (xxi) of Schedule III shall require the approval of the Walgreens Designated Directors (for so long as the Walgreens Stockholder has such board designation right) or the Walgreens Stockholder (even if the Walgreens Stockholder no longer Beneficially Owns any Common Stock of the Company at such time) until the earlier to occur of (i) the execution of a separate agreement between PharMerica or any of its Subsidiaries and ABDC for the purchase of pharmaceuticals and other products directly from ABDC, or (ii) September 30, 2026.
(b) Each Director shall be entitled to one vote; provided that, (i) except to the extent prohibited by Law, any Director shall be entitled to vote on behalf of one or more other Director(s) appointed or designated by the KKR Stockholder or the Walgreens Stockholder, as applicable, if such other Director(s) is (or are) not present at a meeting of such Board (or a committee thereof), (ii) in the event the KKR Stockholder or the Walgreens Stockholder, as applicable, shall not have filled all of its designees to the Board allotted to such Person pursuant to Section 2.1, any Director designated by such Person shall have, in addition to the right to vote for him- or her- self and any other Director(s) described in clause (i) above, the right to vote for any undesignated Director, such that the KKR Designated Directors and the Walgreens Designated Directors shall, in connection with any vote of the Board (or a committee thereof), have a number of votes with respect to such matter as is equal to the number of designees such Person is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2, as applicable, at such time
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(e.g., if the KKR Stockholder shall have designated two (2) Directors, and shall be entitled to designate three (3) Directors, such KKR Designated Directors that have been so designated shall be entitled to three (3) votes collectively) and (iii) except to the extent prohibited by Law, prior to an Initial Public Offering and so long as the KKR Stockholders Beneficially Own a majority of the issued and outstanding Shares, the KKR Designated Directors collectively shall in all circumstances have a number of votes equal to a majority of the total number of votes on the Board.
(c) Both prior to and following an Initial Public Offering and until such time as the IPO Corporation is no longer a controlled company (as defined under the applicable stock exchange listing rules), each Stockholder shall (i) cause all Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder to be voted in favor of any action requiring stockholder approval that is approved by the requisite approvals of the Board as set forth in Section 2.4(a) and (ii) refrain from causing the Voting Securities of the Company that are Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder, to be voted in favor of any action requiring stockholder approval that is not approved by the requisite approvals of the Board as set forth in Section 2.4(a).
Section 2.5. Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing (including by facsimile and e-mail), setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors (provided, that for such purposes an electronic signature shall be valid).
Section 2.6. Outside Activities. (a) Subject only to Section 4.3, any Stockholder, Director or Affiliate of the foregoing, may engage in or possess any interest in other investments, business ventures or Persons of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to, or that competes with, the investments or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and may provide advice and other assistance to any such investment, business venture or Person, (b) the Company and the Stockholders shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such investments, business ventures or Persons or the income or profits derived therefrom, and (c) the pursuit of any such investment or venture, even if competitive with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper and shall not constitute a conflict of interest or breach of fiduciary or other duty in respect of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Stockholders. Subject only to Section 4.3, no Stockholder, Director or Affiliate of the foregoing, shall be obligated to present any particular investment or business opportunity to the Company even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Company, could be pursued by the Company, and any Stockholder, Director or Affiliate of the foregoing, shall have the right to pursue for its own account (individually or as a partner or a fiduciary) or to recommend to any other Person any such investment opportunity.
Section 2.7. Interlocking Directorates. Notwithstanding anything in this Article II to the contrary, WBA, the Walgreens Stockholders and their Affiliates shall (i) not appoint or designate any individual as a member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any person serving as a board member or officer of Option Care Enterprises, Inc. (Option Care) or any other long- term care pharmacy or specialty infusion competitor of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (ii) implement appropriate information sharing restrictions to ensure that (x) information, data, or documents relating to or containing any competitively sensitive information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which are disclosed to or received by WBAs, the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates individuals are not disclosed to Option Care or representatives of WBA, the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates serving as officers or directors of Option Care or any representative managing the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates investment in Option Care, or any other representatives of the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates directly responsible for managing a business or product line that competes directly with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) information, data, or documents relating to or containing any competitively sensitive information of Option Care or any other business or product line that competes directly with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which are disclosed to, received by, or in the possession of WBA, the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates are not disclosed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or representatives of WBA, the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates serving as officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any representative managing WBAs, the Walgreens Stockholders or their Affiliates investment in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) if requested by the Company or the KKR Stockholder following a good faith determination
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by the Company or the KKR Stockholder that removal is necessary or appropriate pursuant to applicable Law and following reasonable consultation with WBA and the Walgreens Stockholder, remove its designees from the boards of directors (or similar governing bodies) of the Company and its Subsidiaries (and shall not exercise its board designation rights pursuant to this Agreement) or, in the alternative and at WBAs and the Walgreens Stockholders discretion, remove their designees from the board of directors of Option Care and any other entity that competes directly with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE III
TRANSFERABILITY OF SHARES; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
Section 3.1. Transfers Generally.
(a) Transfers Generally. No Stockholder shall Transfer any Shares held or Beneficially Owned (whether as of the date hereof or subsequently acquired) by such Stockholder, unless such Transfer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Article III, as may be applicable, and any purported Transfer in violation of this Article III shall be null and void ab initio.
(b) Transfer Books. The Company shall not record upon its books any attempted Transfer of Shares held or Beneficially Owned by any Stockholder to any other Person, except Transfers made in accordance with this Agreement, and any attempted Transfer not made in accordance with this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio.
(c) Rights and Obligations of Transferees. Other than in connection with a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, no transferee of Shares from any Walgreens Stockholder shall be entitled to any rights granted to any Walgreens Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.1 (including the right to appoint or nominate Directors and the right to appoint member(s) to any committee of the Board), Section 2.4 (including any approval rights), Section 3.3(b), Section 4.2 or Section 4.4. Subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.1(c), no Transfer of Shares by a Stockholder that would otherwise be permitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective unless (i) the transferee shall have executed an appropriate document (a Joinder Agreement) substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company confirming that (A) the transferee takes such Shares subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the same extent as its transferor was bound and, except as otherwise set forth herein, with all of the benefits of such provisions, and (B) such Shares shall bear legends, substantially in the forms required by Section 5.5, and (ii) such Joinder Agreement shall have been delivered to and approved by the Company prior to such transferees acquisition of such shares, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transferee of Shares shall not be bound by any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement if the applicable Transfer is pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
Section 3.2. General Restrictions on Transfer of Shares.
(a) A | Stockholder may only Transfer Shares as follows: |
(i) to a Permitted Transferee of such Stockholder;
(ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 3.3, Section 3.4 or Section 3.5; or
(iii) following the completion of an Initial Public Offering, any Stockholder may Transfer any or all of such Stockholders Shares without regard to any restriction on transfer contained in this Section 3.2(a), but subject to compliance with the other provisions of this Article III and the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable.
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Section 3.3. Exit Transactions.
(a) Following the date that is forty-two months after the Closing Date, KKR shall have the right to (i) commence and conduct a process for (and cause the consummation of) the sale of all of the Shares of the Company or all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company (including the capital stock of any Subsidiaries of the Company) (a Company Sale), which Company Sale may be effected by a Transfer of Shares, merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or other business combination, or (ii) initiate (and cause to be consummated) an Initial Public Offering. KKR, following meaningful consultation with Walgreens, shall have the right to make all decisions with respect to such Initial Public Offering process; provided, that all decisions made in connection with such process shall be consistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board.
(b) Following the date that is the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, if an Initial Public Offering has not yet occurred (unless KKR has initiated a process with respect to an Initial Public Offering or a Company Sale and such process is ongoing), Walgreens shall have the right to initiate (and cause to be consummated) an Initial Public Offering.
(c) Prior to initiating any Company Sale, Required Sale (as defined below) or Initial Public Offering, KKR shall engage in good-faith negotiations with Walgreens to discuss the terms of a potential acquisition by the Walgreens Stockholders (or an Affiliate thereof) of all Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the KKR Stockholders; provided that the KKR Stockholders have the right to not accept any offer that may be made by the Walgreens Stockholders and the decision to initiate such a Company Sale or an Initial Public Offering (following consultation with Walgreens) shall be in the sole discretion of KKR. If negotiations between Walgreens and KKR cease and KKR decides to initiate such a Company Sale, KKR shall provide written notice to Walgreens promptly following the date KKR initiates such Company Sale (Sale Notice Date). If a definitive transaction agreement for such Company Sale is not executed and delivered by the parties thereto on or before one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Sale Notice Date (or if such definitive transaction agreement is executed and delivered but subsequently terminated), the restrictions provided for in this Section 3.3(c) shall again become effective and no Company Sale may be initiated or continued thereafter by KKR without again engaging with Walgreens pursuant to this Section 3.3(c). Any transaction agreement providing for the acquisition by the Walgreens Stockholders (or an Affiliate thereof) of all Shares that are Beneficially Owned by the KKR Stockholders shall be on a public company basis with no post-closing indemnity or recourse to the KKR Stockholders or any Affiliate thereof.
(d) In the event the Walgreens Stockholders (or their Affiliates) purchase all of the Shares Beneficially Owned by the KKR Stockholders or the KKR Stockholders (or their Affiliates) purchase all of the Shares Beneficially Owned by the Walgreens Stockholders (in each case, whether in a single or series of transactions), KKR Americas XII or WBA, as the case may be, will agree to a customary confidentiality and non- solicit/no-hire agreement with respect to any Covered Persons consistent with the provisions set forth in Section 4.2(c) and Section 4.3(a), which agreement shall expire on the second anniversary of the closing of such transaction.
Section 3.4. Tag-Along Rights.
(a) Subject to Section 3.3(a), no KKR Stockholder (the Selling Stockholder) shall sell or otherwise effect a Transfer of all or any number of its Shares (other than (x) to a Permitted Transferee, (y) in a Required Sale pursuant to Section 3.5 or (z) to the Walgreens Stockholders (or their Affiliates)) unless the terms and conditions of such Transfer include an offer, on the Same Terms and Conditions as the offer by the proposed third party transferee to the Selling Stockholder, to each of the Walgreens Stockholders (collectively, the Tag Offerees), to include at the option of each Tag Offeree, in such Transfer to the third party, a number of Shares owned by each Tag Offeree determined in accordance with this Section 3.4.
(b) The Selling Stockholder shall promptly send written notice of such third party offer (the Inclusion Notice) to each of the Tag Offerees in the manner specified herein, which Inclusion Notice shall include the material terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer, including but not limited to, (i) the name and address of the proposed transferee, (ii) the proposed amount (including the amount per Share, if then calculable,
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or an estimate thereof) and form of consideration, (iii) the proposed Transfer date, if known, (iv) the number of Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder and (v) the Tag-Along Pro Rata Share. If a Tag Offeree exercises its Inclusion Right and there is an adverse change (other than an insignificant change) to the material terms (including for the avoidance of doubt any change to the form of consideration or a significant decrease in the amount of consideration) or the material conditions of the offer set forth in any Inclusion Notice, the Selling Stockholder shall notify such Tag Offeree, and such Tag Offeree shall have five (5) Business Days to notify the Selling Stockholder whether it wishes to withdraw its Shares from the Transfer. If such Tag Offeree does not notify the Selling Stockholder of its desire to withdraw its Shares from such Transfer within five (5) Business Days, such Tag Offerees Inclusion Notice shall be deemed to continue to be valid with respect to such modified terms and/or conditions of such Transfer.
(c) Each Tag Offeree shall have the right (an Inclusion Right), exercisable by delivery of a notice to the Selling Stockholder at any time within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of the Inclusion Notice, to Transfer pursuant to such third party offer, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Inclusion Notice, that number of Shares requested to be included by such Tag Offeree, which number shall not exceed a number of such Tag Offerees Shares equal to the product of (x) such Tag Offerees Shares multiplied by (y) the Tag-Along Pro Rata Share (it being understood that the failure to exercise such right within such time period specified above shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of all of such Tag Offerees rights with respect to such proposed Transfer and any such exercise of the Inclusion Right shall be irrevocable). If the proposed third party transferee is unwilling to acquire all of the Shares proposed to be Transferred by the Selling Stockholder and all exercising Tag Offerees (determined in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 3.4(c)), then the Selling Stockholder and each exercising Tag Offeree shall reduce, on a pro rata basis based on their respective Sharing Percentages of the Shares held by the exercising Tag Offerees and the Selling Stockholder (it being understood, that for purposes of determining the respective Sharing Percentages pursuant to this Section 3.4(c), all Shares owned by the KKR Stockholders shall be deemed to be owned by the Selling Stockholder), the number of Shares that each otherwise would have Transferred so as to permit the Selling Stockholder and each exercising Tag Offeree to Transfer the number of Shares that the proposed third party transferee is willing to acquire. The Tag Offerees and the Selling Stockholder shall Transfer to the proposed third party transferee the Shares proposed to be Transferred by them in accordance with this Section 3.4 at the time and place provided for the closing in the Inclusion Notice, or at such other time and place as the Selling Stockholder and the proposed third party transferee shall agree. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Tag Offeree shall be entitled to Transfer Shares pursuant to an Inclusion Right conferred pursuant to this Section 3.4 in the event that, notwithstanding delivery of an Inclusion Notice pursuant to this Section 3.4, the Selling Stockholder fails to consummate the Transfer of Shares which gave rise to such Inclusion Right. The Selling Stockholder shall, in its sole discretion, decide whether or not to pursue, consummate, postpone or abandon any proposed Transfer and the terms and conditions thereof, provided, that in the event that the Selling Stockholder and the proposed transferee fail to execute and deliver a definitive transaction agreement for the Transfer of Shares which gave rise to such Inclusion Right within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of the Inclusion Notice (or if such definitive transaction agreement is executed and delivered but subsequently terminated), the Selling Stockholder shall be required to deliver a revised Inclusion Notice in accordance with Section 3.4(b), and further comply with this Section 3.4(c), and the offer set forth in such revised Inclusion Notice shall constitute a new offer for purposes of this Section 3.4. No Stockholder nor any Affiliate of any such Stockholder shall have any liability to any other Stockholder or the Company arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any such proposed Transfer except to the extent such Stockholder shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.4.
(d) In connection with any such Transfer, each Tag Offeree participating in such Transfer must agree to make the same representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities as the Selling Stockholder; provided that (x) no such Tag Offeree shall be required to make representations and warranties or covenants or provide indemnities as to any other Stockholder, (y) no Tag Offeree shall be liable for the breach of any covenant by any other Tag Offeree or the Selling Stockholder and (z) notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.4(d) to the contrary, any liability relating to representations, warranties and covenants (and related indemnities) and other indemnification obligations regarding the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries assumed in connection with such Transfer shall be shared by all exercising Tag Offerees electing to Transfer and the Selling Stockholder
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pro rata in proportion to the number of Shares to be actually Transferred by each of those Stockholders and in any event shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Stockholder in the proposed Transfer. Each Tag Offeree participating in such Transfer will be responsible for its proportionate share, based upon the number of Shares Transferred in such Transfer by such Tag Offeree as a proportion of the total number of Shares Transferred in such Transfer by the Selling Stockholder and all of the Tag Offerees, of the costs of the proposed Transfer to the extent not paid or reimbursed by the proposed third party transferee.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, if the Inclusion Notice provides for cash consideration but certain Tag Offerees are given the option by the proposed third party transferee to receive securities in lieu of such cash consideration in connection with a rollover transaction or similar transaction and elect to do so, such rollover securities shall be deemed to be the same form of consideration.
(f) The provisions of this Section 3.4 shall terminate upon completion of an Initial Public Offering.
Section 3.5. Drag Along Right.
(a) Subject to Section 3.3, if the KKR Stockholders (the Dragging Stockholders) (i) receive an offer to purchase or otherwise desire to Transfer (a Sale Proposal) a number of Shares, including Shares owned by other Stockholders (the Drag Shares) and Shares owned by the KKR Stockholders, such that the transaction would result in a sale of 50% or more of the Shares held by the Stockholders (taking into account all Shares being dragged) or (ii) otherwise desires to cause a Company Sale, including by merger, sale of assets (including the capital stock of any Subsidiaries of the Company) or other business combination (each of (i) and (ii), a Required Sale), then the Dragging Stockholders may, by delivery of a written notice (a Required Sale Notice) with respect to such Sale Proposal at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Required Sale to all other Stockholders, require all other Stockholders to Transfer their Shares to the proposed transferee, and/or take such other actions as may be reasonably requested in such Required Sale, on the Same Terms and Conditions, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.5.
(b) The Required Sale Notice will include the material terms and conditions of the Required Sale, including (i) the name and address of the proposed transferee, (ii) the proposed amount (including the amount per Share, if then calculable, or an estimate thereof) per Share purchase price and form of consideration and (iii) the proposed Transfer date, if known. The Dragging Stockholders will deliver or cause to be delivered to each other Stockholder copies of all transaction documents relating to the Required Sale promptly as the same become available.
(c) Each Stockholder, upon receipt of a Required Sale Notice, shall be obligated to Transfer the same proportion of its Shares as is to be transferred by the Dragging Stockholder in the Required Sale contemplated by the Sale Proposal, to vote, if required by this Agreement or otherwise, its Shares in favor of the Required Sale at any meeting of stockholders called to vote on or approve the Required Sale and/or to consent in writing to the Required Sale, to cause any designees of such Stockholder serving on the Board to vote in favor of the Required Sale in a vote among the Board called to vote on or approve the Required Sale and/or to consent in writing to the Required Sale, to waive all dissenters or appraisal or similar rights, if any, in connection with the Required Sale, to enter into agreements relating to the Required Sale, to agree (as to itself) to make to the proposed purchaser the same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as the Dragging Stockholders agree to make in connection with the Required Sale, and to take or cause to be taken all other actions as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the Required Sale; provided that (x) unless otherwise agreed, a Stockholder may not be required to make representations and warranties or provide indemnities as to any other Stockholders, (y) no such Stockholder shall be liable for the breach of any covenant by any other Stockholder and (z) notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.5(c) to the contrary, any liability relating to representations and warranties and covenants (and related indemnities) and other indemnification obligations regarding the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries assumed in connection with the Required Sale shall be shared by all Stockholders based on their respective Sharing Percentages and in any event shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Stockholder in the Required Sale.
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(d) Any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Company or all Stockholders, and any indemnities, holdbacks, escrows and similar items relating to the Required Sale, that are not paid or established by the Company (other than those that relate to representations or indemnities concerning a Stockholders valid ownership of its Shares free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances or a Stockholders authority, power and legal right to enter into and consummate a purchase or merger agreement or ancillary documentation and the enforceability thereof against such Stockholder) shall be paid or established by the Stockholders in accordance with their respective proportionate share based upon the number of Shares Transferred in such Required Sale by such Stockholder as a proportion of the total number of Shares Transferred in such Required Sale by all of the Stockholders.
(e) The Dragging Stockholders shall, in their sole discretion, decide whether or not to pursue, consummate, postpone or abandon any Required Sale and the terms and conditions thereof. No Stockholder nor any Affiliate of any such Stockholder shall have any liability to any other Stockholder or the Company arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any Required Sale except to the extent such Stockholder shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.5.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, if the Required Sale Notice provides for cash consideration but certain Stockholders are given the option by the third party Transferee to receive securities in lieu of such cash consideration in connection with a rollover transaction or similar transaction and elect to do so, such rollover securities shall be deemed to be the same form of consideration.
(g) The provisions of this Section 3.5 shall terminate upon the completion of an Initial Public Offering.
Section 3.6. Other Transfer Restrictions.
(a) In addition to any other restrictions to Transfer herein contained, unless agreed by the Board and other than a Company Sale or an Initial Public Offering effected in accordance with this Agreement, in no event may any Transfer of any Shares by any Stockholder be made:
(i) if such Transfer would require the registration of such Transferred Share pursuant to any applicable foreign, federal, provincial or state securities Laws;
(ii) if such Transfer would subject the Company, its stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or Title I of ERISA, or would subject the Company, its stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates to regulation under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended;
(iii) if such Transfer would result in a violation of any applicable Law;
(iv) if such Transfer would require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to obtain any licensing or regulatory consent other than any such license or regulatory consent that is immaterial or ministerial in nature or that is a condition to the Transfer;
(v) if such Transfer would reasonably be expected to have an adverse regulatory impact (other than an immaterial impact) on the Company or its Subsidiaries; or
(vi) if such Transfer is made to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own such Shares.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.5, the Stockholders effecting any Transfer of Shares permitted hereunder shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys fees and disbursements, incurred by the Company in connection with the Transfer on a pro rata basis in proportion to the number of Shares so transferred by each such Stockholder.
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Section 3.7. Preemptive Rights.
(a) Prior to an Initial Public Offering, if the Company wishes to issue additional equity securities of the Company (including securities exercisable for or convertible into equity securities) or any Subsidiary of the Company wishes to issue additional equity securities of such Subsidiary (including securities exercisable for or convertible into equity securities) to any Person (including the KKR Stockholders or the Walgreens Stockholders) other than the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Board shall consider the terms and conditions of such proposed issuance and thereafter the Company shall deliver to each Stockholder (each, a Participating Stockholder, or, collectively, the Participating Stockholders) a written notice of such proposed issuance (an Issuance Notice) at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed issuance (the period from the effectiveness pursuant to Section 5.6 of such Issuance Notice until the expiration of such twenty (20) Business Day period, the Subscription Period). Each Issuance Notice shall include, to the extent applicable, (i) the identity of the issuer, (ii) the amount, kind and terms of the equity securities to be included in the issuance, (iii) the price of the equity securities to be included in the issuance and (iv) the proposed issuance date, if known.
(b) Each Participating Stockholder shall have the option, exercisable at any time during first fifteen (15) Business Days of the Subscription Period by delivering an irrevocable written notice to the Company (except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.7) and on the same terms as those of the proposed issuance of such additional equity securities (including the number or amount, as applicable, of equity securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any security), to irrevocably subscribe for such number or amount, as applicable, of equity securities up to an amount equal to the product of (i) the number or amount of any such additional equity securities (including securities exercisable for or convertible into equity securities) to be offered and (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Shares owned by such Stockholder and the denominator of which is the total number of Shares owned by all of the Stockholders (the Preemptive Percentage); provided that each Stockholders Preemptive Percentage shall be reduced, ratably among all Stockholders, if any Person (who is not a Stockholder) has a contractual preemption right with respect to such issuance that is exercisable together with the preemption right granted to the Stockholders herein; provided, further, that if such Person waives or otherwise does not exercise its preemption right in connection with an issuance, the Company may (but shall not be obligated to) extend such preemption right ratably to the Stockholders hereunder. Each Participating Stockholder who does not exercise such option in accordance with the above requirements shall be deemed to have waived all of such Participating Stockholders rights with respect to such issuance. In the event that any Participating Stockholder does not elect to purchase its aggregate Preemptive Percentage of the additional equity securities (including securities exercisable for or convertible into equity securities), the Company shall deliver to each Participating Stockholder (other than any declining Participating Stockholders or any Participating Stockholder who elects to purchase less than the full amount offered to it (collectively, the Declining Stockholders)) a written notice thereof not later than the seventeenth (17th) Business Day of the Subscription Period, including the number or amount, as applicable, of equity securities which were subject to the purchase right of the Declining Stockholder(s) and which were not elected to be purchased by such Declining Stockholder(s), and each other Participating Stockholder may subscribe for not more than its Preemptive Percentage (but calculated using the Preemptive Percentage of such Stockholder relative to all other Participating Stockholders who are not Declining Stockholders) of such declined equity securities by delivering an irrevocable written notice to the Company before the expiration of the Subscription Period. Any Stockholder that has elected to purchase the entire amount offered to it pursuant to this Section 3.7(b) may propose to the Board and the other Stockholder to change the terms and conditions of the proposed issuance of such additional equity securities (for example, it may propose that such issuance will be in the form of debt instead of equity) but any such changed terms and conditions will be subject to the requisite approval of the Board in accordance with Section 2.4(a).
(c) If at the end of the 180th day after the date of the effectiveness of the notice contemplated by Section 3.7(a) (as such period may be extended to obtain any required regulatory approvals), the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, has not completed the issuance, each Participating Stockholder shall be released from such Participating Stockholders obligations under the written commitment, the notice shall be null and void, and it shall be necessary for a separate notice to be furnished, and the terms and provisions of this Section 3.7 separately complied with, in order to consummate such issuance.
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(d) Each Participating Stockholder shall take or cause to be taken all such reasonable actions as may be necessary or reasonably desirable in order expeditiously to consummate each issuance pursuant to this Section 3.7.
(e) Notwithstanding the requirements of this Section 3.7, the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, may proceed with any issuance that would otherwise be subject to this Section 3.7 prior to having complied with the provisions of this Section 3.7; provided that the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall:
(i) provide to each Stockholder in connection with such issuance (A) prompt notice of such issuance (which notice, in any event, shall be provided not later than ten (10) Business Days after such issuance) and (B) the notice described in Section 3.7(a) in which the actual price of the equity securities shall be set forth;
(ii) within a reasonable period of time following such notice, offer to issue (or have Transferred) to each Stockholder such number or amount of securities of the type issued in the issuance as may be requested by such Stockholder (not to exceed the number or amount of such securities which is sufficient to give such Stockholder the same fractional interest in the Company, and/or indirect interest in the Companys Subsidiaries, giving effect to such issuance and any further issuances pursuant to this Section 3.7(e), as it would have had if the Company had served a notice pursuant to, and such Stockholder had exercised its rights in full under, Sections 3.7(a) and 3.7(b) prior to the issuance) on the same economic terms and conditions with respect to such securities as the subscribers in the issuance received; and
(iii) keep such offer open for a period of twenty (20) Business Days, during which period, each such Stockholder may accept such offer by sending an irrevocable written acceptance to the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable, committing to purchase in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.7(b), an amount of such securities (not to exceed the amount specified in the offer made pursuant to Section 3.7(e)(ii)).
(f) The provisions of this Section 3.7 shall not apply to issuances by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as follows:
(i) Subject to the provisos at the end of the first sentence of Section 3.7(b), any issuance of securities pursuant to any third party contractual right outstanding on the Closing Date or created after the Closing Date in a transaction that complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(ii) any issuance of securities pursuant to the Initial Management Equity Program or any other Management Equity Program adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(iii) any issuance of securities: (A) in any direct or indirect business combination or acquisition transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) in connection with any joint venture or partnership or (C) to financial institutions, commercial lenders or other debt investors, broker/finders or any similar party, or their respective designees in connection with the incurrence or guarantee of indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) the issuance of Shares (of any class) to the Stockholders or otherwise, in each case, in connection with the Closing; any issuance of securities in connection with any stock split, stock dividend paid on a proportionate basis to all holders of the affected class of equity interest or recapitalization approved by the governing body of the entity making such issuance; or
(v) any issuance of securities in an Initial Public Offering.
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Section 3.8. Appraisal Related Capital Contributions.
(a) Neither the Walgreens Stockholders nor the KKR Stockholders will have any obligation to make any capital commitments or capital contributions to the Company or its Subsidiaries following the Closing except as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.8.
(b) If the Board determines from time to time that the Company or PharMerica requires additional equity capital in order to satisfy any post-Closing payment obligations to pre-Closing holders of PharMerica stock that have exercised appraisal rights, whether such payment obligations are for the payment of the Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement) if any such stockholders withdraw or fail to perfect their appraisal claim, for payment of a settlement of any appraisal claim, or for payment of a court-determined appraisal award (an Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution), the Company shall deliver an Issuance Notice to the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders and promptly thereafter the Walgreens Stockholders and the KKR Stockholders shall fund their pro rata share (based on the Shares then owned by the Walgreens Stockholders and the KKR Stockholders, respectively) of such Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution to the Company in an amount not to exceed $125 million in aggregate for all such Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contributions (the Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution Cap). If a Stockholder fails to fund such pro rata share of any such Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution, any Stockholder that has fully funded its pro rata share may propose to the Board and the other Stockholder to change the terms and conditions of the proposed Appraisal-Related Additional Capital Contribution (for example, it may propose that such funding will be in the form of debt instead of equity) but any such changed terms and conditions will be subject to the requisite approval of the Board in accordance with Section 2.4(a).
Section 3.9. Specific Performance. In furtherance of and not in limitation of Section 5.10, each of the parties to this Agreement acknowledges that it shall be impossible to measure in money damages to the Company or the Stockholder(s), if any of them or any transferee or any legal representative of any party hereto fails to comply with any of the restrictions or obligations imposed by this Article III, that every such restriction or obligation is material, and that in the event of any such failure, neither the Company nor the Stockholder(s) shall have an adequate remedy at law or in damages. Therefore, each party hereto consents to the issuance of an injunction or the enforcement of other equitable remedies against it at the suit of an aggrieved party without the posting of any bond or other equity security, to compel specific performance of all of the terms of this Article III and to prevent any Transfer of Shares in contravention of any terms of this Article III, and waives, any defenses thereto, including the defenses of: (i) failure of consideration; (ii) breach of any other provision of this Agreement and (iii) availability of relief in damages.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company and each Stockholder shall execute and deliver all such future instruments and take such other and further action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and the intention of the parties as expressed herein; provided that any such instrument or action does not increase a Stockholders obligations or have an adverse effect upon such Stockholders rights under this Agreement.
Section 4.2. Information.
(a) The Company will provide, or cause to be provided, to (x) each KKR Stockholder for so long as the KKR Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 5% of the total outstanding Shares and (y) each Walgreens Stockholder for so long as the Walgreens Stockholders Beneficially Own at least 5% of the total outstanding Shares and, in each case, until the completion of an Initial Public Offering:
(i) reasonable access to the properties, books and records, personnel and advisors (including outside auditors) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, at reasonable hours and upon reasonable advance notice; provided that such access is also granted to each of the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders respective advisors (including attorneys and accountants);
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(ii) as soon as reasonably available after the end of each fiscal month of each fiscal quarter (other than such fiscal month that ends on the same day as the end of such fiscal quarter), an internally- generated consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each such month and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such month and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year; and
(iii) (A) as soon as reasonably available after the end of the applicable fiscal period, annual audited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and quarterly unaudited financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (B) as soon as reasonably practicable, such other financial or operating information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as such Stockholder may reasonably request from time to time, including such information as such Stockholder may in good faith deem necessary or advisable for such Stockholders external reporting, if applicable, including in the case of the Walgreens Stockholder, for its equity method accounting and external reporting thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide, or be required to cause to be provided, the information or access set forth in Section 4.2(a) to the extent that such provision or access (i) is determined by the Company in good faith to be unreasonably burdensome to, or unreasonably disruptive to the operations of, the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) would result in the disclosure of any trade secrets or proprietary, privileged or other competitively sensitive information of the Company or its Subsidiaries or (iii) would violate any confidentiality obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries or violate any Law (including competition laws or regulations).
(c) In furtherance of and not in limitation of any other similar agreement such Stockholder may have with the Company or its Subsidiaries, each Stockholder agrees that all Confidential Information shall be kept confidential by such Stockholder and shall not be disclosed by such Stockholder in any manner whatsoever; provided, however, that (i) any of such Confidential Information may be disclosed (A) by a Stockholder to its Affiliates (other than an entity deemed by the Board to be a long-term care pharmacy or specialty infusion competitor of the Company; provided that, in the case of Walgreens, WBA and its Subsidiaries shall not be prohibited from receiving Confidential Information by virtue of this parenthetical), subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.7 and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees and authorized representatives (including, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors of such Stockholder or its Affiliates) and each Stockholder or Affiliate of such Stockholder that is a limited partnership or limited liability company may disclose such Confidential Information to any former direct or indirect partners, members or other equityholders who retained an economic interest in such Stockholder and to any current or prospective direct or indirect partner, limited partner, member, general partner, equityholder or management company of such Stockholder or Affiliate (or any employee, attorney, accountant, consultant, banker or financial advisor or representative of any of the foregoing) (collectively, for purposes of this Section 4.2(c) and the definition of Confidential Information, Representatives) who have a legitimate need to be provided such Confidential Information in the good faith determination of such disclosing Stockholder and (B) on a confidential basis, by a KKR Stockholder or its Affiliate to their respective Representatives that are current or prospective direct or indirect partners, members or other equityholders of such KKR Stockholder or Affiliate or are former direct or indirect partners, members or other equityholders who retained an economic interest in such KKR Stockholder or Affiliate to the extent such disclosure is limited to customary disclosures made in the ordinary course of business by an investment fund to its current, prospective or former investors or equity holders in respect of investments made thereby, including in connection with the disposition thereof; provided that such KKR Stockholder shall be responsible for any breach of this provision by any such Representative, (ii) any disclosure of Confidential Information may be made by a Stockholder, an Affiliate of such Stockholder or their respective Representatives to the extent the Company consents in writing, (iii) Confidential Information may be disclosed by a Stockholder to a potential Permitted Transferee (but such Stockholder shall be responsible for any breach of this provision or such confidentiality agreement by any such Person) or any other transferee to whom such Stockholder is permitted to transfer Shares hereunder, in each case, who shall agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4.2(c) or a
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confidentiality agreement having restrictions substantially similar to this Section 4.2(c), and (iv) Confidential Information may be disclosed by any Stockholder, any Affiliate of such Stockholder or their respective Representatives to the extent that such Stockholder, Affiliate or Representative has received advice from its counsel that it is legally compelled to do so or is required to do so to comply with applicable Law or legal process or government agency or self-regulatory body request; provided that prior to making such disclosure, the Stockholder, Affiliate or Representative, as the case may be, uses commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information to the extent permitted by Law, including to the extent practicable and permitted by Law, consulting with the Company regarding such disclosure and, if reasonably requested by the Company, assisting the Company, at the Companys expense, in seeking a protective order to prevent the requested disclosure; provided further that the Stockholder, Affiliate or Representative, as the case may be, uses reasonable best efforts to disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information as is requested by applicable Governmental Authority or as is, based on the advice of its counsel, legally required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the confidentiality obligations of the Stockholders under this Section 4.2(c) shall not apply to the disclosure of the fact that the disclosing Stockholder has an investment in the Company or its Subsidiaries (or their respective successors) in name only (it being understood that this disclosure shall not include the investment amount, valuation information or any other information related thereto nor shall it include the identity of any other Stockholder, unless such other Stockholder consents); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such information may otherwise be disclosed by the Stockholders to their respective Representatives in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 4.2(c).
(d) Each party agrees to cooperate with each other party reasonably and in good faith with respect to the publication of any press release or public announcement or other communication with any news media in respect of the Acquisition, this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Unless otherwise required by applicable Law or the rules of any stock exchange or regulatory authority (including a self-regulatory organization), no party hereto may issue any press release or otherwise make any public announcement or comment relating to the Acquisition, this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, without the prior consent of KKR and Walgreens.
Section 4.3. Non-Solicit and Non-Compete.
(a) In furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and this Agreement and the substantial economic benefit to be conferred upon the parties thereto and hereto, until the expiration of the applicable Restricted Period, each of KKR Americas XII and WBA (each, a Restricted Person) shall not (and each of them shall cause its controlled Affiliates to not), directly or indirectly, recruit, solicit for employment, hire, engage, retain, employ or offer employment to any senior executive or management employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, Covered Persons), or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any Covered Person to leave employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to prohibit the Restricted Persons or any of their respective controlled Affiliates from engaging in general media advertising or general employment solicitation that is not targeted towards Covered Persons.
(b) In furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and this Agreement and the substantial economic benefit to be conferred upon the parties thereto and hereto, until the expiration of the applicable Restricted Period, each Restricted Person shall not (and each of them shall cause its controlled Affiliates to not), (i) engage or be involved, in any capacity, directly or indirectly in the Restricted Business, (ii) directly or indirectly acquire Beneficial Ownership of any Capital Stock (or any debt securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Capital Stock) of, or provide any loan or other financial assistance to, any Person that derives 30% or more of its revenue or EBITDA (based on its most recent quarterly financial statements) from operating in the U.S. long term care pharmacy business (such business, the Restricted Business) anywhere in the world; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, WBAs (and its controlled Affiliates) retail pharmacies will be permitted to continue to provide services as a back-up supplier to skilled nursing facilities consistent with practices in effect as of the date of the Original Agreement; provided, further that the Restricted Persons and their respective controlled Affiliates shall not be prohibited from Beneficially Owning, solely as a passive investment, not in excess of 5% in the aggregate of any Capital Stock of any Person if
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such Capital Stock is of the same class of Capital Stock that is listed on any national securities exchange, regardless of whether or not such Person is engaging in the Restricted Business, so long as such Restricted Person does not otherwise violate the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.3(b).
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, none of the covenants in this Section 4.3 will apply to any KKR Portfolio Company or to any business of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and its Affiliates other than the private equity business of KKR Americas XII, provided that KKR Americas XII will not, directly or indirectly, cause, direct, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any KKR Portfolio Company to violate the provisions of this Section 4.3.
(d) Each of the parties acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 4.3 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries and constitute a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. It is the intent of the parties that the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall be fully enforced to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. If any particular provision or portion of this Section 4.3 shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision or portion thereof shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to render such provision or portion valid and enforceable, such amendment to apply only with respect to the operation of such provision or portion in the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication is made.
(e) The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall terminate upon a Company Sale.
Section 4.4. Term Debt.
(a) KKR Americas XII and WBA acknowledge that (i) pursuant to the senior credit facilities of PharMerica entered into at the Closing (together with any additional or replacement credit facilities entered into by PharMerica or its Subsidiaries after the Closing in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Senior Credit Facility), KKR Americas XII and WBA, collectively, are subject to a limit on purchases of the term loans thereunder (the Term Debt) of 30% of the total outstanding Term Debt (such limitation, together with any analogous limitation under any documentation governing any Senior Credit Facility entered into after the Closing, the Term Debt Limit), and that KKR Capital Markets LLC and other debt funds managed or advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or any of its Affiliates (collectively, KKR Debt Fund Affiliates, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be deemed to include any KKR Portfolio Company) are not subject to this limitation under the terms of the Senior Credit Facility, and (ii) pursuant to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.s internal investment policy, KKR Debt Fund Affiliates, collectively, are subject to a limit on purchases of the Term Debt of 20% of the total outstanding Term Debt. KKR Americas XII and WBA are hereby agreeing to certain principles with respect to the acquisition of Term Debt by them and their Subsidiaries or certain of their Affiliates so that, to the extent any such parties purchase any Term Debt, KKR Americas XII (together with the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Walgreens Stockholder and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, are able to acquire such Term Debt pro rata to their respective then Beneficial Ownership of Shares by the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders (the Pro Rata Equity Holding) while complying with the Term Debt Limit, as follows:
(i) if either KKR Americas XII or WBA (or their respective Subsidiaries) wishes to purchase any Term Debt pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility (and none of the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates has previously purchased any Term Debt), the other shall be notified prior to such investment and given the opportunity to participate up to its Pro Rata Equity Holding on such date, but such combined purchases of Term Debt by KKR Americas XII and WBA (or their respective Subsidiaries) shall not exceed the Term Debt Limit;
(ii) if any KKR Debt Fund Affiliate wishes to purchase any Term Debt pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility (and neither KKR Americas XII nor WBA (or their respective Subsidiaries) has previously purchased any Term Debt), it may purchase up to 20% of the total outstanding Term Debt, and WBA shall be notified following such investment and WBA (or any of its Subsidiaries) may purchase Term
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Debt in an amount equal to (x) its Pro Rata Equity Holding at such time multiplied by (y) the sum of the percentage of the total outstanding Term Debt purchased by KKR Debt Fund Affiliates plus 30% (i.e., such that, assuming the Pro Rata Equity Holding of each of KKR Americas XII and WBA on the date hereof, if KKR Debt Fund Affiliates purchase 20% of the total outstanding Term Debt, WBA (and its Subsidiaries) may purchase up to 15% of the total outstanding Term Debt);
(iii) if either (x) KKR Americas XII and/or WBA (or their respective Subsidiaries) has purchased Term Debt (but collectively less than the Term Debt Limit) and then any KKR Debt Fund Affiliate wishes to purchase Term Debt or (y) KKR Debt Fund Affiliates have purchased Term Debt (up to 20% of the total outstanding Term Debt) and then KKR Americas XII and/or WBA (or their respective Subsidiaries) wishes to purchase Term Debt, the party (or parties) that wish to purchase Term Debt will notify the other parties and the parties will coordinate with respect to the next purchase(s) of Term Debt to ensure that WBA (and its Subsidiaries) will be able to purchase (at that time or going forward) Term Debt up to its Pro Rata Equity Holding at such time of the aggregate amount of the Term Debt purchased (or to be purchased) by KKR Americas XII, the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates and WBA (and its Subsidiaries) in compliance with the Term Debt Limit, it being understood that, in order to achieve such outcome KKR Debt Fund Affiliates may be required to suspend or cease further purchases of Term Debt;
(iv) if (x) the Term Debt Limit has been reached and (y) WBA (and its Affiliates) has not previously been afforded the opportunity to purchase Term Debt up to its Pro Rata Equity Holding, then KKR Americas XII (and/or the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates) that have purchased Term Debt shall promptly sell, in one or more transactions (and to one or more parties that are not WBA or its Affiliates), an amount of Term Debt such that if WBA (or its Affiliates) were to purchase the same amount of Term Debt, WBA and its Affiliates would own its Pro Rata Equity Holding of the Term Debt;
(v) if (x) the Term Debt Limit has been reached and (y) KKR Americas XII (together with the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates) have not previously been afforded the opportunity to purchase Term Debt up to their Pro Rata Equity Holding, then WBA and/or its Affiliates that have purchased Term Debt shall promptly sell, in one or more transactions (and to one or more parties that are not KKR Debt Fund Affiliates or KKR Americas XII or their respective Affiliates), an amount of Term Debt such that if KKR Americas XII (or the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates) were to purchase the same amount of Term Debt they would own their Pro Rata Equity Holding of the Term Debt; and
(vi) for the avoidance of doubt, subject to compliance with the Term Debt Limit and the foregoing principles, neither KKR Americas XII nor WBA (nor any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries) shall have a blocking right if it chooses not to participate in any such investment in Term Debt.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, none of the covenants in this Section 4.4 will apply to any KKR Portfolio Company or to any business of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and its Affiliates other than the KKR Debt Fund Affiliates and private equity business of KKR Americas XII and; provided that KKR Americas XII will not, directly or indirectly, cause, direct, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any KKR Portfolio Company to violate the provisions of this Section 4.4.
(c) The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall terminate upon the completion of an Initial Public Offering.
Section 4.5. Additional Synergies. KKR and Walgreens will work in good faith with the Company and its Subsidiaries to realize synergy opportunities (in addition to the synergies with respect to drug purchasing under the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement or pursuant to the WBAD Membership Agreement). Any services other than drug purchasing under the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement or WBAD Membership Agreement provided by Walgreens (or its Affiliates) to the Company or its Subsidiaries will be priced based on transfer pricing of Walgreens (or its Affiliates) marginal cost plus 10%.
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Section 4.6. Standstill. In furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and this Agreement and the substantial economic benefit to be conferred upon the parties thereto and hereto, during the period commencing on the date of an Initial Public Offering and terminating on the earliest to occur of (i) the date that is the third anniversary of the date of the Initial Public Offering and (ii) the date that the KKR Stockholders collectively cease to hold any Shares, WBA shall not (and shall cause its controlled Affiliates to not), directly or indirectly: (i) acquire or agree, offer, seek or propose to acquire, or cause to be acquired, ownership (including, but not limited to, any voting right or beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act)) of any voting securities of the IPO Corporation or any option, forward contract, swap or other position with a value derived from voting securities of the IPO Corporation (other than any broad index-based derivative that is not related to the value of any such securities of the IPO Corporation) or conveying the right to acquire or vote securities of the IPO Corporation, or any ownership of any of the assets or businesses of the IPO Corporation, or any rights or options to acquire any such ownership (including from a third party); (ii) make, or in any way participate in, any solicitation (as such term is used in the Exchange Act) to vote or seek to advise or influence in any manner whatsoever any Person with respect to the voting of any securities of the IPO Corporation; (iii) form, join, or in any way communicate or associate with other security-holders or participate in a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to the IPO Corporation or any voting securities of the IPO Corporation; (iv) arrange, or in any way participate in, any financing for the purchase of any voting securities or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any voting securities or assets of the IPO Corporation; (v) otherwise act, whether alone or with others, to seek to propose to the IPO Corporation or any of its stockholders any merger, business combination, tender or exchange offer, restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation of or other transaction with or involving the IPO Corporation or otherwise act, whether alone or with others, to seek to control, change or influence the management, board of directors or policies of the IPO Corporation, or nominate any person as a director of the IPO Corporation (except in accordance with its rights under this Agreement), or propose any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of the IPO Corporation; (vi) solicit, negotiate with, or provide any information to, any Person (other than its permitted Representatives) with respect to a merger, business combination, tender or exchange offer, restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation of or other transaction with or involving the IPO Corporation or any other acquisition of the IPO Corporation, any acquisition of voting securities of or all or any portion of the assets of the IPO Corporation, or any other similar transaction; (vii) advise, assist or encourage any other Person in connection with any of the foregoing; (viii) take any action which is reasonably likely to cause or require WBA (or its Affiliates) or the IPO Corporation to make a public announcement regarding any of the types of matters set forth in this Section 4.6; (ix) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing; or (x) request that the IPO Corporation to amend or waive any provision of this Section 4.6 (including this clause (x)).
Section 4.7. Prime Vendor Agreement.
(a) Walgreens will not amend, modify or waive the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement in a manner that adversely and disproportionately impacts PharMerica or its Subsidiaries as compared to Walgreens and/or the other affiliates (as defined therein) (an Adverse PVA Amendment) without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that in the event that Walgreens elects, in its sole discretion, to effect an Adverse PVA Amendment without the prior written consent of the Company, Walgreens shall indemnify PharMerica and its Subsidiaries for any losses incurred by any of them arising solely from the adverse and disproportionate impact of such Adverse PVA Amendment on PharMerica and its Subsidiaries, up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate (the Annual Indemnification Cap) for each calendar year; provided PharMerica and its Subsidiaries shall not be entitled to such indemnification for losses incurred following September 30, 2026.
(b) In the event the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement is terminated (i) by Walgreens, including as a result of a Change of Control (as defined in the Underlying ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement) of ABDC (but excluding a termination as set forth in Section 4.7(c)), (ii) by mutual agreement of ABDC and Walgreens, (iii) by ABDC, in accordance with its terms, as a result of a Change of Control (as defined in the Underlying ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement) of Walgreens or (iv) by ABDC, in accordance with its terms, as a result of Walgreens uncured default under the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement, Walgreens shall in each case use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that PharMerica and its Subsidiaries are treated as affiliates of Walgreens under (or otherwise are entitled to purchase pharmaceuticals and other products on the terms set forth in or pursuant to) any new or replacement prime vendor agreement or any similar agreement or any other arrangement serving as the
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principle arrangement for the purchasing of pharmaceuticals and other products by Walgreens or any of its Affiliates (an Alternative Purchasing Arrangement and any such Alternative Purchasing Arrangement under which PharMerica and its Subsidiaries are treated as affiliates of Walgreens or otherwise are entitled to purchase pharmaceuticals and other products, an Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement); provided, however, that if following a termination of the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement as set forth in this Section 4.7(b), Walgreens or any of its Affiliates enters into an Alternative Purchasing Arrangement that is not an Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement (an Adverse PVA Termination), Walgreens shall indemnify PharMerica and its Subsidiaries for any losses incurred by them arising from (i) an Adverse PVA Termination or (ii) a termination of the WBAD Membership Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2018, by and among Walgreens Boots Alliance Development GmbH (WBAD) and PharMerica (as may be amended from time to time, the WBAD Membership Agreement) pursuant to (x) Section 4.C.(ii) thereof, (y) Section 4.C.(iii) thereof if (A) the underlying grounds for such termination arises directly from an affirmative action taken by WBAD or its Affiliates after the date hereof (including allowing additional parties to become members of the WBAD GPO) or (B) following such termination, the activities conducted by the WBAD GPO are no longer in violation of applicable antitrust Law and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (or any Affiliate thereto) remains as a member of the WBAD GPO, or (z) Section 4.B(i)(c) thereof if the basis for such termination would result in a right to indemnification under the immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), in each of cases (x), (y) and (z) other than as a result of any action taken by PharMerica or its Subsidiaries (each, an Adverse WBAD Termination) up to the Annual Indemnification Cap for each calendar year; provided PharMerica and its Subsidiaries shall not be entitled to such indemnification for losses incurred following September 30, 2026, and provided, further, that all indemnifiable losses under this Section 4.7, shall be calculated on a quarterly basis by a mutually agreed upon internationally-recognized accounting firm, jointly selected and retained by PharMerica and Walgreens (the Expert Auditor) by reference to the then-current pharmaceutical pricing applicable to PharMerica, on the one hand, and to Walgreens, on the other hand (which the parties acknowledge may vary from time to time) at the times that such losses are incurred; provided, further, that each of PharMerica and Walgreens shall cooperate reasonably with, and provide reasonable access to its books, records and accounts to, such Expert Auditor solely for the purpose of calculating such losses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, PharMerica and its Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate or otherwise reduce the amount of any indemnifiable losses that it may incur under this Section 4.7. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Walgreens be required to take any efforts to enter into an Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement if the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement is terminated by Walgreens or ABDC, in accordance with its terms, as a result of a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the Eighth Amendment to the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement) of PharMerica that is not a Change of Control (as defined in the Underlying Prime Vendor Agreement) of Walgreens.
(c) In the event that (i) the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement is terminated by Walgreens, in accordance with its terms, as a result of ABDCs uncured breach of the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement; or (ii) ABDC terminates the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement, or ceases to otherwise perform under its terms, in connection with a claim of default by Walgreens under the ABDC Primer Vendor Agreement, that is disputed and contested by Walgreens, Walgreens shall in each case use reasonable best efforts to ensure that any new or replacement prime vendor agreement that Walgreens enters into following clause (i) or (ii) is an Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement.
(d) Walgreens shall promptly notify the Company and PharMerica in the event of an Adverse PVA Amendment or an Adverse PVA Termination, and if a claim shall arise for indemnification under this Section 4.7, PharMerica shall promptly provide Walgreens with PharMerica managements good faith estimate of the amount of documented losses actually suffered by PharMerica and its Subsidiaries from any such Adverse PVA Amendment or any such Adverse PVA Termination or from any Adverse WBAD Termination (such amount, the Indemnification Amount). Following delivery of any claim by PharMerica, Walgreens and PharMerica shall be given such access (including electronic access, to the extent available) as they may reasonably require to the books and records of the other party, in addition to the rights provided to Walgreens under Section 4.2, and access to such personnel or representatives of the other party (during normal business hours) as PharMerica or Walgreens may reasonably require for the purposes of confirming the Indemnification Amount.
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(e) Walgreens shall have sixty (60) days from the date of such notice to object to the Indemnification Amount by delivery of a written notice of such objection, specifying in reasonable detail the basis of such objection. Failure to timely so object shall constitute a final and binding acceptance of the Indemnification Amount. If an objection is timely delivered to PharMerica, then PharMerica and Walgreens shall negotiate in good faith for a period of sixty (60) days from the date PharMerica receives the objection notice (such period, the Negotiation Period). After the Negotiation Period, if Walgreens and PharMerica cannot agree on the Indemnification Amount, then either party may seek the appropriate legal remedy, including equitable or injunctive relief in a court of equity, with respect to such dispute.
(f) With respect to the obligations of PharMerica or any of its Subsidiaries under the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement, if Walgreens incurs any penalties or is required to make any other payments as a result of the failure by PharMerica or its Subsidiaries to pay any amounts due thereunder, then PharMerica or the Company shall reimburse Walgreens in full for any such payment made by Walgreens on PharMericas or its Subsidiaries behalf.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all of Walgreens obligations herein with respect to the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement, including this Section 4.7, shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the execution of a separate agreement between PharMerica or any of its Subsidiaries and ABDC for the purchase of pharmaceuticals and other products directly from ABDC, or (ii) September 30, 2026. Following the date of the Original Agreement, Walgreens shall work in good faith with the Company, PharMerica and the KKR Stockholder to enable PharMerica to enter into its own purchasing agreement with ABDC on at least as favorable terms to PharMerica as the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement, provided that, whether PharMerica enters into any such proposed purchasing agreement or continues to purchase pharmaceuticals and other products under the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement shall be decided by the Board in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate only (i) by written consent of both KKR and Walgreens or (ii) upon the date of consummation of a Company Sale. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party for the breach of any obligations under this Agreement prior to such termination. Notwithstanding any such termination of this Agreement, Section 2.1(d)(i), Section 3.5(d), Section 3.5(e), Section 3.6(b) and this Article V shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 5.2. Indemnification. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that each Stockholder and certain Affiliates of each Stockholder and their respective directors, officers, managers, partners, members, employees, agents, advisors, consultants, representatives and controlling Persons are entitled to indemnification in accordance with, and pursuant to the terms of, the Indemnification Agreement.
Section 5.3. Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Company, the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders; provided that KKR Americas XII shall have the right to consent to any amendment or waiver of any of the KKR Americas Specified Provisions; provided, further, that WBA shall have the right to consent to any amendment or waiver of any of the WBA Specified Provisions; provided, further, that any party may waive (in writing) the benefit of any provision of this Agreement with respect to itself for any purpose. Prompt written notice of any amendment to this Agreement shall be given to all Stockholders and, if such amendment pertains to any of the KKR Americas Specified Provisions, to KKR Americas XII and, if such amendment pertains to any of the WBA Specified Provisions, to WBA. No waiver of any breach of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be effective unless such waiver is expressly in writing and executed and delivered by the party against whom such waiver is claimed. A waiver or consent, express or implied, to or of any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of its obligations with respect to this Agreement is not a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same or any other obligations of that Person with respect to this Agreement. Failure on the part of a Person to complain of any act
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of any Person or to declare any Person in default, irrespective of how long that failure continues, does not constitute a waiver by that Person of its rights with respect to that default until the applicable statute-of-limitations period has run.
Section 5.4. Successors, Assigns and Transferees. Subject to the restrictions on Transfers set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and; and by their signatures hereto, each party intends to and does hereby become bound. The rights and obligations of the parties shall not be assigned without the prior written consent of KKR and Walgreens. Any assignment of rights or obligations in violation of this Section 5.4 shall be null and void. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under, in or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained other than the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Section 5.5. Legend.
(a) Unless and until the Board shall determine otherwise, all Shares shall be uncertificated and recorded in the books and records of the Company. If at any time the Board shall determine to certificate Shares, such certificates shall bear a legend on the face thereof in the following form:
(i) THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(ii) THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 7, 2017, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ISSUER WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. NO TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES WILL BE MADE ON THE BOOKS OF THE ISSUER UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH AGREEMENT.
(b) Upon the sale of any Shares pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act in compliance with this Agreement or (ii) another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the certificates representing such Shares, if any, shall be replaced, at the expense of the Company, with certificates or instruments not bearing the legends required by this Section 5.5; provided that the Company may condition such replacement of certificates under clause (ii) upon the receipt of an opinion of securities counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
Section 5.6. Notices.
(a) Except as expressly set forth to the contrary in this Agreement, all notices, requests or consents provided for or required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given if personally delivered, sent via facsimile and confirmed, or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service with proof of receipt maintained, at the following addresses (or any other address that any such party may designate by written notice to the other parties):
if to the Company, to:
c/o Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc.
2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, California 94025
Attention: Jim Momtazee
Facsimile:
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attn: Mark D. Pflug
Email:
Facsimile:
if to the KKR Stockholders (or any of them) or KKR Americas XII, to:
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
9 W. 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Attention: David J. Sorkin
Facsimile:
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attn: Mark D. Pflug
Email:
Facsimile:
if to the Walgreens Stockholders (or any of them) or WBA, to:
Walgreen Co.
104 Wilmot Road, MS#10438
Deerfield, IL 60015
Attn: Roger Phillips, Vice President, M&A
Joseph H. Greenberg, Vice President, Global M&A-Legal
Email:
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 5th Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attn: Michael J. Aiello
Email:
Facsimile:
and, if to any Stockholder who becomes a party to this Agreement after the date of the Original Agreement, to the address and facsimile number set forth below its name on the signature page hereto or on the applicable Joinder Agreement.
(b) Any such notice shall, if delivered personally, be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day in the place of receipt; shall, if delivered by facsimile, be deemed received on the first Business Day following confirmation; shall, if delivered by nationally recognized overnight delivery service, be deemed received the first Business Day after being sent; and shall, if delivered by mail, be deemed received upon the earlier of actual receipt thereof or five (5) Business Days after the date of deposit in the mail.
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(c) To the extent permitted by Law, whenever any notice is required to be given by Law or this Agreement, a written waiver thereof, signed by the Person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
Section 5.7. Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement, together with the Transaction Agreements, embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
Section 5.8. Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by another party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party hereto of any breach, default or noncompliance under this Agreement or any waiver on such partys part of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, by law, or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
Section 5.9. Governing Law; Severability; Limitation of Liability; Judicial Proceedings.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
(b) In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the DGCL, such provision of the DGCL shall control. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, this Agreement shall control as between the parties hereto and the parties hereto furthermore undertake to exercise their powers as Stockholders to amend the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws, as applicable, so as to be consistent with and give effect to the terms of this Agreement. If any provision of the DGCL provides that it may be varied or superseded in the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of a corporation, such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter.
(c) If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future Laws effective during the term of this Agreement, such provision shall be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of each such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, none of the Company, any Stockholder or any other party to this Agreement shall be liable to any of the other such Persons for punitive, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including damages for loss of profits, loss of use or revenue or losses by reason of cost of capital, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, regardless of whether based on contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, violation of any applicable deceptive trade practices act or similar Law or any other legal or equitable principle, and the Company, each Stockholder and each other party releases each of the other such Persons from liability for any such damages.
(e) In any judicial proceeding involving any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, each of the parties unconditionally accepts the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any United States District Court located in the State of Delaware, or of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, and
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the appellate courts to which orders and judgments thereof may be appealed. In any such judicial proceeding, the parties agree that in addition to any method for the service of process permitted or required by such courts, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, service of process may be made by delivery provided pursuant to the directions in Section 5.6. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(f) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the parties hereby irrevocably waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any claim, controversy or dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby brought in such courts or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such claim, controversy or dispute. Each of the parties agrees that a final and unappealable judgment in any such claim, controversy or dispute shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment, a certified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such judgment, or in any other manner provided by Law.
Section 5.10. Equitable Relief. The parties hereby confirm that damages at Law would be an inadequate remedy for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement and agree that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision hereof, the respective rights and obligations hereunder shall be enforceable by specific performance, injunction or other equitable remedy, but, nothing herein contained is intended to, nor shall it, limit or affect any right or rights at Law or by statute or otherwise of a party aggrieved as against another party for a breach or threatened breach of any provision hereof, it being the intention by this Section 5.10 to make clear the agreement of the parties that the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable in equity as well as at Law or otherwise and that the mention herein of any particular remedy shall not preclude a party from any other remedy it or he might have, either in Law or in equity.
Section 5.11. Aggregation of Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all Shares held or acquired by a Stockholder and its Affiliates shall be aggregated together for purposes of determining the rights or obligations of a Stockholder, or application of any restrictions to a Stockholder, or reference to its Shares under this Agreement, in each instance in which such right, obligation or restriction is determined by any ownership threshold. Within a group of investors that are Affiliates, the members of such group of investors may allocate the ability to exercise any rights of such group of investors under this Agreement in any manner that such group of investors (by approval of the holders of a majority of Shares held by such group) sees fit, subject to the other terms of this Agreement.
Section 5.12. Subsequent Acquisition of Shares. Any Shares acquired subsequent to the date of the Original Agreement by a Stockholder shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such securities shall be considered to be Shares as such term is used herein for purposes of this Agreement.
Section 5.13. Table of Contents, Headings and Captions. The table of contents, headings, subheadings and captions contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only, and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof.
Section 5.14. No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement or any document or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith, and notwithstanding the fact that any party hereto may be a partnership or limited liability company, each party hereto, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Persons other than the named parties hereto shall have any obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery hereunder against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against, any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative or employee of any other party (or any of their successor or permitted assignees), against any former, current, or future general or limited partner, manager, stockholder or member of any KKR Stockholder, KKR Americas XII, any Walgreens Stockholder or WBA (or any of their successors or permitted assignees) or any Affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate, manager,
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assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager or member of any of the foregoing, but in each case not including the named parties hereto (each, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the named parties hereto, an Associated Person), whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of such party against the Associated Persons, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on, or otherwise be incurred by any Associated Person, as such, for any obligations of the applicable party under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith, in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Section 5.15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by each other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned duly executed this Agreement (or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officer or representative thereto duly authorized) as of the day and year first written above.
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Robert Dries | |||
Name: | Robert Dries | |||
Title: | Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned duly executed this Agreement (or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officer or representative thereto duly authorized) as of the day and year first written above.
KKR PHOENIX AGGREGATOR L.P. | ||||
By: KKR Phoenix Aggregator GP LLC, its general partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Max C. Lin | |||
Name: | Max C. Lin | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF;·each of the undersigned duly executed this Agreement (or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officer or representative thereto duly authorized) as of the day and year first written above.
WALGREEN CO. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark Vainisi | |||
Name: | Mark Vainisi | |||
Title: | SR. VP. Global M&A | |||
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC., solely for purposes of the WBA Specified Provisions | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark Vainisi | |||
Name: | Mark Vainisi | |||
Title: | SR. VP. Global M&A |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned duly executed this agreement (or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officer or representative thereto duly authorized) as of the day and year first written above.
KKR AMERICAS FUND XII L.P., solely for purposes of the KKR Americas Specified Provisions | ||||
By: KKR Associates Americas XII L.P., its General Partner | ||||
By: KKR Americas XII Limited, its General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ David J. Sorkin | |||
Name: | David J. Sorkin | |||
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement]
PHARMERICA CORPORATION, solely for purposes of Section 4.7 of this Agreement | ||||
By: | /s/ Robert Dries | |||
Name: | Robert Dries | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
Name |
Shares | |||
KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P. |
5,180,000 shares | |||
Walgreen Co. |
2,220,000 shares |
Schedule I
SCHEDULE II
DIRECTORS AS OF THE BRIGHTSPRING CLOSING
KKR Designated Directors
Max Lin
Neel Varshney
Johnny Kim
Walgreens Designated Directors
David Schreibman
Hari Avula
Current Chief Executive Officer
Jon Rousseau
Other Director
Gregory Weishar
Schedule II
SCHEDULE III
WALGREENS APPROVAL RIGHTS
During the period described in Section 2.4(a) the following actions shall require the prior approval of each of the Walgreens Designated Directors or Walgreens:
(i) any amendment, repeal or alteration of any of the organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) any adverse modification to the terms of the Shares held by any Walgreens Stockholder;
(iii) any voluntary election by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to commence bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;
(iv) the entering into of any agreement or transaction, directly or indirectly, between (x) the Company and its Subsidiaries and (y) any KKR Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, including, for the avoidance of doubt, KKR Capital Markets LLC and its affiliates and any KKR Debt Fund Affiliates), in each case other than (a) any agreement or transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements or (b) KKR Capital Markets LLCs or its affiliates participation in the arranging of the debt financing of the BrightSpring Acquisition;
(v) any issuance of equity or debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any KKR Stockholder or any Walgreens Stockholder unless (i) the Board determines that any such issuance is in the best interest of the Company and (ii) each of the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders has been given the right to participate in such issuance pro rata on the same terms and conditions and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(vi) any redemption or repurchase of Shares or equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company held by any KKR Stockholder or Walgreens Stockholder, unless such redemption or repurchase is offered to all the KKR Stockholders and Walgreens Stockholders on the same terms and conditions;
(vii) any amendment to the Initial Management Equity Plan to increase in the number of Shares reserved for issuance or securities available to be granted under the Initial Management Equity Program or making, creating or otherwise implementing any other Management Equity Program; provided that approval is hereby deemed granted to amend the Initial Management Equity Program to provide for a pool of no greater than 13% of the total Shares outstanding (calculated on a fully diluted basis) in the aggregate authorized for issuance;
(viii) any issuance by the Company of preferred equity securities or a different class of Capital Stock that is senior to (or with different economic terms than) the Shares held by each of the KKR Stockholders and the Walgreens Stockholders;
(ix) any (A) incurrence, assumption or guarantee by the Company and its Subsidiaries of indebtedness for borrowed money other than (x) for indebtedness incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries at the Closing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, incurrence of indebtedness under the revolving credit facilities entered into at the Closing), and (y) the incurrence, assumption or guarantee of indebtedness, when taken together with all other additional indebtedness so incurred, assumed or guaranteed that does not exceed $30,000,000; (B) refinancing any of the foregoing indebtedness; or (C) creation of liens on assets that are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except in connection with indebtedness permitted pursuant to this clause (ix);
(x) the declaration or payment by the Company of any dividend or distribution (other than in connection with the consummation of a Company Sale or an Initial Public Offering);
Schedule III-1
(xi) making loans or advances to any Person (other than any loans by or among the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and any loans or advances made to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business pursuant to guidelines previously approved by the Board (including each of the Walgreens Designated Directors);
(xii) any (A) acquisitions by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries of another Person or the assets, business or securities of another Person, with aggregate payment obligations by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with respect to such acquisitions in excess of (1) $25,000,000 individually or (2) $100,000,000 in the aggregate for a given fiscal year excluding any such acquisitions approved by the Walgreens Designated Directors or Walgreens or (B) dispositions by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries of any assets (including the disposition or issuance of capital stock of any Subsidiaries but excluding sales of products in the ordinary course of business) or other property having a value (or with an aggregate sale price) in excess of (1) $10,000,000 individually or (2) $50,000,000 in the aggregate for a given fiscal year excluding any dispositions approved by the Walgreens Designated Directors or Walgreens;
(xiii) the initiation or settlement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any lawsuit; except for (i) any settlement in the ordinary course of business that requires payment by the Company or any Subsidiary of less than $3,000,000 and that does not impose any material restriction on or changes to the business or operations of, the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) initiation of any lawsuit that is in the ordinary course of business or that is not seeking damages of more than $3,000,000;
(xiv) the hiring or termination by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the chief executive office, chief financial officer or other executive officer (for this purpose meaning those officers that report directly to the chief executive officer) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xv) approving the annual budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the long-range plan of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and, in each case, any material amendments thereto;
(xvi) entering into a definitive agreement with respect to a Company Sale or consummating an Initial Public Offering, in each case except as set forth in Section 3.5;
(xvii) any material capital expenditures by the Company or its Subsidiaries that have not been included in the annual budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of $3,000,000 individually or $15,000,000 in the aggregate;
(xviii) the appointment of an external auditor for the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(xix) any material change in tax elections or filings of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xx) any amendment, modification, termination or alteration to the terms and conditions of any Shortfall Funding proposed by the Board; and
(xxi) any action by the Company or its Subsidiaries under the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement (or any replacement Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement under which WBA or its Affiliates are jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder) if such action would result in a breach by PharMerica or its Subsidiaries of its obligations to make any payments in accordance with the terms of the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement or such replacement Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement (including the purchase of products pursuant to the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement (or such replacement Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement) by PharMerica or its Subsidiaries if such purchase would be reasonably likely to result in a breach of the ABDC Prime Vendor Agreement (or such replacement Affiliated Purchasing Arrangement)).
Schedule III-2
ANNEX A
JOINDER AGREEMENT
The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (the Stockholders Agreement), dated as of March 5, 2019 and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P., KKR Americas XII Fund L.P., Walgreen Co. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., and any other Persons who become parties to the Stockholders Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Stockholders Agreement.
By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Stockholders Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Stockholders Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigneds becoming the transferee of Shares, (x) to be bound by and to comply with the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement that were applicable to the transferor of such Shares, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Stockholders Agreement, and (y) that the Shares Transferred shall bear legends, substantially in the forms required by Section 5.5 of the Stockholders Agreement.
Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day of , 20 .
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: [Address] | ||
Attention: [Name] | ||
Facsimile: [Facsimile Number] |
Annex A
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 5, 2019
among
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings,
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto
and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
as the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
Section 1. |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 80 | ||||
1.3 |
Accounting Terms | 80 | ||||
1.4 |
Rounding | 81 | ||||
1.5 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | 81 | ||||
1.6 |
Exchange Rates | 81 | ||||
1.7 |
Rates | 81 | ||||
1.8 |
Times of Day | 82 | ||||
1.9 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | 82 | ||||
1.10 |
Certifications | 82 | ||||
1.11 |
Compliance with Certain Sections | 82 | ||||
1.12 |
Pro Forma and Other Calculations | 82 | ||||
1.13 |
LIBOR Rate Successor | 85 | ||||
Section 2. |
Amount and Terms of Credit | 86 | ||||
2.1 |
Commitments | 86 | ||||
2.2 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings | 87 | ||||
2.3 |
Notice of Borrowing | 87 | ||||
2.4 |
Disbursement of Funds | 88 | ||||
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 89 | ||||
2.6 |
Conversions and Continuations | 91 | ||||
2.7 |
Pro Rata Borrowings | 91 | ||||
2.8 |
Interest | 92 | ||||
2.9 |
Interest Periods | 93 | ||||
2.10 |
Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. | 93 | ||||
2.11 |
Compensation | 96 | ||||
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office | 96 | ||||
2.13 |
Notice of Certain Costs | 96 | ||||
2.14 |
Incremental Facilities | 96 | ||||
2.15 |
Permitted Debt Exchanges | 103 | ||||
2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders | 104 | ||||
2.17 |
Swingline Loans | 106 | ||||
Section 3. |
Letters of Credit | 108 | ||||
3.1 |
Letters of Credit | 108 | ||||
3.2 |
Letter of Credit Requests | 110 | ||||
3.3 |
Letter of Credit Participations | 112 | ||||
3.4 |
Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings | 113 | ||||
3.5 |
Increased Costs | 115 | ||||
3.6 |
New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer | 115 | ||||
3.7 |
Role of Letter of Credit Issuer | 117 | ||||
3.8 |
Cash Collateral | 117 | ||||
3.9 |
Applicability of ISP and UCP | 118 | ||||
3.10 |
Conflict with Issuer Documents | 118 | ||||
3.11 |
Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries | 118 | ||||
3.12 |
Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments | 119 |
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Section 4. |
Fees | 119 | ||||
4.1 |
Fees | 119 | ||||
4.2 |
Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments | 121 | ||||
4.3 |
Mandatory Termination of Commitments | 121 | ||||
Section 5. |
Payments | 122 | ||||
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments | 122 | ||||
5.2 |
Mandatory Prepayments | 123 | ||||
5.3 |
Method and Place of Payment | 126 | ||||
5.4 |
Net Payments | 126 | ||||
5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees | 130 | ||||
5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest | 130 | ||||
Section 6. |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing | 131 | ||||
6.1 |
Credit Documents | 131 | ||||
6.2 |
Collateral | 131 | ||||
6.3 |
Legal Opinions | 131 | ||||
6.4 |
Equity Investments | 132 | ||||
6.5 |
Closing Certificates | 132 | ||||
6.6 |
Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents | 132 | ||||
6.7 |
Fees | 132 | ||||
6.8 |
Representations and Warranties | 132 | ||||
6.9 |
Solvency Certificate | 132 | ||||
6.10 |
Acquisition | 133 | ||||
6.11 |
Patriot Act | 133 | ||||
6.12 |
Pro Forma Balance Sheet | 133 | ||||
6.13 |
Financial Statements | 133 | ||||
6.14 |
No Company Material Adverse Effect | 133 | ||||
6.15 |
Refinancing | 134 | ||||
6.16 |
Notice of Borrowing | 134 | ||||
Section 7. |
Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events after the Closing Date | 134 | ||||
7.1 |
No Default; Representations and Warranties | 134 | ||||
7.2 |
Notice of Borrowing | 135 | ||||
Section 8. |
Representations and Warranties | 135 | ||||
8.1 |
Corporate Status | 135 | ||||
8.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority | 136 | ||||
8.3 |
No Violation | 136 | ||||
8.4 |
Litigation | 136 | ||||
8.5 |
Margin Regulations | 136 | ||||
8.6 |
Governmental Approvals | 136 |
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8.7 |
Investment Company Act | 136 | ||||
8.8 |
True and Complete Disclosure | 136 | ||||
8.9 |
Financial Condition; Financial Statements | 137 | ||||
8.10 |
Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws | 137 | ||||
8.11 |
Tax Matters | 138 | ||||
8.12 |
Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance | 138 | ||||
8.13 |
Subsidiaries | 138 | ||||
8.14 |
Intellectual Property | 138 | ||||
8.15 |
Environmental Laws | 139 | ||||
8.16 |
Properties | 139 | ||||
8.17 |
Solvency | 139 | ||||
8.18 |
Use of Proceeds | 139 | ||||
8.19 |
Beneficial Ownership Certification | 139 | ||||
Section 9. |
Affirmative Covenants | 140 | ||||
9.1 |
Information Covenants | 140 | ||||
9.2 |
Books, Records, and Inspections | 143 | ||||
9.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance | 144 | ||||
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes | 144 | ||||
9.5 |
Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises | 144 | ||||
9.6 |
Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. | 144 | ||||
9.7 |
ERISA | 145 | ||||
9.8 |
Maintenance of Properties | 145 | ||||
9.9 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 145 | ||||
9.10 |
End of Fiscal Years | 146 | ||||
9.11 |
Additional Guarantors and Grantors | 146 | ||||
9.12 |
Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness | 147 | ||||
9.13 |
Use of Proceeds | 147 | ||||
9.14 |
Further Assurances | 148 | ||||
9.15 |
Maintenance of Ratings | 149 | ||||
9.16 |
Lines of Business | 149 | ||||
Section 10. |
Negative Covenants | 149 | ||||
10.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness | 149 | ||||
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens | 155 | ||||
10.3 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes | 156 | ||||
10.4 |
Limitations on Sale of Assets | 158 | ||||
10.5 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | 159 | ||||
10.6 |
Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions | 167 | ||||
10.7 |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio | 169 | ||||
10.8 |
Permitted Activities | 169 | ||||
Section 11. |
Events of Default | 169 | ||||
11.1 |
Payments | 169 | ||||
11.2 |
Representations, Etc. | 169 | ||||
11.3 |
Covenants | 170 | ||||
11.4 |
Default Under Other Agreements | 170 |
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11.5 |
Bankruptcy, Etc. | 171 | ||||
11.6 |
ERISA | 171 | ||||
11.7 |
Guarantee | 172 | ||||
11.8 |
Pledge Agreement | 172 | ||||
11.9 |
Security Agreement | 172 | ||||
11.10 |
Judgments | 172 | ||||
11.11 |
Change of Control | 172 | ||||
11.12 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | 172 | ||||
11.13 |
Application of Proceeds | 173 | ||||
11.14 |
Equity Cure | 174 | ||||
Section 12. |
The Agents | 175 | ||||
12.1 |
Appointment | 175 | ||||
12.2 |
Delegation of Duties | 176 | ||||
12.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions | 176 | ||||
12.4 |
Reliance by Agents | 176 | ||||
12.5 |
Notice of Default | 177 | ||||
12.6 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders | 177 | ||||
12.7 |
Indemnification | 178 | ||||
12.8 |
Agents in Their Individual Capacities | 179 | ||||
12.9 |
Successor Agents | 179 | ||||
12.10 |
Withholding Tax | 180 | ||||
12.11 |
Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee | 180 | ||||
12.12 |
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee | 181 | ||||
12.13 |
Intercreditor Agreements Govern | 182 | ||||
12.14 |
Certain ERISA Matters | 182 | ||||
Section 13. |
Miscellaneous | 183 | ||||
13.1 |
Amendments, Waivers, and Releases | 183 | ||||
13.2 |
Notices | 187 | ||||
13.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 188 | ||||
13.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | 188 | ||||
13.5 |
Payment of Expenses; Indemnification | 188 | ||||
13.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | 189 | ||||
13.7 |
Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances | 195 | ||||
13.8 |
Adjustments; Set-off | 197 | ||||
13.9 |
Counterparts | 197 | ||||
13.10 |
Severability | 197 | ||||
13.11 |
Integration | 197 | ||||
13.12 |
GOVERNING LAW | 197 | ||||
13.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers | 198 | ||||
13.14 |
Acknowledgments | 198 | ||||
13.15 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | 199 | ||||
13.16 |
Confidentiality | 199 | ||||
13.17 |
Direct Website Communications | 201 | ||||
13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act | 202 | ||||
13.19 |
[Reserved] | 202 |
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13.20 |
Payments Set Aside |
202 | ||||
13.21 |
No Fiduciary Duty |
203 | ||||
13.22 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
203 |
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SCHEDULES | ||
Schedule 1.1 | Commitments of Lenders | |
Schedule 8.13 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 8.15 | Environmental | |
Schedule 8.16 | Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 9.14 | Post-Closing Actions | |
Schedule 10.1 | Closing Date Indebtedness | |
Schedule 10.2 | Closing Date Liens | |
Schedule 10.5 | Closing Date Investments | |
Schedule 13.2 | Notice Addresses | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Exhibit B | Form of Guarantee | |
Exhibit C | Form of Pledge Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit E | Form of Credit Party Closing Certificate | |
Exhibit F | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit G-1 | Form of Promissory Note (Initial Term Loans and New Term Loans) | |
Exhibit G-2 | Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans) | |
Exhibit H-1 | Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit H-2 | Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit I-1 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-2 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-3 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-4 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit J | Form of Notice of Borrowing or Continuation or Conversion | |
Exhibit K | Form of Letter of Credit Request | |
Exhibit L-1 | Form of Hedge Bank Designation | |
Exhibit L-2 | Form of Cash Management Bank Designation |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties hereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble and the recitals having the meaning provided in Section 1).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 10, 2018 (the Acquisition Agreement), by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Cardinal Merger Sub Inc. (Merger Sub), Onex Rescare Holdings Corp. (the Company) and Onex Partners GP Inc. (the Equityholder Representative), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., will acquire, directly or indirectly, the outstanding equity interests of the Company (together with the other related transactions contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement to occur on the date of or substantially contemporaneously with the foregoing, the Acquisition);
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Investor Group will directly or indirectly contribute an amount in cash to Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (such contributions, the Equity Investments), in an aggregate amount equal to at least $250,000,000; provided that KKR shall directly or indirectly own at least 50.1% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately following the consummation of the Transactions (collectively, the Minimum Equity Amount);
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will incur the Second Lien Loans pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 (the Second Lien Facility);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Lender extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,800,000,000 comprised of (x) Initial Term Loans made available to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,650,000,000 and (y) the Delayed Draw Term Loans made available to the Borrower after the Closing Date and at any time and from time to time on or prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility), (ii) the Lenders extend credit in the form of Revolving Credit Loans made available to the Borrower at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $187,500,000 less the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, (iii) the Letter of Credit Issuer issue standby Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the L/C Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Stated Amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $82,500,000 and (iv) the Swingline Lender issue Swingline Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregated amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $50,000,000;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw Term Loans) will be used by the Borrower, together with (i) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of (a) the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility to fund certain Transaction Expenses and (b) the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit usage) to fund working capital, (ii) the proceeds of the Second Lien Facility, (iii) the proceeds of the Equity Investments and (iv) cash on hand, to effect the Acquisition, to consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and to pay Transaction Expenses;
WHEREAS, after the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility will be used by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions and for related costs and expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender are willing to make available to the Borrower such Credit Facilities upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
ABR shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as determined from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate at its principal office in New York City, and (iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based on an Interest Period of one month as of such date) plus 1.00% per annum. Any change in the ABR due to a change in such rate determined by the Administrative Agent or in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day of such change.
ABR Loan shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.
Acquired EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a Pro Forma Entity) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Acquired Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
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Acquisition Model shall mean the Sponsors financial model dated as of December 3, 2018.
Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Additional Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
Additional Revolving Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided Section 2.14(b).
Adjusted Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall mean at any time the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment less the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period and for purposes of determining ABR, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the LIBOR Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves; provided that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall not be less than 0.00%.
Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean at any time the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all Defaulting Lenders.
Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean at any time the Total Term Loan Commitment less the Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
Administrative Agent shall mean MSSF, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9.
Administrative Agents Office shall mean the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, Jefferies LLC and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of Jefferies Finance LLC and its Affiliates.
Affiliated Institutional Lender shall mean (i) any Affiliate of any Sponsor that is either a bona fide debt fund or such Affiliate extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business, (ii) KKR Corporate Lending LLC and KKR Capital Markets LLC and (iii) MCS Corporate Lending LLC and MCS Capital Markets LLC.
Affiliated Lender shall mean a Lender that is a Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof (other than Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Affiliated Institutional Lender).
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Agent Parties and Agent Party shall have the meanings provided in Section 13.17(b).
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.
Agreement shall mean this First Lien Credit Agreement.
AHYDO shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Anti-Corruption Laws shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any other similar laws or regulations concerning or relating to terrorism financing or money laundering.
Applicable Margin shall mean a percentage per annum equal to:
(i) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for LIBOR Loans that are Initial Term Loans (including the Delayed Draw Term Loans), 4.50% per annum and (2) for ABR Loans that are Initial Term Loans (including the Delayed Draw Term Loans), 3.50% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Initial Term Loans |
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Initial Term Loans | |||
I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 3.50% | 4.50% | |||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 | 3.25% | 4.25% |
(ii) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for LIBOR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 4.25% per annum, and (2) for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 3.25% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Revolving Credit Loans |
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Revolving Credit Loans | |||
I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 3.25% | 4.25% | |||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50 | 3.00% | 4.00% | |||
III |
< 3.50:1.00 | 2.75% | 3.75% |
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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, any Extended Revolving Credit Loans or any Extended Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, any Additional Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement, (c) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement, (d) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement and (e) in the case of any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.14.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Approved Foreign Bank shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Cash Equivalents.
Approved Fund shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
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Asset Sale shall mean:
(i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition (including any disposition of property to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale Leaseback) (each, a disposition) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 10.1), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, worn out or surplus property or property (including leasehold property interests) that is no longer economically practical in its business or commercially desirable to maintain or no longer used or useful equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets, or goods (or other assets) in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.3;
(c) the incurrence of Liens that are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2 or the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof) that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to Section 10.5;
(d) any sale or disposition of assets (whether tangible or intangible) or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by (1) a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or (2) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(h) foreclosures, condemnation, casualty or any similar action on assets (including dispositions in connection therewith);
(i) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;
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(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale Leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(k) (1) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims, (2) the termination or collapse of cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the settlement of any crossing payments in connection therewith, or (3) the settlement, discount, write off, forgiveness, or cancellation of any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers, or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns;
(l) the disposition or discount of inventory, accounts receivable, or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(m) the licensing, cross-licensing or sub-licensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (whether pursuant to franchise agreements or otherwise) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of Cash Management Services;
(o) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(p) the expiration, lapse or abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) the issuance of directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(r) dispositions of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (2) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(s) leases, assignments, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(t) dispositions of non-core assets acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder (including to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority);
(u) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 10.5; and
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(v) any other disposition in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $85 million and (b) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition.
Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale of Collateral, subject to the Reinvestment Period allowed in Section 10.4; provided, further, that with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Asset Sale Prepayment Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $50 million (the Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Prepayment Trigger).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean (i) an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any assignment of Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Debt Exchange conducted in accordance with Section 2.15, such form of assignment (if any) as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.15(a).
Auction Agent shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 or Dutch auction pursuant to Section 13.6(h); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries may act as the Auction Agent.
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Vice President-Finance, a Senior Vice President, a Director, a Manager, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any other senior officer or agent with express authority to act on behalf of such Person designated as such by the board of directors or other managing authority of such Person, and shall also include, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II or Article III, any other officer of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent.
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
Available Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Available Commitment shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of, without duplication, (a) all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and (b) the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.
Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall mean, as of any date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment over (b) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Delayed Draw Term Loans funded hereunder prior to such date.
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Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
Beneficial Ownership Certification shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.11.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefited Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Business Day shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements, and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the applicable London interbank market.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant, or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including Capitalized Software Expenditures, website development costs, website content development costs, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs).
Capital Lease shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person, subject to Section 1.12.
Capital Stock shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
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partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that cash-settled phantom appreciation programs in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock).
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.12.
Capitalized Software Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Cash Collateral shall have a meaning correlative to the immediately succeeding paragraph and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Collateralize shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support.
Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(i) Dollars,
(ii) (a) Euro, Pounds Sterling, Yen, Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars, or any national currency of any Participating Member State in the European Union or (b) local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(iv) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and eurodollar time deposits with average maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with average maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof),
(v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv), and (x) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above,
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(vi) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P after the date of creation thereof and variable and fixed rate notes issued by a financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, in each case with average maturities of 36 months after the date of creation thereof,
(vii) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized ratings agency),
(viii) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(ix) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Moodys (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(x) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (a) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (b) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Foreign Bank), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition, and (c) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank, in each case, customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction,
(xi) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of foreign obligors, which investments have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies,
(xii) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (xi) above, and
(xiii) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such Investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition.
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(xiv) Credit Card Receivables.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (i) and (ii) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition (other than Credit Card Receivables) will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes under the Credit Documents regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.
Cash Management Bank shall mean (i) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender or (ii) any Person that is designated by the Borrower as a Cash Management Bank by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Cash Management Services shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services), (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements and (iv) and other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
Casualty Event shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of Collateral, for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award in respect of any equipment, fixed assets, or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets, or real property; provided, further, that with respect to any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Casualty Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $50 million (the Casualty Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).
Casualty Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Casualty Event.
CFC shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
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CFC Holding Company shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all of the assets of which consist of Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents and/or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
Change in Law shall mean (i) the adoption of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation after the Closing Date, (ii) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (iii) compliance by any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, L/C Participant or Swingline Lender with any guideline, request, directive, or order issued or made after the Closing Date by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), including, for avoidance of doubt, any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority), or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities pursuant to Basel III in each case, after the Closing Date.
Change of Control shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the Permitted Holders shall at any time not own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least 35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower; (ii) at any time after an IPO, any Person, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds 35% thereof, unless, in case of clause (i) or clause (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; (iii) at any time, a Change of Control (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) shall have occurred; or (iv) at any time prior to an IPO, Holdings shall cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower. For the purpose of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), at any time when a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity or, if applicable, a Parent Entity acts as the manager, managing member or general partner of the Borrower, references in this definition to Borrower shall be deemed to refer to the ultimate Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock or acts as (or, if applicable, is a Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of) such manager, managing member or general partner. For purposes of this definition, (a) beneficial ownership shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Securities Exchange Act, (b) the phrase Person or group is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (c) if any Person or group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, the IPO Entity or the Borrower, as applicable, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such Person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such Person or group for purposes of determining whether clause (ii) of this definition is triggered and (d) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
Class (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Additional Revolving Credit
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Loans, New Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series), Initial Term Loans (together with the Delayed Draw Term Loans), New Term Loans (of each Series), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series) or Replacement Term Loans (of the same Series) and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment, a New Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series), an Initial Term Loan Commitment, a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment. After a Delayed Draw Funding Date, the Initial Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Term Loans that have been funded hereunder shall be treated as a single Class under this Agreement for all purposes.
Closing Date shall mean March 5, 2019.
Closing Date Refinancing shall mean the repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of the Existing Debt Facilities and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean all property pledged or mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents, excluding in all events Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent shall mean MSSF , as collateral agent under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to Section 12.9, and any Affiliate or designee of MSSF, may act as the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).
Commitment Fee Rate shall mean:
(a) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, a rate per annum equal to 0.500%; and
(b) thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
Commitment Fee Rate | ||
I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 0.500% | ||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50:1.00 | 0.375% | ||
III |
< 3.50:1.00 | 0.250% |
Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, any Additional Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement and (c) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Commitment Fee Rate that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Commitment Fee Rate for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by any Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrowers, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, at any time during which the Borrowers shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Commitment Fee Rate (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Commitments shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, New Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, New Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional Revolving Credit Commitment or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment.
Commodity Exchange Act shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Communications shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
Company shall have the meanings provided in the recitals.
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Company Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning provided to the term Material Adverse Effect in the Acquisition Agreement.
Company Representations shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Company with respect to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Sponsor (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement (or otherwise decline to consummate the Acquisition without any liability) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Acquisition Agreement.
Compliance Certificate shall mean a certificate of a responsible financial or accounting officer or director of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) for the applicable Test Period.
Compliance Period shall mean any time at which the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans at such time and (b) Letters of Credit Outstanding (without giving effect to the proviso in the definition of Stated Amount) (excluding (i) Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit and (ii) non-Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million) exceeds 35% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Compliance Period shall be in effect prior to July 1, 2019.
Confidential Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Confidential Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated as of January 2019.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, and expenses, capitalized expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures), customer acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(i) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (2) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items
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excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and any non-cash interest expense, in each case to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(d) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date), including (1) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence of the Second Lien Loans and the Loans hereunder and all Transaction Expenses, (2) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the offering of the Credit Documents and any other credit facilities, or debt issuances, and (3) any amendment or other modification of the Second Lien Loans, the Loans hereunder or other Indebtedness, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses, any effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, purchase price accounting (including any step-up in inventory and loss of profit on the acquired inventory) or other items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(f) the amount of any net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus
(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsors, plus
(h) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus
(i) the amount of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable run-rate cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and other synergies (including in connection with any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement)) that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 18 months of the determination to take such action, net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense
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reductions, operating enhancements or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that, except with respect to the Transactions and any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement), the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (i) shall not cumulatively exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period (with such calculation being made after giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (i) and, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such action or transaction), plus
(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus
(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii) and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(l)(i), plus
(l) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Borrower or any of its any direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement and expenses relating to distributions made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies resulting from the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 Compensation Stock Compensation (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123 (Revised 2004)), plus
(m) with respect to any joint venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (a) and (c) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries proportionate share of such joint ventures Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Restricted Subsidiary), plus
(n) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period solely to the extent that the corresponding non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (ii) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
(o) to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income, (1) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other similar provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer, or other Asset Sale of assets permitted hereunder and (2) to the extent covered by insurance and
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actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, plus
(p) charges, expenses, and other items described (1) in the Confidential Information Memorandum or the Acquisition Model or (2) any quality of earnings report reasonably prepared in good faith by a nationally recognized accounting firm in connection with any Specified Transaction actually consummated by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent, plus
(q) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715CompensationRetirement Benefits, and any other items of a similar nature, plus
(r) pro forma synergies from either (1) a new prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement between the Borrower and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler, substantially consistent with the terms of the Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet, or (2) if such prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement has not been executed by or on the Closing Date, a letter agreement between WBA and such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, pursuant to which the Borrower will be designated as an affiliate of WBA under WBAs current pharmaceutical purchase and distribution agreement with such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, plus
(s) any (A) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (B) the costs and ex-penses related to employment of terminated employees, or (C) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of officers, directors and employees, in each case of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(ii) decreased by (without duplication), non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period other than non-cash gains relating to the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840 Leases (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13); provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein, plus
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(iii) increased or decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and
(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815) (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP.
For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of ASC 815 and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP,
(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (1) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, business, property, or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an Acquired Entity or Business) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Restricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (2) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition); and
(iii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business, or asset sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business, or asset so sold or disposed of, a Sold Entity or Business), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition or conversion); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Disposed EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.
Unless expressly specified otherwise or required by context, references in this Agreement to Consolidated EBITDA shall refer to the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower.
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Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall mean Consolidated Total Debt as of such date secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks on an equal priority basis (or super priority basis by operation of law) (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations; provided that Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings thereunder.
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall mean the sum of cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (b) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of Indebtedness or obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 Derivatives and Hedging, (c) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (d) commissions, discounts, yield, make-whole premium and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Receivables Facility, (e) any additional interest owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement with respect to any securities, (f) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (g) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (h) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (i) interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect Parent Entity resulting from push-down accounting, (j) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, and (k) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential), with respect thereto and with respect to the Transactions, any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder, all as calculated on a consolidated basis.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
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(i) (a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities or bases opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions and other strategic or cost savings initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, rebranding costs, consulting costs (including consulting and related fees, costs and expenses in connection with the evaluation and implementation of certain tax-related changes), signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or bases and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgments) and (b) any other unusual or non-recurring items shall be excluded,
(ii) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, shall be excluded,
(iii) any gain (loss) (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), shall be excluded,
(iv) any effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, shall be excluded,
(v) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(vi) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (a)(iii)(A) of Section 10.5 the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equity holders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (a) has been legally waived, or otherwise released, (b) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and other Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, New Term Loans, or Permitted Other Indebtedness, or (c) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and
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restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the referent Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein, shall be excluded,
(vii) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Persons consolidated financial statements required or permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 Business Combinations and Topic 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (ASC 805 and ASC 350) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142, respectively) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions and any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) (a) any effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (b) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to ASC 815 (or such successor provision), and (c) any non-cash expense, income, or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness, or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any impairment charge, asset write-off, or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360 Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (ASC 360) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 shall be excluded,
(x) (a) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from or in connection with any share-based compensation arrangements including stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, capital or profits interests or other rights to officers, directors, managers, or employees and (b) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,
(xi) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance, or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(xii) accruals and reserves (including contingent liabilities) that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP, or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded,
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(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
(xiv) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items, shall be excluded,
(xv) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded,
(xvi) any charges resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity Overall Recognition or Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures shall be excluded, and
(xvii) the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of straight-line rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total assets (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Total Debt shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of third party Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations); provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings hereunder; provided further that the effects of pushdown accounting shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Working Capital shall mean, at any date, the excess of (i) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (ii) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the
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Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (i) and (ii) above), without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans, Second Lien Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure and Capital Leases to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) any liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (f) the effects from applying purchase accounting, (g) any accrued professional liability risks, (h) restricted marketable securities, and (i) deferred revenue reflected within current liabilities; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital (A) arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be measured from the date on which such acquisition or disposition occurred and (B) shall exclude (I) the impact of non-cash adjustments contemplated in the Excess Cash Flow calculation, (II) the impact of adjusting items in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (III) any changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of (x) the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations, (y) any reclassification, other than as a result of the passage of time, in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (z) the effects of acquisition method accounting.
Contingent Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends, or other payment obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Contract Consideration shall have the meaning provided in clause (ii)(k) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow.
Contractual Requirement shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.
Controlled Investment Affiliate shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person (other than any Permitted Holder) who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity investments in Holdings and/or any Parent Entity.
Converted Restricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Credit Card Receivables shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount due from third-party financial institutions for credit and debit card transactions that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption cash equivalents (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
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Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, each Extension Amendment, each Permitted Repricing Amendment, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, any documents or certificates executed by the Borrower in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to any Letter of Credit and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
Credit Event shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and/or the issuance of a Letter of Credit (and any amendment that increases the Stated Amount or extends the expiry date thereof).
Credit Facilities shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.
Credit Facility shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.
Credit Party shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors.
CS shall mean Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, together with their respective affiliates.
Cure Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
Cure Right shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(w)(i)).
Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Default shall mean any event, act, or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(c).
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of Lender Default.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Delaware LLC means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delware.
Delaware Divided LLC means any Delaware LLC which has been formed upon consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
Delaware LLC Division means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
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Delayed Draw Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(f).
Delayed Draw Commitment Fee Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(f).
Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Delayed Draw Funding Date shall mean any date on which the Delayed Draw Term Loans are funded hereunder, which shall in no event be later than the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date.
Delayed Draw Term Lender shall mean a Lender with a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loan.
Delayed Draw Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b).
Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified as such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $150,000,000.
Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date shall mean the earlier of (i) date that is six months after the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment has been fully drawn and (iii) with respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment that is terminated, the date of termination of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 4.2(b); provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date will be the next succeeding Business Day.
Delayed Draw Upfront Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(g).
Derivative Counterparty shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Designated Jurisdiction shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanctions.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.
Designated Preferred Stock shall mean preferred stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for
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cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an officers certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Borrower or the parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Disposed EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
disposition shall have the meaning assigned such term in clause (i) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Disqualified Lenders shall mean such Persons (i) that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners by the Sponsors as being Disqualified Lenders prior to either (a) December 10, 2018 or (b) the commencement of primary syndication if acceptable to the majority of Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, (ii) who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such Person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide Fund) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) each Credit Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Lender and (y) any such designation of a Disqualified Lender may not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation in any Credit Facility.
Disqualified Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date hereunder; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death, or disability.
Distressed Person shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Lender- Related Distress Event.
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Dollars and $ shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the United Kingdom.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Yield shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below), or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (i) the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness and (ii) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness in connection with the initial primary syndication thereof, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, ticking, or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a LIBOR floor or ABR floor, (a) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or potential responsibility or violation, or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, investigation, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief relating to the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
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Environmental Law shall mean any applicable federal, state, foreign, or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree, or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as flora, fauna, or wetlands, or protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) and including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, transport, Release, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interest shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
Equity Investments shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Equity Offering shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (i) public offerings with respect to the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companys common stock registered on Form S-8, (ii) issuances to any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower, (iii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution and (iv) any Cure Amount.
Equityholding Vehicle shall mean any Parent Entity and any equity holder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees or managers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Credit Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event shall mean (i) the failure of any Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code (and applicable regulations under either) or with the terms of such Plan; (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iii) any Reportable Event; (iv) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) a determination that any Pension Plan is in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vii) the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (viii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice to terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (ix) the failure by any
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Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (x) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or the complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan; (xi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA); or (xii) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(i) the sum, without duplication (in each case, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(b) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(c) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income,
(f) increases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent deducted or not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(g) extraordinary gains actually received in cash;
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over (ii) the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, cash charges to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and Transaction Expenses to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and paid in cash during such period,
(b) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior periods, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Indebtedness has been repaid other than with the proceeds of long-term indebtedness) other than intercompany loans,
(c) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (1) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (2) the amount of any scheduled repayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 or the Second Lien Loans permitted hereunder, and (3) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) or Second Lien Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement to the extent required due to an Asset Sale that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (A) all other prepayments of Term Loans and Second Lien Loans (in each case, including purchases of Term Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered on a pro rata basis to all Term Loan Lenders of a Class and Dutch auctions offered on a pro rata basis to all Term Loan Lenders of a Class in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Term Loans at or below par) and all voluntary prepayments of Permitted Other Indebtedness (with a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and (B) all prepayments of Swingline Loans (and any other revolving loans (unless there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other long-term Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such increases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(f) payments in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of any purchase price holdbacks, earn-out obligations, and long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
(g) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior fiscal periods, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions, but excluding Permitted Investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof) made during such period constituting Permitted Investments or made pursuant to Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
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(h) the amount of dividends paid in cash during such period (on a consolidated basis) by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such dividends were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(i) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees and cash restructuring charges) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(j) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole, or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(k) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (1) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period and (2) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the Planned Expenditures), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2), relating to Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed with any of the proceeds received from (A) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (B) the issuance of Equity Interests); provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(l) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(m) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(n) decreases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent included or not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(o) extraordinary losses actually paid in cash.
Excluded Contribution shall mean net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities, or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by Holdings from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any
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management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers certificate executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii); provided that (i) any non-cash assets shall qualify only if acquired by a parent of the Borrower in an arms-length transaction within the six months prior to such contribution and (ii) no Cure Amount shall constitute an Excluded Contribution.
Excluded Property shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (ii) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any (a) CFC or (b) CFC Holding Company, any Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of such CFC or CFC Holding Company in excess of 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents, (iii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holding Company, (iv) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirements of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, (v) in the case of (A) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Lien or (B) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of each such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (I) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (II) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided that this clause (II) shall not apply if (x) such other party is Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (III) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument, or indenture governing such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (vi) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents would result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (vii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, and (viii) any Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a captive insurance Subsidiary, an SPV or any special purpose entity.
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Excluded Subsidiary shall mean (i) each Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not (on (x) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined on the Closing Date by reference to the Historical Financial Statements or (y) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined after the Closing Date by reference to the financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(a) and (b)) constitute a Material Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), (iii) any CFC Holding Company, (iv) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, (v) any CFC, (vi) each Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirements of Law (to the extent existing on the Closing Date or, if later, the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and in each case, not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations or would require third-party or governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee or grant such Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (vii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, the consequence of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries to satisfy applicable Requirements of Law, (viii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences, (ix) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (x) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xi) any Receivables Subsidiary, (xii) each other Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, (xiii) each Subsidiary that is a registered broker dealer and (xiv) each SPV, not-for-profit Subsidiary and captive insurance company.
Excluded Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Obligations of such Credit Party of, or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Obligations thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful.
Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, net profits, or branch profits (however denominated, and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof under Section 3406 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient
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being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document), (ii) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any Credit Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender acquires an interest in any Credit Document (or designates a new lending office), other than in the case of a Lender that is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.7 (or that designates a new lending office pursuant to a request by the Borrower), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Credit Parties with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.4, (iii) any Taxes attributable to a recipients failure to comply with Section 5.4(e), or (iv) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.
Existing Class shall mean any Existing Term Loan Class and any Existing Revolving Credit Class.
Existing Debt Facilities shall mean the debt facilities incurred pursuant to (i) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, and that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent (collectively, the Existing Credit Agreements), and (ii) that certain Second Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018, among Res-Care, Inc., Onex ResCare Holdings Corp., the Guarantors (as such term is defined therein) from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C issuer and swing line lender, the other lenders from to time to time party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Bank, as syndication agents and Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as documentation agents.
Existing Revolving Credit Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Term Loan Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extended Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
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Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Loans matures.
Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Extended Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extending Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Extension Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(v).
Extension Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Request shall mean a Term Loan Extension Request.
Extension Series shall mean all Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, and amortization schedule.
Fair Market Value shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arms length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreements (or related legislation or official administrative rules or practices) implementing the foregoing, and any laws, fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes and practices adopted by a non-U.S. jurisdiction to effect the foregoing.
FCPA shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided, further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate would otherwise be negative, it shall be deemed to be 0% per annum.
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Fees shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.
First Lien Incremental Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 4.50:1.00.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for holders of one or more classes of First Lien Obligations (other than the Obligations).
First Lien Obligations shall mean the Obligations and the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (ii) the Fixed Charges for such Test Period.
Fixed Charges shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
Flood Insurance Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Foreign Benefit Arrangement shall mean any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan Event shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement, (i) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement; (ii) the failure to register or loss of good standing (if
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applicable) with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement required to be registered; or (iii) the failure of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement to comply with any provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fronting Exposure shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, other than L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
Fronting Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(d).
Fund shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
Funded Debt shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date (including all amounts of such Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation), and, in the case of the Credit Parties, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the Second Lien Loans.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Furthermore, at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement); provided any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrowers election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Governmental Authority shall mean any nation, sovereign, or government, any state, province, territory, or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive,
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legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange (including any supranational body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Granting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Guarantee shall mean (i) the First Lien Guarantee made by Holdings and each other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and (ii) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
guarantee obligations shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term guarantee obligations shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations or product warranties in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any guarantee obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
Guarantors shall mean (i) each Subsidiary of Holdings that is party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date, (ii) each Subsidiary of Holdings that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise, and (iii) Holdings; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to be a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary).
Hazardous Materials shall mean (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (ii) any chemicals, materials, waste, or substances defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous waste, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, or pollutants, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, waste, or substance, which is prohibited, limited, or regulated due to its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics, by any Environmental Law.
Hedge Agreements shall mean (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
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the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Hedge Bank shall mean (i) (a) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent and (b) with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into prior to the Closing Date, any Person that is a Lender or an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent on the Closing Date and (ii) any other Person that is designated by the Borrower as a Hedge Bank by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements.
Historical Financial Statements shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of each of the Company and the Borrower and their respective consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the Consolidated Company) as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Company as at the end of, and related statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018.
HMT shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Sanctions.
Holdings shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) after the Closing Date any other Person or Persons (New Holdings) that is a Subsidiary of Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (Previous Holdings); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (b) New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (d) all Capital Stock of the Borrower shall be pledged to secure the Obligations and (e) (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default and (ii) such substitution will not reasonably be expected to result in any adverse tax consequences to any Lender (unless reimbursed hereunder) or to the Administrative Agent (unless reimbursed hereunder); provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to Holdings in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to New Holdings.
IFRS shall have the meaning given to such term in the definition of GAAP.
Immediate Family Members shall mean with respect to any individual, such individuals child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former
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spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
Impacted Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
Increased Amount Date shall mean, with respect to any New Term Loan Commitments, the date on which such New Term Loan Commitments shall be effective.
Incremental Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean the date on which any tranche of Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the Lenders Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments matures.
Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
incur and incurrence shall have the meanings provided in Section 10.1.
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), or (d) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a net liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of the Borrower solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP (other than in respect of any IPO Reorganization Transaction) shall be excluded, (ii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (3) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (4) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (5) any balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, accrued in the ordinary course of business, (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a
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liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (7) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (8) accrued expenses and royalties or (9) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (iii) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
Initial Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Revolving Credit Commitment.
Initial Term Loan shall mean the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and, at any time after a Delayed Draw Funding Date, the aggregate principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans that have been funded pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,650,000,000.
Initial Term Loan Lender shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.
Initial Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2026 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
Initial Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
Insolvent shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Intellectual Property shall mean U.S. intellectual property, including all (i) (a) patents, inventions, designs, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (b) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, Internet domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized
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thereby; (d) trade secrets, confidential, or proprietary information, including customer lists; and (ii) registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, re-issues, re-examinations, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
Interpolated Rate shall mean, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that is shorter than the applicable Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that exceeds the applicable Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if the Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for Revolving Credit Loans and 1.00% per annum for Initial Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement.
Investment shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Borrower in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that Investments shall not include, in the case of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans (including guarantees), advances, or Indebtedness either (i) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising from cash management, tax and/or accounting operations and made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices.
For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 10.5,
(i) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrowers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment, or other amount received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of Cash Equivalents, such amount shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such consideration).
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Investment Grade Rating shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.
Investment Grade Securities shall mean:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) investments in any fund that invest at least 90% in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and
(iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
Investor Group shall mean Holdings, KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates.
IPO shall mean the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) or other transaction which results in the common Equity Interests of a Parent Entity of the Borrower being publicly traded.
IPO Entity shall mean, at any time at and after an IPO, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Borrower, as the case may be, the Equity Interests in which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO.
IPO Listco shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower formed in contemplation of an IPO to become the IPO Entity; provided that the Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of any IPO Listco.
IPO Reorganization Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an IPO, including (a) formation and ownership of IPO Shell Companies, (b) entry into, and performance of, (i) a reorganization agreement among any of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and/or IPO Shell Companies implementing IPO Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with an IPO and (ii) customary underwriting agreements in connection with an IPO and any future follow-on underwritten public offerings of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity, including the provision by IPO Entity and the Borrower of customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification to the underwriters thereunder, (c) the merger of one or more IPO Subsidiaries with one or more direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Borrower with the surviving entity in any such merger holding Equity Interests in the Borrower, and the merger of such entities with any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, (d) the issuance of Equity Interests of IPO Shell Companies to holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower in connection with any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (e) the entry into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower will be permitted to exchange such interests for
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certain economic/voting Equity Interests in IPO Listco, and (f) the entry into, and performance of, any tax receivables agreements by any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, in each case of clauses (a) through (f), so long as after giving Pro Forma Effect to any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (i) the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired and (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is either equal to or less than (1) 5.75:1.00 or (2) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such IPO Reorganization Transactions.
IPO Shell Company shall mean each of IPO Listco and IPO Subsidiary.
IPO Subsidiary shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPO Listco formed in contemplation of, and to facilitate, IPO Reorganization Transactions and an IPO. The Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of an IPO Subsidiary.
ISP shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 as published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Issuer Documents shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Holdings) or in favor of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
Jefferies shall mean Jefferies Finance LLC.
Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which may include additional provisions to ensure fungibility of the Loans and to provide for mechanics for borrowings in currencies other than Dollars.
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall mean MSSF, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Jefferies, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank.
Junior Debt shall mean any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in excess of $30 million.
KKR shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and KKR North America Fund XII L.P.
Latest Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
L/C Borrowing shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.
L/C Facility Maturity Date shall mean the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that the L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended beyond such date with the consent of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer.
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L/C Obligations shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 13.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), Article 29 of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP600), or similar terms expressed in the Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit at such time.
L/C Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
L/C Participation shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
L/C Sublimit shall mean $82,500,000.
LCT Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
LCT Test Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
Lender or Lenders shall have the meanings provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
Lender Default shall mean (i) the refusal or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of any incurrence of Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such refusal or failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) a Lender has notified, in writing, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, or a Lender has publicly announced that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under other loan agreements, credit agreements or similar facilities generally, (iv) a Lender has failed to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement (v) a Distressed Person has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (vi) a Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that no Lender Default shall occur solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
Lender-Related Distress Event shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a Distressed Person), other than via an Undisclosed Administration, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver, or similar official is appointed for such
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Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Persons assets, or such Distressed Person, or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person or is subject to a forced liquidation or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
Letter of Credit shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1.
Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean the amount set forth opposite such Letter of Credit Issuers name on Schedule 1.1, as may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 3.1; provided that the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Letter of Credit Issuer may be increased if agreed in writing between the Borrower and such Issuing Bank (each acting in its sole discretion) and notified to the Administrative Agent.
Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (i) the amount of the principal amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a) at such time and (ii) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers pursuant to Section 3.4(a)).
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).
Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean the initial Revolving Credit Lenders listed on Schedule 1.1 hereto as of the Closing Date and any of their Affiliates or branches and any replacement, additional issuer or successor pursuant to Section 3.6; provided that the initial Revolving Credit Lenders shall only be required to issue standby Letters of Credit and the initial Revolving Credit Lenders will cause Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and such Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by the initial Revolving Credit Lenders for all purposes under the Credit Documents. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Request shall mean a notice executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2, and substantially in the form of Exhibit K or another form which is acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean, at any time the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of the principal amount of all Unpaid Drawings.
LIBOR shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term LIBOR Rate.
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LIBOR Discontinuance Event means any of the following:
(a) an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the provisions of the definition of LIBOR Rate or LIBOR and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary;
(b) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate, the central bank for the currency of LIBOR, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, has made a public statement, or published information, stating that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely on a specific date, provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or
(c) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans; provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR (the date of determination or such specific date in the foregoing clauses (a)-(c), the Scheduled Unavailability Date).
LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time means, with respect to any LIBOR Discontinuance Event, (i) in the case of an event under clause (a) of such definition, the Business Day immediately following the date of determination that such interest rate is not ascertainable and such result is unlikely to be temporary and (ii) for purposes of an event under clause (b) or (c) of such definition, on the date on which LIBOR ceases to be provided by the administrator of LIBOR or is not permitted to be used (or if such statement or information is of a prospective cessation or prohibition, the 90th day prior to the date of such cessation or prohibition (or if such prospective cessation or prohibition is fewer than 90 days later, the date of such statement or announcement).
LIBOR Loan shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate shall mean,
(i) for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (LIBOR) or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations of LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBOR Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an Impacted Interest Period), then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; and
(ii) for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, determined on such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if there is an Impacted Interest Period, then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice;
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provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
LIBOR Replacement Date means, in respect of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, upon the occurrence of a LIBOR Discontinuance Event, the next interest reset date after the relevant amendment in connection therewith becomes effective (unless an alternative date is specified) and all subsequent interest reset dates for which LIBOR would have had to be determined.
LIBOR Screen Rate means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
Lien shall mean with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority, or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in, and any filing of, or agreement to, give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or a license, sub-license or cross-license to Intellectual Property be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Limited Condition Transaction shall mean any transaction by one or more of the Borrower and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan shall mean any Revolving Loan, Term Loan or any other loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Majority Lead Arrangers shall mean the Lead Arrangers who held a majority of the aggregate amount of Commitments as of January 27, 2019.
Management Investors shall mean the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity who are or become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.
Master Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Hedge Agreements.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
Material Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the
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Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of clauses (ii) through (xiv) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary) have, in the aggregate, (a) total assets at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries for each fiscal period until this proviso is no longer applicable.
Maturity Date shall mean the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the New Term Loan Maturity Date or the maturity date of an Extended Term Loan, as applicable.
Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount shall mean, at any date of determination, (i) the sum of (a) (x) the greater of (i) $370,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period minus (y) the Second Lien Base Incremental Amount plus (b) the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans, Incremental Loans secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Loans, and, to the extent accompanied by permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (including purchases of the Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans below par, and voluntary prepayments accompanied by permanent commitment reductions of the Revolving Credit Facility) in each case, other than from proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness, plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount, (a) the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition, but excluding any concurrent incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above, the Second Lien Base Incremental Amount or the Revolving Credit Facility and without netting any cash proceeds of such incurrence) with the First Lien Incremental Ratio (assuming that all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or Section 10.1(x)(i) on such date of determination would be included in the definition of Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt, whether or not such Indebtedness would otherwise be so included) or (b) solely in the case of any Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement, on a Pro Forma Basis the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio would be equal to or less than the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to giving effect to such incurrence, such Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement and all transactions in connection therewith, minus (iii) the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of New Loan Commitments incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitments obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date.
Merger Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
MFN Protection shall have the meaning set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(d)(iii).
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Minimum Borrowing Amount shall mean, (a) with respect to a Borrowing other than a Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans, $2,500,000 and (b) with respect to a Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans, $5,000,000.
Minimum Collateral Amount shall mean, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 101% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.8(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations.
Minimum Equity Amount shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Minimum Tender Condition shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Mortgage shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed, or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, together with such terms and provisions as may be required by local laws.
Mortgaged Property shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party and identified on Schedule 8.16, and each other owned parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 9.11 or Section 9.14.
MSSF shall mean Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the five preceding calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event and any incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, (i) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and excluding any interest payments) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, as the case may be, less (ii) the sum of:
(a) the amount, if any, of all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated to be payable by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness,
(b) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (a) above) (1) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (2) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,
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(c) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Permitted Other Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds) shall, unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i);
(e) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (e)) attributable to non-controlling interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof;
(f) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction; and
(g) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing (for the avoidance of doubt, including, (1) in the case of the issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, any fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and (2) attorneys fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant, accountant, and other customary fees),
in each case, only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above.
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Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
New Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
New Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
New Revolving Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Revolving Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.
New Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Non-Bank Tax Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(B)(3).
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(iv).
Non-Defaulting Lender shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
Non-Extension Notice Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
Non-U.S. Lender shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
Obligations shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party (or in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, any Restricted Subsidiary) arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, any Revolving Credit Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan or under or with respect to any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured
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Hedge Agreement (other than with respect to any Credit Partys obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations solely with respect to such Credit Party), in each case, entered into with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document.
OFAC shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Original Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean all Revolving Credit Commitments, Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, other than any New Revolving Credit Commitments (and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments related thereto).
Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such term shall not include (i) any Taxes that result from an assignment, (Assignment Taxes) to the extent such Assignment Taxes are imposed as a result of a connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely from any Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), except to the extent that any such action described in this proviso is requested or required by the Borrower or Holdings or (ii) Excluded Taxes.
Overnight Rate shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Parent Entity shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership), including any managing member, of Holdings and/or the Borrower.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(ii).
Participating Member State shall mean any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
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Pension Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA, be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
Permitted Asset Swap shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 10.4.
Permitted Debt Exchange shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors and members of management (including Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees) of Holdings or the Borrower (or their respective direct or indirect parent or management investment vehicle) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company or management investment vehicle) and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Sponsors and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or any other direct or indirect Parent Entity, (ii) any direct or indirect Parent Entity formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions or IPO Reorganization Transactions) that, assuming such parent was not formed after giving effect thereto, would constitute a Change of Control and (iii) any entity (other than a Parent Entity) through which a Parent Entity described in clause (ii) directly or indirectly holds Equity Interests of the Borrower and has no other material operations other than those incidental thereto.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) any Investment in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities at the time such Investment is made;
(iii) (a) any transactions or Investments otherwise made in connection with the Transactions and in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and (b) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a Permitted Acquisition), (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or transfer;
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(iv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(v) (a) any Investment existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and, in each case, listed on Schedule 10.5 and (b) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (including in respect of any unused commitment), plus any accrued but unpaid interest (including any portion thereof which is payable in kind in accordance with the terms of such modified, extended, renewed, or replaced Investment) and premium payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Closing Date;
(vi) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(vii) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of Section 10.1 and Cash Management Services;
(viii) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $110 million and (b) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (viii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (viii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 10.5(a)(iii);
(x) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1 and Investments to the extent constituting Permitted Liens;
(xi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 (except transactions described in clause (b) of such paragraph);
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(xii) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xiii) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $140 million and (b) 37.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (xiii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (xiii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(xiv) Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility or any repurchases or other transactions in connection therewith;
(xv) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of (a) $20 million and (b) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(xvi) (a) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof, (b) promissory notes received from equity holders of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of stock options in respect of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (c) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(xix) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(xx) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client, franchisee and customer contracts and loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, franchisees, distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxi) the licensing and contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint development, venture or marketing arrangements with other Persons, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) contributions to a rabbi trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(xxv) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this definition of Permitted Investments, Section 10.3 and/or Section 10.5 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
Permitted Liens shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens, and mechanics Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP or are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.11, or for property taxes on property of such Person, which Person has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
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(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not, in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clause (a), (b) (so long as such Liens are subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), (d), (r), (w), (x), or (y) of Section 10.1; provided that, (a) in the case of clause (d) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or equipment being financed or refinanced under such clause (d) of Section 10.1, replacements of such property, equipment or assets, and additions and accessions and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender; (b) in the case of clause (r) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by non-Credit Parties; (c) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (1) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (2) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and (d) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that do not constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (vi);
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(vii) subject to Section 9.14, other than with respect to Mortgaged Property, Liens existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (a) $7.5 million individually or (b) $20 million in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted if set forth on Schedule 10.2, and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof;
(viii) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(ix) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or designation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such property, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(x) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, in each case, to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted hereunder to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services;
(xii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
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(xiii) Leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
(xvi) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrowers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(xvii)Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;
(xviii) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals, or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) of this definition of Permitted Liens; provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, the committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement;
(xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(xx) other Liens securing obligations (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) which do not exceed the greater of (a) $185 million and (b) 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien; provided that to the extent securing Collateral such Liens shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the Second Lien Loans; provided further that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (x) in the case of the first such issuance of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated by this clause (xx);
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(xxi) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.5 or Section 11.10;
(xxii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (c) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
(xxiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.1; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(xxv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xxvi) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposits or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xxvii) Liens (a) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder;
(xxviii) rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xxix) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;
(xxx) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxi) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements;
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(xxxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxiii) Liens arising under the Security Documents;
(xxxiv) Liens on goods purchased in the ordinary course of business, the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xxxv) (a) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (b) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxvi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;
(xxxvii) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirements of Law;
(xxxviii) to the extent pursuant to a Requirements of Law, Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Obligations in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxxix) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the final Title Policy covering such Mortgaged Property delivered to the Collateral Agent.
For purposes of this definition, the term Indebtedness shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness shall mean subordinated or senior Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may (i) be unsecured, (ii) have the same lien priority as the First Lien Obligations (without regard to control of remedies); provided that if such Permitted Other Indebtedness is in the form of secured first lien term loans, then such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall be subject to any applicable MFN Protection as if such loans were New Term Loans, or (iii) be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary offers or obligations to repurchase or repay upon a change of control, excess cash flow sweep, asset sale, or casualty or condemnation event, AHYDO payments and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (taken as a
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whole) (except for covenants applicable only to the periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date) (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrowers delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrowers have determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers within two Business Days after receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) is an obligor, (d) that, if secured, is not secured by a lien any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral and (e) the other terms of which shall be on terms and documentation as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by any Credit Party.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall mean, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
Permitted Other Provision shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Permitted Repricing Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Permitted Sale Leaseback shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of
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any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sale Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed the greater of (a) $150 million and (b) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Sale Leaseback, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
Permitted Second Lien Exchange Notes shall mean Permitted Debt Exchange Notes as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement that are permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Permitted Transferees shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Persons Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Persons heirs, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Borrower or any other IPO Entity.
Person shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet shall mean the binding term sheet dated as of August 1, 2017, between the Company, WBA and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler.
Plan shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plan, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably likely to be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Planned Expenditures shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Excess Cash Flow.
Platform shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
Pledge Agreement shall mean the First Lien Pledge Agreement entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Post-Acquisition Period shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
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Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
Previous Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
primary obligation shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
primary obligor shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
Pro Forma Adjustment shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (i) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (ii) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case, in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $10 million; and (b) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA, such Consolidated EBITDA or Section 1.12, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance, and Pro Forma Effect shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio, or covenant hereunder, that (i) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (ii) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (1) in the case of a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (2) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) other than as set forth in the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the
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rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to operating expense reductions and operating enhancements that are (x)(1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and (3) factually supportable or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
Pro Forma Entity shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Acquired EBITDA.
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.12.
Prohibited Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.
Projections shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(c).
Qualified Proceeds shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
Qualified Stock of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.
Real Estate shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(f).
Receivables Facility shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities (and any guarantee of such financing facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its accounts receivable to either (i) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.
Receivables Fee shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
Receivables Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables Facility in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
refinance shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
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Refinanced Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refunding Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Reimbursement Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
Reimbursement Obligations shall mean the Borrowers obligation to reimburse Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Section 3.4(a).
Reinvestment Period shall mean 365 days following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Rejection Notice shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Related Business Assets shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a Fund, any other Fund that is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of such entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, trustees, and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, disposal, escaping, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, or leaching into or migration through the environment.
Relevant Governmental Sponsor means any central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or similar institution (including any committee or working group sponsored thereby) which shall have selected, endorsed or recommended a replacement rate, including relevant additional spreads or other adjustments, for LIBOR.
Removal Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(b).
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Repayment Amount shall mean the Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Series, or an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series, as applicable.
Replacement Term Loan Commitment shall mean the commitments of the Lenders to make Replacement Term Loans.
Replacement Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code), other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to PBGC Reg. § 4043.
Repricing Transaction shall mean (i) the incurrence by the Borrower of any Indebtedness in the form of a similar term B loan that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks and other institutional investors (a) having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness incurred in connection with an IPO, Change of Control, Transformative Acquisition or Transformative Disposition and (b) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Initial Term Loans or (ii) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with an IPO, Change of Control, Transformative Acquisition or Transformative Disposition; provided that any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.
Required Delayed Draw Term Lenders shall mean, at any date prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the Adjusted Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment at such date.
Required Lenders shall mean, at any date, (a) Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such date, (ii) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (iii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date (including, after a Delayed Draw Funding Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans funded hereunder at such date (excluding Delayed Draw Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders)) or (b) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Term Loan Commitment have been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, Non- Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.
Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
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Required Term Loan Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date (including, after a Delayed Draw Funding Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans funded hereunder at such date (excluding Delayed Draw Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders)).
Requirements of Law shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Resignation Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(a).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Payments shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a).
Restricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Retired Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(c), in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 under the caption Revolving Credit Commitment or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $187,500,000 on the Closing Date (the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall mean at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment at such time by (ii) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lenders Revolving Credit Exposure at such time by (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
Revolving Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding and (ii) such Lenders Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
Revolving Credit Facility shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and the provisions herein related to the Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit.
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Revolving Credit Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(c).
Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2024, or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Revolving Credit Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated or no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
Revolving Loan shall mean, collectively or individually as the context may require, any (i) Revolving Credit Loan, (ii) Extended Revolving Credit Loan, (iii) New Revolving Credit Loan and (iv) Additional Revolving Credit Loan, in each case made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Sale Leaseback shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
Sanctions shall mean any sanctions administered or enforced by the government of the United States (including without limitation, OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union (or its member states), Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Administrative Agent in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
Second Lien Base Incremental Amount, as of any date, shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of New Loans and New Loan Commitments (in each case, as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) (including any unused commitments obtained) incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitment obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date.
Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Collateral Agent in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
Second Lien Credit Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington
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Trust, National Association, as the Second Lien Administrative Agent (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Second Lien Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement, instrument or document expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Second Lien Credit Agreement)).
Second Lien Credit Documents shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement and each other document executed in connection therewith or pursuant thereto.
Second Lien Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for any other Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having a Lien on the Collateral ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
Second Lien Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Loans in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal, or extension thereof permitted by the Credit Documents.
Section 2.14 Additional Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Section 9.1 Financials shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officers certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Secured Cash Management Agreement shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Cash Management Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Cash Management Agreement hereunder.
Secured Cash Management Obligations shall mean Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements.
Secured Hedge Agreement shall mean any Hedge Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Hedge Agreement hereunder. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedge Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as Secured Hedge Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Hedge Agreement entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary shall remain a Secured Hedge Agreement notwithstanding that such Restricted Subsidiary is subsequently designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary (but not any Hedge Agreement entered into after the date of such designation), unless otherwise agreed between such Restricted Subsidiary and Hedge Bank.
Secured Hedge Obligations shall mean Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements.
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Secured Parties shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, each Cash Management Bank that is party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement with Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
Securities Exchange Act shall mean Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Security Agreement shall mean the First Lien Security Agreement entered into by the Holdings, the Borrower, the other Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Security Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents to secure the Obligations or to govern the lien priorities of the holders of Liens on the Collateral.
Series shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Significant Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiarys total gross revenues (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (a) above.
Similar Business shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
Sold Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Solvent shall mean, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (ii) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (iii) the capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof; and (iv) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).
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Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Specified Representations shall mean the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1(a), 8.2 (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.3(c) (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.5, 8.7, 8.10(c)(1)(x), 8.17, 8.18 (which, for purposes of this definition, shall not be limited by in any material respect), and in Section 3.2(a) and (b) of the Security Agreement and Section 4(d) of the Pledge Agreement, except with respect to items referred to on Schedule 9.14 of this Agreement.
Specified Transaction shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including a Permitted Acquisition), any asset sale, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or other event or action that in each case by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Sponsor shall mean any of KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates (but excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing).
Sponsor Management Agreement shall mean that amended and restated monitoring agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, by and among PharMerica Corporation, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Spot Rate for any currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
SPV shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit shall mean the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms provides for one or more automatic increases in the amount available thereunder, the Stated Amount shall be deemed to be the maximum amount available under such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount that may be drawn at such time.
Statutory Reserves shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any
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Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject to Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Stock Equivalents shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Capital Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
Subject Lien shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(a).
Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Guarantee, as applicable.
Subsidiary of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Successor Borrower shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swingline Commitment means the commitment of each Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans.
Swingline Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
Swingline Lender means (a) MSSF, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder and (b) each Revolving Credit Lender that shall have become a Swingline Lender hereunder as provided in Section 2.17(d) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be a Swingline Lender as provided in Section 2.17(e)), each in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Swingline Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.17.
Swingline Sublimit means $50 million.
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Taxes shall mean any and all present or future direct or indirect taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series and Replacement Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.
Term Loan Extension Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Term Loan Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loans shall mean the Initial Term Loans, any Delayed Draw Term Loans, any New Term Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, and any Extended Term Loans, collectively.
Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Commitments have terminated and each Letter of Credit has terminated or been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no valid demand has been made, Secured Hedge Obligations, Secured Cash Management Obligations and Letters of Credit Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), are paid in full.
Test Period shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination and for which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent (or, before the first delivery of Section 9.1 Financials, the most recent period of four fiscal quarters at the end of which financial statements are available).
Title Policy shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c).
Total Credit Exposure shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such date), (ii) the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment at such date, (iii) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date (less the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment at such date) and (iv) without duplication of clause (iii), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments of all the Lenders.
Total Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.
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Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of (i) prior to the funding of Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date, the Initial Term Loan Commitments, (ii) (x) prior to the initial Delayed Draw Funding Date, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments and (y) after the initial Delayed Draw Funding Date, the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments and (iii) the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.
Transaction Expenses shall mean any fees, costs, or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement, and the other Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Acquisition, the Equity Investments, the Closing Date Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses) and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Acquisition).
Transferee shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
Transformative Acquisition shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that (i) is not permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, (ii) if permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Credit Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith, or (iii) results in a refinancing of the Initial Term Loans that involves an upsizing in connection with such acquisition.
Transformative Disposition shall mean any disposition by the Borrower or any restricted Subsidiary that (a) is not permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, (b) if permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, would not provide the Borrower and the other restricted subsidiaries with a durable capital structure, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith or (c) results in a refinancing of the Term Loans that involves a downsizing in connection with such disposition.
Type shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
UCP shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Undisclosed Administration shall mean in relation to a Lender or its parent company the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender or such parent company is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of any provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties
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security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of the Borrower, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary), unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary); provided that:
(a) such designation complies with Section 10.5; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
U.S. and United States shall mean the United States of America.
U.S. Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(A).
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
WBA shall mean Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and its Affiliates.
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words herein, hereto, hereof, and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term including is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from shall mean from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through shall mean to and including.
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(h) The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(i) All references to knowledge or awareness of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall mean the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
1.3 Accounting Terms.
(a) Except as expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a consistent manner.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the First Lien Incremental Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) Where reference is made to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or similar language, such combination shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number.
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents), and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirements of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Requirements of Law.
1.6 Exchange Rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Section 2.14, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Spot Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.14 or Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Lien, Asset Sale, or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Lien or Restricted Investment is incurred or after such Asset Sale or Restricted Payment is made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.6 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt or Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered Section 9.1 Financials.
1.7 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission, or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of LIBOR Rate or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.
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1.8 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.9 Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
1.10 Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Credit Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on such Credit Partys behalf and not in such Persons individual capacity.
1.11 Compliance with Certain Sections. In the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Requirement, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 9.9 or any clause or subsection of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, then such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within the relevant sections as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a) For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If, since the beginning of such period, any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection
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with such substantially concurrent incurrence, except that incurrences of Indebtedness and Liens constituting Fixed Amounts shall be taken into account for purposes of Incurrence Based Amounts other than Incurrence Based Amounts contained in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2.
(b) Whenever Pro Forma Effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger, or consolidation which is being given Pro Forma Effect that have been or are expected to be realized; provided that such costs savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions are made in compliance with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given Pro Forma Effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such a revolving credit facilities on such date). Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under Section 2.14, the definitions of Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders and Required Term Loan Lenders shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with this Section 1.12, Section 2.14 and the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of the Credit Documents which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio;
(ii) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 8 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 11; or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in the Credit Documents (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrowers election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an LCT Election) (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may elect to revoke any LCT Election in its sole discretion), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements
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for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the LCT Test Date), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until after such time as the Limited Condition Transaction has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expires.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.12 or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any such Person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such disposition shall have been consummated.
(d) Any determination of Consolidated Total Assets shall be made by reference to the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the relevant date of determination.
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all computations of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Total Assets, Available Amount, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and other financial ratios and financial calculations (and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining any of the foregoing) and all computations and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining compliance with Section 10.7 shall be calculated, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(f) All leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2017 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capital Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capital Leases.
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1.13 LIBOR Rate Successor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, if at any time (i) the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) or (ii) the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent in writing (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, then, at or promptly after the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate benchmark rate to replace LIBOR under this Agreement, together with any spread or adjustment to be applied to such alternate benchmark rate to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such alternate benchmark rate, giving due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest (including the application of a spread and the making of other appropriate adjustments to such alternate benchmark rate and this Agreement to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such replacement benchmark, including any changes necessary to reflect the available interest periods and timing for determining such alternate benchmark rate) for syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such time and any recommendations (if any) therefor by a Relevant Governmental Sponsor, provided that any such alternate benchmark rate and adjustments shall be required to be commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (any such rate, the Successor LIBOR Rate).
After such determination that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, promptly following the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be necessary or appropriate, as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, may determine in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), to implement and give effect to the Successor LIBOR Rate under this Agreement on the LIBOR Replacement Date and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective for each Class of Loans and Lenders without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment; provided, that if a Successor LIBOR Rate has not been established pursuant to the foregoing, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Required Lenders may select a different Successor LIBOR Rate that is commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and, upon not less than 15 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, such Required Lenders and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, further, that if no Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to the foregoing and a Scheduled Unavailability Date (as defined in the definition of LIBOR Discontinuance Event) has occurred, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender and thereafter, until such Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to this paragraph, (i) any request for Borrowing, the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be ineffective and (ii) all outstanding Borrowings shall be converted to an ABR Loan Borrowing until a Successor LIBOR Rate has been chosen pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of Successor LIBOR Rate shall provide that in no event shall such Successor LIBOR Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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Section 2. Amount and Terms of Credit.
2.1 Commitments.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, an Initial Term Loan) to the Borrower on the Closing Date, which Initial Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $1,650,000,000. Such Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that all Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type, (ii) may be repaid or prepaid (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b)) in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Initial Term Loans (including any then unpaid Delayed Draw Term Loans funded hereunder pursuant to Section 2.1(b) below) shall be repaid in full in Dollars.
(b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, a Delayed Draw Term Loan and, collectively, the Delayed Draw Term Loans) to the Borrower from time to time after the Closing Date until, but not including, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, which Delayed Draw Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, (iii) may, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that all such Delayed Draw Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Delayed Draw Term Loans of the same Type and (iv) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Delayed Draw Term Loans (if and when funded) shall be added to and a part of the Initial Term Loans, shall have the same terms as the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be treated as part of a single class of Initial Term Loans for all purposes, except that interest on the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall commence to accrue from the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date thereof.
(c) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars to the Borrower from its applicable lending office (each, a Revolving Credit Loan) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment, provided that any of the foregoing such Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (B) may, at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans may by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, (C) may be repaid (without premium or penalty) and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall not, for any Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposure in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of such Class of
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Revolving Loan at such time and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment with respect to such Class.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of (i) Term Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided that any Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be in a multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) Revolving Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than three Borrowings of LIBOR Loans that are Term Loans (including Delayed Draw Term Loans) and five Borrowings of LIBOR Loans that are Revolving Loans; provided, further, that for each additional Class of Term Loans, an additional two Interest Periods shall be permitted, and for each additional Class of Revolving Loans, an additional three Interest Periods shall be permitted, such that a maximum of fifteen Interest Periods shall be permitted.
2.3 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Initial Term Loans to be made on the Closing Date if such Initial Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. Such notice (a Notice of Borrowing, each substantially in the form of Exhibit J) shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be made, (B) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be the Closing Date) and (C) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or LIBOR Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) (and the contents thereof), and of each Lenders pro rata share of the requested Borrowing.
(b) Whenever the Borrower desires to borrow Delayed Draw Term Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office, prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least three Business Days prior written notice of each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans if all or any of such Delayed Draw Term Loans are to be initially LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans (or such shorter notice period as may be agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). Each such Notice of Borrowing shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (B) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) whether the Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans and, if LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each applicable Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans, of such Lenders proportionate share thereof, and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
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(c) Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Revolving Credit Loans (other than borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office, (i) prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least three Business Days prior written notice of each Borrowing of LIBOR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) or, if agreed by the Administrative Agent, 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day of such Borrowing prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are ABR Loans. Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (B) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and, if LIBOR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Revolving Credit Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof, of the identity of the Borrower, and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(d) Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 3.4(a).
(e) Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it shall give hereunder by telephone (which obligation is absolute), the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
2.4 Disbursement of Funds.
(a) No later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing, each Lender shall make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that on the Closing Date, such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the Lenders, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all same day ABR Revolving Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Administrative Agent no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time).
(b) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings) make available to the Borrower, by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agents demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the
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Administrative Agent in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Overnight Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at its option and in its sole discretion, the Administrative Agent may fund the Delayed Draw Term Loans on the Delayed Draw Funding Date on behalf of each Lender having a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment immediately prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date. To the extent the Administrative Agent funds the Delayed Draw Term Loans on behalf of such Lenders, each Lender with a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment immediately prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent within one Business Day after the Administrative Agent has funded the Delayed Draw Term Loans, and the Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent any such amount not so funded by any Lender within three (3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has funded the Delayed Draw Term Loans, the amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans corresponding to such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment immediately prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date together, with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost of overnight or short-term funds (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, interest paid pursuant to clause (ii) above), such amount shall constitute such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(d) Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding Initial Term Loans (including, without limitation, the then outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans). The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on each Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Extended Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders, on each Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans.
(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, (i) on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2019 (each such date, an Initial Term Loan Repayment Date), a principal amount of Term Loans (including Delayed Draw Term Loans, if and when funded) equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Initial Term Loans (including
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Delayed Draw Term Loans, if and when funded) multiplied by (x) 0.25% or (y) after the first Delayed Draw Funding Date, with respect to the relevant Delayed Draw Term Loans, to the extent determined by the Administrative Agent, an increased percentage not to exceed the minimum percentage necessary to enable all Delayed Draw Term Loans to be treated as fungible with the Initial Term Loans and any other Delayed Draw Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the incurrence of such Delayed Draw Term Loans, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and (ii) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, any remaining outstanding amount of Initial Term Loans (including Delayed Draw Term Loans, if any) (the repayment amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) above, each, an Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount).
(c) In the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, a New Term Loan Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement and subject to any adjustment to ensure fungibility with the other Term Loans. In the event that any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans are made, such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(e), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(g), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each such amount with respect to any Extended Repayment Date, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, an Extended Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
(d) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan, New Term Loan, Delayed Draw Term Loan, Revolving Credit Loan, New Revolving Credit Loan, Additional Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan or Incremental Revolving Credit Loan, the Type of each Loan made, the names of the Borrower and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof.
(f) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any such account or subaccount, the Register shall govern; provided, further, that the failure of any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(g) The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made an initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrowers own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or Exhibit G-2, as applicable, evidencing the Initial Term Loans (and if and when funded, the Delayed Draw Term Loans), New Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans owing to such Lender. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 13.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns.
2.6 Conversions and Continuations.
(a) Subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least $5,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type or at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any LIBOR Loans as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBOR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into LIBOR Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) LIBOR Loans may not be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent prior written notice at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days prior, in the case of a continuation of or conversion to LIBOR Loans (other than in the case of a notice delivered on the Closing Date, which shall be deemed to be effective on the Closing Date), or (ii) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed day of a conversion into ABR Loans (each, a Notice of Conversion or Continuation substantially in the form of Exhibit J) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a LIBOR Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBOR Loans denominated in Dollars and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBOR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBOR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments.
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Each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages. Each Borrowing of New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable New Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation, under any Credit Document.
2.8 Interest.
(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans plus the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.
(b) The unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans plus the relevant Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 hereto, if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon or any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum (the Default Rate) that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any other overdue amount, including overdue interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) for the applicable Class plus 2.00% per annum from the date of such non-payment to the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable in Dollars; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below, interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (provided that in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment), (ii) in respect of each LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any prepayment in respect thereof, (B) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and (C) after such maturity, on demand.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
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(f) The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
2.9 Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans in accordance with Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one, two, three or six month period (or if approved by all the Lenders making such LIBOR Loans as determined by such Lenders in good faith based on prevailing market conditions, a 12 month or shorter period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; and
(d) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the Maturity Date of such Loan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial Interest Period for each Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans will end on the last day of the Interest Period in effect for the Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date, and if the outstanding Initial Term Loans have more than one Interest Period in effect, the initial Interest Periods for such Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans will end on the last day of such Interest Periods in effect (divided among such Interest Periods on a ratable basis) as determined by the Borrower.
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv) below, the Required Term Loan Lenders (with respect to Term Loans) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have
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reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):
(i) on any date for determining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such LIBOR Borrowing are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank LIBOR market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate; or
(ii) at any time, that such Lenders shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loans other than with respect to Taxes because of any Change in Law;
(iii) that, due to a Change in Law, which shall subject any such Lenders to any Tax (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iv) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lenders in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the interbank LIBOR market;
(such Loans, Impacted Loans), then, and in any such event, such Required Term Loan Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above, LIBOR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to LIBOR Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lenders, promptly after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Required Term Loan Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, in their reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lenders for such actual increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lenders, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lenders shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), and (z) in the case of subclauses (iii) and (iv) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in subclause (x) or (y), as applicable, of Section 2.10(b) promptly and, in any event, within the time period required by law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in Section 2.10(a)(i)(x), the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans (which rate shall not be negative), in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under
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clause (x) of the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, (2) the Administrative Agent or the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.
(b) At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBOR Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) or (iv) shall) either (x) if a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation with respect to the affected LIBOR Loan has been submitted pursuant to Section 2.3 but the affected LIBOR Loan has not been funded or continued, cancel such requested Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv) or (y) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such LIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity occurring after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the actual rate of return on such Lenders or its parents or its Affiliates capital or assets as a consequence of such Lenders commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its parents policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such actual reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lenders compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date or to the extent such Lender is not imposing such charges on, or requesting such compensation from, borrowers (similarly situated to the Borrower hereunder) under comparable syndicated credit facilities similar to the Credit Facilities. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrowers obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice.
(d) If the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining its affected LIBOR Loans during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter (which notice shall include supporting calculations in reasonable detail). If such notice is given, (i) any LIBOR Loan requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made an ABR Loan, (ii) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBOR Loans shall be continued as an ABR Loan and (iii) any outstanding LIBOR Loans shall be converted, on the first day of
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such Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further LIBOR Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans to LIBOR Loans.
2.11 Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or a failure to satisfy borrowing conditions, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBOR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any LIBOR Loan is not continued as a LIBOR Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Sections 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such LIBOR Loan. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in this Section 2.11 and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.11 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
2.12 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Sections 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b), 3.5 or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no unreimbursed cost or other material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 3.5 is given by any Lender more than 120 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 3.5, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 121st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.
2.14 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to Administrative Agent, elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional tranches of term loans or increases in Term Loans of any Class (the commitments thereto, the New Term Loan Commitments), (y) increases in Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (the New Revolving Credit Commitments), and/or (z) additional
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tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments (the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and, together with the New Revolving Credit Commitments, the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments; together with the New Term Loan Commitments and the New Revolving Credit Commitments, the New Loan Commitments) by an aggregate amount not in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the aggregate and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount as (x) may be approved by the Administrative Agent or (y) shall constitute the difference between the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and all such New Loan Commitments obtained on or prior to such date), which may be incurred in Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling. In connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 2.14, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying that the New Loan Commitments do not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, which certificate shall be in reasonable detail and shall provide the calculations and basis therefor and, subject to reclassification as set forth in Section 10.1, classify such Indebtedness as being incurred under clause (i) or clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person (other than a natural Person) to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments, subject, if applicable, to the proviso to Section 2.14(b); provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Loan Commitment. In each case, on each applicable Increased Amount Date (subject to Section 1.12), such New Loan Commitments shall be subject to (i) no Event of Default (except in connection with an acquisition or investment (including any Permitted Acquisition or Investment), no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5) shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments, as applicable, and subject to Section 1.12, (ii) the New Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e), and (iii) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 in connection with the New Loan Commitments, as applicable. No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). Any New Term Loans shall, at the election of the Borrower and agreed to by Lenders providing such New Loan Commitments, be designated as (a) a separate series (a Series) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement or (b) as part of a Series of existing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. On and after the Increased Amount Date, Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall be designated a separate Series of Additional Revolving Credit Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following terms and conditions, (a) with respect to New Revolving Credit Commitments, each of the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class shall assign to each Lender with a New Revolving Credit Commitment (each, a New Revolving Loan Lender) and each of the new Revolving Loan Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders with revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class will be held by existing Revolving Credit Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving effect to the addition of such new Revolving Credit Commitments to the Revolving Credit Commitments, and (b) with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, (i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and, each Loan made under a New Revolving Credit Commitment (a New Revolving Credit Loan) and each Loan made under an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (an Additional Revolving Credit Loan and, together with new Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Revolving Credit Loan) shall be deemed, for all purposes, Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) each New Revolving Loan Lender and each Lender with an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (each, an Additional
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Revolving Loan Lender and, together with the New Revolving Loan Lenders, the Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders) shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolving Credit Commitment and all matters relating thereto; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lenders or Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Revolving Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Incremental Revolving Loan Lender.
(c) New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing and following terms and conditions, each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a New Term Loan Lender) of any Series shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a New Term Loan and, together with the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Loans) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.
(d) The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be on terms and documentation set forth in the Joinder Agreement as determined by the Borrower; provided that (i) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date; (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the then existing Initial Term Loans as calculated without giving effect to any prepayments made in connection with the Initial Term Loans; (iii) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, amortization schedule applicable to any New Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder; provided that only during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the thirty month anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of such New Term Loans consisting of Term Loans that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans (other than any New Term Loans incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment) exceeds the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans of like currency by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the New Term Loans minus 0.50% (the terms of this proviso to this clause (iii), the MFN Protection); and (iv) to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the then existing Initial Term Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Term Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants or other provisions are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date);.
(e) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be identical to the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and the related Revolving Credit Loans, other than the Maturity Date and as set forth in this Section 2.14(e); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise:
(i) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
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(ii) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall not mature earlier than the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans at the time of incurrence of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments,
(iii) the borrowing and repayment (except for (1) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, and (3) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (v) below)) of Loans with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Increased Amount Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on such Increased Amount Date,
(iv) subject to the provisions of Section 3.12 to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exists Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Series in accordance with their percentage of such Revolving Credit Commitments on the applicable Increased Amount Date (and except as provided in Section 3.12, without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued in respect of such Series),
(v) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Increased Amount Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on such Increased Amount Date, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class,
(vi) assignments and participations of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans on the applicable Increased Amount Date,
(vii) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may constitute a separate Class or Classes, as the case may be, of Commitments from the Classes constituting the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments prior to such Increased Amount Date,
(viii) the pricing, fees, maturity and other immaterial terms of the Additional Revolving Credit Loans may be different and shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder so long as the final maturity date and the weighted average maturity of any Additional Revolving Credit Loans and Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall not be earlier than, or shorter than, as the case may be, the maturity date or the weighted average life, as applicable, of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans, and
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(ix) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness.
(f) Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.14.
(g) (i) The Borrower may at any time, and from time to time, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (an Existing Term Loan Class) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, Extended Term Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a Term Loan Extension Request) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term Loans of such applicable Existing Term Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (a Permitted Other Provision); provided, however, that (x) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted, in each case as more particularly set forth in paragraph (iv) of this Section 2.14(g) below), (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees, premiums or applicable high-yield discount obligation (AHYDO) payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment and to the extent that any Permitted Other Provision (including a financial maintenance covenant) is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such Permitted Other Provision is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or if such Permitted Other Provision applies only after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise, no Extended Term Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted is repaid in full, except in accordance with the last sentence of Section 5.1(a). No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted.
(ii) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, each existing at the time of such request (each, an Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and any related revolving credit loans thereunder, Existing Revolving Credit Loans; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit
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Loans together being referred to as an Existing Revolving Credit Class) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any related Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which such request shall be offered equally to all such lenders) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment) unless (x) the Lenders providing Existing Revolving Credit Loans receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and/or (B) additional fees and premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y) the Revolving Credit Commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the Revolving Credit Commitment fee rate for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Loans with respect to any Original Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Original Revolving Credit Commitments and (2) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Loans related to such Commitments set forth in Section 13.6. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).
(iii) Any Lender (an Extending Lender) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent (an Extension Election) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable,
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requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment included in each such Extension Election. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be treated identically to all other Original Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended and the related obligations to issue Letters of Credit may be continued so long as the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, have consented to such extensions in their sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).
(iv) Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an Extension Amendment) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.14(g)(iv) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.14(g)(i), each Extension Amendment (x) shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Joinder Agreement with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which the Extended Term Loans were converted to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Term Loan Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class is to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Term Loan Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof) and (y) may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of New Term Loans incurred following the date of such Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 13.1 to any Section 2.14 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a Section 2.14 Additional Amendment) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments are within the requirements of Section 2.14(g)(i) and do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of New Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Joinder Agreement and (2) consents applicable to holders of any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 13.1.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clauses (i) and/or (ii) above (an Extension Date), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of
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each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date) and (II) in the case of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, such Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) and Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lenders Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.
(vi) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.14.
2.15 Permitted Debt Exchanges.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer) made from time to time by the Borrower, the Borrower may from time to time following the Closing Date consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans for Permitted Other Indebtedness in the form of notes (such notes, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, and each such exchange a Permitted Debt Exchange), so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the final offering document in respect of a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is delivered to the relevant Lenders, (ii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall equal no more than the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans; provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Debt Exchange Notes may include accrued interest and premium (if any) under the Term Loans exchanged and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the issuance of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, (iii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged under each applicable Class by the Borrower pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of a given Class (calculated on the face amount thereof) tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class
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actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing, and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Borrower and the Auction Agent, and (vi) any applicable Minimum Tender Condition shall be satisfied.
(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 5.1 or 5.2, and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a Minimum Tender Condition) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrowers discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered.
(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower and the Auction Agent shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.15 and without conflict with Section 2.15(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than a reasonable period (in the discretion of the Borrower and the Auction Agent) of time following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made.
(d) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) none of the Auction Agent, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrowers compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable insider trading laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Securities Exchange Act.
2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders and Section 13.1.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 11 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the
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payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuers or Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 3.8; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy (x) such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuers future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 3.8; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower, any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and seventh, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans, L/C Borrowings or Swingline Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans or Swingline Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 7 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans or Swingline Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) | No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 4 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender). |
(B) | Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its applicable percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 3.8. |
(C) | With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations that has been |
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reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credits Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee. |
(iv) Reallocation of Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lenders Commitment. Subject to Section 13.22, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
(v) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuers Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.17 Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.17, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date denominated in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or (ii) the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans outstanding exceeding the Swingline Sublimit; provided that the Swingline Lender shall be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
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(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender of such request (i) by telephone (confirmed in writing in the form of Exhibit J) or by facsimile or electronic communication in the form of Exhibit J, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Swingline Lender (confirmed by telephone), not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender, 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the day of such proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Swingline Loan and in the case of any Swingline Loan requested to finance the reimbursement of an Unpaid Drawing as provided in Section 3.4, the identity of the Letter of Credit Issuer that made the applicable Letter of Credit. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to any accounts of the Borrower maintained with the Swingline Lender for the Swingline Loan (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an Unpaid Drawing as provided in Section 3.4, by remittance to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Credit Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Credit Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Credit Lender, specifying in such notice the Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 3.3 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 3.3 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and thereafter to the Borrower, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below.
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The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term Swingline Lender shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
(e) The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a Swingline Lender hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Swingline Lenders acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.
(f) Any Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of a Swingline Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.8(a). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (x) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made thereafter and (y) references herein to the term Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.
(g) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, any Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon 30 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.17(f) above.
Section 3. Letters of Credit.
3.1 Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date and prior to the L/C Facility Maturity Date, each Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3, to issue from time to time from the Closing Date through the L/C Facility Maturity Date for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower is the primary obligor and signatory to the Letter of Credit Request, for the account of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary) letters of credit (the Letters of Credit and each, a Letter of Credit), which Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed (i) such Letter of Credit Issuers Letter of Credit Commitment, (ii) the L/C Sublimit and (iii) 125 individual Letters of Credit, in such form as may be approved by the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would exceed the L/C Sublimit (or with respect to any letter of Credit Issuer, exceed such Letter of Credit Issuers Letter of Credit Commitment); (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures at the time of the issuance thereof to exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment the in effect; (iii) each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than one year after the date of issuance thereof (except as set forth in Section 3.2(d)), provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the L/C Facility Maturity Date, in each case, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and, unless the Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or backstopped (in the case of a backstop only, on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer), the Revolving Credit Lenders; (iv) the Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (v) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable law for the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit to have a Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (vi) no Letter of Credit shall be issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1.
(c) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to a Letter of Credit Issuer, the Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer shall not exceed such Letter of Credit Issuers Letter of Credit Commitment).
(d) The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (in each case, for which such Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(ii) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Letter of Credit Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $50,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit; provided that none of the initial Letter of Credit Issuers or their respective affiliates shall be obligated or requested to issue commercial Letters of Credit;
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(iv) such Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(v) such Letters of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(vi) a default of any Revolving Credit Lenders obligations to fund under Section 3.3 exists or any Revolving Credit Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless, in each case, the Borrower have entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer to eliminate such Letter of Credit Issuers risk with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender or such risk has been reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16.
(e) The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not increase the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit if the Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(f) The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(g) The Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Section 13 included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omission, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.
3.2 Letter of Credit Requests.
(a) Whenever the Borrower desires that a Letter of Credit be issued or amended, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least four Business Days (or such other period as may be agreed upon by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) prior to the proposed date of issuance or amendment. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) In the case of a request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the identity of the
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applicant; and (H) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer (I) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (II) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (III) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (IV) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(c) Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party, at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Sections 6 (solely with respect to any Letter of Credit issued on the Closing Date) and 7 shall not then be satisfied to the extent required thereby, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower are the primary obligors, for the account of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with each such Letter of Credit Issuers usual and customary business practices.
(d) If the Borrower so requests in any Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof and the Borrower not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the L/C Facility Maturity Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer; provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has reasonably determined that it would not be permitted, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Sections 6 and 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(e) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. On the first Business Day of each month, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.
(f) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).
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3.3 Letter of Credit Participations.
(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3, an L/C Participant), and each such L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an L/C Participation), to the extent of such L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in each Letter of Credit, each substitute therefor, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided that the Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the L/C Participants as provided in Section 4.1(b) and the L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any Fronting Fees.
(b) In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the L/C Participants other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.
(c) In the event that the Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the respective Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.4(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each L/C Participant of such failure, and each L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in immediately available funds. If and to the extent such L/C Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees that are reasonably and customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
(d) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the L/C Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each L/C Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment
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Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such L/C Participants share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all L/C Participants) of the amount so paid in respect of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective L/C Participations at the Overnight Rate.
(e) The obligations of the L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
(f) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.3(c) is required to be returned, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
3.4 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment with respect to any drawing under any Letter of Credit in the same currency in which such drawing was made unless the Letter of Credit Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in the notice of drawing that it will require reimbursement in Dollars. Any such reimbursement shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for any payment or disbursement made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, an Unpaid Drawing) no later than the date that is one Business Day after the date on which the Borrower receives written notice of such payment or disbursement (the Reimbursement Date), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Reimbursement Date, from the Reimbursement Date to the date the Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans plus the ABR as in effect from time to time, provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that, with respect to Letters of Credit, the Revolving Credit Lenders make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be denominated in Dollars and which shall be ABR Loans) on the Reimbursement Date in the amount of such drawing and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each L/C Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each L/C Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in Dollars in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing. In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the L/C Facility Maturity Date, the full amount of the Letters of Credit
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Outstanding in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this Section 3.4 except that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such Letter of Credit to reimburse any Unpaid Drawing under such Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any Unpaid Drawings made in respect of such Letter of Credit following the L/C Facility Maturity Date, second, to the extent such Letter of Credit expires or is returned for cancellation with an undrawn balance while any such cash collateral remains, to the repayment of obligations in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that have not been paid at such time and third, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section 3.4(a) shall affect the Borrowers obligation to repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans when due in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) waiver by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any requirement that exists for the Letter of Credit Issuers protection and not the protection of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) or any waiver by the Letter of Credit Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary);
(v) any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code, the ISP or the UCP or the Letter of Credit itself, as applicable;
(vi) any payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code;
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(vii) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(viii) any adverse change in any relevant exchange rates or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) (other than the defense of payment or performance).
(c) The Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3.5 Increased Costs. If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law shall (x) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy, liquidity or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any L/C Participants L/C Participation therein, (y) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or L/C Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such L/C Participants L/C Participation therein (other than with respect to Taxes) or (z) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or L/C Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such L/C Participants L/C Participation therein other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the actual amount of any sum received or receivable by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit or L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to a Letter of Credit issued on account of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary))), the Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer or an L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Persons compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer or an L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such actual additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.5 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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3.6 New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.
(a) The Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as the Letter of Credit Issuer upon 60 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, Holdings and the Borrower. The Borrower may replace any Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Letter of Credit Issuer. The Borrower may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the Lenders a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), another successor or new issuer of Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer accepting such appointment shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit accepting such appointment shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees applicable to the Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of the Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue back-stop Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall be denominated in the same currency as, and shall have a face amount equal to, the Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit shall be a statement that there has been a compliant drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuers resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was the Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) To the extent there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.
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3.7 Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuit of such rights and remedies as they may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(b); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against a Letter of Credit Issuer, and a Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Letter of Credit Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Letter of Credit Issuers willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit in each case as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
The Letter of Credit Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
3.8 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, if (i) as of the L/C Facility Maturity Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (ii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.13, or (iii) the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(v) are in effect, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (ii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iii) above, after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders,
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and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein as described in Section 3.8(a), and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 3.8(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, other than Permitted Liens, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (including, without limitation, as a result of exchange rate fluctuations), the Borrower will, promptly upon written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3.8 or Sections 2.16, 5.2, or 11.13 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(d) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 13.6(b)(ii)) or there is no longer existing an Event of Default) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral.
3.9 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Letter of Credit Issuers rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the applicable law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control and any grant of security interest in any Issuer Documents shall be void.
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit
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Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Holdings and the other Restricted Subsidiaries.
3.12 Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the L/C Facility Maturity Date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by the Letter of Credit Issuer which issued such Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the L/C Facility Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3.8. Upon the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
Section 4. Fees.
4.1 Fees.
(a) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee (the Commitment Fee) for each day from the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (for the quarterly period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available Commitment in effect on such day. For purposes of computing Commitment Fees, the Available Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Letter of Credit Exposure (but the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).
(b) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued on the Borrowers or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries behalf (the Letter of Credit Fee), for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to the Applicable Margin for Adjusted LIBOR Rate Revolving Credit Loans less the Fronting Fee set forth in clause (d) below. Except as provided below, such Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
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(c) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for its own account, administrative agent fees as have been previously agreed in writing or as may be agreed in writing from time to time.
(d) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it to the Borrower (the Fronting Fee) (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, at the rate of 0.125%, computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and (ii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125% per annum on the average daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuer). Such Fronting Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
(e) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars upon each issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a Letter of Credit issued by it such amount as shall at the time of such issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment be the processing charge that the Letter of Credit Issuer is customarily charging for issuances or extension of, drawings under or amendments of, letters of credit issued by it.
(f) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment (in each case pro rata according to the respective Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee in an amount equal to, from and after the date that is 31 days after the Closing Date, 100% of the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans that are Initial Term Loans (the Delayed Draw Commitment Fee Rate), multiplied by the actual daily amount of the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of such Lenders, (such commitment fees, the Delayed Draw Commitment Fee); which shall begin to accrue from the date that is 31 days after the Closing Date to and including the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date; provided that the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may elect to terminate the unfunded commitments under the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility in whole or in part at any time and upon such termination, commitment fees shall cease to accrue and shall be then due and payable. Each Delayed Draw Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, as applicable (for the quarterly period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received), (y) on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date and (z) with respect to accrued and unpaid Delayed Draw Commitment Fees in respect of the Delayed Draw Term Loans funded on any Delayed Draw Funding Date, on such Delayed Draw Funding Date (in each case of the foregoing clauses (y) and (z), for the period ended on such date for which the required payments have not been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Delayed Draw Commitment Fee Rate on the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment in effect on such day. The Delayed Draw Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
(g) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Delayed Draw Term Lender, an upfront fee (the Delayed Draw Upfront Fee) in an amount equal to 1.50% of the stated principal amount of such Delayed Draw Term Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loans made on any date prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date. Such Delayed Draw Upfront Fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the date on which any such Delayed Draw Term Loans are made and non-refundable thereafter.
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(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 4.1.
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments and Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments.
(a) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of each of the Lenders of any applicable Class, except that (i) notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14(g), the Revolving Credit Commitments of any one or more Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of Revolving Credit Commitments so extended on such date (provided that (x) after giving effect to any such reduction and to the repayment of any Revolving Credit Loans made on such date, the Revolving Credit Exposure of any such Lender does not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment thereof and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any such repayment of Revolving Credit Loans contemplated by the preceding clause shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.3(a) with respect to the ratable allocation of payments hereunder, with such allocation being determined after giving effect to any conversion pursuant to Section 2.14(g) of Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(g) prior to any reduction being made to the Revolving Credit Commitment of any other Lender) and (ii) the Borrower may at its election permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender to $0 without affecting the Revolving Credit Commitments of any other Lender, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2(a) shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, and (c) after giving effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of the Loans and Swingline Loans made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class.
(b) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders holding a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of each of the Delayed Draw Term Lenders and (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall be in the amount of at least $1,000,000.
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments.
(a) The Initial Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date. The Commitments, if any, for Extended Term Loans shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the applicable Extension Amendment.
(b) The Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
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(c) The New Loan Commitment for any Series shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Joinder Agreement, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Increased Amount Date for such Series.
(d) The Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date.
Section 5. Payments.
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Loans, including Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, in each case, other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b), without premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (and, in the case of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and (in the case of LIBOR Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, three Business Days prior to and (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, one Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders; (2) each partial prepayment of (i) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) any ABR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, provided that no partial prepayment of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBOR Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount for such LIBOR Loans, and (3) in the case of any prepayment of LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall, promptly after receipt of a written request by any applicable Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be (a) applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify and (b) applied to reduce Initial Term Loan Repayment Amounts, any New Term Loan Repayment Amounts, and, subject to Section 2.14(g), Extended Term Loan Repayment Amounts, as the case may be, in each case, in such order and to such Classes as the Borrower may specify. At the Borrowers election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Term Loan or Revolving Credit Loan of a Defaulting Lender.
(b) In the event that, on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower (i) makes any prepayment of Initial Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on such Initial Term Loans or (ii) effects any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (x) in the case of clause (i), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of clause (ii), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction.
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5.2 Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Term Loan Prepayments.
(i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event (other than one covered by clause (iii) below) and within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within ten Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with an equivalent principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, in each case solely to the extent with respect to any Collateral, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Indebtedness (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Permitted Other Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.
(ii) Not later than ten Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) for any fiscal year (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020), if, and solely to the extent, Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year exceeds $15,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid), in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater than 3.50:1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, minus, (y) (i) the sum during such fiscal year of the principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6, Second Lien Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (in each case, including purchases of the Loans by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered to all Lenders and Dutch auctions, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans at or below par) during such fiscal year or after such fiscal year and prior to the date of the required Excess Cash Flow payment and (ii) to the extent accompanied by permanent reduction of commitments, optional reductions of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Swingline Loans, as applicable, Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, in each case, other than to the extent any such prepayment is funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt.
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(iii) On each occasion that Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(w), the Borrower shall within three Business Days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Permitted Other Indebtedness prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2, (A) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party giving rise to a prepayment pursuant to clause (i) above (a Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event) or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Credit Parties, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Loans at the times provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as the case may be, but only so long, as the applicable Requirements of Law will not permit repatriation to the Credit Parties (the Credit Parties hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirements of Law to permit repatriation), and once a repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable Requirements of Law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than ten Business Days after such repatriation is permitted) applied (net of any taxes that would be payable or reserved against if such amounts were actually repatriated whether or not they are repatriated) to the repayment of the Loans pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, as applicable, and (B) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that in the case of this clause (B), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to clause (i) above or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is eighteen months after the date an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow would have so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to clause (ii) above unless previously actually repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) above, (x) the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Credit Parties rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of any taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement, including Section 5 shall be construed to require any Subsidiary to repatriate cash.
(b) Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. If on any date the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans for any reason exceeds 100% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date Revolving Loans of such Class or the Swingline Loans, as the case may be, in an amount equal to such excess. If after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Class, the Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Outstanding in relation to such Class to the extent of such excess.
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(c) Application to Repayment Amounts. Subject to Section 5.2(f), each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) or (ii) shall be allocated pro rata among the Initial Term Loans, the New Term Loans, the Delayed Draw Term Loans and the Extended Term Loans based on the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due thereunder and shall be applied within each Class of Term Loans in respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity thereof or as otherwise directed by the Borrower; provided that the Borrower may allocate a greater proportion of such prepayment in its sole discretion to the Initial Term Loans to the extent agreed to by the Lenders providing any applicable New Term Loans and/or Extended Term Loans outstanding at such time. Subject to Section 5.2(f), with respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent written notice which shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied to each Class of Term Loans requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Initial Term Loan Lender, New Term Loan Lender, Delayed Draw Term Lender or Lender of Extended Term Loans, as applicable.
(d) Application to Term Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that if any Lender has provided a Rejection Notice in compliance with Section 5.2(f), such prepayment shall be applied with respect to the Term Loans to be prepaid on a pro rata basis across all outstanding Types of such Term Loans in proportion to the percentage of such outstanding Term Loans to be prepaid represented by each such Class. In the absence of a Rejection Notice or a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
(e) Application to Revolving Credit Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower may designate (i) the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made and (ii) the Revolving Loans to be prepaid, provided that (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans; and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), no prepayment of Revolving Loans shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Loans of any Defaulting Lender unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
(f) Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term Loans of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Lenders pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Term Loan Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment other than any such mandatory prepayment with respect to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event under Section 5.2(a)(i) or Permitted Other Indebtedness under Section 5.2(a)(iii) (such declined amounts, the Declined Proceeds) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by providing written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day after the date of such Lenders receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders under the Second Lien Facility in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Facility shall thereafter be retained by the Borrower (Retained Declined Proceeds).
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5.3 Method and Place of Payment.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuer entitled thereto or the Swingline Lender entitled thereto, as the case may be; all such payments shall be made, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agents Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower, it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrowers account(s) at the Administrative Agents Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. All repayments or prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in the currency in which such Loans are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall, unless otherwise specified in such Credit Document, be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) or, otherwise, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) may be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion for purposes of calculating interest thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.
5.4 Net Payments.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.
(ii) If any Withholding Agent shall be required by applicable law to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Withholding Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are reasonably determined by such Withholding Agent to be required by applicable law, (B) such Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4) each Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deductions been made.
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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or timely reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Tax Indemnifications. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 15 days after receipt of written demand therefor, for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability (along with a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts) delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Borrower reasonably believes that any such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
(d) Evidence of Payments. After any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 5.4, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders and Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Credit Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lenders entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by any Credit Party pursuant to any Credit Document or otherwise to establish such Lenders status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Any documentation and information required to be delivered by a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.4(e) (including any specific documentation set forth in subsection (ii) below) shall be delivered by such Lender (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before any date on which such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, (iii) promptly after the occurrence of any change in the Lenders circumstances requiring a change in the most recent documentation previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and each such Lender shall promptly notify in writing the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if such Lender is no longer legally eligible to provide any documentation previously provided. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(e)(ii)(A), (B)(1), (B)(2),
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(B)(3), (B)(4), (C) and (D) below) shall not be required if in such Lenders or the Administrative Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution, or submission would subject such Lender or the Administrative Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
(B) each Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;
(2) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form thereto);
(3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1, I-2, I-3 or I-4, as applicable, (a Non-Bank Tax Certificate), to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments under any Credit Document are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Lenders conduct of a United States trade or business and (y) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form);
(4) where such Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or otherwise not a beneficial owner (e.g., where such Non-U.S. Lender has sold a participation), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto) and all required supporting documentation (including, where one or more of the underlying beneficial owner(s) is claiming the benefits of the portfolio interest exemption, a Non-Bank Tax Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, as applicable) of such beneficial owner(s)) (provided that, if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and not a participating Lender, the Non-Bank Tax Certificate(s) (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4) may be provided by the Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of the direct or indirect partner(s)); or
(5) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax together
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with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made;
(C) each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement; and
(D) if the Administrative Agent is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrower with two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. If the Administrative Agent is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide an original Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying on Part I and Part VI of such Form W-8IMY that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. person for United States federal withholding tax purposes with respect to payments received by it from the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the certification described in the prior sentence.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party or with respect to which any Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.4, the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as applicable) shall promptly pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Credit Parties under this Section 5.4 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or any Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or any Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.
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(g) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 5.4, the term Lender includes any Letter of Credit Issuer and the term applicable law includes FATCA.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 5.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Credit Documents.
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees.
(a) Except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on LIBOR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
(b) Fees and the average daily Stated Amount of Letters of Credit shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest.
(a) No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
(b) Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; provided that to the extent lawful, the interest or other amounts that would have been payable but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above such maximum amount or rate of interest therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.
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Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing.
The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
6.1 Credit Documents.
The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received:
(a) this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Letter of Credit Issuer, each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(c) the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(d) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(e) the Second Lien Credit Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each lender party thereto and the Second Lien Administrative Agent; and
(f) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
6.2 Collateral. Except for any items referred to on Schedule 9.14:
(a) All outstanding Equity Interests, regardless of the form of the Equity Interests, in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents shall have been pledged pursuant thereto.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall have received the certificates representing the Equity Interests in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the extent required to be delivered under the Security Documents and pledged under the Security Documents and to the extent certificated, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers or allonges endorsed in blank.
(c) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document and perfect such Liens to the extent required by such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, and shall be in proper form, for filing, registration or recording.
6.3 Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the executed legal opinion, in customary form, of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New counsel to the Credit Parties, and (ii) Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice PLLC, special Kentucky counsel to the Credit Parties, and Holdings and the Borrower hereby instruct and agree to instruct the other Credit Parties to have such counsel deliver such legal opinions.
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6.4 Equity Investments. Equity Investments, which, to the extent constituting Capital Stock other than common Capital Stock, shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Amount shall have been made; provided, that after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Minimum Equity Amount, KKR will own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company on the Closing Date.
6.5 Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each of (x) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.6 and (y) an Authorized Officer certifying compliance with Sections 6.8 (with respect to the Company Representations and the Specified Representations) and 6.10 and certifying that since December 10, 2018, there has not occurred any change, effect, event, state of facts, development that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto.
6.7 Fees. The Agents and Lenders shall have received, substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Initial Term Loans, fees and, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be paid on the Closing Date (which amounts may, at the Borrowers option, be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans).
6.8 Representations and Warranties. On the Closing Date, the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Specified Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) and the Company Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Company Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects).
6.9 Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager, or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with the Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent.
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6.10 Acquisition. The Acquisition shall have been or, substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents (including any consent under the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect) by the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders or Joint Lead Arrangers in their capacities as such without the consent of the Majority Lead Arrangers (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that (a) any change to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders and (b) any modification, amendment or express waiver or consents by the Borrower (or one of its affiliates) that results in an increase or reduction in the purchase price shall be deemed to not be materially adverse to the Lenders so long as (i) any increase in the purchase price shall not be funded with additional indebtedness (excluding the Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) any reduction shall be allocated first to reduce the Equity Investments to the Minimum Equity Amount and thereafter to the Initial Term Loans and the Second Lien Facility on a pro rata basis).
6.11 Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act. If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower the name of each requesting Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
6.12 Pro Forma Balance Sheet. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma statement of income (collectively, the Pro Forma Financial Statements) of the Borrower as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other statements of income), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).
6.13 Financial Statements. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements.
6.14 No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since December 10, 2018, there has not been any change, effect, event, state of facts, development or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
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6.15 Refinancing. Substantially simultaneously with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated.
6.16 Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 6 on the Closing Date, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 7. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events after the Closing Date.
Subject to Section 1.12, the agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (other than the initial Borrowing of Term Loans on the Closing Date under this Agreement), including any New Term Loans and/or any Replacement Term Loans (excluding Revolving Credit Loans required to be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit on any date, is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent:
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties.
(a) At the time of each Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (other than any Credit Event on the Closing Date or pursuant to any Loan made pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15 (which shall be subject to the applicable terms of Section 2.14 or 2.15, as applicable) or as set forth in Section 7.1(c)) (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).
(b) In the case of the making of any Delayed Draw Term Loan, at the time of each such Credit Event and after giving effect thereto (without netting any cash proceeds of such incurrence), the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 4.50:1.00 on a Pro Forma Basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment); provided that, in the case of the making of any Delayed Draw Term Loan to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, at Borrowers option, compliance with such ratio may be tested on the applicable LCT Test Date.
(c) In the case of the making of any Delayed Draw Term Loans to finance a Limited Condition Transaction only, at the time of each such Credit Event and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii)(x) the Specified Representations and (y) the representations and warranties made by the target of the applicable Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment to which the proceeds of such Delayed Draw Term Loans
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are to be applied, with respect to such target, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the definitive agreement governing such Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment as are material to the interests of the Lenders (but only to the extent that the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or its Affiliates) obligations under the such definitive agreement or decline to consummate such Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in such definitive agreement), in each case, shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of the making of any such Delayed Draw Term Loans (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).
7.2 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) Prior to the making of each Term Loan after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(b) Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(c) Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a).
The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 above have been satisfied as of that time.
Section 8. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and the Swingline Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein the Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 and 8.10 only, Holdings) makes the following representations and warranties to the Lenders, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the Swingline Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit (it being understood that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed made with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary only to the extent relevant under applicable law):
8.1 Corporate Status. Each Credit Party (a) is a duly organized and/or incorporated and validly existing corporation, limited liability company or other entity in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and/or incorporation and has the corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.2 Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, winding up, dissolution, strike-off or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
8.3 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Acquisition).
8.4 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.5 Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
8.6 Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings, consents, approvals, registrations and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents (and to release existing Liens), and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings or consents the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.7 Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure.
(a) None of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any
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of their respective authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such written information and data contained in (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the Closing Date and including all information incorporated by reference therein) and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein was, when furnished, incorrect in any material respect or contained any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished (after giving effect to all supplements and updates), it being understood and agreed that for the purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include pro forma financial information, projections, estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) or other forward looking information and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
(b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
8.9 Financial Condition; Financial Statements.
(a) (i) The unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Borrower as set forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum, and (ii) the Historical Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Borrower at the respective dates of said information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby. The Pro Forma Financial Statements, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared based on the Historical Financial Statements and have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2018 (as if the Transactions had been consummated on such date) and their estimated results of operations as if the Transactions had been consummated on October 1, 2017. The financial statements referred to in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 8.9 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements.
(b) There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the Closing Date.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or IFRS, or the respective interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Documents.
8.10 Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) Each Credit Party is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance with such Requirements of Law would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
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(c) Each Credit Party and, to the knowledge of such Credit Parties, each of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, is (1) in compliance with (x) the Patriot Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and (y) each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), including (i) the United States Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the FCPA), (2) is not (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFACs List of Specially Designated nationals, HMTs Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (3) is in compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions (collectively, the Anti-Corruption Laws), except, in each case, where the failure to be in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (4) except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is in compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each Credit Party has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws.
8.11 Tax Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) Borrower and each of the other Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and has timely paid all Taxes payable by it (whether or not shown on a Tax return and including in its capacity as withholding agent) that have become due, other than those being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and it can lawfully withhold such payment and (b) the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has paid, or has provided adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable. There is no current or proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.12 Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
8.13 Subsidiaries. Schedule 8.13 lists each Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions.
8.14 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the United States as currently conducted, except where the failure to own or have a right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of their respective businesses by each of the Borrower, and the other Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property of any third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.15 Environmental Laws.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) none of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary has received written notice of any Environmental Claim; and (iii) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or operated property nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, has there been any other Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any such properties, in each case, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.16 Properties.
(a) (i) Each of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and valid record title to, valid leasehold interests in, or rights to use, all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title or interest would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the Flood Insurance Laws unless flood insurance available under such Flood Insurance Laws has been obtained in accordance with Section 9.3(b).
(b) Set forth on Schedule 8.16 is a list of each Mortgaged Property owned by any Credit Party as of the Closing Date having a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million.
8.17 Solvency. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions, including the making of the Second Lien Loans) immediately following the making of the Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be Solvent.
8.18 Use of Proceeds. The use of proceeds of the Loans, Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans will not violate any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws in any material respect.
8.19 Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to any beneficial owner of the Borrower is true and correct in all material respects to the best knowledge of the Borrower.
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Section 9. Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
9.1 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such fiscal year) (120 days for the fiscal years of the Borrower ending December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year, shall be delivered by each of the Borrower and the Company on a standalone basis (prior to giving effect to the Transactions) and, in each case, prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified by and as set forth below in this Section 9.1(a)) and, starting with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal years all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in each case, certified by KPMG LLP or another independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Material Subsidiary) as a going concern (other than any qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date under any Indebtedness, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant at such time or on a future date or in a future period or (iii) the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period (60 days for the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019)), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated income statements for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of the applicable quarterly period, and commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2020 setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the related period in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein), subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and, with respect to fiscal 2019 reporting periods, subject to finalization of the purchase price allocation to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Transactions, as required by GAAP.
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(c) Budgets. Prior to an IPO, within 90 days (120 days in the case of the fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020) after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget of the Borrower in reasonable detail on a quarterly basis for such fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 9.1(a), setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (collectively, the Projections), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood and agreed that such Projections and assumptions as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
(d) Officers Certificates. Not later than five days after the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, as the case may be, which certificate shall set forth (i) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be and (ii) the then applicable Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and underlying calculations in connection therewith. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth changes to the legal name, jurisdiction of formation, type of entity and organizational number (or equivalent) to the Person organized in a jurisdiction where an organizational identification number is required to be included in a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, in each case for each Credit Party or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (d), as the case may be.
(e) Notice of Default or Litigation. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Environmental Matters. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge of any one or more of the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notice of:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate; and
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(ii) the conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective action in response to the actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Estate.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation or removal, remedial or other corrective action in response thereto. The term Real Estate shall mean land, buildings, facilities and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party.
(g) Other Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements (other than drafts of pre-effective versions of registration statements) with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices, and reports that the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in their capacity as such holders, lenders or agents (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time; provided that none of the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective contractors) is prohibited by law, or any binding agreement, (iii) that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) that is otherwise subject to Section 13.16 or the limitations set forth in Section 9.2.
(h) KYC Information. At the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly deliver (i) such documentation and other information (including Beneficial Ownership Certification) about the Borrower and the Guarantors as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Beneficial Ownership Certification.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), and (g) of this Section 9.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earliest date on which (i) the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowers websites on the Internet; (ii) such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), or (iii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the SECs website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided that (A) the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, continue to deliver copies (which
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delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which notification may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents on any website described in this paragraph. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.1, the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.1 may be (i) with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements are also delivered or (ii) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any other Parent Entity of the Borrower so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Holdings or such other Parent Entity are also delivered.
Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in advance, all financial statements and certificates furnished pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to all Lenders and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as not containing any material nonpublic information.
9.2 Books, Records, and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary in whomsoevers possession to the extent that it is within such partys control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not within such partys control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (a) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than one time in any calendar year, which such visit will be at the Borrowers expense, and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by law or any agreement binding on a third-party or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its respective representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowers independent public accountants.
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9.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, promptly following written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried and (b) with respect to any improved Mortgaged Property located in a special flood hazard area, the Borrower will obtain flood insurance in such total amount as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and shall otherwise comply with the Flood Insurance Laws. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lenders loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the lenders loss payee thereunder.
9.4 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes imposed upon it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims in respect of any Taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon the Borrower properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, it can lawfully withhold such payment and the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.5 Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises. Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, take all actions necessary (a) to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, organizational rights and authority and (b) to maintain its rights, privileges (including its good standing (if applicable)), permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Permitted Investments and Sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5.
9.6 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, (b) comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws, and (c) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal, and other actions
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required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders and directives which are being timely contested in good faith by proper proceedings, except in each case of clauses (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 9.6, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.7 ERISA. Where applicable, (a) the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan to which a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to contribute; provided that if the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof; provided, further, that the rights granted to the Administrative Agent in this Section shall be exercised not more than once with respect to the same Multiemployer Plan during any applicable plan year, and (b) the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent promptly following the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all tangible property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, and condemnation excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $30 million and (y) 8.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Affiliate transaction, for any individual transaction or series of related transactions on terms that are at least substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the payment of fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement and customary investment banking fees paid to the Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith, (b) transactions permitted by Section 10.3 and Section 10.5, (c) consummation of the Transactions and the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Credit Documents, (e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrowers or a Subsidiarys ownership of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10, (f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or consultants (including management and employee benefit plans or
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agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements) in the ordinary course of business (including loans and advances in connection therewith), (g) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Subsidiaries that are permitted under Section 10.5(b)(15); provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent of the amount received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, U.S. federal, state and/or local taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) paid such taxes separately from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, (h) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) transactions undertaken pursuant to membership in a purchasing consortium, (j) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (k) customary payments by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent) and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, (l) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable, (m) Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted hereunder and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated herein in respect thereof, (n) any customary transactions with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility and (o) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
9.10 End of Fiscal Years. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, fiscal years to end on dates consistent with past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent change the financial reporting convention specified above to (x) align the dates of such fiscal year and for any Restricted Subsidiary whose fiscal years end on dates different from those of the Borrower or (y) any other financial reporting convention (including a change of fiscal year) reasonably acceptable (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.
9.11 Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, Holdings will cause each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and upon the formation of any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC), and each other Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, within 60 days from the date of such formation, acquisition or cessation, as applicable (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), and Holdings may at its option cause any other Domestic Subsidiary, to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge
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Agreement and the Security Agreement, in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee and a grantor under such Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, enter into a new Security Document substantially consistent with the analogous existing Security Documents and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and take all other action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as created and perfected by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 9.14(d) in the case of such Credit Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to take any action outside the United States to perfect any security interest in the Collateral (including the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia).
9.12 Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, Holdings will cause (i) all certificates representing Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents) held directly by Holdings or any other Credit Party, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4 received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4, and (iii) any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time such promissory note is executed; of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is owing to Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations accompanied by undated instruments of transfer executed in blank pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing any promissory note among Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries need not be delivered to the Collateral Agent so long as (i) a global intercompany note superseding such promissory note has been delivered to the Collateral Agent, (ii) such promissory note is not delivered to any other party other than Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, owed money thereunder, and (iii) such promissory note indicates on its face that it is subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.
9.13 Use of Proceeds.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Borrower will use (i) the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility), the Second Lien Facility and the Equity Investments to effect the Transactions and pay related fees, (ii) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility to fund certain Transaction Expenses and the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit usage) to fund working capital and (iii) cash on hand to effect the Transactions and pay related fees.
(b) The Borrower and it Restricted Subsidiaries will use the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans (i) to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Investments, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Investments and the Delayed Draw Term Loans and (iii) with respect to any remaining balance after the uses described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, for general corporate purposes.
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(c) The Borrower will use Letters of Credit, Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans for working capital and for other general corporate purposes (including the Transactions (to the extent permitted under the preceding clause (a)) and any other transactions not prohibited by the Credit Documents).
9.14 Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to the terms of Sections 9.11 and 9.12, this Section 9.14 and the Security Documents, Holdings will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements, and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust, and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect, and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom (including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance) or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, if any assets (other than Excluded Property) (including any real estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein but excluding Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary and excluding any real estate which the applicable Credit Party intends to dispose of pursuant to a Permitted Sale Leaseback so long as actually disposed of within 270 days of acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree)) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million (at the time of acquisition) are acquired by Holdings or any other Credit Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Document upon acquisition thereof) that are of a nature secured by a Security Document or that constitute a fee interest in real property in the United States, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, Holdings will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations (provided, however, that in the event any Mortgage delivered pursuant to this clause (b) shall incur any mortgage recording tax or similar charges in connection with the recording thereof, such Mortgage shall not secure an amount in excess of the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property) and will take, and cause the other applicable Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 9.14.
(c) Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding clause (b) shall, if requested by the Collateral Agent, be received as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days (except as set forth in the preceding clause (b)), unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent acting reasonably and accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or an unconditional binding commitment therefor to be replaced by a final title policy) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company (each such policy, a Title Policy), in such amounts as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent not to exceed the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2 or as
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otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, together with such endorsements, co-insurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request but only to the extent such endorsements are (i) available in the relevant jurisdiction (provided in no event shall the Administrative Agent request a creditors rights endorsement) and (ii) available at commercially reasonable rates, (y) an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (z) a completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination, and if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located in a special flood hazard area, (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the applicable Credit Parties and (ii) certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance required by Section 9.3 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (aa) an ALTA/NSPS survey in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent or such existing survey together with a no-change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Title Policy related to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements required in clause (x) above.
(d) Post-Closing Covenant. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agree that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to, complete each of the actions described on Schedule 9.14 as soon as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth on Schedule 9.14 with respect to such action or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
9.15 Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating and ratings in respect of the Term Loans provided pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, from each of S&P and Moodys.
9.16 Lines of Business. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise incidental, synergistic, reasonably related, or ancillary to any of the foregoing (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment).
Section 10. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.8 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, incur and collectively, an incurrence) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or, in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, preferred stock; provided that (A) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred stock, if, after giving effect thereto, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00:1.00 or (B) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), if, after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio
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(calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be less than or equal to 5.75:1.00; provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing together with any amounts incurred under Sections 10.1(l)(ii) and (n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding.
The foregoing limitations will not apply to:
(a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness represented by the Second Lien Facility, Permitted Second Lien Exchange Notes, and any guarantee thereof in an aggregate principal amount (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses) not to exceed $450,000,000 and (ii) Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 10.1(x)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses);
(c) (i) Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 (other than intercompany Indebtedness owed by a Credit Party to another Credit Party);
(d) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation, maintenance, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any synthetic lease transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (d) and all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (d), does not exceed the greater of (x) $130 million and (y) 35% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence; provided that Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (d) in connection with a Permitted Sale Leaseback shall not be subject to the foregoing limitation so long as the proceeds of such Permitted Sale Leaseback are used by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.2(a);
(e) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including letter of credit obligations consistent with past practice constituting Reimbursement Obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business), in respect of workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement or indemnification type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;
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(f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary or other Person, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Borrowers Guarantee; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(h) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and to the Guarantee of such Guarantor as the case may be; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(i) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this clause;
(j) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);
(k) (i) obligations in respect of self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(l) (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions, any Cure Amount or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with Sections 10.5(a)(iii)(B) and 10.5(a)(iii)(C) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 10.5(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition thereof) and
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(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the sum of (A) the greater of (x) $185 million and (y) 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence and (B) an additional amount of Indebtedness in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.5 (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall be deemed a Restricted Payment for purposes of compliance with Section 10.5) (it being further understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (l)(ii) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 without reliance on this clause (l)(ii)); provided that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding;
(m) the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and clauses (b) and (c) above, clause (l)(i) and this clause (m) or clause (n) below or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refinance, replace, refund, extend, renew, defease, restructure, amend, restate or otherwise modify (collectively, refinance) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (the Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness (1) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced, (2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness that is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively, and (iii) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (3) shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or a Guarantor and (4) shall have an aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) that does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection therewith);
(n) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition, merger, or consolidation; provided that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock
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and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(l)(ii) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding, or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof (including designating an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation described in this clause (n), (i) either (1) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in clause (A) of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than that immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be either (1) less than or equal to the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediate prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (2) less than or equal to 5.75:1.00;
(o) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(p) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit so long as such letter of credit is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 10.1 or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;
(q) (1) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as in the case of a guarantee of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness could have been incurred directly by the Restricted Subsidiary providing such guarantee or (2) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower;
(r) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in the aggregate at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $85 million and (y) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (r) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (r));
(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(t) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business, including with respect to financial accommodations of the type described in the definition of Cash Management Services and (ii) Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(u) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, managers and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 10.5(b);
(v) Indebtedness in respect of a Receivables Facility;
(w) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness to the extent that all of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness;
(x) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness; provided that either (a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to this clause (i)(a) shall not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount or (b) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied no later than ten Business Days after the receipt thereof to repurchase, repay, redeem or otherwise defease Second Lien Loans (provided, in the case of this clause (i)(b), such Permitted Other Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness; and
(y) (i) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Exchange in accordance with Section 2.15 (and which does not generate any additional proceeds) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1: (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (a) through (y) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 10.1, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, will classify and may reclassify (including within the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses or paragraphs; and (ii) at the time of incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 10.1; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Facility on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred under clause (b)(i) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (a) and (l)(i) above shall be deemed to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs, fees, and expenses in connection with such refinancing.
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses and accrued and unpaid interest incurred in connection with such refinancing.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
10.2 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a Subject Lien) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, except:
(i) if such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien;
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(ii) any other Subject Lien if the obligations secured by such Subject Lien are junior to the Obligations; provided that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (ii); and
(iii) in the case of any Subject Lien on assets or property not constituting Collateral, any Subject Lien if (i) the Obligations are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Subject Lien secures any Junior Debt) the obligations secured by such Subject Lien or (ii) such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) above shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Subject Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Obligations.
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), except that:
(a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower; provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, the Successor Borrower), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto or in a form otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (3) Holdings and each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to the Guarantee, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrowers obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to any applicable Security Document, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged
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Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document and that the provisions set forth in the preceding clauses (3) through (5) preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens created under the Security Documents (it being understood that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement);
(b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and if the surviving Person is not already a Guarantor, such Person shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the relevant Security Documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents;
(c) the Transactions may be consummated;
(d) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower) may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to any other Credit Party;
(e) any Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to a Credit Party; provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
(f) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;
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(g) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, investment or conveyance, sale, lease, assignment or disposition, the purpose of which is to effect an Asset Sale (which for purposes of this Section 10.3(g), will include any disposition below the dollar threshold set forth in clause (ii)(d) of the definition of Asset Sale) permitted by Section 10.4 or an investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or an investment that constitutes a Permitted Investment; and
(h) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
10.4 Limitations on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, if the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of have a Fair Market Value in excess of the greater of (a) $50 million and (b) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition, either (A) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents or (B) at least 50% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds received pursuant to this clause (B) must be used to repay the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a) within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as reflected on the Borrowers most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrowers consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such consolidated balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Borrower and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;
(iii) Indebtedness, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released from any Guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale; and
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(iv) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $205 million and 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (b) of this provision and for no other purpose.
Within the Reinvestment Period after the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to prepay Loans or Permitted Other Indebtedness in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i); and/or
(2) to make investments in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with this clause (2) if and to the extent that, within the Reinvestment Period after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement or letter of intent to consummate any such investment described in this clause (2) with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment and, in the event any such commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary prepays the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i).
(c) Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Cash Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
10.5 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Borrower payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, or
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(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;
(3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (g) and (h) of Section 10.1 or (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Junior Debt purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof);
(ii) [reserved]; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock pursuant to clause (b) thereof only) and 6(C) of Section 10.5(b) below, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 10.5(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication) (the sum of the amounts attributable to clauses (A) through (G) below is referred to herein as the Available Amount):
(A) | 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, plus |
(B) | 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date (other than (i) net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of |
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Section 10.1 and (ii) proceeds from Cure Amounts and amounts received from a Restricted Subsidiary) from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of the Borrower, including Retired Capital Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of (A) Equity Interests to any employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Borrowers Subsidiaries after the Closing Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below, and (B) Designated Preferred Stock, and, to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Borrower, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below) or (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower; provided that this clause (B) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Refunding Capital Stock, (b) Equity Interests or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower, as the case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock or (d) Excluded Contributions, plus |
(C) | 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Borrower following the Closing Date (other than net cash proceeds from Cure Amounts or to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions), plus |
(D) | 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Closing Date; or (B) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus |
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(E) | in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus |
(F) | the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Closing Date, plus |
(G) | an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $110 million and 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis). |
(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 10.5(a) will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (Refunding Capital Stock) and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this Section 10.5(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that was declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(3) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 10.1 so long as: (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any
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accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness, (B) if such Junior Debt is subordinated to the Obligations, such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, (C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, (D) if such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value is (i) unsecured then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or (ii) Permitted Other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) and is secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, and (E) such new Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed in any calendar year the greater of (a) $30 million and (b) 8.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (which subsequent to the consummation of an IPO shall increase to the greater of (a) $65 million and (b) 17% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed: (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of Section 10.5(a)(iii), plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment
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vehicle or any Restricted Subsidiary, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 10.5 or any other provision of this Agreement;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any class or series of preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with Section 10.1 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date; (B) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Borrower from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or (C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 10.5(b); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.75:1.00;
(7) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (x) $35 million and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(8) (i) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, manager, or consultant and repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrowers common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such companys common stock), following consummation of an IPO, in an amount on an aggregate basis not to exceed the sum of (a) 6.00% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from such IPO, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrowers common stock registered on Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) an aggregate amount not to exceed 7.00% of the market capitalization of the Borrower;
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(10) Restricted Payments in an amount that does not exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions made since the Closing Date;
(11) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $95 million and 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
(13) any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto), in each case, with respect to the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to permit payment by such parent of such amount), to the extent permitted by Section 9.9 (other than clause (b) thereof), and Restricted Payments in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations under the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisitions or other Permitted Investments;
(14) other Restricted Payments; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payments the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 4.75:1.00, provided that, with respect to Investments and the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.00:1.00;
(15) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Borrower to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay: (A) franchise and excise taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence or qualification to do business, (B) consolidated, combined or similar foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes, to the extent that such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments with respect to any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer or stand-alone group (separate from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) for all fiscal years ending after the Closing Date, (C) customary salary, bonus, and other benefits payable to officers, employees, directors, and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses, and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (D) general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting matters)
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and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (E) amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to pay fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower related to (i) the maintenance by such Parent Entity of its corporate or other entity existence and (ii) transactions of such parent company of the Borrower of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, (F) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, and (G) repurchases deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options;
(16) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Borrower, in each case, permitted under this Agreement;
(17) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(18) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (18) not to exceed the greater of (x) $95 million and (y) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(19) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions; and
(20) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(g));
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under the preceding clauses (11), (14) (except for an Investment where the standard shall be no Event of Default pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.5), and (18), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof).
The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of Investment. Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time pursuant to Section 10.5(a) or under clauses (7), (10), or (11) of Section 10.5(b), or pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (18) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, the Borrower will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (18), Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.
(c) Prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, to the extent any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to Section 10.1(y) for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Debt Exchange, (i) the Borrower will not, and will not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or acquire any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.1(a) on a pro rata basis among the Term Loans, in an amount not less than the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes that are proposed to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or acquired and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Permitted Debt Exchange Notes in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange then outstanding (prior to giving effect to such proposed prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or acquisition) and (b) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Borrower will not waive, amend or modify the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes or any indenture pursuant to which such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes have been issued in any manner inconsistent with the terms of Section 2.15(a), Section 10.1(y), or the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness or that would result in an Event of Default hereunder if such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (as so amended or modified) were then being issued or incurred.
10.6 Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions (x) which the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith will not materially impair the Borrowers ability to make payments under this Agreement when due or (y) existing under or by reason of:
(i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to this Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;
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(ii) the Second Lien Credit Documents and the Second Lien Loans;
(iii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(iv) Requirements of Law or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any request of any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated;
(vi) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary and restrictions on transfer of assets subject to Permitted Liens;
(vii) (x) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (y) restrictions on transfers of assets subject to Permitted Liens (but, with respect to any such Permitted Lien, only to the extent that such transfer restrictions apply solely to the assets that are the subject of such Permitted Lien);
(viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.1;
(x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture and the Equity Interests issued thereby;
(xi) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and
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(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xii) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings (x) are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers boards of directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or (y) do not materially impair the Borrowers ability to pay their respective obligations under the Credit Documents as and when due (as determined in good faith by the Borrower).
10.7 Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period ending during any Compliance Period to be greater than 6.90:1.00.
10.8 Permitted Activities. Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as owner of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and reporting related to such matters, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents, any documentation governing Permitted Other Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof and the other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10 (or that would be permitted to the extent that Holdings was considered to be the Borrower and/or a Restricted Subsidiary), including the ability to incur costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting matters, (vii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted hereunder, (viii) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (ix) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of the Borrower and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, (x) any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 10, (xi) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions or any transaction related thereto or contemplated thereby and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) through (xi) of this Section 10.8.
Section 11. Events of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an Event of Default):
11.1 Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any Fees or any Unpaid Drawings or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or
11.2 Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto (except those in the Credit Documents made or deemed made on the Closing Date that are not the Company Representations or the Specified Representations) shall prove to
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be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation or warranty shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or
11.3 Covenants. Any Credit Party shall:
(a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5(a) (solely with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), Section 9.14(d) or Section 10; provided that any default under Section 10.7 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Term Loans and the Term Loans may not be accelerated as a result thereof until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated or the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, in each case, by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, if the Lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment have agreed not to have the benefit of the covenant set forth in Section 10.7, such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders and such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be treated in the same way as the Term Loans are treated pursuant to this proviso (such period commencing with a default under Section 10.7 and ending on the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility terminate and accelerate the Revolving Loans); provided, further that any Event of Default under Section 10.7 is subject to cure as provided in Section 11.14 and an Event of Default with respect to such Section shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the relevant financial statements are required to be delivered for the applicable fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b); or
(b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any Security Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements. (a) Holdings, the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate, for Holdings, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace and following all required notices, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (after giving effect to all applicable grace period and delivery of all required notices) (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (a) shall not apply to
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secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement), or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (a)(i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, (y) Indebtedness which is convertible into Qualified Stock and converts to Qualified Stock in accordance with its terms and such conversion is not prohibited hereunder, or (z) any breach or default that is (I) remedied by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (II) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans pursuant to this Section 11; or
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3, Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the Bankruptcy Code); or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary commences any other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, winding-up (whether voluntarily or by the courts), strike-off, administration or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary is adjudicated bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
11.6 ERISA. (a) An ERISA Event or a Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred, (b) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Pension Plan(s), (c) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan(s), or (d) any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner, and in each case in clauses (a) through (d) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
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11.7 Guarantee. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, any Guarantee provided by any Credit Party or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee; or
11.8 Pledge Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender or solely as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to maintain possession of any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that have been previously delivered to it) or any pledgor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgors obligations under the Security Agreement or any other any Security Document; or
11.9 Security Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Security Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent in respect of certificates, promissory notes or instruments actually delivered to it (including as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to file a Uniform Commercial Code continuation statement)) or any grantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantors obligations under any Security Document; or
11.10 Judgments. One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof; or
11.11 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.12 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) with respect to any default of performance or compliance with the covenant under Section 10.7), the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Holdings and the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement: (i) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind, (ii) declare the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment terminated, whereupon the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, if any, of each Lender shall forthwith be terminated immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind, (iii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment,
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demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, (iv) terminate any Letter of Credit that may be terminated in accordance with its terms, and/or (v) direct the Borrower to pay (and the Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower, it will pay) to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office such additional amounts of cash, to be held as security for the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligations for Unpaid Drawings that may subsequently occur thereunder, equal to 101% of the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued and then outstanding; provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower or Holdings, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice. In the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, provided that the actions hereinafter described will be permitted to occur only following the expiration of the ability to effectuate the Cure Right if such Cure Right has not been so exercised, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, by written notice to Holdings, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times (except the following actions may not be taken until the ability to exercise the Cure Right under Section 11.14 has expired (but may be taken as soon as the ability to exercise the Cure Right has expired and it has not been so exercised)): (a) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender and Swingline Commitment of each Swingline Lender, shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; and (b) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law). On or after the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have, by written request to the Administrative Agent, elected to take the action under clause (iii) above as a result of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, the Required Term Loan Lenders may, upon the written request of the Required Term Loan Lenders to the Administrative Agent, elect to declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Term Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
11.13 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of, in each case if executed, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement, any exercise of remedies under the Credit Documents or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:
(i) first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with any collection or sale of the Collateral or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all
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advances made by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document to the extent reimbursable hereunder or thereunder;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties, an amount (x) equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution and (y) sufficient to Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding on the date of any distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full and Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof and to Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit Outstanding; and
(iii) third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
provided that any amount applied to Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit Outstanding that has not been applied to reimburse the Borrower for Unpaid Drawings under the applicable Letters of Credit at the time of expiration of all such Letters of Credit shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the order specified in clauses (i) through (iii) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Guarantor that is not an Eligible Contract Participant (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act) shall not be applied to its Obligations that are Excluded Swap Obligations.
11.14 Equity Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11, in the event that the Borrower fails to comply with the requirement of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7, from the beginning of any fiscal period until the expiration of the 10th Business Day following the date financial statements referred to in Sections 9.1(a) or (b) are required to be delivered in respect of such fiscal period for which such financial covenant is being measured, any holder of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower shall have the right to cure such failure (the Cure Right) by causing cash net equity proceeds derived from an issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock, unless reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) by the Borrower (or from a contribution to the common equity capital of Holdings) to be contributed, directly or indirectly, as cash common equity to the Borrower, and upon receipt by the Borrower of such cash contribution (such cash amount being referred to as the Cure Amount) pursuant to the exercise of such Cure Right, such financial covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:
(a) Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of determining the existence of an Event of Default resulting from a breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 with respect to any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters that includes the fiscal quarter for which the Cure Right was exercised and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount;
(b) Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall be decreased solely to the extent proceeds of the Cure Amount are actually applied to prepay any of the Credit Facilities and there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the Cure Amount for determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 unless such proceeds are actually applied to prepay Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities; and
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(c) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Holdings shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7, Holdings shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of such financial covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement; provided that (i) in each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which no Cure Right is made, (ii) there shall be a maximum of five Cure Rights made during the term of this Agreement, (iii) each Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount expected to be required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7; and (iv) all Cure Amounts shall be disregarded for the purposes of any financial ratio determination under the Credit Documents other than for determining compliance with Section 10.7.
Section 12. The Agents.
12.1 Appointment.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than Section 12.1(c) with respect to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and Sections 12.1, 12.9, 12.11 and 12.12 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall have rights as third party beneficiary of any such provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(b) The Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
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(c) Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.
12.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, subagents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
12.3 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 13.1), provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any debtor relief law and (b) except as expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
12.4 Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it (in good faith) 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 (including counsel to Holdings and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law.
12.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.
12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender represent to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly required to be furnished to each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender with any credit or other information
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concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
12.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to severally indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the Termination Date, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur (including at any time following the payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse each Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Credit Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower; provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrowers continuing Reimbursement Obligations with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lenders pro rata portion thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The indemnity provided to each Agent under this Section 12.7 shall also apply to such Agents respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, controlling persons, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents and successors.
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12.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacities. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
12.9 Successor Agents.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States (other than any Disqualified Lender). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including receipt of the Borrowers consent); provided that if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice.
(b) If the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Lender Default, the Required Lenders may to the extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower as required above) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date(as applicable), (1) the retiring or removed agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer of the Swingline Lender under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph (and otherwise subject to the terms above). Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed
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to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) or removed Agent, and the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 12.9). Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of MSSF as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.9 shall also constitute the resignation or removal of MSSF as the Collateral Agent. The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including Section 12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as an Agent.
12.10 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Credit Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective) or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Credit Party to do so), fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 12.10. The agreements in this Section 12.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 12.10, the term Lender includes the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender.
12.11 Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee. Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral and the Security Documents. Subject to Section 13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien, in whole or in part, on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) under any Credit Document (i) upon the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any sale, disposition or other transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Credit Document to a Person that is not a Credit Party or in connection with the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Credit Documents, (iv) as to the extent provided in the Security Documents, (v) that constitutes Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in
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accordance with Section 13.1; (b) release any Guarantor (other than Holdings (except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3)) from its obligations under the Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; (c) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien permitted under clause (iv) (solely with respect to Section 10.1(d)), and (vii) of the definition of Permitted Liens or if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement constitutes a Permitted Lien; and (d) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as being a party to such intercreditor or subordination agreement, including the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section 12.11, irrespective of any discharge of the Borrowers obligations to pay those amounts to the other Lenders resulting from failure by them to take appropriate steps in insolvency proceedings affecting the Borrower to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.
Any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under this Section 12.11 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Lenders have received (and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Credit Documents and any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 12.11.
12.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agents, and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights, and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights, and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition. No holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party under this Agreement. No holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any other Credit Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender or Agent and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment
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of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.
12.13 Intercreditor Agreements Govern. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into each intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof, and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any intercreditor agreement that includes, or to amend any then-existing intercreditor agreement to provide for, the terms described in the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
12.14 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Swingline Loans the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84- 14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
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(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto).
For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply to each of the capitalized terms below:
Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Section 13. Miscellaneous.
13.1 Amendments, Waivers, and Releases. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. Except as provided to the contrary in the Credit Documents (including under (I) Section 2.14 or 2.15 or (II) the sixth and seventh paragraphs hereof in respect of Replacement Term Loans or (III) the second proviso below (other than with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in clauses (x)(iii), (x)(iv) and (x)(v) thereof and, for the avoidance of doubt, the proviso to clause (x)(i) thereof), which shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders), the Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with Holdings or the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of Holdings or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided, further, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (x) (i) forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that
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only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion thereof, or extend the date for the payment, of any principal, interest or fee hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the L/C Facility Maturity Date, or amend or modify any provisions of Section 13.20, or make any Loan, interest, Fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial covenant definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), or (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.17 with respect to any Swingline Loan without the written consent of the Swingline Lender to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the Swingline Lender, or (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 with respect to any Letter of Credit without the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the Letter of Credit Issuer, or (vi) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantees, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or (vii) alter the ratable payments required by Section 5.3(a), Section 11.13(ii), Section 13.8(a) or Section 13.20 without the written consent of each Lender or (viii) decrease the Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount applicable to Initial Term Loans or extend any scheduled Initial Term Loan Repayment Date applicable to Initial Term Loans, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (ix) reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders, Required Delayed Draw Term Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders or amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 that has the effect of decreasing the number of Lenders that must approve any amendment, modification or waiver, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (y) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding clause (x), (i) extend the final expiration date of any Lenders Commitment or (ii) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender, or (z) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a repricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of Term Loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting Term Loans bear) a lower Effective Yield (a Permitted Repricing Amendment), require the consent of any Lender other than the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except (x) that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) for any such amendment, waiver or consent that treats such Defaulting Lender disproportionately and adversely from the other Lenders of the same Class (other than because of its status as a Defaulting Lender).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, only the consent of the Required Delayed Draw Term Lenders shall be required with respect to an amendment, modification or waiver solely impacting the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.7 (or the defined terms to the extent used therein but not as used in any other Section of this Agreement) or Section 11 (solely as it relates to Section 10.7); provided that if the lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment have agreed not to have the benefit of the covenant set forth in Section 10.7, such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders under this paragraph .
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon Holdings, the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In the case of any waiver, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder Agreement(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such New Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (Refinanced Term Loans) with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, unless any such Applicable Margin applies after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans), and (d) the covenants, events of
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default and guarantees shall be not materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than the covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to any period after the maturity date in respect of the Refinanced Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the Termination Date, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise no longer being required to be a Guarantor hereunder. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 13.1) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility or extension facility pursuant to Section 2.14 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Indebtedness as expressly contemplated by the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith
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determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (including to effect changes to the terms and conditions applicable solely to the Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of issuances of Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, respectively) and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; and (iv) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Holdings and the Credit Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by Holdings or the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in its or their respective sole discretion, to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, grant extensions of time for the satisfaction of any of the requirements under Sections 9.12, 9.13 and 9.14 or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if it determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.
13.2 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(a) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
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(b) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 4.2 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers, and privileges provided by law.
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower, jointly and severally, agree (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), one counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and, to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction with the Borrowers consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the Indemnified Persons) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements or penalties of any kind or nature whatsoever (and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole
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(and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating or defending any of the foregoing (including the reasonable fees) has retained its own counsel, of another firm of counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for such affected Indemnified Person), and to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) of any such Indemnified Person arising out of or with respect to the Transactions or to the execution, enforcement, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or relating to any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (regardless of whether such Indemnified Person is a party thereto or whether or not such action, claim, litigation or proceeding was brought by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person), arising out of the foregoing, including any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials relating in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities); provided that Holdings and the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent arising from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any proceeding between and among Indemnified Persons that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; provided the Agents, to the extent acting in their capacity as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such proceeding, to the extent that neither of the exceptions set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such person at such time. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. This Section 13.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements arising from any non-Tax claim.
(b) No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit Holdings and the Borrowers indemnification obligations to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 13.5(a) in respect of damages incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party. No Indemnified Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void)
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and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 13.6. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below and Section 13.7, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans (including participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that the relevant Person shall have the right to withhold their consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:
(A) the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments to (X) a Lender, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (Z) an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to any assignee if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing or (3) with respect to the Term Loans only, unless the Borrower has already objected thereto by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of a written request for consent thereto; and
(B) the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans only, the Sponsors (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), each Swingline Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each Letter of Credit Issuer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, further, that no consent of the Sponsor shall be required (1) for an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender, an Approved Fund of a Revolving Credit Lender or (2) if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to (i) a natural Person, or Disqualified Lender or Defaulting Lender and (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or any Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender). For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning
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Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments and $1,000,000 in the case of Term Loans, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments by a Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above (and simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system or other method reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; provided, further, that such processing and recordation fee shall not be payable in the case of assignments by any Agent or any of its Affiliates;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the Administrative Questionnaire) and applicable tax forms (as required under Section 5.4(e)); and
(E) any assignment to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender) shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(h).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent bears no responsibility for tracking or monitoring assignments to or participations by any Affiliated Lender or any Disqualified Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(v) of this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 13.6. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of an assignment to a new Lender pursuant to this Section 13.6, (i) the Administrative Agent, the new Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the new Lender been
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an original Lender signatory to this Agreement with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the assignment and to the extent of the assignment the assigning Lender shall each be released from further obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) the benefit of each Security Document shall be maintained in favor of the new Lender.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest amounts) and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit or by the Swingline Lender under any Swingline Loan owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 13.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than (x) a natural person, (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Disqualified Lender provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (z) hereof, participations may be sold to Disqualified Lenders unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders who so request) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or the sales of participations thereto at any time. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (i) and (vii) of the second proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.6, the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6,
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including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the participating Lender)). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the sale of such the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender and this Section 13.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lenders possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lenders credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
(f) The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) SPV Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPV), identified as such in
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writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV, it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) other than a Disqualified Lender providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) subject to Section 13.16, disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to the following sentence, each SPV shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the Granting Lender)). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, an SPV shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the grant to such SPV, unless such grant to such SPV is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (1) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (2) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Loans or Commitments acquired the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) by its acquisition of Loans or Commitments, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) | it shall not have any right to (i) attend or participate in (including, in each case, by telephone) any meeting (including Lender only meetings) or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any |
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Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders or any other material which is Lender only, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Section 2) or receive any advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or (iii) make any challenge to the Administrative Agents or any other Lenders attorney-client privilege on the basis of its status as a Lender; and |
(B) | except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (I) in Section 13.1 requiring the consent of all Lenders, all Lenders directly and adversely affected or specifically such Lender, (II) that alters an Affiliated Lenders pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders, or (III) affects the Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender in the same Class, the Loans held by an Affiliated Lender shall be disregarded in both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of any Lender vote (and, in the case of a plan of reorganization that does not affect the Affiliated Lender in a manner that is materially adverse to such Affiliated Lender relative to other Lenders, shall be deemed to have voted its interest in the Term Loans in the same proportion as the other Lenders) (and shall be deemed to have been voted in the same percentage as all other applicable Lenders voted if necessary to give legal effect to this paragraph); and |
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at the time of such purchase; and
(iv) any such Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time (and such Loans or Commitments shall be retired and cancelled promptly).
For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Affiliated Institutional Lenders. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliated Lender shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of information which is not publicly available and/or material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities laws.
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.
(a) The Borrower shall be permitted (x) to replace any Lender or (y) to terminate the Commitment of such Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such
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Lender as of such termination date, (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by the Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Letter of Credit issuer any Letters of Credit issued by it, and (3) in the case of a Swingline Lender, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Swingline Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by the Swingline Lender as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Swingline Lender any Swingline Loans issued by it that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 5.4 or (b) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken, or (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirements of Law, (ii) no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Affiliated Lender or Approved Fund, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13.6(b), (vi) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.6 (provided that unless otherwise agreed the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), and (vii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
(b) If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of either (i) all of the Lenders directly and adversely affected or (ii) all of the Lenders, and, in each case, with respect to which the Required Lenders (or at least 50.1% of the directly and adversely affected Lenders) shall have granted their consent, then, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to (x) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6) or terminate the Commitment of such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date, (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by the Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer any Letters of Credit Issued by it, and (3) in the case of a Swingline Lender, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Swingline Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by the Swingline Lender as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Swingline Lender any Swingline Loans issued by it; provided that (a) all Obligations hereunder of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment including any amounts that such Lender may be owed pursuant to Section 2.11, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (c) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender the amount, if any, owing to such Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(b). In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6.
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13.8 Adjustments; Set-off.
(a) Except as contemplated in Section 13.6 or elsewhere herein (or in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), if any Lender (a Benefited Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lenders Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenders Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Credit Parties but with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Credit Parties hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary, and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Credit Parties. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
13.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
13.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that 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.
13.11 Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
13.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
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INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH LETTER OF CREDIT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding shall be brought in such courts and waives any right to any other jurisdiction to which it may be entitled on account of its present or future place of residence or domicile or any other reason, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding shall be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Credit Parties indemnification obligations set forth in Section 13.5.
13.14 Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof);
(ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, equity holders, creditors or employees, or any other Person;
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(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents;
(iv) the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and
(v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Borrower has consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will not claim that any Agent owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Credit Parties in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby and waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other hand.
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
13.16 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender (collectively, the Restricted Persons and, each a Restricted Person) shall treat confidentially all non-public information provided to any Restricted Person by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder in connection with such Restricted Persons evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Restricted Person pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (Confidential Information) and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such Confidential Information; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Restricted Person from disclosing any such Confidential Information (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, rule or regulation or
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compulsory legal process (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (c) to the extent that such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by such Restricted Person or any of its affiliates or any related parties thereto in violation of any confidentiality obligations owing under this Section 13.16, (d) to the extent that such Confidential Information is received by such Restricted Person from a third party that is not, to such Restricted Persons knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations owing to any Credit Party or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (e) to the extent that such Confidential Information was already in the possession of the Restricted Persons prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality or is independently developed by the Restricted Persons without the use of such Confidential Information, (f) to such Restricted Persons affiliates and to its and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, and other experts or agents who need to know such Confidential Information in connection with providing the Loans or action as an Agent hereunder and who are informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and who are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) (with each such Restricted Person, to the extent within its control, responsible for such persons compliance with this paragraph), (g) to potential or prospective Lenders, hedge providers (or other derivative transaction counterparties) (any such person, a Derivative Counterparty), participants or assignees, in each case who agree (pursuant to customary syndication practice) to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16); provided that (i) the disclosure of any such Confidential Information to any potential or prospective Lenders, Derivative Counterparties, participants or assignees referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such potential or prospective Lender, Derivative Counterparty, participant or assignee that such Confidential Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Restricted Person or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which shall in any event require click through or other affirmative actions on the part of recipient to access such Confidential Information and (ii) no such disclosure shall be made by any Restricted Person to whom a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to any person that is at such time a Disqualified Lender, (h) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense, (i) to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Credit Facilities to the extent such rating agencies are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16), (j) to any other party to this Agreement or (k) to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Confidential Information shall not include, with respect to any Person, information available to it or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Holdings, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for compliance with this Section 13.16 by any other Restricted Person (other than its officers, directors or employees), (iii) in no event shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iv) each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about
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this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
13.17 Direct Website Communications. Each of Holdings and the Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial, and other reports, certificates, and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto, (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent at an email address provided by the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided that (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.
The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower further agrees that any Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the Platform), so long as the access to such Platform (i) is limited to the Agents, the Lenders and Transferees or prospective Transferees and (ii) remains subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.16.
(b) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES (THE BORROWER MATERIALS) OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties and each, an Agent Party) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Partys (or any of its Related Parties (other than any trustee or advisor)) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach of the Credit Documents as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document or notice that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available information with respect to Holdings or the Borrower may be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any document or notice contains only publicly available information; provided, however, that the following documents shall be deemed to be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material nonpublic information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (3) all financial statements and certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d).
13.18 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act, including the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
13.19 [Reserved].
13.20 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
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13.21 No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer, each Swingline Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the Lenders), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their equity holders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its equity holders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, equity holders or creditors. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
13.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties to any Credit Document, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(ii) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability
(iii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
(iv) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., | ||||
as Holdings | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
Phoenix Guarantor Inc., | ||||
as the Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., | ||||
as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a | ||||
Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||
By: | /s/ GRAHAM T. ROBERTSON | |||
Name: | GRAHAM T. ROBERTSON | |||
Title: | AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as the Initial Term Loan Lender, | ||
By: | /s/ JENNIFER DEFAZIO | |
Name: JENNIFER DEFAZIO | ||
Title: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, | ||
as a Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ William ODaly | |
Name: William ODaly | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
By: | /s/ D. Andrew Maletta | |
Name: D. Andrew Maletta | ||
Title: Authorized Sigantory |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, | ||
as a Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Jason Kennedy | |
Name: Jason Kennedy | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
KKR CORPORATE LENDING LLC, | ||
as a Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ W. Cade Thompson | |
Name: W. Cade Thompson | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, | ||||
By: | /s/ Thibault Rosset | |||
Name: | Thibault Rosset | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Roger E. Heflin, Jr. | |||
Name: | Roger E. Heflin, Jr. | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
[Cardinal First Lien Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.3
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT (this Amendment), dated as of May 17, 2019, to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of March 5, 2019 (the Credit Agreement, terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), among PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC. (Holdings), PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC. (the Borrower), the lending institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, together with the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Lenders) and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement permits the Credit Agreement to be modified from time to time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (including to effect changes to the terms and conditions applicable solely to the Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of issuances of Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, respectively) and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the undersigned hereby agree as follows:
I. Modification to the Credit Agreement. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby modified by deleting clause (xvii) of the defined term for Consolidated Net Income.
II. Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date upon which the following conditions are satisfied, (i) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly executed counterpart to this Amendment from the Borrower, (ii) execution by the Administrative Agent of this Amendment (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall only execute this Amendment if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to this Amendment) and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable hereunder or under the Credit Agreement in connection with this Amendment, including, to the extent invoiced prior to the date hereof, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent).
III. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
IV. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature pages hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Lisa Hanson | |||
Name: | Lisa Hanson | |||
Title: | Vice President |
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
JOINDER AGREEMENT
JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 2019 (this Agreement), by and among BANK OF MONTREAL, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (each, a New Revolving Loan Lender), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, and as otherwise may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc. (the Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. THE INCREMENTAL REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
Each New Revolving Loan Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below. The aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments is $132,500,000.
Each New Revolving Loan Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any other New Revolving Loan Lender or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender and a Lender.
The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each New Revolving Loan Lender hereby agree that the Credit Agreement will be amended to provide for the Incremental Revolving Credit
Loan Lender and the Administrative Agent of the Effective Date Conditions, and the table under the heading Revolving Credit Commitment and Letter of Credit Commitment of Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall then be deemed replaced in its entirety with Schedule B annexed hereto.
Each New Revolving Loan Lender hereby agrees to make its respective Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment on the following terms and conditions:
1. | Terms Generally. For all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including this Joinder), the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and the related Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall have the same terms as, and be treated as, the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and the related Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable. |
2. | Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay each New Revolving Loan Lender its pro rata share (determined based upon each New Revolving Loan Lenders share of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments) an aggregate fee equal to 1.00% of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments on September 30, 2019. |
3. | Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders. Each New Revolving Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and providing of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, that such New Revolving Loan Lender shall become an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Lender under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Lender thereunder. |
4. | Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
5. | Assignments. On the Effective Date, concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement, each of the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments shall assign to each New Revolving Loan Lender and each New Revolving Loan Lender shall purchase from each of the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Effective Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Revolving Credit Loans will be held by existing Revolving Credit Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such new Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments to the Revolving Credit Commitment. The trade date and the effective date of all such assignments shall be the Effective Date. By their execution hereof, each of the Borrower, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the Sponsors and the Administrative Agent hereby consent to all such assignments to and purchases by the New Revolving Loan Lenders. |
On the Effective Date the Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect to this Agreement) (including principal, interest, fees and other amounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Letter of Credit Fees)) to each Revolving Credit Lender that holds existing Revolving Credit Commitments and/or existing Revolving Credit Loans, in each case, which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid from and after the Effective Date to the relevant assignee, as applicable.
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The Administrative Agent further acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall constitute an Assignment and Acceptance in a reasonably satisfactory form.
6. | Consents. The Administrative Agent and each Letter of Credit Issuer hereby consent to each New Revolving Loan Lender. |
ARTICLE II. OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
1. | Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement is within the Borrowers corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and does not and will not (a) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries. |
2. | Borrowers Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, the undersigned officer of the Borrower, to the best of his or her knowledge, hereby certifies, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, that (the Borrower Certifications): |
(a) | no Event of Default exists on the date hereof before and after giving effect to the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments contemplated hereby; and |
(b) | all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to this Joinder (except where such representations and warranties (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 8.17 and 8.19 of the Credit Agreement, each of which shall relate to the Effective Date (instead of the Closing Date)) expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date). |
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3. | Effective Date Conditions. This Agreement will become effective on the date (the Effective Date) on which each of the following conditions (the Effective Date Conditions) is satisfied: |
(a) | The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each New Revolving Loan Lender a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party; |
(b) | The Administrative Agent and each Incremental Revolving Loan Lender shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion; |
(c) | The Borrower shall have paid all fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent) of the Administrative Agent for which invoices have been presented prior to the Effective Date; |
(d) | The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and attaching the documents referred to in clause (e) below. |
(e) | The Administrative Agent shall have received, or an Authorized Officer of the Borrower shall certify that the applicable document previously provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower has not been amended since the date shown on the previously delivered applicable document, (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of the Borrower authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement (and any agreements relating thereto) and (b) the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of the Borrower, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of the Borrower dated the Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; |
(f) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower certifying that after giving effect to the incurrence of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower has not incurred Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.14 and Section 10.1(x) of the Credit Agreement in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement; |
(g) | Each New Revolving Loan Lender shall have received prior to the Effective Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by such Lender and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act; |
(h) | If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and each New Revolving Loan Lender has provided its electronic delivery |
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requirements, each such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received prior to the Effective Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower; and |
(i) | The Borrower Certifications are true and correct. |
4. | Notice. For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each New Revolving Loan Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below. |
5. | Tax Forms. For each relevant New Revolving Loan Lender, delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such New Revolving Loan Lender may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement. |
6. | Recordation of the New Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans made by each Incremental Revolving Loan Lender, if any, in the Register. |
7. | Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. |
8. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
9. | GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. |
10. | Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. |
11. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. |
12. | Credit Documents. On and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
13. | Reaffirmation. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Credit Party, hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and confirms and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the prior obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments contained in each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a |
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party, including, in each case, such obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) each Credit Partys guarantee of the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans) under each Guarantee, as applicable, (iii) each Credit Partys prior grant of Liens and security interests on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans) pursuant to the Security Documents and (iv) agrees that after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (A) each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party is ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue to be in full force and effect and (B) all guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests, covenants, agreements and other commitments by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby or by the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. |
14. | Effect of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement and all other Credit Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the date hereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to establish a precedent for purposes of interpreting the provisions of the Credit Agreement or entitle any Credit Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances. This Agreement shall apply to and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents specifically referred to herein. |
15. | Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Credit Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Secured Hedge Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, QFC Credit Support, and each such QFC, a Supported QFC), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States): |
(a) | In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a Covered Party) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and |
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such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support. |
(b) | As used in this Section 15, the following terms have the following meanings: |
(i) | BHC Act Affiliate of a party means an affiliate (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party. |
(ii) | Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). |
(iii) | Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. |
(iv) | QFC has the meaning assigned to the term qualified financial contract in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). |
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Joinder Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
BANK OF MONTREAL, as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Eric Oppenheimer | |||
Name: | Eric Oppenheimer | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
Notice Address: | ||
Attention: | **** | |
Telephone: | **** | |
Facsimile: | **** |
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, | ||
as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Notice Address: | ||
Attention: | ||
Telephone: | ||
Facsimile: |
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Notice Address: | ||
Attention: | ||
Telephone: | ||
Facsimile: |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Michael Strobel | |||
Name: | Michael Strobel | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
By: | /s/ Alicia Schug | |||
Name: | Alicia Schug | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Notice Address: **** Attention: **** Telephone: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Joinder Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
BANK OF MONTREAL, | ||||
as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
Notice Address: | ||||
Attention: | ||||
Telephone: | ||||
Facsimile: |
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, | ||||
as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
Notice Address: | ||||
Attention: | ||||
Telephone: | ||||
Facsimile: |
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Richard Harris | |||
Name: | Richard Harris | |||
Title: | Director |
Notice Address: **** | ||||
Attention: | **** | |||
Telephone: | **** | |||
Facsimile: | **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a New Revolving Loan Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Darren Merten | |||
Name: | Darren Merten | |||
Title: | Vice President |
Notice Address: | **** | |
Attention: | **** | |
Telephone: | **** | |
Facsimile: | **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Consented to by: | ||||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as the Administrative Agent and a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||
By: | /s/ Graham Robertson | |||
Name: | Graham Robertson | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||
By: | /s/ William ODaly | |||
Name: | William ODaly | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
By: | /s/ Christopher Zybrick | |||
Name: | Christopher Zybrick | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||
By: | /s/ Thibault Rosset | |||
Name: | Thibault Rosset | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Kaye Ea | |||
Name: | Kaye Ea | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, as a Letter of Credit Issuer | ||||
By: | /s/ J.R. Young | |||
Name: | J.R. Young | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., | ||||
as the Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Vice President and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020 (this Amendment), to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, as amended by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, and as otherwise may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc. (the Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as applicable).
WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement permits amendment with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) thereunder;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to create a new tranche of term loans consisting of Tranche B-1 Term Loans pursuant to amendments authorized by Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement which Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall, except as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement, have identical terms as the Initial Term Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans (collectively, Existing Term Loans) and shall be in a like principal amount as the outstanding Existing Term Loans and the proceeds of which will be used to refinance all of the Existing Term Loans all as more fully set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Lender holding Existing Term Loans (a Existing Term Loan Lender) that shall have executed and delivered a consent to this Amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a Consent to Amendment No. 1) under the Cashless Settlement Option (each, a Cashless Option Tranche B-1 Lender) shall be deemed to have exchanged all of its Existing Term Loans (which Existing Term Loans shall thereafter no longer be deemed to be outstanding) for Tranche B-1 Term Loans in the same aggregate principal amount as such Existing Term Loan Lenders Existing Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers (as defined below)), and such Existing Term Loan Lender shall thereafter become a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender;
WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender will make Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans to the Borrower in Dollars in the amount set forth next to its name on Schedule I hereto (the Allocation Schedule), the proceeds of which will be used by the Borrower to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of Existing Term Loans that are not exchanged for Tranche B-1 Term Loans, as well as prepay Existing Term Loans from Existing Term Loan Lenders that execute and deliver a Consent to Amendment No. 1 under the Post-Closing Settlement Option (each, a Post-Closing Option Lender); and the Borrower shall pay to each Existing Term Loan Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term Loans to, but not including, the date of effectiveness of this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and KKR Capital Markets LLC are joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for Amendment No. 1 and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans (collectively, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended effective as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date as follows:
(a) Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be
amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:
double-underlined text) as set forth in the Credit
Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the Amended Credit Agreement).
(b) (a) The Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments shall not be treated as New Term Loan Commitments as such term is defined in Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement; (b) the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall not be treated as New Term Loans as such term is defined in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement; and (c) the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders shall not be treated as New Term Loan Lenders as such term is defined in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement;.
(c) The Lenders party hereto (or party to a Consent to Amendment No. 1) waive the payment of any breakage loss or expense under Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the repayment of Existing Term Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to the Lenders as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date that:
(a) Each Credit Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of the obligations by each Credit Party under this Amendment and under the Amended Credit Agreement.
(b) Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment and this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Amendment and the performance of the obligations by each Credit Party under the Amended Credit Agreement will not (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound other than any such breach, default or Lien that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(d) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) as of such earlier date.
(e) At the time of and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the first Business Day on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) from each Existing Term Loan Lender with a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment and from Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders having Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments equal in principal amount to the amount of Existing Term Loans held by Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders, (ii) from the Administrative Agent, (iii) from the Required Lenders and (iv) from the Borrower and each Guarantor, either (x) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (y) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;
(b) The Borrower shall have paid to all Existing Term Loan Lenders on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, simultaneously with the making of Tranche B-1 Term Loans under the Credit Agreement, all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date;
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties. The Borrower, the other Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion;
(d) The Borrower shall have paid (i) the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be received on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) the Administrative Agent all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers) of the Administrative Agent for which invoices have been presented prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date;
(e) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Amendment no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(f) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (A) a certificate of each of (x) Holdings and the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings and the Borrower, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in the following clause (B) and (B) (x) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other managers of Holdings and the Borrower authorizing (I) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and the performance of the obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement and (II) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (y) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings and the Borrower and (z) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings and the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party.
Section 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart hereof.
Section 5. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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Section 7. Effect of Amendment.
(a) This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any of the Credit Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. By executing and delivering a copy hereof, each Credit Party hereby consents to Amendment No. 1 and the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby confirms its respective guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, as applicable, under and subject to the terms of each of the Credit Documents to which it is party, and agrees that, after giving effect to this Amendment, such guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, and the terms of each of the Security Documents to which it is a party, shall continue to be in full force and effect, including to guarantee and secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Credit Document.
(b) Each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender party hereto (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, this Amendment No. 1 and the other Credit Documents, together with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment No. 1; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Agent or any other Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender. Upon the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the undersigned Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement and shall have the respective Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment set forth next to its name on the Allocation Schedule. In addition, if an Existing Term Loan Lender has exercised its Cashless Settlement Option or the Post-Closing Settlement Option pursuant to their Consent to Amendment No. 1, the amount of such Existing Term Loan Lenders participation in the Tranche B-1 Term Loans may be less than 100% of the principal amount of such Existing Term Loan Lenders Existing Term Loans, based on the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers allocation of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., as the Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC., as Holdings | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH HOLDINGS CORP., as a Guarantor | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
PHARMERICA CORPORATION, as a Guarantor | ||||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
ABA THERAPEUTIC CARE MICHIGAN, LLC |
ABA THERAPEUTIC CARE, INC. |
ACCENT HEALTH CARE, INC. |
ADORATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC |
ADORATION HEALTH, LLC |
ADORATION HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE, INC. |
ADORATION HOME HEALTH CARE VIRGINIA, LLC |
ADORATION HOME HEALTH CARE, LLC |
ADORATION HOME HEALTH, LLC |
ADORATION HOSPICE CARE TEXAS, LLC |
ADORATION HOSPICE CARE VIRGINIA, LLC |
ADORATION HOSPICE CARE, LLC |
ADORATION HOSPICE, LLC |
ALL WAYS CARING SERVICES, INC. |
ALTERNATIVE CHOICES, INC. |
ALTERNATIVE YOUTH SERVICES, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES VIRGINIA, INC., |
ARBOR PEO, INC. |
B.W.J. OPPORTUNITY CENTERS, INC. |
BOLIVAR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING CENTER, INC. |
BRALEY & THOMPSON, INC. |
CAPITAL TX INVESTMENTS, INC. |
CAREERS IN PROGRESS, INC. |
CATX PROPERTIES, INC. |
CNC / ACCESS, INC. |
COMMUNITY ADVANTAGE, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES HOME CARE, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES ILLINOIS, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INDIANA, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES KENTUCKY, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES MISSOURI, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES MOBILE NURSING, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES NEBRASKA, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES NEW MEXICO, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES OF WASHINGTON, D.C., INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES PHARMACY, INC. |
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES TEXAS PARTNER, INC. |
ARBOR E&T, LLC, each as a Guarantor |
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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CREATIVE NETWORKS, L.L.C. |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING - NORMAL LIFE, INC. |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING - TEXAS LIVING CENTERS, INC. |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION AMERICA |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION GULF COAST |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION MISSOURI |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION NEVADA |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION NEW MEXICO |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION NORTH CAROLINA |
EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING CORPORATION TEXAS |
ELYRIA ICF II, LLC |
ELYRIA ICF, LLC |
EMPLOY-ABILITY UNLIMITED, INC. |
GENERAL HEALTH CORPORATION |
HABITATION OPPORTUNITIES OF OHIO, INC. |
J. & J. CARE CENTERS, INC. |
JOB READY, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE FAMILY SERVICES, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF CALIFORNIA, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF CENTRAL INDIANA, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF GEORGIA, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF LAFAYETTE, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF LAKE CHARLES, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF LOUISIANA, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE OF SOUTHERN INDIANA, INC. |
NORMAL LIFE, INC. |
PHARMACY ALTERNATIVES CALIFORNIA, LLC |
PHARMACY ALTERNATIVES CAROLINAS, LLC |
PHARMACY ALTERNATIVES DELAWARE VALLEY, LLC |
PHARMACY ALTERNATIVES, LLC |
RAISE GEAUGA, INC. |
REHAB WITHOUT WALLS NEUROSOLUTIONS, LLC |
RELATIVE ASSIST, INC., each as a Guarantor |
By:
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/s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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RES-CARE ALABAMA, INC. |
RESCARE ANGEL COMPANIONS, LLC |
RESCARE ARIZONA, INC. |
RES-CARE ARKANSAS, INC. |
RES-CARE CALIFORNIA, INC. |
RESCARE CONNECTICUT, INC. |
RESCARE DTS INTERNATIONAL, LLC |
RES-CARE EUROPE, INC. |
RESCARE FINANCE, INC. |
RES-CARE FLORIDA, INC. |
RESCARE HOLDINGS, INC. |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES CENTRAL, LLC |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES EAST, LLC |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES GEORGIA, LLC |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES PENNSYLVANIA, LLC |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES SOUTHEAST, LLC |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES WEST, LLC |
RESCARE HOME CARE SERVICES, INC. |
RESCARE HOME CARE TRADITIONAL, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SOUTH, LLC |
RES-CARE ILLINOIS, INC. |
RESCARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
RES-CARE IOWA, INC. |
RES-CARE KANSAS, INC. |
RESCARE KENTUCKY, INC. |
RESCARE MINNESOTA, INC. |
RES-CARE NEW JERSEY, INC. |
RES-CARE OHIO, INC. |
RES-CARE OKLAHOMA, INC. |
RESCARE PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. |
RESCARE PENNSYLVANIA HOME HEALTH ASSOCIATES, INC. |
RES-CARE PREMIER, INC. |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES ALABAMA, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES ARIZONA, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES CENTRAL, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES GEORGIA, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES LOUISIANA, LLC |
RES-CARE IDAHO, INC., each as a Guarantor |
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT & NURSING SERVICES, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WISCONSIN, LLC |
RESCARE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INC. |
RES-CARE WASHINGTON, INC. |
RES-CARE WISCONSIN, INC. |
RESCARE WYOMING, INC. |
RESCARE YOUTH SERVICES INDIANA, LLC |
RES-CARE, INC. |
REST ASSURED, LLC |
RSCR CALIFORNIA, INC. |
RSCR INLAND, INC. |
RSCR WEST VIRGINIA, INC. |
RWW HOME & COMMUNITY REHAB SERVICES, INC. |
RWW HOME & COMMUNITY REHAB SERVICES, LLC |
RWW OUTPATIENT REHAB SERVICES, INC. |
RWW OUTPATIENT REHAB SERVICES, LLC |
RWW PEDIATRIC REHAB SERVICES, LLC |
RWW PEDIATRICS REHAB SERVICES, INC. |
RWW RESIDENTIAL REHAB SERVICES, INC. |
RWW RESIDENTIAL REHAB SERVICES, LLC |
SOUTHERN HOME CARE SERVICES, INC. |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE CALIFORNIA, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE GEORGIA, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE ILLINOIS, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE KENTUCKY, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE MISSOURI, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE NEW JERSEY, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE NEW YORK, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE NORTH CAROLINA, LLC |
SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE TEXAS, LLC |
ROCKCREEK, INC., each as a Guarantor |
By:
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/s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE VIRGINIA, LLC SPRINGHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE WYOMING, LLC SPRINGHEALTH INTEGRATED CARE, INC. TANGRAM REHABILITATION NETWORK, INC. TEXAS HOME MANAGEMENT, INC. THE CITADEL GROUP, INC. VOCA CORP. VOCA CORPORATION OF AMERICA VOCA CORPORATION OF FLORIDA VOCA CORPORATION OF INDIANA VOCA CORPORATION OF MARYLAND VOCA CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY VOCA CORPORATION OF NORTH CAROLINA VOCA CORPORATION OF OHIO VOCA CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC. VOCA OF INDIANA, LLC VOCA RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INC. YOUTHTRACK, INC. RESCARE CONSUMER DIRECTED SERVICES, LLC LEVEL 11 PHYSICAL THERAPY, LLC LEVEL ELEVEN SAGINAW, LLC DIXIE LODGE, LLC LEVEL ELEVEN HOWELL, LLC GRAND BLANC VENTURES, LLC, each as a Guarantor |
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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EDUCARE COMMUNITY LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, as a Guarantor | ||||
By: | Community Alternatives Texas Partner, Inc., its General Partner | |||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
NORMAL LIFE OF INDIANA, as a Guarantor | ||||
By: | Normal Life of Central Indiana, Inc., one of its General Partners | |||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
and | ||||
By: | Normal Life of Southern Indiana, Inc., the other General Partner | |||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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ADORATION HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
BRIGHTSPRING HOME BASED PRIMARY CARE, LLC | ||||
HEALTH CARE STAFFING OF TENNESSEE, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES OF AMERICA, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE OF EAST TENNESSEE, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE OF WEST TENNESSEE, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES II, INC. | ||||
HOME HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. | ||||
WESTERN RESERVE MEDICAL GROUP, LLC | ||||
MILLS MEDICAL PRACTICES, LLC, each as a Guarantor | ||||
By:
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/s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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ALTERNACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC. | ||||
AMERITA HOLDINGS OF NORTH TEXAS, INC. | ||||
AMERITA OF NEW YORK, LLC | ||||
AMERITA NORTH TEXAS GP, INC. | ||||
AMERITA, INC. | ||||
CAREMED SPECIALTY, LLC | ||||
CENTRAL LINE INFUSION-DALLAS DIVISION, LTD | ||||
COASTAL PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | ||||
INFUSION SERVICES COMPANY OF NEW YORK LLC | ||||
IV SOLUTIONS, INC. | ||||
NEXTRON HOLDING COMPANY LLC | ||||
NEXTRON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||||
SORKINS RX LTD | ||||
ONCOMED SPECIALTY, LLC | ||||
SINA DRUG LLC | ||||
ONCOMED THE ONCOLOGY PHARMACY OF PHILADELPHIA PA LLC | ||||
ONCOMED THE ONCOLOGY PHARMACY OF BUFFALO N.Y. LLC | ||||
ONCOMED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES OF MA LLC | ||||
ONCOMED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, LLC | ||||
CENTRAL LINE INFUSION, LTD, each as a Guarantor | ||||
By:
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/s/ Robert Dries | |||
Name: | Robert Dries | |||
Title: | Treasurer | |||
PHARMERICA HOSPITAL PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC, as a Guarantor | ||||
By:
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/s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Secretary |
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ADVANCED INFUSION SYSTEMS, LLC | ||||
ARK PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC | ||||
BGS PHARMACY HOLDING COMPANY, INC. | ||||
CAPITAL PHARMACY, LLC | ||||
CAPSTONE PHARMACY OF DELAWARE, LLC | ||||
CARE FIRST PHARMACY, LLC | ||||
CHEM RX PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC | ||||
CLINICARE CONCEPTS, INC. | ||||
COMPUTRAN SYSTEMS, INC. | ||||
CONTINUUMCARE PHARMACY LLC | ||||
FAMILY CENTER PHARMACY, LLC | ||||
GOOT NURSING HOME PHARMACY, INC. | ||||
HEALTHQUEST, INC. | ||||
INSTA-CARE PHARMACY SERVICES CORPORATION | ||||
INTEGRITY MEDICAL SUPPLIES, LLC | ||||
INTEGRITY PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC | ||||
MILLENNIUM PHARMACY SYSTEMS, LLC | ||||
MPS RX FLORIDA, LLC | ||||
MPS RX NORTH CAROLINA, LLC | ||||
MULTI-SCRIPT PHARMACY, LLC | ||||
NATIONAL PHARMACY OF TEXAS, L.L.C. | ||||
PCA ACQUISITION, LLC | ||||
PHARMACY CORPORATION OF AMERICA | ||||
PHARMERICA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA CHICAGO, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA DRUG SYSTEMS, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA EAST, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
PHARMERICA INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA LOGISTIC SERVICES LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA LONG-TERM CARE, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA MIDWEST, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA MOUNTAIN, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA PENNSYLVANIA, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA SOLUTIONS SERVICES LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC | ||||
PHARMERICA WISCONSIN, LLC | ||||
PMC HEALTHCARE PHARMACIES, LLC | ||||
PMC OHIO, LLC | ||||
PMC PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC | ||||
SPECTRUM PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC | ||||
SOUTHWEST PHARMACIES, INC, each as a Guarantor | ||||
By:
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/s/ Robert Dries | |||
Name: | Robert Dries | |||
Title: | Treasurer |
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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Graham Robertson | |||
Name: | Graham Robertson | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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Exhibit 10.6
Execution Version
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020 (this Agreement), by and among Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender and 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the Credit Agreement; the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement is referred to as the Amended Credit Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish Additional Revolving Credit Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with Additional Revolving Loan Lenders;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it is requesting, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement the establishment of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments in the form of a separate letter of credit facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $55,000,000 (the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower wishes to make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement as are necessary to effect the establishment and provision of the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, as described herein;
WHEREAS, 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender party hereto has agreed to provide Additional Revolving Credit Commitments on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. THE ADDITIONAL REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
The 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective Additional Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments is $55,000,000.
The 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached thereto,
together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Additional Revolving Loan Lender and a Lender; and (v) directs the Administrative Agent to execute this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender hereby agree that the Credit Agreement will be amended to provide for the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments as set forth in this Agreement upon the satisfaction (or waiver) by the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent of the Effective Date Conditions (as defined below).
The 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees to make its Additional Revolving Credit Commitment on the following terms and conditions:
1. | Terms Generally. Other than as set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the fact that the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall not benefit from the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 of the Amended Credit Agreement), for all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including this Agreement (unless the context dictates otherwise)), the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the same terms as the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Date (as amended as set forth in this Agreement) (and the related Revolving Credit Loans), but shall be designated and treated as a different Class of Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Loans than the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and the related Revolving Credit Loans, including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to voting matters. All Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall (i) constitute Obligations and have all of the benefits thereof; (ii) have terms, rights, remedies, privileges and protections set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents; and (iii) be secured by the Liens granted (I) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and/or (II) to the Secured Parties in their capacity as such (or to any of them). For the avoidance of doubt, the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with all other Commitments and Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement. |
2. | Additional Revolving Loan Lenders. The 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and providing of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, that such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall become an Additional Revolving Loan Lender, an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Lender under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of an Additional Revolving Loan Lender, an Incremental Revolving Loan Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Lender thereunder. |
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3. | Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
4. | Consents. In response to the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders direction set forth in clause (v) in the second paragraph of this Article I above and pursuant to Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent hereby consents to each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender. |
ARTICLE II. AMENDMENTS
1. | Subject to the occurrence of (and concurrently with) the Effective Date, each of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, the Borrower, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
2. | Effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text
(indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: |
3. | Schedule 13.2 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the schedule attached as Exhibit B hereto. |
ARTICLE III. OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
1. | Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that: |
(a) | this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity; and |
(b) | the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement is within the Borrowers corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and does not and will not (a) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries. |
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2. | Borrower Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, each undersigned officer of the Borrower, to the best of his or her knowledge, hereby certifies, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, that (the Borrower Certifications): |
(a) | no Event of Default exists on the date hereof before and after giving effect to the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments contemplated hereby; and |
(b) | all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to this Agreement (except where such representations and warranties (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 8.17 and 8.19 of the Amended Credit Agreement, each of which shall relate to the Effective Date (instead of the Closing Date)) expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date). |
3. | Effective Date Conditions. This Agreement will become effective on the date (the Effective Date) on which each of the following conditions (the Effective Date Conditions) is satisfied: |
(a) | The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party; |
(b) | The Administrative Agent and the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion; |
(c) | The Borrower shall have paid all fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP) of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent for which invoices have been presented prior to the Effective Date; |
(d) | The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and attaching the documents referred to in clause (e) below. |
(e) | The Administrative Agent shall have received, or an Authorized Officer of the Borrower shall certify that the applicable document previously provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower has not been amended since the date shown on the previously delivered applicable document, (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of the Borrower authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement |
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(and any agreements relating thereto) and (b) the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of the Borrower, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of the Borrower dated the Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; |
(f) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower certifying that after giving effect to the incurrence of the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower has not incurred Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.14 and Section 10.1(x) of the Credit Agreement in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement; |
(g) | The 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall have received prior to the Effective Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by such Lender and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act; |
(h) | If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender has provided its electronic delivery requirements, such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received prior to the Effective Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower; |
(i) | The Borrower Certifications are true and correct; and |
(j) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent. |
4. | Notice. For purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below. |
5. | Tax Forms. Delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement. |
6. | Recordation of the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments provided by the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender in the Register. |
7. | Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. |
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8. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
9. | GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement mutatis mutandis. |
10. | Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. |
11. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. |
12. | Credit Documents. On and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
13. | Reaffirmation. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Credit Party, hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and confirms and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the prior obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments contained in each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party, including, in each case, such obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) each Credit Partys guarantee of the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and the 2020 L/C Obligations (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement)) under each Guarantee, as applicable, (iii) each Credit Partys prior grant of Liens and security interests on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and the 2020 L/C Obligations) pursuant to the Security Documents and (iv) agrees that after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (A) each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party is ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue to be in full force and effect and |
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(B) all guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests, covenants, agreements and other commitments by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby or by the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. |
14. | Effect of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement and all other Credit Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the date hereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to establish a precedent for purposes of interpreting the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement or entitle any Credit Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances. This Agreement shall apply to and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents specifically referred to herein. |
15. | Fees. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing on or prior to the day immediately following the Effective Date. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, | ||||
as 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender and 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer |
By: | /s/ Gary Herzog | |||
Name: | Gary Herzog | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Kaye Ea | |||
Name: | Kaye Ea | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
Notice Address: | **** | |
Attention: | **** | |
Telephone: | **** | |
Facsimile: | **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC, as the Borrower |
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |||
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |||
Title: | Vice President and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Consented to by: | ||||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as the Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Lisa Hanson | |||
Name: | Lisa Hanson | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Exhibit 10.7
EXECUTION VERSION
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 3
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020 (this Agreement), by and among Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders (as defined below) party hereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020, and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the Credit Agreement; the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement is referred to as the Amended Credit Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish New Term Loan Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with New Term Loan Lenders;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it is requesting, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement the establishment of New Term Loan Commitments in in an aggregate principal amount equal to $550,000,000 (the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower wishes to make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement as are necessary to effect the establishment and provision of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, as described herein; and
WHEREAS, each Lender with a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment set forth on Annex A hereto (each, a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender) that executes this Agreement has agreed to provide Tranche B-2 Term Loans on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. THE TRANCHE B-2 TERM LOAN CREDIT COMMITMENTS
Each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments as of the date hereof is $550,000,000.
Each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender and a Lender; and (v) directs the Administrative Agent to execute this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lender hereby agree that the Credit Agreement will be amended to provide for the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments as set forth in this Agreement upon the satisfaction (or waiver) by the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders and the Administrative Agent of the Effective Date Conditions (as defined below).
Each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lender hereby agrees to make its Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Commitment on the following terms and conditions:
1. | Terms Generally. Other than as set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement, for all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including this Agreement (unless the context dictates otherwise)), the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Commitments shall have the same terms as the Tranche B-1 Term Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Date (as amended as set forth in this Agreement). All Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Commitments shall (i) constitute Obligations and have all of the benefits thereof; (ii) have terms, rights, remedies, privileges and protections set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents; and (iii) be secured by the Liens granted (I) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and/or (II) to the Secured Parties in their capacity as such (or to any of them). For the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with all other Commitments and Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement. |
2. | Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders. Each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and providing of the respective Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, that such Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall become a New Term Loan Lender, a Term Loan Lender and a Lender under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a New Term Loan Lender, a Term Loan Lender and a Lender thereunder. |
3. | Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
4. | Consents. In response to each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders direction set forth in clause (v) in the second paragraph of this Article I above and pursuant to Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent hereby consents to such Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lender. |
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ARTICLE II. AMENDMENTS
1. | Subject to the occurrence of (and concurrently with) the Effective Date, each of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
2. | Effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. |
ARTICLE III. OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
1. | Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that: |
(a) | this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity; and |
(b) | the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement is within the Borrowers corporate powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and does not and will not (a) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries. |
2. | Borrower Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, each undersigned officer of the Borrower, to the best of his or her knowledge, hereby certifies, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, that (the Borrower Certifications): |
(a) | no Event of Default exists on the date hereof before and after giving effect to the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments contemplated hereby; and |
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(b) | all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to this Agreement (except where such representations and warranties (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 8.17 and 8.19 of the Amended Credit Agreement, each of which shall relate to the Effective Date (instead of the Closing Date)) expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date). |
3. | Effective Date Conditions. This Agreement will become effective on the date (the Effective Date) on which each of the following conditions (the Effective Date Conditions) is satisfied: |
(a) | The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lender a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party; |
(b) | The Administrative Agent and the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion; |
(c) | The Borrower shall have paid all fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP) of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders and the Administrative Agent for which invoices have been presented prior to the Effective Date; |
(d) | The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and attaching the documents referred to in clause (e) below. |
(e) | The Administrative Agent shall have received, or an Authorized Officer of the Borrower shall certify that the applicable document previously provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower has not been amended since the date shown on the previously delivered applicable document, (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of the Borrower authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement (and any agreements relating thereto) and (b) the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of the Borrower, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of the Borrower dated the Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; |
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(f) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower certifying that after giving effect to the incurrence of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, the Borrower has not incurred Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.14 and Section 10.1(x) of the Credit Agreement in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement; |
(g) | The Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders shall have received prior to the Effective Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by such Lender and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act; |
(h) | If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders has provided its electronic delivery requirements, such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received prior to the Effective Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower; |
(i) | The Borrower Certifications are true and correct; and |
(j) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent. |
4. | Tax Forms. Delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lenders may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement. |
5. | Recordation of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Commitment provided by the relevant Tranche B-2 Term Loan Credit Lender in the Register. |
6. | Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. |
7. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
8. | GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement mutatis mutandis. |
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9. | Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. |
10. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. |
11. | Credit Documents. On and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
12. | Reaffirmation. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Credit Party, hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and confirms and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the prior obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments contained in each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party, including, in each case, such obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) such Credit Partys guarantee of the Obligations (including, without limitation, Obligations with respect to the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments) under each Guarantee, as applicable, (iii) such Credit Partys prior grant of Liens and security interests on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments) pursuant to the Security Documents and (iv) agrees that after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (A) each Credit Document to which such Credit Party is a party is ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue to be in full force and effect and (B) all guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests, covenants, agreements and other commitments by such Credit Party under the Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby or by the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. |
13. | Effect of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement and all other Credit Documents amended and/or executed |
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and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the date hereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to establish a precedent for purposes of interpreting the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement or entitle any Credit Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances. This Agreement shall apply to and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents specifically referred to herein. |
14. | Fees. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing on or prior to the day immediately following the Effective Date. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Graham Robertson | |
Name: Graham Robertson | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., as the Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Consented to by: | ||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as the Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Graham Robertson | |
Name: Graham Robertson | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Exhibit 10.8
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021 (this Amendment), to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020 and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the Credit Agreement; and the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement), among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc. (the Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as applicable).
WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement permits amendment with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) thereunder;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to create a new tranche of term loans consisting of Tranche B-3 Term Loans pursuant to amendments authorized by Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement which Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall, except as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement, have identical terms as the Tranche B-2 Term Loans outstanding immediately before giving effect to this Amendment (collectively, Existing Term Loans) and shall be in a like principal amount as the outstanding Existing Term Loans and the proceeds of which will be used to refinance all of the Existing Term Loans all as more fully set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Lender holding Existing Term Loans (an Existing Term Loan Lender) that shall have executed and delivered a consent to this Amendment substantially in the form of Annex A hereto or Annex A to the draft of this Amendment that was posted for Lenders on February 22, 2021 (each, a Consent to Amendment No. 4) under the Cashless Settlement Option (each, a Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lender) shall be deemed to have exchanged all of its Existing Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers (as defined below)), which Existing Term Loans shall thereafter no longer be deemed to be outstanding, for Tranche B-3 Term Loans in the same aggregate principal amount as such Existing Term Loan Lenders exchanged Existing Term Loans, and such Existing Term Loan Lender shall thereafter be a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender;
WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender will make Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans to the Borrower in Dollars in the amount set forth next to its name on Schedule I hereto (the Allocation Schedule), the proceeds of which will be used by the Borrower to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of Existing Term Loans that are not exchanged for Tranche B-3 Term Loans pursuant to the Cashless Settlement Option described above, which such non-exchanged Existing Term Loans shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, all Existing Term Loans of Existing Term Loan Lenders that execute and deliver a Consent to Amendment No. 4 under the Post-Closing Settlement Option (each, a Post-Closing Option Lender); and the Borrower shall pay to each Existing Term Loan Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term Loans to, but not including, the date of effectiveness of this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, Jefferies Finance LLC and KKR Capital Markets LLC are joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for Amendment No. 4 and the Tranche B-3 Term Loans (collectively, in such capacities, the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date as follows:
(a)
Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the Credit
Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
(b) (x) The Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments shall not be treated as New Term Loan Commitments as such term is defined in Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement; (y) the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall not be treated as New Term Loans as such term is defined in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement; and (z) the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lenders shall not be treated as New Term Loan Lenders as such term is defined in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement.
(c) The Lenders party hereto (or party to a Consent to Amendment No. 4) waive the payment of any breakage loss or expense under Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the repayment of their Existing Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party party hereto hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date that:
(a) Each such Credit Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of the obligations by each such Credit Party under this Amendment and under the Amended Credit Agreement.
(b) Each such Credit Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment and this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by each such Credit Party of this Amendment and the performance of the obligations by such Credit Party under the Amended Credit Agreement will not (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which
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it or any of its property or assets is bound other than any such breach, default or Lien that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(d) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment and the establishment and funding of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) as of such earlier date.
(e) At the time of and after giving effect to this Amendment and the establishment and funding of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the first Business Day on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) (I) from each Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lender and (II) from Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lenders having Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments equal in principal amount to the principal amount of Existing Term Loans held by Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders, (ii) from the Administrative Agent, and (iii) from the Borrower and Holdings, either (x) a counterpart of this Amendment (or, in the case of such Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lenders, a Consent to Amendment No. 4) signed on behalf of such party or (y) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;
(b) The Borrower shall have paid to all Existing Term Loan Lenders on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, simultaneously with the making (or deemed making) of Tranche B-3 Term Loans under the Credit Agreement, all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties. The Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion;
(d) The Borrower shall have paid (i) the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be received on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and (ii) the Administrative Agent all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers) of the Administrative Agent for which invoices have been presented prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
(e) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 above shall be true and correct;
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(f) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (A) a certificate of each of (x) Holdings and the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings and the Borrower, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in the following clause (B) and (B) (w) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other managers of Holdings and the Borrower authorizing (I) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and the performance of the obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement and (II) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (x) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings and the Borrower, (y) signature and incumbency certificates of the Authorized Officers of Holdings and the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party, and (z) a good standing certificate from the relevant Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower and Holdings, dated the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; and
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in respect of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart hereof. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
Section 5. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Amendment mutatis mutandis.
Section 6. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 7. Effect of Amendment.
(a) This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any of the Credit Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed by Holdings and the Borrower on behalf of all Credit
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Parties in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. By executing and delivering a copy hereof, each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby consents to Amendment No. 4 and the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby confirms, on behalf of each Credit Party, the respective guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, as applicable, under and subject to the terms of each of the Credit Documents to which each Credit Party is party, and agrees on behalf of each Credit Party that, after giving effect to this Amendment, such guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, and the terms of each of the Security Documents to which each Credit Party is a party, shall continue to be in full force and effect, including to guarantee and secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Tranche B-3 Term Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Credit Document.
(b) Each Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender party hereto (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, this Amendment No. 4 and the other Credit Documents, together with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment No. 4; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Agent or any other Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender. Upon the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the undersigned Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement and shall have the respective Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment set forth next to its name on the Allocation Schedule. In addition, if an Existing Term Loan Lender has exercised its Cashless Settlement Option or the Post- Closing Settlement Option pursuant to their Consent to Amendment No. 4, the amount of such Existing Term Loan Lenders participation in the Tranche B-3 Term Loans may be less than 100% of the principal amount of such Existing Term Loan Lenders Existing Term Loans, based on the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers allocation of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans.
Section 8. Severability. Any term or provision of this Amendment which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Amendment is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., as the Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC., as Holdings | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Graham Robertson | |
Name: Graham Robertson | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, as Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Jason Kennedy | |
Name: Jason Kennedy | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
Exhibit 10.9
Execution Version
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 5
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 5, dated as of April 16, 2021 (this Agreement), by and among Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders (as defined below) party hereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021 and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the Credit Agreement; the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement is referred to as the Amended Credit Agreement), among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Amended Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish New Term Loan Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with New Term Loan Lenders;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it is requesting, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement the establishment of New Term Loan Commitments in in an aggregate principal amount equal to $675,000,000 (the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments) as an increase to the principal amount of the Class and Series of existing Tranche B-3 Term Loans;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower wishes to make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement as are necessary to effect the establishment and provision of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as described herein;
WHEREAS, each Lender with an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment set forth on Schedule A hereto (each, an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender) that executes this Agreement has agreed to provide Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement permits the Credit Agreement to be modified from time to time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (including to effect changes to the terms and conditions applicable solely to the Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of issuances of Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, respectively) and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. THE AMENDMENT NO. 5 INCREMENTAL TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS
Each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments as of the date hereof is $675,000,000.
Each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender and a Lender; and (v) requests the Administrative Agent to execute this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender hereby agree that the Credit Agreement will be amended to provide for the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments as set forth in this Agreement upon the satisfaction (or waiver) by the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders and the Administrative Agent of the Effective Date Conditions (as defined below).
Each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender hereby agrees to provide its Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment on the following terms and conditions:
1. | Terms Generally. The Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall be established under Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement as an increase to the existing Class and Series of Tranche B-3 Term Loans as defined in, and outstanding under, the Credit Agreement immediately before giving effect to this Agreement (such existing Tranche B-3 Term Loans, the Existing Tranche B-3 Loans). For all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including this Agreement (unless the context dictates otherwise)), the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall constitute part of a single Class and Series of Term Loans with, and have the same terms as, the Existing Tranche B-3 Term Loans (as amended as set forth in this Agreement). All Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall (i) constitute Obligations and have all of the benefits thereof; (ii) have terms, rights, remedies, privileges and protections set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents; and (iii) be secured by the Liens granted (I) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and/or (II) to the Secured Parties in their capacity as such (or to any of them). For the avoidance of doubt, the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with all other Commitments and Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement. |
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2. | Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders. Each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and providing of the respective Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments, that such Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender shall become a New Term Loan Lender, a Term Loan Lender, a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, and a Lender under, and for all purposes of, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a New Term Loan Lender, a Term Loan Lender, a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender and a Lender thereunder. |
3. | Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
4. | Consents. In response to each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders request set forth in clause (v) in the second paragraph of this Article I above and pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent hereby consents to such Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender. |
ARTICLE II. AMENDMENTS
1. | Subject to the occurrence of (and concurrently with) the Effective Date (as defined below), each of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
2. | Effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text
(indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: |
3. | Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, effective as of April 23, 2021, the definition of Interpolated Rate in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth below (such amendment, the Amendment No. 5 Technical Amendment). The Amendment No. 5 Technical Amendment shall only become effective to the extent the Administrative Agent shall not have received, prior to April 23, 2021, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to the Amendment No. 5 Technical Amendment. |
Interpolated Rate shall mean, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that is shorter than the applicable Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that exceeds the applicable Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if the Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for Revolving Credit Loans, Tranche B-1 Term Loans and Tranche B-3 Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE III. OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
1. | Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that: |
(a) | this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity; and |
(b) | the execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement are within the Borrowers corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries. |
2. | Borrower Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, each undersigned officer of the Borrower hereby certifies, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, that: |
(a) | all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, are true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to this Agreement (except where such representations and warranties (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8.19 of the Amended Credit Agreement, which shall relate to the Effective Date (instead of the Closing Date)) expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, were true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date); |
(b) | the conditions in Section 3(h) below are satisfied. |
3. | Effective Date Conditions. This Agreement will become effective on the date (the Effective Date) on which each of the following conditions (the Effective Date Conditions) is satisfied: |
(a) | The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party; |
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(b) | The Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special counsel to the Borrower. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion; |
(c) | The Borrower shall have paid or caused to be paid all fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP) of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders and the Administrative Agent, in each case, required to be paid by that certain second amended and restated fee letter, dated as of March 29, 2021, by and among the Borrower and the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers, and, in the case of any such costs and expenses, for which invoices have been presented at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Borrower shall reasonably agree) prior to the Effective Date, which such fees, costs and expenses, for the avoidance of doubt, may be netted against the proceeds of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans; |
(d) | The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and attaching the documents referred to in clause (e) below. |
(e) | The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of the Borrower authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement (and any agreements relating thereto) and the performance of the Amended Credit Agreement and (b) the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other comparable organizational documents of the Borrower, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates of the Authorized Officers of the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) a good standing certificate from the relevant Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower, dated the Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; |
(f) | The Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Effective Date all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers at least ten calendar days prior to the Effective Date and as required by U.S. and Cayman Islands regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the, the Patriot Act; |
(g) | If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender has provided its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Effective Date, such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower; |
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(h) | (x) all Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, are true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to this Agreement and (y) all Abode Representations (as defined below) shall be true and correct in all material respects. Abode Representations such of the representations and warranties made by Abode Target with respect to Abode Target, its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Abode Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its obligations under the Abode Acquisition Agreement (or otherwise decline to consummate the Abode Acquisition without any liability) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Abode Acquisition Agreement; |
(i) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent; |
(j) | The Abode Acquisition shall have been prior to or, substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Abode Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents by the Borrower (or one of the Borrowers Affiliates) thereto that are materially adverse to the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders or the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers in their capacities as such; |
(k) | Since December 31, 2019, there has not been any Effect (as defined in the Abode Acquisition Agreement) that has had or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Abode Acquisition Agreement); |
(l) | Substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans, the Abode Refinancing shall be consummated; |
(m) | Subject in all respects to the Funding Conditions Provisions (as defined below), (a) Guarantees and all other applicable Security Documents shall have been executed by Abode Target and the Subsidiaries of Abode Target that will become Guarantors and be in full force and effect or substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans, shall be executed and become in full force and effect, (b) all documents and instruments required to create or perfect the Administrative Agents security interest in the Collateral of Abode Target and the subsidiaries of Abode Target that will become Guarantors shall have been executed and delivered by Abode Target and such subsidiaries concurrently with the initial borrowing of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans and, if applicable, be in proper form for filing and (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the type referred to in clause (d) above of Abode Target and the Subsidiaries of Abode Target that will become Guarantors, dated as of the Effective Date, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each such Person; |
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(n) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in respect of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.3(a) of the Amended Credit Agreement. |
For purposes of this Agreement, the Funding Conditions Provisions shall mean that the only Guarantees and/or Collateral that will be required to be delivered on the Effective Date with respect to Abode Target and Abode Targets Subsidiaries shall be (1) the Guarantees to be provided by U.S. domestic Subsidiaries, (2) the pledge and perfection of the security interests in the Equity Interests of Abode Target and any wholly-owned U.S. domestic Material Subsidiaries of Abode Target (provided that any such certificated Equity Interests of Abode Target and its Subsidiaries will be required to be delivered on the Effective Date only to the extent received from Abode Target after the Borrowers use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so) and (3) the pledge and perfection of the security interests in other assets with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code, and that, to the extent any additional Guarantees and/or Collateral are not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Effective Date, after the Borrowers use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, the provision and/or perfection of any such additional Guarantees and/or Collateral shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability and funding of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans on the Effective Date but instead shall be required to be delivered and/or perfected after the Effective Date pursuant to, and by the time periods provided in, Sections 9.11, 9.12, and 9.14 of the Amended Credit Agreement, as applicable, and the analogous sections of the Security Documents, as applicable.
4. | Tax Forms. Delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement. |
5. | Recordation of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment provided by the relevant Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender in the Register. |
6. | Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. |
7. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
8. | GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement mutatis mutandis. |
9. | Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions |
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of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. |
10. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. |
11. | Credit Documents. On and after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
12. | Reaffirmation. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Credit Party, hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and confirms and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the prior obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments contained in each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party, including, in each case, such obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) such Credit Partys guarantee of the Obligations (including, without limitation, Obligations with respect to the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments) under each Guarantee, as applicable, (iii) such Credit Partys prior grant of Liens and security interests on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments) pursuant to the Security Documents and (iv) agrees that after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (A) each Credit Document to which such Credit Party is a party is ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue to be in full force and effect and (B) all guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests, covenants, agreements and other commitments by such Credit Party under the Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby or by the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. |
13. | Effect of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement and all other Credit Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the date hereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to establish a precedent for purposes of interpreting the provisions of the Amended Credit |
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Agreement or entitle any Credit Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances. This Agreement shall apply to and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents specifically referred to herein. |
14. | Fees. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lenders the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing on or prior to the day immediately following the Effective Date. |
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, | ||
as Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Jason Kennedy | |
Name: Jason Kennedy | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., | ||
as the Borrower | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Consented to by: | ||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., | ||
as the Administrative Agent | ||
By: |
/s/ Graham Robertson | |
Name: Graham Robertson | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement]
Exhibit 10.10
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 6
JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 6, dated as of June 30, 2023 (this Agreement), by and among Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender (as defined below), each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (as defined below) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swingline Lender.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, as supplemented by the Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021, as amended by Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 5, dated as of April 16, 2021, and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the Credit Agreement; the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement is referred to as the Amended Credit Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Amended Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish Additional Revolving Credit Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with Additional Revolving Loan Lenders; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it is (i) requesting, pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement and the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, the establishment of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $475,000,000 (the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments), and (ii) concurrently with the effectiveness of such Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments, repaying all outstanding existing Revolving Credit Loans and permanently terminating the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case, under the Credit Agreement outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement (the Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments).
WHEREAS, (i) pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower wishes to make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement as are necessary to effect the establishment and provision of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) pursuant to Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower wishes to make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement, in each case, as described herein;
WHEREAS, each Additional Revolving Loan Lender with an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitment set forth on Schedule I hereto (each, an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender) that executes this Agreement has agreed (i) to the amendments to the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and (ii) to provide Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments in the amount listed opposite its name on Schedule I hereto on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, after giving effect to this Agreement, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Commitments outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement shall be $475,000,000 and the maturity date thereof shall be the earlier of (a) the fifth anniversary of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 (as hereinafter defined), (b) if greater than $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) are outstanding on December 4, 2025, December 4, 2025 and (c) if greater than $500,000,000 is aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) are outstanding on December 4, 2026, December 4, 2026;
WHEREAS, each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender (in such capacity, the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers) party hereto has agreed to provide Letter of Credit Commitments in the amount listed opposite its name on Schedule I hereto on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, KKR Capital Markets LLC shall serve as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with this Agreement (the Amendment No. 6 Arranger).
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1.13 of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have determined that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred and have agreed to enter into this Agreement to implement and give effect to Term SOFR as the Successor LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1.13 of the Credit Agreement, the provisions set forth in clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article II of this Agreement will become effective for each Class of Loans and Lenders without any further action or consent of any other party to the Credit Agreement on June 30, 2023 unless, at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 29, 2023 (the Objection Deadline), Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. THE REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitment in the amount listed opposite its name on Schedule I hereto, on the terms set forth in this Agreement and subject solely to the satisfaction of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions (as hereinafter defined). Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached thereto, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Revolving Credit Lender; and (v) requests the Administrative Agent to execute this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement.
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Each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that its Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitment will be made on the terms set forth in this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement and subject to the satisfaction of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that the Credit Agreement will be amended to provide for the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments as set forth in this Agreement upon the satisfaction of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions.
With effect from and after the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 (after giving effect to the establishment of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments), any Revolving Credit Exposure outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 (the Existing Revolving Exposure) shall be reallocated on a pro rata basis among the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement on the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 in order that, after giving effect to such reallocation, such Existing Revolving Exposure will be held by the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders ratably in accordance with the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments of each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender (after giving effect to this Amendment). The trade date and the effective date of all assignments in connection with such reallocation shall be the Amendment Effective Date No. 1. By their execution hereof, each of the Borrower, the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Swingline Lender, the Sponsors and the Administrative Agent hereby consent to all such assignments to and purchases by the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, each of ING Capital LLC and Credit Suisse Capital Funding Inc, as a Revolving Credit Lender under the existing Credit Agreement, shall have received payment of an amount equal to its outstanding principal of the Revolving Credit Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it under the existing Credit Agreement substantially simultaneously with the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 in connection with the reallocation referenced in this paragraph. The Administrative Agent further acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall constitute an Assignment and Acceptance in a reasonably satisfactory form.
Each of the parties hereto agrees:
1. | Terms Generally. For all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including this Agreement (unless the context dictates otherwise)), the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed to be the Revolving Credit Commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement, with such terms as set forth herein and therein, and will collectively comprise a single Class of Revolving Credit Commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement. The Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments established hereunder shall be, as of and following the effectiveness of this Agreement, collectively referred to as the Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure (i) that the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments are included in each Borrowing and repayment of Revolving Credit Loans on a pro rata basis and (ii) that the Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently terminated in whole. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that each Revolving Credit Lender that holds Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, but that will not hold Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments on the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 shall no longer be considered a Revolving Credit Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement. All Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments shall (i) constitute Obligations and have all of the benefits thereof; (ii) have terms, rights, remedies, privileges and protections set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents; and (iii) be |
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secured by the Liens granted (I) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and/or (II) to the Secured Parties in their capacity as such (or to any of them). For the avoidance of doubt, the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with all other Commitments and Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement.
2. | Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders and Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers. Each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and providing of the respective Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments, such Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender shall become an Additional Revolving Loan Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Lender under, and for all purposes of, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of an Additional Revolving Loan Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender and a Lender thereunder. Each Amendment No. 6 Letter of Credit Issuer acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and providing of the respective Letter of Credit Commitments, such Amendment No. 6 Letter of Credit Issuer shall become an Letter of Credit Issuer and a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under, and for all purposes of, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Letter of Credit Issuer and a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer thereunder. |
3. | Fees. On the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, the Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments (and any related outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of each Revolving Credit Lender that holds Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, but that will not hold Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments on the Amendment Effective Date No. 1) (including principal, interest, fees and other amounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Revolving Letter of Credit Fees)) to each Revolving Credit Lender that holds Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments (either directly to such Revolving Credit Lender or to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Revolving Credit Lender) which have accrued up to, but excluding the Amendment Effective Date No. 1. |
4. | Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
5. | Consents. The Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, each hereby consents to each financial institution named on Schedule I hereto as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender. |
ARTICLE II. AMENDMENTS
1. | Subject to the occurrence of (and concurrently with) the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, each of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders, each of the Amendment No. 6 Letter of Credit Issuers, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
2. | Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the
stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: |
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3. | Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 2, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the
stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: |
4. | Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 2, Exhibits A and J to the Credit Agreement are hereby amended by (x) replacing all the references to LIBOR with Term SOFR and (y) removing all references to a two month Interest Period. |
5. | The Administrative Agent, Borrower and Holdings agree that, by executing this Agreement, such parties intend to amend the Credit Agreement to remove any option for interest on Loans, as applicable, to accrue at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and, in place thereof, to add the option for interest on such Loans to accrue at a rate based upon Term SOFR, as more fully set forth in this Agreement. |
6. | Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement, the interest on any Loans outstanding as LIBOR Loans as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 2 will continue to be determined by reference to the LIBOR provisions that apply prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 2, until the end of the then current Interest Period on such Loans, at which time interest shall be determined after giving effect to the Amended Credit Agreement. |
ARTICLE III. OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
1. | Representations and Warranties. Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 and Amendment Effective Date No. 2 that: |
(a) | It has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement; |
(b) | It has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and each of this Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. |
(c) | The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Agreement, and the performance by Holdings and the Borrower of the Amended Credit Agreement will not (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any Contractual Requirement other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries. |
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2. | Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, each undersigned officer of Holdings and the Borrower hereby certifies, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the applicable Credit Party, and not in his or her individual capacity, that: |
(a) | all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, are true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 and Amendment Effective Date No. 2 after giving effect to this Agreement (except where such representations and warranties (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8.19 of the Amended Credit Agreement, which shall relate to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 and Amendment Effective Date No. 2 (instead of the Closing Date)) expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, were true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date); and |
(b) | At the time of and after giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. |
3. | Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions. This Agreement (other than the provisions set forth in clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article II) will become effective on the date (the Amendment Effective Date No. 1) on which each of the following conditions (the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions) is satisfied: |
(a) | The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) from each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, (ii) from each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, (iii) from the Administrative Agent and (iv) from Holdings and the Borrower, a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party; |
(b) | The Administrative Agent, the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers and the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders shall have received the executed legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special counsel to Holdings and the Borrower (it being understood that the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinion); |
(c) | The Borrower shall have paid, or caused to have been paid, to (i) the Amendment No. 6 Arranger the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be received on the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, (ii) each Revolving Credit Lender that holds Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments, all payments in respect of the Terminated Revolving Credit Commitments (including principal, interest, fees and other amounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Revolving Letter of Credit Fees)) which have accrued up to, but excluding, the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 6 Arranger, as applicable, all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Agents) of the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 6 Arranger for which invoices have been presented prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1; |
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(d) | The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each of Holdings and the Borrower, dated the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer (or in the case of Holdings any Director or authorized agent of Holdings) and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each of Holdings and the Borrower (or in the case of Holdings any Director or authorized agent of Holdings), as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in the following clause (e) below; |
(e) | The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (w) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of Holdings and the Borrower authorizing (I) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement (and any agreements relating thereto) and the performance of Amended Credit Agreement and (II) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (x) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings and the Borrower, (y) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings and the Borrower executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (z) a good standing certificate from the relevant Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of organization of Holdings and the Borrower, dated the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 or a recent date prior thereto; |
(f) | The Administrative Agent, the Amendment No. 6 Arranger and the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lenders shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent, the Amendment No. 6 Arranger or an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender at least ten calendar days prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1 and as required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the Patriot Act; |
(g) | If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender has provided its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower; |
(h) | The certifications made in clause (2) of this Article III of this Agreement are true and correct; |
(i) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent; and |
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(j) | The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower certifying that after giving effect to the incurrence of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower has not incurred Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.14 and Section 10.1(x) of the Credit Agreement in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement; |
4. | Amendment Effective Date No. 2 Conditions. The provisions set forth in clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article II will become effective on the date (the Amendment Effective Date No. 2) on which each of the following conditions (the Amendment Effective Date No. 2 Conditions) is satisfied: |
(a) | the later to occur of (i) the Objection Deadline, unless the Administrative Agent receives, at or before the Objection Deadline, a written notice from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders stating that such Lenders object to this Agreement and (ii) the receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly executed counterpart of this Amendment by each party hereto. |
5. | Notice. For purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below. |
6. | Tax Forms. For each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, delivered herewith (if not already delivered previously) to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender is required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(e) of the Amended Credit Agreement. |
7. | Recordation of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments. Upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, the Administrative Agent shall record the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments made by each Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender in the Register. |
8. | Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. |
9. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
10. | GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement mutatis mutandis. |
11. | Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. |
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12. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. |
13. | Credit Documents. On and after the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
14. | Reaffirmation. Each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Credit Party, hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and confirms and reaffirms, (x) as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 1, and after giving effect to this Agreement (other than the provisions set forth in clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article II), (i) the prior obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments contained in each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party, including, in each case, such obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) each Credit Partys guarantee of the Obligations (including, without limitation, Obligations with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments (including the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments)) under each Guarantee, as applicable, and (iii) each Credit Partys prior grant of Liens and security interests on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments (including the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments)) pursuant to the Security Documents and (y) as of the Amendment Effective Date No. 2, and after giving effect to the provisions set forth in clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article II this Agreement, (i) the prior obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments contained in each Credit Document to which a Credit Party is a party, including, in each case, such obligations, covenants, guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests and agreements or other commitments as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) each Credit Partys guarantee of the Obligations under each Guarantee, as applicable, and (iii) each Credit Partys prior grant of Liens and security interests on the Collateral to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents. Each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and each other Credit Party, hereby agrees that after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (A) each Credit Document to which each Credit Party is a party is ratified and reaffirmed in all respects and shall continue to be in full force and effect and (B) all guarantees, pledges, grants of Liens and security interests, covenants, agreements and other commitments by such Credit Party under the Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby or by the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. |
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15. | Effect of this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Agreement and all other Credit Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the date hereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to establish a precedent for purposes of interpreting the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement or entitle any Credit Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances. Upon and after the execution of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto, this Agreement shall constitute a Credit Document and each reference in the Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to the Credit Agreement, thereunder, thereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. |
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ William E. Briggs IV | |
Name: William E. Briggs IV | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ D. Andrew Maletta | |
Name: D. Andrew Maletta | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
By: | /s/ Heesu Sin | |
Name: Heesu Sin | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Attention: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Michael King | |
Name: Michael King | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Attention: **** | ||
Telephone: **** | ||
Facsimile: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Jordan Harris | |
Name: Jordan Harris | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Telephone: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Craig DelDuca | |
Name: Craig DelDuca | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Philip Tancorra | |
Name: Philip Tancorra | ||
Title: Director | ||
By: | /s/ Ilir Hasi | |
Name: Ilir Hasi | ||
Title: Director | ||
Notice Address: | ||
Attention: | ||
Telephone: | ||
Facsimile: |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Raymond Ventura | |
Name: Raymond Ventura | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Attention: **** | ||
Telephone: **** | ||
Facsimile: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ John Koehler | |
Name: John Koehler | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Attention: **** | ||
E-mail: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Richard Harris | |
Name: Richard Harris | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Attention: **** | ||
Telephone: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
Bank of Montreal, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Eric Oppenheimer | |
Name: Eric Oppenheimer | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Notice Address: | ||
Attention: | ||
Telephone: | ||
Facsimile: |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as an Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Amendment No. 6 Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Amin Issa | |
Name: Amin Issa | ||
Title: Director | ||
By: | /s/ Gordon Yip | |
Name: Gordon Yip | ||
Title: Director | ||
Notice Address: **** | ||
Attention: **** | ||
Telephone: **** |
[Signature Page to Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6]
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jon Rousseau | |
Name: Jon Rousseau | ||
Title: President | ||
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jon Rousseau | |
Name: Jon Rousseau | ||
Title: President |
Consented to by: | ||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., | ||
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swingline Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Lisa Hanson | |
Name: Lisa Hanson | ||
Title: Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
TO JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 6
Amended Credit Agreement
[See Attached]
Final Form
Exhibit A
to Amendment No. 56
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 5, 2019,
as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020,
as amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020,
as amended by Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020,
as amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021,
and
as further amended by Amendment No. 5,
dated as of April 16, 2021,
and as further amended by Amendment No. 6, dated as of June 30, 2023
among
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings,
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto
and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
as the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. |
Definitions | 2 | ||||||
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1.1 | Defined Terms | 2 | |||||
1.2 | Other Interpretive Provisions | |||||||
1.3 | Accounting Terms | |||||||
1.4 | Rounding | |||||||
1.5 | References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | |||||||
1.6 | Exchange Rates | |||||||
1.7 | Rates | |||||||
1.8 | Times of Day | |||||||
1.9 | Timing of Payment or Performance | |||||||
1.10 | Certifications | |||||||
1.11 | Compliance with Certain Sections | |||||||
1.12 | Pro Forma and Other Calculations | |||||||
1.13 | Inability to Determine Rates and Benchmark Replacement Setting with respect to Revolving Credit Loans | 83 | ||||||
LIBOR Rate Successor | ||||||||
Divisions | ||||||||
1.16 | Interest Rates | 86 | ||||||
Section 2. |
Amount and Terms of Credit | |||||||
2.1 | Commitments | |||||||
2.2 | Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings | |||||||
2.3 | Notice of Borrowing | |||||||
2.4 | Disbursement of Funds | |||||||
2.5 | Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | |||||||
2.6 | Conversions and Continuations | |||||||
2.7 | Pro Rata Borrowings | |||||||
2.8 | Interest | |||||||
2.9 | Interest Periods | |||||||
2.10 | Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. | |||||||
2.11 | Compensation | |||||||
2.12 | Change of Lending Office | |||||||
2.13 | Notice of Certain Costs | |||||||
2.14 | Incremental Facilities | |||||||
2.15 | Permitted Debt Exchanges | |||||||
2.16 | Defaulting Lenders | |||||||
2.17 | Swingline Loans | |||||||
Section 3. |
Revolving Letters of Credit | |||||||
3.1 | Revolving Letters of Credit | |||||||
3.2 | Revolving Letter of Credit Requests | |||||||
3.3 | Revolving Letter of Credit Participations | |||||||
3.4 | Agreement to Repay Revolving Letter of Credit Drawings | |||||||
3.5 | Increased Costs | |||||||
3.6 | New or Successor Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | |||||||
3.7 | Role of Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer |
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3.8 |
Cash Collateral | ||||||
3.9 |
Applicability of ISP and UCP | |||||||
3.10 |
Conflict with Issuer Documents | |||||||
3.11 |
Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries | |||||||
3.12 |
Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments | |||||||
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3A.1 |
2020 Letters of Credit | |||||||
3A.2 |
2020 Letter of Credit Requests | |||||||
3A.3 |
2020 Letter of Credit Participations | |||||||
3A.4 |
Agreement to Repay 2020 Letter of Credit Drawings | |||||||
3A.5 |
Increased Costs | |||||||
3A.6 |
New or Successor 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer | |||||||
3A.7 |
Role of 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer | |||||||
3A.8 |
Cash Collateral | |||||||
3A.9 |
Applicability of ISP and UCP | |||||||
3A.10 |
Conflict with Issuer Documents | |||||||
3A.11 |
Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries | |||||||
3A.12 |
Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments | |||||||
Section 4. |
Fees | |||||||
4.1 |
Fees | |||||||
4.2 |
Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments | |||||||
4.3 |
Mandatory Termination of Commitments | |||||||
Section 5. |
Payments | |||||||
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments | |||||||
5.2 |
Mandatory Prepayments | |||||||
5.3 |
Method and Place of Payment | |||||||
5.4 |
Net Payments | |||||||
5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees | |||||||
5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest | |||||||
Section 6. |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing | |||||||
6.1 |
Credit Documents | |||||||
6.2 |
Collateral | |||||||
6.3 |
Legal Opinions | |||||||
6.4 |
Equity Investments | |||||||
6.5 |
Closing Certificates | |||||||
6.6 |
Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents | |||||||
6.7 |
Fees | |||||||
6.8 |
Representations and Warranties | |||||||
6.9 |
Solvency Certificate | |||||||
6.10 |
Acquisition | |||||||
6.11 |
Patriot Act | |||||||
6.12 |
Pro Forma Balance Sheet | |||||||
6.13 |
Financial Statements |
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6.14 |
No Company Material Adverse Effect | ||||||
6.15 |
Refinancing | |||||||
6.16 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||||
Section 7. |
Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events after the Closing Date | |||||||
7.1 |
No Default; Representations and Warranties | |||||||
7.2 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||||
7.3 |
Additional 2020 Letter of Credit Condition | |||||||
Section 8. |
Representations and Warranties | |||||||
8.1 |
Corporate Status | |||||||
8.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority | |||||||
8.3 |
No Violation | |||||||
8.4 |
Litigation | |||||||
8.5 |
Margin Regulations | |||||||
8.6 |
Governmental Approvals | |||||||
8.7 |
Investment Company Act | |||||||
8.8 |
True and Complete Disclosure | |||||||
8.9 |
Financial Condition; Financial Statements | |||||||
8.10 |
Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws | |||||||
8.11 |
Tax Matters | |||||||
8.12 |
Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance | |||||||
8.13 |
Subsidiaries | |||||||
8.14 |
Intellectual Property | |||||||
8.15 |
Environmental Laws | |||||||
8.16 |
Properties | |||||||
8.17 |
Solvency | |||||||
8.18 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||||
8.19 |
Beneficial Ownership Certification | |||||||
Section 9. |
Affirmative Covenants | |||||||
9.1 |
Information Covenants | |||||||
9.2 |
Books, Records, and Inspections | |||||||
9.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance | |||||||
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes | |||||||
9.5 |
Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises | |||||||
9.6 |
Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. | |||||||
9.7 |
ERISA | |||||||
9.8 |
Maintenance of Properties | |||||||
9.9 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |||||||
9.10 |
End of Fiscal Years | |||||||
9.11 |
Additional Guarantors and Grantors | |||||||
9.12 |
Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness | |||||||
9.13 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||||
9.14 |
Further Assurances | |||||||
9.15 |
Maintenance of Ratings | |||||||
9.16 |
Lines of Business |
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Section 10. |
Negative Covenants | |||||||
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10.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness | ||||||
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens | |||||||
10.3 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes | |||||||
10.4 |
Limitations on Sale of Assets | |||||||
10.5 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | |||||||
10.6 |
Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions | |||||||
10.7 |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio | |||||||
10.8 |
Permitted Activities | |||||||
Section 11. |
Events of Default | |||||||
11.1 |
Payments | |||||||
11.2 |
Representations, Etc. | |||||||
11.3 |
Covenants | |||||||
11.4 |
Default Under Other Agreements | |||||||
11.5 |
Bankruptcy, Etc. | |||||||
11.6 |
ERISA | |||||||
11.7 |
Guarantee | |||||||
11.8 |
Pledge Agreement | |||||||
11.9 |
Security Agreement | |||||||
11.10 |
Judgments | |||||||
11.11 |
Change of Control | |||||||
11.12 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | |||||||
11.13 |
Application of Proceeds | |||||||
11.14 |
Equity Cure | |||||||
Section 12. |
The Agents | |||||||
12.1 |
Appointment | |||||||
12.2 |
Delegation of Duties | |||||||
12.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions | |||||||
12.4 |
Reliance by Agents | |||||||
12.5 |
Notice of Default | |||||||
12.6 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders | |||||||
12.7 |
Indemnification | |||||||
12.8 |
Agents in Their Individual Capacities | |||||||
12.9 |
Successor Agents | |||||||
12.10 |
Withholding Tax | |||||||
12.11 |
Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee | |||||||
12.12 |
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee | |||||||
12.13 |
Intercreditor Agreements Govern | |||||||
12.14 |
Certain ERISA Matters | |||||||
Section 13. |
Miscellaneous | |||||||
13.1 |
Amendments, Waivers, and Releases | |||||||
13.2 |
Notices | |||||||
13.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |||||||
13.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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13.5 |
Payment of Expenses; Indemnification | ||||||
13.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | |||||||
13.7 |
Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances | |||||||
13.8 |
Adjustments; Set-off | |||||||
13.9 |
Counterparts | |||||||
13.10 |
Severability | |||||||
13.11 |
Integration | |||||||
13.12 |
GOVERNING LAW | |||||||
13.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers | |||||||
13.14 |
Acknowledgments | |||||||
13.15 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | |||||||
13.16 |
Confidentiality | |||||||
13.17 |
Direct Website Communications | |||||||
13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act | |||||||
13.19 |
[Reserved] | |||||||
13.20 |
Payments Set Aside | |||||||
13.21 |
No Fiduciary Duty | |||||||
13.22 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | |||||||
13.23 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 | Commitments of Lenders | |
Schedule 8.13 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 8.15 | Environmental | |
Schedule 8.16 | Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 9.14 | Post-Closing Actions | |
Schedule 10.1 | Closing Date Indebtedness | |
Schedule 10.2 | Closing Date Liens | |
Schedule 10.5 | Closing Date Investments | |
Schedule 13.2 | Notice Addresses |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Exhibit B | Form of Guarantee | |
Exhibit C | Form of Pledge Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit E | Form of Credit Party Closing Certificate | |
Exhibit F | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit G-1 | Form of Promissory Note (Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans and New Term Loans) | |
Exhibit G-2 | Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans) | |
Exhibit H-1 | Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit H-2 | Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit I-1 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-2 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-3 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-4 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit J | Form of Notice of Borrowing or Continuation or Conversion | |
Exhibit K | Form of Letter of Credit Request | |
Exhibit L-1 | Form of Hedge Bank Designation | |
Exhibit L-2 | Form of Cash Management Bank Designation |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties hereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble and the recitals having the meaning provided in Section 1).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 10, 2018 (the Acquisition Agreement), by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Cardinal Merger Sub Inc. (Merger Sub), Onex Rescare Holdings Corp. (the Company) and Onex Partners GP Inc. (the Equityholder Representative), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., will acquire, directly or indirectly, the outstanding equity interests of the Company (together with the other related transactions contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement to occur on the date of or substantially contemporaneously with the foregoing, the Acquisition);
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Investor Group will directly or indirectly contribute an amount in cash to Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (such contributions, the Equity Investments), in an aggregate amount equal to at least $250,000,000; provided that KKR shall directly or indirectly own at least 50.1% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately following the consummation of the Transactions (collectively, the Minimum Equity Amount);
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will incur the Second Lien Loans pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 (the Second Lien Facility);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Lender extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,800,000,000 comprised of (x) Initial Term Loans made available to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,650,000,000 and (y) the Delayed Draw Term Loans made available to the Borrower after the Closing Date and at any time and from time to time on or prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility), (ii) the Lenders extend credit in the form of Revolving Credit Loans made available to the Borrower at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $187,500,000 less the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, (iii) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer issue standby Revolving Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Stated Amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $82,500,000 and (iv) the Swingline Lender issue Swingline Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregated amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $50,000,000;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw Term Loans) will be used by the Borrower, together with (i) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of (a) the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility to fund certain Transaction Expenses and (b) the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit usage) to fund working capital, (ii) the proceeds of the Second Lien Facility, (iii) the proceeds of the Equity Investments and (iv) cash on hand, to effect the Acquisition, to consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and to pay Transaction Expenses;
WHEREAS, after the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility will be used by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions and for related costs and expenses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer issue 2020 Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Stated Amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $55,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender are willing to make available to the Borrower such Credit Facilities upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time.
2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2024.
2020 L/C Fronting Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(g).
2020 L/C Obligations shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a 2020 Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 13.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), Article 29 of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP600), or similar terms expressed in the 2020 Letter of Credit, such 2020 Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a 2020 Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Stated Amount of such 2020 Letter of Credit at such time.
2020 Letter of Credit shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3A.1
2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin shall mean, until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Section 9.1, 3.75% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien |
2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin |
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee |
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> 4.00:1.00 | 3.75 | % | 0.50 | % | |||||
II |
≤ 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50 | 3.50 | % | 0.37 | % | |||||
III |
≤ 3.50:1.00 | 3.25 | % | 0.25 | % |
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Any increase or decrease in the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin for Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on a 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, (a) as to each Lender that is a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the amount of such Lenders Additional Revolving Credit Commitment under Amendment No. 2, (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the amount specified as such Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment and becomes a party hereto and (c) in the case of any Lender that increases its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender in respect of the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, in each case pursuant to Section 2.14, the amount specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The aggregate amount of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of all 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date is $55,000,000, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(i).
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage shall mean at any time, for each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time by (ii) the amount of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage shall be its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.
2020 Letter of Credit Disbursement shall mean a payment made by a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to a 2020 Letter of Credit.
2020 Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (i) the amount of the principal amount of any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3A.4(a) at such time and (ii) such Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of the 2020 L/C Obligations at such time.
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2020 Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(f).
2020 Letter of Credit Fee Letter shall mean the Fee Letter, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, among Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Holdings and the Borrower.
2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean the initial 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders listed on Schedule A to Amendment No. 2 as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; provided that the initial 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers shall only be required to issue standby 2020 Letters of Credit and the initial 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders will cause 2020 Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and such 2020 Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by the initial 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders for all purposes under the Credit Documents. In the event that there is more than one 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable 2020 Letter of Credit or to all 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3A.4(a).
2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3A.4(a).
2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean, at any time the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of the principal amount of all 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings.
2020 Letters of Credit Termination Date shall mean the date on which the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments shall have terminated and the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
Abode Acquisition shall mean the acquisition by the Borrower in accordance with the Abode Acquisition Agreement, directly or indirectly, of all the Equity Interests of Abode Target, pursuant to which Abode Target shall become a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Abode Acquisition Agreement shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Silverton Group Holdings, LLC, Silverton Holdings, Inc. (Abode Target), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Holdings, the Borrower and Overland Merger Sub Inc., dated as of February 10, 2021, together with all exhibits, annexes, schedules and disclosure letters thereto, collectively, as modified, amended, supplemented or waived.
Abode Refinancing shall mean the repayment of all amounts outstanding (other than contingent obligations) under (i) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Abode Healthcare, Inc., as the borrower, Silverton Abode, LLC, as Holdings, Crescent Agency Services LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto and (ii) that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Abode Healthcare, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the purchasers identified therein and Summit Partners Subordinated Debt Fund V-A, L.P., as the purchaser representative, and the Notes (as defined therein) issued to the purchasers pursuant thereto and, in each case, the termination of all commitments and obligations in respect thereof (other than obligations that expressly survive termination thereof) and the release of all Liens in respect of the foregoing.
Abode Target shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Abode Acquisition Agreement.
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ABR shall mean
(A) with
respect to Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of
interest in effect for such day as determined from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate at its principal office in New York City, and (iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based on an
Interest Period of one month as of such date) plus 1.00% per annum. Any change in the ABR due to a change in such rate determined by the Administrative Agent or in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day of such change; provided that the ABR shall not be less than 1.00% per annum with respect to the Tranche B-3 Term
Loans.;
and
(B) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as determined from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate at its principal office in New York City, and (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period in effect on such date plus 1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period on the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator. Any change in the ABR due to a change in such rate determined by the Administrative Agent, in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively.
ABR Loan shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.
Acquired EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a Pro Forma Entity) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Acquired Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Model shall mean the Sponsors financial model dated as of December 3, 2018.
Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Additional Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
Additional Revolving Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided Section 2.14(b).
Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan shall mean a Term Loan in Dollars that is made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
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Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to an Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender to make Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, in an amount set forth on Schedule I to Amendment No. 1. The aggregate amount of the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments shall equal the outstanding principal amount of Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Existing Term Loans of Post-Closing Option Lenders.
Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan shall mean a Term Loan in Dollars that is made pursuant to Section 2.1(f)(ii) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to an Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender to make Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, in an amount set forth on Schedule I to Amendment No. 4. The aggregate amount of the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments shall equal the outstanding principal amount of Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders.
Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or an Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan.
Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period and for purposes of determining ABR, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the LIBOR Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves; provided that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall not be less than 0.00%.
Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall mean, with respect to any SOFR Loan denominated in Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall not be less than 0.00% per annum.
Adjusted Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, at any time, the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment less the aggregate 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean at any time the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all Defaulting Lenders.
Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean at any time the Total Term Loan Commitment less the Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
Administrative Agent shall mean MSSF, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9.
Administrative Agents Office shall mean the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, Jefferies LLC and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of Jefferies Finance LLC and its Affiliates.
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Affiliated Institutional Lender shall mean (i) any Affiliate of any Sponsor that is either a bona fide debt fund or such Affiliate extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business, (ii) KKR Corporate Lending LLC and KKR Capital Markets LLC and (iii) MCS Corporate Lending LLC and MCS Capital Markets LLC.
Affiliated Lender shall mean a Lender that is a Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof (other than Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Affiliated Institutional Lender).
Agent Parties and Agent Party shall have the meanings provided in Section 13.17(b).
Agents shall mean the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, each Amendment No. 4 Arranger and, each Amendment No. 5 Arranger and each Amendment No. 6 Arranger.
Agreement shall mean this First Lien Credit Agreement.
AHYDO shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Amendment No. 1 shall mean Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 1 Arrangers shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 1.
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall mean January 30, 2020, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 1 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 2 shall mean that certain Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2 dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date shall mean June 30, 2020, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Article III, Section 3 of Amendment No. 2 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 3 shall mean Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 3 Arrangers shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 3.
Amendment No. 3 Effective Date shall mean October 7, 2020, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 3 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 4 shall mean Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 4 Arrangers shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 4.
Amendment No. 4 Effective Date shall mean April 8, 2021, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 4 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 4 Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 4, including the establishment and funding of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans and including the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
Amendment No. 5 shall mean Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 5 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
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Amendment No. 5 Arrangers shall mean each of Jefferies Finance LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Natixis, New York Branch in their capacities as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with Amendment No. 5.
Amendment No. 5 Effective Date shall mean April 16, 2021, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 5 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan shall mean the Tranche B-3 Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(g) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule A to Amendment No. 5 as such Lenders Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date is $675,000,000.
Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan.
Amendment No. 5 Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 5, the Abode Acquisition, the Abode Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Abode Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Abode Acquisition).
Amendment No. 6 shall mean Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6 to this Agreement dated as of June 30, 2023.
Amendment No. 6 Arranger shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 6.
Amendment No. 6 Effective Date shall mean June 30, 2023, the first Business Day on which all Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions (as defined in Amendment No. 6) are satisfied.
Amendment No. 6 Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 6, including the establishment of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder and including the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
Anti-Corruption Laws shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any other similar laws or regulations concerning or relating to terrorism financing or money laundering.
Applicable Margin shall mean a percentage per annum equal to:
(i) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for LIBOR Loans that are Tranche B-1 Term Loans, 3.25% per annum and (2) for ABR Loans that are Tranche B-1 Term Loans, 2.25% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
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Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Tranche B-1 Term Loans |
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Tranche B-1 Term Loans |
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> 4.00:1.00 | 2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | |||||
II |
≤ 4.00:1.00 | 2.00 | % | 3.00 | % |
(ii) until
delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for LIBORfor SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 4.25% per annum, and
(2) for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 3.25% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Revolving Credit Loans |
Adjusted
SOFR Rate Revolving Credit Loans |
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I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 3.25 | % | 4.25 | % | |||||
II |
≤ 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50 | 3.00 | % | 4.00 | % | |||||
III |
≤ 3.50:1.00 | 2.75 | % | 3.75 | % |
(iii) for LIBOR Loans that are Tranche B-3 Term Loans, 3.50% per annum and (2) for ABR Loans that are Tranche B-3 Term Loans, 2.50% per annum.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, any Extended Revolving Credit Loans or any Extended Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, any Additional Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement, (c) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement, (d) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement and (e) in the case of any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.14.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period
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and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Approved Foreign Bank shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Cash Equivalents.
Approved Fund shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition (including any disposition of property to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale Leaseback) (each, a disposition) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 10.1), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, worn out or surplus property or property (including leasehold property interests) that is no longer economically practical in its business or commercially desirable to maintain or no longer used or useful equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets, or goods (or other assets) in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.3;
(c) the incurrence of Liens that are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2 or the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof) that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to Section 10.5;
(d) any sale or disposition of assets (whether tangible or intangible) or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by (1) a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or (2) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
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(g) any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(h) foreclosures, condemnation, casualty or any similar action on assets (including dispositions in connection therewith);
(i) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;
(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale Leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(k) (1) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims, (2) the termination or collapse of cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the settlement of any crossing payments in connection therewith, or (3) the settlement, discount, write off, forgiveness, or cancellation of any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers, or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns;
(l) the disposition or discount of inventory, accounts receivable, or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(m) the licensing, cross-licensing or sub-licensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (whether pursuant to franchise agreements or otherwise) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of Cash Management Services;
(o) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(p) the expiration, lapse or abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) the issuance of directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(r) dispositions of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (2) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(s) leases, assignments, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(t) dispositions of non-core assets acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder (including to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority);
(u) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 10.5; and
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(v) any other disposition in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $85 million and (b) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition.
Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale of Collateral, subject to the Reinvestment Period allowed in Section 10.4; provided, further, that with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Asset Sale Prepayment Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $50 million (the Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Prepayment Trigger).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean (i) an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any assignment of Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Debt Exchange conducted in accordance with Section 2.15, such form of assignment (if any) as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.15(a).
Auction Agent shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 or Dutch auction pursuant to Section 13.6(h); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries may act as the Auction Agent.
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Vice President-Finance, a Senior Vice President, a Director, a Manager, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any other senior officer or agent with express authority to act on behalf of such Person designated as such by the board of directors or other managing authority of such Person, and shall also include, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II or Article III, any other officer of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent.
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
Available 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment over (ii) the aggregate 2020 L/C Obligations at such time.
Available Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Available Revolving Commitment shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of, without duplication, (a) all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and (b) the aggregate Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.
Available Tenor shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if any such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interests calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of Interest Period pursuant to Section 1.13(b)(iv).
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Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
Benchmark shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 1.13(b).
Benchmark Replacement shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event applicable to Revolving Credit Loans, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the Daily Simple SOFR; or
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, then the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (x) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (y) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method of calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Date shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(2) | in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non- representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date. |
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For the avoidance of doubt, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein solely to the extent such event applies to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(3) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative. |
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark solely to the extent that a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Unavailability Period shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 1.13 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 1.13.
Beneficial Ownership Certification shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.11.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefited Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
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Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, in each case, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Business Day shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, in the case of Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements, and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the applicable London interbank market.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant, or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including Capitalized Software Expenditures, website development costs, website content development costs, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs).
Capital Lease shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person, subject to Section 1.12.
Capital Stock shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that cash-settled phantom appreciation programs in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock).
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.12.
Capitalized Software Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Cash Collateral shall have a meaning correlative to the defined term Cash Collateralize and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Collateralize shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support.
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Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(i) Dollars,
(ii) (a) Euro, Pounds Sterling, Yen, Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars, or any national currency of any Participating Member State in the European Union or (b) local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(iv) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and eurodollar time deposits with average maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with average maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof),
(v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv), and (x) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above,
(vi) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P after the date of creation thereof and variable and fixed rate notes issued by a financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, in each case with average maturities of 36 months after the date of creation thereof,
(vii) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized ratings agency),
(viii) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(ix) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Moodys (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(x) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (a) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (b) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Foreign Bank), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of
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acquisition, and (c) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank, in each case, customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction,
(xi) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of foreign obligors, which investments have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies,
(xii) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (xi) above, and
(xiii) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such Investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition.
(xiv) Credit Card Receivables.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (i) and (ii) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition (other than Credit Card Receivables) will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes under the Credit Documents regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.
Cash Management Bank shall mean (i) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender or (ii) any Person that is designated by the Borrower as a Cash Management Bank by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Cash Management Services shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services), (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements and (iv) and other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
Cashless Option Lender shall mean each Existing Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 1 under the Cashless Settlement Option.
Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lender shall mean each Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 4 under the Cashless Settlement Option.
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Casualty Event shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of Collateral, for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award in respect of any equipment, fixed assets, or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets, or real property; provided, further, that with respect to any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Casualty Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $50 million (the Casualty Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).
Casualty Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Casualty Event.
CFC shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
CFC Holding Company shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all of the assets of which consist of Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents and/or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
Change in Law shall mean (i) the adoption of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation after the Closing Date, (ii) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (iii) compliance by any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, L/C Participant or Swingline Lender with any guideline, request, directive, or order issued or made after the Closing Date (or, in the case of any 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or 2020 L/C Participant, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), including, for avoidance of doubt, any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority), or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities pursuant to Basel III in each case, after the Closing Date.
Change of Control shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the Permitted Holders shall at any time not own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least 35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower; (ii) at any time after an IPO, any Person, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds 35% thereof, unless, in case of clause (i) or clause (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; (iii) at any time, a Change of Control (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) shall have occurred; or (iv) at any time prior to an IPO, Holdings shall cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower. For the purpose of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), at any time when a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity or, if applicable, a Parent Entity acts as the manager, managing member or general partner of the Borrower, references in this definition to Borrower shall be deemed to refer to the ultimate Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock or acts as (or, if applicable, is a Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of) such manager, managing member or general partner. For purposes of this definition, (a) beneficial ownership shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Securities Exchange Act, (b) the phrase Person or group is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (c) if any Person or group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, the IPO Entity or the Borrower, as applicable, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such Person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such Person or group for purposes of determining whether clause (ii) of this definition is triggered and (d) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
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Class (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Additional Revolving Credit Loans, New Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series), Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, New Term Loans (of each Series), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series) or Replacement Term Loans (of the same Series) and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, a 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment, an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment, a New Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series), a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans shall constitute, and shall be treated as, forming parts of the same Class of Tranche B-3 Term Loans under the Credit Documents.
Closing Date shall mean March 5, 2019.
Closing Date Refinancing shall mean the repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of the Existing Debt Facilities and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean all property pledged or mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents, excluding in all events Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent shall mean MSSF , as collateral agent under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to Section 12.9, and any Affiliate or designee of MSSF, may act as the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).
Commitment Fee Rate shall mean:
(a) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, a rate per annum equal to 0.500%; and
(b) thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
Commitment Fee Rate | ||
I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 0.500% | ||
II |
≤ 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50:1.00 |
0.375% | ||
III |
≤ 3.50:1.00 | 0.250% |
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Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, any Additional Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement and (c) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Commitment Fee Rate that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Commitment Fee Rate for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by any Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Commitment Fee Rate (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Commitments shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lenders Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment, New Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, New Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional Revolving Credit Commitment, 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment.
Commodity Exchange Act shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Communications shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
Company shall have the meanings provided in the recitals.
Company Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning provided to the term Material Adverse Effect in the Acquisition Agreement.
Company Representations shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Company with respect to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Sponsor (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement (or otherwise decline to consummate the Acquisition without any liability) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Acquisition Agreement.
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Compliance Certificate shall mean a certificate of a responsible financial or accounting officer or director of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) for the applicable Test Period.
Compliance Period shall mean any time at which the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans at such time and (b) Letters of Credit Outstanding (without giving effect to the proviso in the definition of Stated Amount) (excluding (i) Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit and (ii) non-Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million) exceeds 35% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Compliance Period shall be in effect prior to July 1, 2019.
Confidential Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Confidential Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated as of January 2019.
Conforming Changes shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of ABR, the definition of Business Day, the definition of U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the definition of Interest Period or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of interest period), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.11 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
Consent to Amendment No. 1 shall mean a consent to Amendment No. 1 substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached thereto.
Consent to Amendment No. 4 shall have the meaning provided to such term in Amendment No. 4.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, and expenses, capitalized expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures), customer acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(i) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
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(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (2) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and any non-cash interest expense, in each case to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(d) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date), including (1) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence of the Second Lien Loans and the Loans hereunder and all Transaction Expenses, (2) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the offering of the Credit Documents and any other credit facilities, or debt issuances, and (3) any amendment or other modification of the Second Lien Loans, the Loans hereunder or other Indebtedness, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses, any effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, purchase price accounting (including any step-up in inventory and loss of profit on the acquired inventory) or other items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(f) the amount of any net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus
(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsors, plus
(h) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus
(i) the amount of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable run-rate cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and other synergies (including in connection with any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement)) that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 18 months of the determination to take such action, net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that, except with respect to the Transactions and any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement), the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (i) shall not cumulatively exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period (with such calculation being made after giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (i) and, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such action or transaction), plus
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(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus
(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii) and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(l)(i), plus
(l) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Borrower or any of its any direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement and expenses relating to distributions made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies resulting from the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 Compensation Stock Compensation (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123 (Revised 2004)), plus
(m) with respect to any Person referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income and solely to the extent relating to the Net Income of such Person referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in this definition (other than this subclause (m)) relating to such Person corresponding to the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries proportionate share of such Persons Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such Person were a Restricted Subsidiary),
(n) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period solely to the extent that the corresponding non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (ii) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
(o) to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income, (1) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other similar provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer, or other Asset Sale of assets permitted hereunder and (2) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, plus
(p) charges, expenses, and other items described (1) in the Confidential Information Memorandum or the Acquisition Model or (2) any quality of earnings report reasonably prepared in good faith by a nationally recognized accounting firm in connection with any Specified Transaction actually consummated by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent, plus
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(q) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715CompensationRetirement Benefits, and any other items of a similar nature, plus
(r) pro forma synergies from either (1) a new prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement between the Borrower and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler, substantially consistent with the terms of the Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet, or (2) if such prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement has not been executed by or on the Closing Date, a letter agreement between WBA and such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, pursuant to which the Borrower will be designated as an affiliate of WBA under WBAs current pharmaceutical purchase and distribution agreement with such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, plus
(s) any (A) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (B) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, or (C) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of officers, directors and employees, in each case of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(ii) decreased by (without duplication), non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period other than non-cash gains relating to the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840 Leases (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13); provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein, plus
(iii) increased or decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and
(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815) (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP.
For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of ASC 815 and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP,
(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (1) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of
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any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, business, property, or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an Acquired Entity or Business) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Restricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (2) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition); and
(iii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business, or asset sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business, or asset so sold or disposed of, a Sold Entity or Business), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition or conversion); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Disposed EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.
Unless expressly specified otherwise or required by context, references in this Agreement to Consolidated EBITDA shall refer to the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower.
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall mean Consolidated Total Debt as of such date secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks on an equal priority basis (or super priority basis by operation of law) (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations; provided that Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings thereunder.
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall mean the sum of cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (b) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of Indebtedness or obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging, (c) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (d) commissions, discounts, yield, make-whole premium and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Receivables Facility, (e) any additional interest owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement with respect to any securities, (f) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (g) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (h) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not
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constituting Indebtedness, (i) interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect Parent Entity resulting from push-down accounting, (j) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, and (k) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential), with respect thereto and with respect to the Transactions, any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder, all as calculated on a consolidated basis.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
(i) (a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities or bases opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions and other strategic or cost savings initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, rebranding costs, consulting costs (including consulting and related fees, costs and expenses in connection with the evaluation and implementation of certain tax-related changes), signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or bases and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgments) and (b) any other unusual or non-recurring items shall be excluded,
(ii) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, shall be excluded,
(iii) any gain (loss) (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), shall be excluded,
(iv) any effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, shall be excluded,
(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included to the extent of the amount of such Net Income of such person multiplied by such referent Persons or its subsidiarys percentage ownership of the economic interests in such Person and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent Person) from any person in excess of, but without duplication of, any amounts included in subclause (A),
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(vi) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (a)(iii)(A) of Section 10.5 the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equity holders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (a) has been legally waived, or otherwise released, (b) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and other Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, New Term Loans, or Permitted Other Indebtedness, or (c) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the referent Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein, shall be excluded,
(vii) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Persons consolidated financial statements required or permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 Business Combinations and Topic 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (ASC 805 and ASC 350) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142, respectively) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions and any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) (a) any effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (b) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to ASC 815 (or such successor provision), and (c) any non-cash expense, income, or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness, or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any impairment charge, asset write-off, or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360 Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (ASC 360) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 shall be excluded,
(x) (a) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from or in connection with any share-based compensation arrangements including stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, capital or profits interests or other rights to officers, directors, managers, or employees and (b) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,
(xi) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance, or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
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(xii) accruals and reserves (including contingent liabilities) that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP, or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded,
(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
(xiv) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items, shall be excluded,
(xv) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded, and
(xvi) any charges resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity Overall Recognition or Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total assets (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Total Debt shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of third party Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations); provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings hereunder; provided further that the effects of pushdown accounting shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Working Capital shall mean, at any date, the excess of (i) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (ii) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (i) and (ii) above), without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans, Second Lien Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure and Capital Leases to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) any liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (f) the effects from applying purchase accounting, (g) any accrued professional liability risks, (h) restricted marketable securities, and (i) deferred revenue reflected within current liabilities; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital (A) arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be measured from the date on which such acquisition or disposition occurred and (B) shall exclude (I) the impact of non-cash adjustments contemplated in
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the Excess Cash Flow calculation, (II) the impact of adjusting items in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (III) any changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of (x) the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations, (y) any reclassification, other than as a result of the passage of time, in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (z) the effects of acquisition method accounting.
Contingent Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends, or other payment obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Contract Consideration shall have the meaning provided in clause (ii)(k) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow.
Contractual Requirement shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.
Controlled Investment Affiliate shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person (other than any Permitted Holder) who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity investments in Holdings and/or any Parent Entity.
Converted Restricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Credit Card Receivables shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount due from third-party financial institutions for credit and debit card transactions that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption cash equivalents (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, each Extension Amendment, each Permitted Repricing Amendment, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, any documents or certificates executed by the Borrower in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to any Letter of Credit and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
Credit Event shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and/or the issuance of a Letter of Credit (and any amendment that increases the Stated Amount or extends the expiry date thereof).
Credit Facilities shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.
Credit Facility shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.
Credit Party shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors.
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CS shall mean Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, together with their respective affiliates.
Cure Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
Cure Right shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in consultation with the Borrower.
Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(w)(i)).
Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Default shall mean any event, act, or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(c).
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of Lender Default.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Delaware Divided LLC means any Delaware LLC which has been formed upon consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
Delaware LLC means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delware.
Delaware LLC Division means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Delayed Draw Funding Date shall mean any date on which the Delayed Draw Term Loans are funded hereunder, which shall in no event be later than the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date.
Delayed Draw Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b).
Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount
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specified as such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $150,000,000.
Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date shall mean the earlier of (i) date that is six months after the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment has been fully drawn and (iii) with respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment that is terminated, the date of termination of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 4.2(b); provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date will be the next succeeding Business Day.
Derivative Counterparty shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Designated Jurisdiction shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanctions.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.
Designated Preferred Stock shall mean preferred stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an officers certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Borrower or the parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Determination Day has the meaning specified in the definition of Term SOFR.
Disposed EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
disposition shall have the meaning assigned such term in clause (i) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Disqualified Lenders shall mean such Persons (i) that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners by the Sponsors as being Disqualified Lenders prior to either (a) December 10, 2018 or (b) the commencement of primary syndication if acceptable to the majority of Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, (ii) who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such Person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide Fund) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) each Credit Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Lender and (y) any such designation of a Disqualified Lender may not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation in any Credit Facility.
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Disqualified Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date hereunder; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death, or disability.
Distressed Person shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Lender-Related Distress Event.
Dollars and $ shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the United Kingdom.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Yield shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below), or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (i) the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness and (ii) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness in connection with the initial primary syndication thereof, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, ticking, or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a LIBOR floor, Term SOFR floor or ABR floor, (a) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months), Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (with an interest period of three months), the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
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Environmental Claims shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or potential responsibility or violation, or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, investigation, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief relating to the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Law shall mean any applicable federal, state, foreign, or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree, or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as flora, fauna, or wetlands, or protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) and including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, transport, Release, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interest shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
Equity Investments shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Equity Offering shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (i) public offerings with respect to the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companys common stock registered on Form S-8, (ii) issuances to any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower, (iii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution and (iv) any Cure Amount.
Equityholding Vehicle shall mean any Parent Entity and any equity holder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees or managers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Credit Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event shall mean (i) the failure of any Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code (and applicable regulations under either) or with the terms of such Plan; (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iii) any Reportable Event; (iv) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) a determination that any Pension Plan is in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vii) the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its
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ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (viii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice to terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (ix) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (x) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or the complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan; (xi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA); or (xii) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(i) the sum, without duplication (in each case, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(b) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(c) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income,
(f) increases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent deducted or not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(g) extraordinary gains actually received in cash;
over (ii) the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, cash charges to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and Transaction Expenses to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and paid in cash during such period,
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(b) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior periods, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Indebtedness has been repaid other than with the proceeds of long-term indebtedness) other than intercompany loans,
(c) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (1) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (2) the amount of any scheduled repayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 or the Second Lien Loans permitted hereunder, and (3) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) or Second Lien Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement to the extent required due to an Asset Sale that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (A) all other prepayments of Term Loans and Second Lien Loans (in each case, including purchases of Term Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered on a pro rata basis to all Term Loan Lenders of a Class and Dutch auctions offered on a pro rata basis to all Term Loan Lenders of a Class in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Term Loans at or below par) and all voluntary prepayments of Permitted Other Indebtedness (with a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and (B) all prepayments of Swingline Loans (and any other revolving loans (unless there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other long-term Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such increases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(f) payments in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of any purchase price holdbacks, earn-out obligations, and long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
(g) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior fiscal periods, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions, but excluding Permitted Investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof) made during such period constituting Permitted Investments or made pursuant to Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(h) the amount of dividends paid in cash during such period (on a consolidated basis) by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such dividends were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(i) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees and cash restructuring charges) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
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(j) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole, or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(k) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (1) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period and (2) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the Planned Expenditures), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2), relating to Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed with any of the proceeds received from (A) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (B) the issuance of Equity Interests); provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(l) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(m) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(n) decreases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent included or not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(o) extraordinary losses actually paid in cash.
Excluded Contribution shall mean net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities, or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by Holdings from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers certificate executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii); provided that (i) any non-cash assets shall qualify only if acquired by a parent of the Borrower in an arms-length transaction within the six months prior to such contribution and (ii) no Cure Amount shall constitute an Excluded Contribution.
Excluded Property shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (ii) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any (a) CFC or (b) CFC Holding Company, any Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of such CFC or CFC Holding Company in excess of 66% of the
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total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents, (iii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holding Company, (iv) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirements of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, (v) in the case of (A) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Lien or (B) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of each such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (I) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (II) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided that this clause (II) shall not apply if (x) such other party is Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (III) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument, or indenture governing such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (vi) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents would result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (vii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, and (viii) any Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a captive insurance Subsidiary, an SPV or any special purpose entity.
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean (i) each Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not (on (x) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined on the Closing Date by reference to the Historical Financial Statements or (y) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined after the Closing Date by reference to the financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(a) and (b)) constitute a Material Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), (iii) any CFC Holding Company, (iv) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, (v) any CFC, (vi) each Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirements of Law (to the extent existing on the Closing Date or, if later, the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and in each case, not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations or would require third-party or governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee or grant such Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (vii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, the consequence of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries to satisfy applicable Requirements of Law, (viii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences, (ix) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (x) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xi) any Receivables Subsidiary, (xii) each other Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, (xiii) each Subsidiary that is a registered broker dealer and (xiv) each SPV, not-for-profit Subsidiary and captive insurance company.
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Excluded Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Obligations of such Credit Party of, or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Obligations thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful.
Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, net profits, or branch profits (however denominated, and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof under Section 3406 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document), (ii) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any Credit Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender acquires an interest in any Credit Document (or designates a new lending office), other than in the case of a Lender that is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.7 (or that designates a new lending office pursuant to a request by the Borrower), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Credit Parties with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.4, (iii) any Taxes attributable to a recipients failure to comply with Section 5.4(e), or (iv) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.
Existing Class shall mean any Existing Term Loan Class and any Existing Revolving Credit Class.
Existing Debt Facilities shall mean the debt facilities incurred pursuant to (i) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, and that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent (collectively, the Existing Credit Agreements), and (ii) that certain Second Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018, among Res-Care, Inc., Onex ResCare Holdings Corp., the Guarantors (as such term is defined therein) from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C issuer and swing line lender, the other lenders from to time to time party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Bank, as syndication agents and Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as documentation agents.
Existing Revolving Credit Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
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Existing Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 1
Existing Term Loan Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Existing Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 1.
Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan shall have the meaning provided to Existing Term Loan in Amendment No. 4.
Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided to Existing Term Loan Lender in Amendment No. 4.
Extended Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Loans matures.
Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Extended Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extending Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Extension Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(v).
Extension Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Request shall mean a Term Loan Extension Request.
Extension Series shall mean all Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, and amortization schedule.
Fair Market Value shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arms length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreements (or related legislation or official administrative rules or practices) implementing the foregoing, and any laws, fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes and practices adopted by a non-U.S. jurisdiction to effect the foregoing.
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FCPA shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided, further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate would otherwise be negative, it shall be deemed to be 0% per annum.
Fees shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.
First Lien Incremental Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 4.50:1.00.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for holders of one or more classes of First Lien Obligations (other than the Obligations).
First Lien Obligations shall mean the Obligations and the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (ii) the Fixed Charges for such Test Period.
Fixed Charges shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
Flood Insurance Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Floor means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, a rate of interest equal to 0.00% per annum.
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Foreign Benefit Arrangement shall mean any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan Event shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement, (i) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement; (ii) the failure to register or loss of good standing (if applicable) with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement required to be registered; or (iii) the failure of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement to comply with any provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fronting Exposure shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the outstanding L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, other than L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
Fund shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
Funded Debt shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date (including all amounts of such Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation), and, in the case of the Credit Parties, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the Second Lien Loans.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Furthermore, at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement); provided any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrowers election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
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Governmental Authority shall mean any nation, sovereign, or government, any state, province, territory, or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange (including any supranational body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Granting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Guarantee shall mean (i) the First Lien Guarantee made by Holdings and each other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and (ii) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
guarantee obligations shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term guarantee obligations shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations or product warranties in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any guarantee obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
Guarantors shall mean (i) each Subsidiary of Holdings that is party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date, (ii) each Subsidiary of Holdings that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise, and (iii) Holdings; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to be a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary).
Hazardous Materials shall mean (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (ii) any chemicals, materials, waste, or substances defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous waste, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, or pollutants, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, waste, or substance, which is prohibited, limited, or regulated due to its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics, by any Environmental Law.
Hedge Agreements shall mean (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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Hedge Bank shall mean (i) (a) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent and (b) with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into prior to the Closing Date, any Person that is a Lender or an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent on the Closing Date and (ii) any other Person that is designated by the Borrower as a Hedge Bank by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements.
Historical Financial Statements shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of each of the Company and the Borrower and their respective consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the Consolidated Company) as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Company as at the end of, and related statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018.
HMT shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Sanctions.
Holdings shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) after the Closing Date any other Person or Persons (New Holdings) that is a Subsidiary of Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (Previous Holdings); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (b) New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (d) all Capital Stock of the Borrower shall be pledged to secure the Obligations and (e) (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default and (ii) such substitution will not reasonably be expected to result in any adverse tax consequences to any Lender (unless reimbursed hereunder) or to the Administrative Agent (unless reimbursed hereunder); provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to Holdings in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to New Holdings.
IFRS shall have the meaning given to such term in the definition of GAAP.
Immediate Family Members shall mean with respect to any individual, such individuals child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
Impacted Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
Increased Amount Date shall mean, with respect to any New Term Loan Commitments or Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, the date on which such New Term Loan Commitments or Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective.
Incremental Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
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Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean the date on which any tranche of Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the Lenders Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments matures.
Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
incur and incurrence shall have the meanings provided in Section 10.1.
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), or (d) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a net liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of the Borrower solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP (other than in respect of any IPO Reorganization Transaction) shall be excluded, (ii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (3) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (4) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (5) any balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, accrued in the ordinary course of business, (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (7) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (8) accrued expenses and royalties or (9) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (iii) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
Initial Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Revolving Credit Commitment.
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Initial Term Loan shall mean the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and, at any time after a Delayed Draw Funding Date, the aggregate principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans that have been funded pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,650,000,000.
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan shall mean the Tranche B-3 Term Loans made (or deemed made) pursuant to Section 2.1(f) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, the amount of such Lenders Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment (as defined in this Agreement on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. The aggregate amount of the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date is $548,625,000.
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or an Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan.
Insolvent shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Intellectual Property shall mean U.S. intellectual property, including all (i) (a) patents, inventions, designs, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (b) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, Internet domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; (d) trade secrets, confidential, or proprietary information, including customer lists; and (ii) registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, re-issues, re-examinations, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
Interpolated Rate shall mean, with respect to Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans, at any time,
the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Rate for the
longest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that is shorter than the applicable Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that exceeds the
applicable Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if the Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for Revolving Credit Loans and Tranche B-3 Term Loans and 1.00% per annum for Tranche B-1 Term Loans for purposes
of this Agreement.
Investment shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Borrower in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that Investments shall not include, in the case of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans (including guarantees), advances, or Indebtedness either (i) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising from cash management, tax and/or accounting operations and made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices.
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For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 10.5,
(i) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrowers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment, or other amount received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of Cash Equivalents, such amount shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such consideration).
Investment Grade Rating shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.
Investment Grade Securities shall mean:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) investments in any fund that invest at least 90% in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and
(iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
Investor Group shall mean Holdings, KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates.
IPO shall mean the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) or other transaction which results in the common Equity Interests of a Parent Entity of the Borrower being publicly traded.
IPO Entity shall mean, at any time at and after an IPO, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Borrower, as the case may be, the Equity Interests in which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO.
IPO Listco shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower formed in contemplation of an IPO to become the IPO Entity; provided that the Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of any IPO Listco.
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IPO Reorganization Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an IPO, including (a) formation and ownership of IPO Shell Companies, (b) entry into, and performance of, (i) a reorganization agreement among any of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and/or IPO Shell Companies implementing IPO Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with an IPO and (ii) customary underwriting agreements in connection with an IPO and any future follow-on underwritten public offerings of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity, including the provision by IPO Entity and the Borrower of customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification to the underwriters thereunder, (c) the merger of one or more IPO Subsidiaries with one or more direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Borrower with the surviving entity in any such merger holding Equity Interests in the Borrower, and the merger of such entities with any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, (d) the issuance of Equity Interests of IPO Shell Companies to holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower in connection with any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (e) the entry into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower will be permitted to exchange such interests for certain economic/voting Equity Interests in IPO Listco, and (f) the entry into, and performance of, any tax receivables agreements by any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, in each case of clauses (a) through (f), so long as after giving Pro Forma Effect to any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (i) the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired and (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is either equal to or less than (1) 5.75:1.00 or (2) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such IPO Reorganization Transactions.
IPO Shell Company shall mean each of IPO Listco and IPO Subsidiary.
IPO Subsidiary shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPO Listco formed in contemplation of, and to facilitate, IPO Reorganization Transactions and an IPO. The Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of an IPO Subsidiary.
ISP shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 as published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Issuer Documents shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Holdings) or in favor of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
Jefferies shall mean Jefferies Finance LLC.
Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which may include additional provisions to ensure fungibility of the Loans and to provide for mechanics for borrowings in currencies other than Dollars.
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall mean MSSF, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Jefferies, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.
Junior Debt shall mean any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in excess of $30 million.
KKR shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and KKR North America Fund XII L.P.
Latest Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
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L/C Obligations shall mean the 2020 L/C Obligations and the Revolving L/C Obligations.
L/C Sublimit shall mean $82,500,000.
LCT Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
LCT Test Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
Lender or Lenders shall have the meanings provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
Lender Default shall mean (i) the refusal or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of any incurrence of Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such refusal or failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) a Lender has notified, in writing, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, or a Lender has publicly announced that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under other loan agreements, credit agreements or similar facilities generally, (iv) a Lender has failed to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement (v) a Distressed Person has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (vi) a Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that no Lender Default shall occur solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
Lender-Related Distress Event shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a Distressed Person), other than via an Undisclosed Administration, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver, or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Persons assets, or such Distressed Person, or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person or is subject to a forced liquidation or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
Letter of Credit shall mean a 2020 Letter of Credit or a Revolving Letter of Credit, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment or the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure and/or Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure, as applicable, of such lender at such time.
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Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, as the context requires. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Request shall mean a notice executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2, and substantially in the form of Exhibit K or another form which is acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding.
LIBOR shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Discontinuance Event means, with respect to Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans, any of the following:
(a) an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the provisions of the definition of LIBOR Rate or LIBOR and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary;
(b) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate, the central bank for the currency of LIBOR, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, has made a public statement, or published information, stating that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely on a specific date, provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or
(c) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans; provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR (the date of determination or such specific date in the foregoing clauses (a)-(c), the Scheduled Unavailability Date).
LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time means, with respect to Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans, with respect to any LIBOR Discontinuance Event, (i) in the case of an event under clause (a) of such definition, the Business Day immediately following the date of determination that such interest rate is not ascertainable and such result is unlikely to be temporary and (ii) for purposes of an event under clause (b) or (c) of such definition, on the date on which LIBOR ceases to be provided by the administrator of LIBOR or is not permitted to be used (or if such statement or information is of a prospective cessation or prohibition, the 90th day prior to the date of such cessation or prohibition (or if such prospective cessation or prohibition is fewer than 90 days later, the date of such statement or announcement).
LIBOR Loan shall mean any Loan (other than Revolving Credit Loans) bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate shall mean, with respect to Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans,
(i) for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (LIBOR) or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations of LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBOR Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an Impacted Interest Period), then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; and
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(ii) for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, determined on such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if there is an Impacted Interest Period, then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
LIBOR Replacement Date means, in respect of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, upon the occurrence of a LIBOR Discontinuance Event, the next interest reset date after the relevant amendment in connection therewith becomes effective (unless an alternative date is specified) and all subsequent interest reset dates for which LIBOR would have had to be determined.
LIBOR Screen Rate means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
Lien shall mean with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority, or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in, and any filing of, or agreement to, give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or a license, sub-license or cross-license to Intellectual Property be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Limited Condition Transaction shall mean any transaction by one or more of the Borrower and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan shall mean any Revolving Loan, Term Loan or any other loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Majority Lead Arrangers shall mean the Lead Arrangers who held a majority of the aggregate amount of Commitments as of January 27, 2019.
Management Investors shall mean the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity who are or become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.
Master Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Hedge Agreements.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
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Material Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of clauses (ii) through (xiv) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary) have, in the aggregate, (a) total assets at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries for each fiscal period until this proviso is no longer applicable.
Maturity Date shall mean the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the New Term Loan Maturity Date or the maturity date of an Extended Term Loan, as applicable.
Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount shall mean, at any date of determination, (i) the sum of (a) (x) the
greater of (i) $370,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period minus (y) the Second Lien Base Incremental Amount plus (b) the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments of
Term Loans, Incremental Loans secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Loans, and, to the extent accompanied by permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Loans or
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (including purchases of the Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans
below par, and voluntary prepayments accompanied by permanent commitment reductions of the Revolving Credit Facility) in each case, other than from proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness,
plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount, (a) the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated
Permitted Acquisition, but excluding any concurrent incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above, the Second Lien Base Incremental Amount or the Revolving Credit Facility and without netting any cash proceeds of such
incurrence) with the First Lien Incremental Ratio (assuming that all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or Section 10.1(x)(i) on such date of determination would be included in the definition of Consolidated
First Lien Secured Debt, whether or not such Indebtedness would otherwise be so included) or (b) solely in the case of any Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement, on a Pro Forma Basis the Consolidated First Lien
Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio would be equal to or less than the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to giving effect to such incurrence, such Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted
under this Agreement and all transactions in connection therewith, minus (iii) the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of New Loan Commitments (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments and, the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Joinder Agreement, dated September 30,
2019) and the $475,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit
Commitments (as defined in Amendment No. 6)) incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date and
(b) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitments obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such
date.
Merger Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
MFN Protection shall have the meaning set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(d)(iii).
Minimum Borrowing Amount shall mean $2,500,000.
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Minimum Collateral Amount shall mean, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 101% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.8(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations.
Minimum Equity Amount shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Minimum Tender Condition shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Mortgage shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed, or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, together with such terms and provisions as may be required by local laws.
Mortgaged Property shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party and identified on Schedule 8.16, and each other owned parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 9.11 or Section 9.14.
MSSF shall mean Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the five preceding calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event and any incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, (i) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and excluding any interest payments) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, as the case may be, less (ii) the sum of:
(a) the amount, if any, of all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated to be payable by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness,
(b) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (a) above) (1) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (2) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,
(c) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Permitted Other Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding
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commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds) shall, unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i);
(e) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (e)) attributable to non-controlling interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof;
(f) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction; and
(g) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing (for the avoidance of doubt, including, (1) in the case of the issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, any fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and (2) attorneys fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant, accountant, and other customary fees),
in each case, only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above.
Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
New Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
New Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
New Revolving Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Revolving Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
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New Term Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.
New Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Non-Bank Tax Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(B)(3).
Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lender shall mean each Existing Term Loan Lender that did not execute and deliver a Consent to Amendment No. 1 on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall mean each Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that did not execute and deliver a Consent to Amendment No. 4 on or prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(iv).
Non-Defaulting Lender shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
Non-Extension Notice Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
Non-U.S. Lender shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
Obligations shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party (or in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, any Restricted Subsidiary) arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan or under or with respect to any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement (other than with respect to any Credit Partys obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations solely with respect to such Credit Party), in each case, entered into with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document.
OFAC shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Original Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean all Revolving Credit Commitments, Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, other than any New Revolving Credit Commitments (and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments related thereto).
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Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such term shall not include (i) any Taxes that result from an assignment, (Assignment Taxes) to the extent such Assignment Taxes are imposed as a result of a connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely from any Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), except to the extent that any such action described in this proviso is requested or required by the Borrower or Holdings or (ii) Excluded Taxes.
Overnight Rate shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Parent Entity shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership), including any managing member, of Holdings and/or the Borrower.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(ii).
Participating Member State shall mean any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
Pension Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA, be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
Permitted Asset Swap shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 10.4.
Permitted Debt Exchange shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors and members of management (including Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees) of Holdings or the Borrower (or their respective direct or indirect parent or management investment vehicle) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company or management investment vehicle) and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are
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members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Sponsors and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or any other direct or indirect Parent Entity, (ii) any direct or indirect Parent Entity formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions or IPO Reorganization Transactions) that, assuming such parent was not formed after giving effect thereto, would constitute a Change of Control and (iii) any entity (other than a Parent Entity) through which a Parent Entity described in clause (ii) directly or indirectly holds Equity Interests of the Borrower and has no other material operations other than those incidental thereto.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) any Investment in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities at the time such Investment is made;
(iii) (a) any transactions or Investments otherwise made in connection with the Transactions and in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and (b) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a Permitted Acquisition), (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or transfer;
(iv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(v) (a) any Investment existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and, in each case, listed on Schedule 10.5 and (b) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (including in respect of any unused commitment), plus any accrued but unpaid interest (including any portion thereof which is payable in kind in accordance with the terms of such modified, extended, renewed, or replaced Investment) and premium payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Closing Date;
(vi) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(vii) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of Section 10.1 and Cash Management Services;
(viii) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $110 million and (b) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (viii) is made in any Person that is not a
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Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (viii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 10.5(a)(iii);
(x) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1 and Investments to the extent constituting Permitted Liens;
(xi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 (except transactions described in clause (b) of such paragraph);
(xii) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xiii) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $140 million and (b) 37.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (xiii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (xiii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(xiv) Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility or any repurchases or other transactions in connection therewith;
(xv) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of (a) $20 million and (b) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(xvi) (a) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof, (b) promissory notes received from equity holders of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of stock options in respect of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (c) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
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(xix) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(xx) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client, franchisee and customer contracts and loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, franchisees, distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees in the ordinary course of business;
(xxi) the licensing and contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint development, venture or marketing arrangements with other Persons, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) contributions to a rabbi trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(xxv) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this definition of Permitted Investments, Section 10.3 and/or Section 10.5 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
Permitted Liens shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens, and mechanics Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP or are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.11, or for property taxes on property of such Person, which Person has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
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(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not, in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clause (a), (b) (so long as such Liens are subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), (d), (r), (w), (x), or (y) of Section 10.1; provided that, (a) in the case of clause (d) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or equipment being financed or refinanced under such clause (d) of Section 10.1, replacements of such property, equipment or assets, and additions and accessions and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender; (b) in the case of clause (r) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by non-Credit Parties; (c) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (1) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (2) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and (d) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that do not constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (vi);
(vii) subject to Section 9.14, other than with respect to Mortgaged Property, Liens existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (a) $7.5 million individually or (b) $20 million in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted if set forth on Schedule 10.2, and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof;
(viii) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other
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property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(ix) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or designation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such property, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(x) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, in each case, to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted hereunder to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services;
(xii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(xiii) Leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
(xvi) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrowers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(xvii) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;
(xviii) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals, or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) of this definition of Permitted Liens; provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that
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secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, the committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement;
(xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(xx) other Liens securing obligations (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) which do not exceed the greater of (a) $185 million and (b) 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien; provided that to the extent securing Collateral such Liens shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the Second Lien Loans; provided further that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (x) in the case of the first such issuance of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated by this clause (xx);
(xxi) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.5 or Section 11.10;
(xxii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (c) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
(xxiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.1; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(xxv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xxvi) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposits or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxvii) Liens (a) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder;
(xxviii) rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xxix) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;
(xxx) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxi) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements;
(xxxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxiii) Liens arising under the Security Documents;
(xxxiv) Liens on goods purchased in the ordinary course of business, the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xxxv) (a) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (b) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxvi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;
(xxxvii) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirements of Law;
(xxxviii) to the extent pursuant to a Requirements of Law, Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Obligations in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxxix) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the final Title Policy covering such Mortgaged Property delivered to the Collateral Agent.
For purposes of this definition, the term Indebtedness shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such Indebtedness.
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Permitted Other Indebtedness shall mean subordinated or senior Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may (i) be unsecured, (ii) have the same lien priority as the First Lien Obligations (without regard to control of remedies); provided that if such Permitted Other Indebtedness is in the form of secured first lien term loans, then such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall be subject to any applicable MFN Protection as if such loans were New Term Loans, or (iii) be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary offers or obligations to repurchase or repay upon a change of control, excess cash flow sweep, asset sale, or casualty or condemnation event, AHYDO payments and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (taken as a whole) (except for covenants applicable only to the periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date) (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within two Business Days after receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) is an obligor, (d) that, if secured, is not secured by a lien any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral and (e) the other terms of which shall be on terms and documentation as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by any Credit Party.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall mean, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
Permitted Other Provision shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Permitted Repricing Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
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Permitted Sale Leaseback shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sale Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed the greater of (a) $150 million and (b) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Sale Leaseback, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
Permitted Second Lien Exchange Notes shall mean Permitted Debt Exchange Notes as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement that are permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Permitted Transferees shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Persons Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Persons heirs, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Borrower or any other IPO Entity.
Person shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet shall mean the binding term sheet dated as of August 1, 2017, between the Company, WBA and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler.
Plan shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plan, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably likely to be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Planned Expenditures shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Excess Cash Flow.
Platform shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
Pledge Agreement shall mean the First Lien Pledge Agreement entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Post-Acquisition Period shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
Post-Closing Option Lender shall mean each Existing Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 1 under the Post-Closing Settlement Option.
Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lender shall mean each Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 4 under the Post-Closing Settlement Option.
Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
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Previous Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
primary obligation shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
primary obligor shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
Pro Forma Adjustment shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (i) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (ii) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case, in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $10 million; and (b) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA, such Consolidated EBITDA or Section 1.12, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance, and Pro Forma Effect shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio, or covenant hereunder, that (i) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (ii) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (1) in the case of a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (2) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) other than as set forth in the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to operating expense reductions and operating enhancements that are (x)(1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and (3) factually supportable or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
Pro Forma Entity shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Acquired EBITDA.
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.12.
Prohibited Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.
Projections shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(c).
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Qualified Proceeds shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
Qualified Stock of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.
Real Estate shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(f).
Receivables Facility shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities (and any guarantee of such financing facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its accounts receivable to either (i) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.
Receivables Fee shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
Receivables Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables Facility in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
refinance shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refinanced Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refunding Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Reimbursement Obligations shall mean the Borrowers obligation to reimburse Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Section 3.4(a).
Reinvestment Period shall mean 365 days following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Rejection Notice shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
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Related Business Assets shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a Fund, any other Fund that is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of such entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, trustees, and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, disposal, escaping, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, or leaching into or migration through the environment.
Relevant Governmental Body means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
Relevant Governmental Sponsor means any central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or similar institution (including any committee or working group sponsored thereby) which shall have selected, endorsed or recommended a replacement rate, including relevant additional spreads or other adjustments, for LIBOR.
Removal Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(b).
Repayment Amount shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Series, or an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series, as applicable.
Replacement Term Loan Commitment shall mean the commitments of the Lenders to make Replacement Term Loans.
Replacement Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code), other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to PBGC Reg. § 4043.
Repricing Transaction shall mean (i) the incurrence by the Borrower of any Indebtedness in the form of a similar term B loan that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks and other institutional investors (a) having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness incurred in connection with an IPO, Change of Control, Transformative Acquisition or Transformative Disposition and (b) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans or (ii) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with an IPO, Change of Control, Transformative Acquisition or Transformative Disposition; provided that any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans.
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Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
Required Lenders shall mean, at any date, (a) Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such date, (ii) the Adjusted Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment, (iii) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (iv) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date or (b) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Term Loan Commitment have been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.
Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
Required Term Loan Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
Requirements of Law shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Resignation Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(a).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Payments shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a).
Restricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Retired Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans
to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(c), in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and
opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1I to Amendment No. 6 under the caption Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitment or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be
$187,500,000475,000,000
on the
ClosingAmendment
No. 6 Effective Date (the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall mean at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment at such time by (ii) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lenders Revolving Credit Exposure at such time by (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
Revolving Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans of such Lender then outstanding and (ii) such Lenders Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
Revolving Credit Facility shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and the provisions herein related to the Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit.
Revolving Credit Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(c).
Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2024the
earlier of (a) five years after the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, (b) if greater than $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans are outstanding on December 4, 2025, December 4, 2025 and (c) if any
Second Lien Loans are outstanding on December 4, 2026, December 4, 2026, or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Revolving Credit Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated and no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
Revolving L/C Borrowing shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Revolving Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.
Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date shall mean the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended beyond such date with the consent of the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
Revolving L/C Fronting Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(d).
Revolving L/C Obligations shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all Revolving L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Revolving Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 13.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), Article 29 of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP600), or similar terms expressed in the Revolving Letter of Credit, such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Revolving Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Stated Amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit at such time.
Revolving L/C Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
Revolving L/C Participation shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
Revolving Letter of Credit shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1.
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Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount set
forth opposite such Revolving Letter of Credit
Issuers name on Schedule
1.1I to
Amendment No. 6, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 3.1; provided that the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment of any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may be increased if agreed in writing
between the Borrower and such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (each acting in its sole discretion) and notified to the Administrative Agent.
Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (i) the amount of the principal amount of any Revolving Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a) at such time and (ii) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Letter of Credit Obligations at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Revolving Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers pursuant to Section 3.4(a)).
Revolving Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).
Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer
shall mean the initial Revolving Credit Lenders listed on Schedule I of Amendment No. 6 and any of their
Affiliates or branches and any replacement, additional issuer or successor pursuant to Section 3.6; provided that 1.1 hereto as of the Closing
Datethe initialsuch Revolving Credit Lenders shall only be required to issue standby
Revolving Letters of Credit and the
initialsuch Revolving Credit Lenders will cause
Revolving Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and such Revolving Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by the
initialsuch Revolving Credit Lenders for all
purposes under the Credit Documents. In the event that there is more than one Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the
Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit or to all Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean, at any time the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of the principal amount of all Revolving Unpaid Drawings.
Revolving Loan shall mean, collectively or individually as the context may require, any (i) Revolving Credit Loan, (ii) Extended Revolving Credit Loan, (iii) New Revolving Credit Loan and (iv) Additional Revolving Credit Loan, in each case made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Revolving Reimbursement Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
Revolving Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Sale Leaseback shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
Sanctions shall mean any sanctions administered or enforced by the government of the United States (including without
limitation, OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union (or its member states), HerHis Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant
sanctions authority.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Administrative Agent in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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Second Lien Base Incremental Amount, as of any date, shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of New Loans and New Loan Commitments (in each case, as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) (including any unused commitments obtained) incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitment obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date.
Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Collateral Agent in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
Second Lien Credit Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Second Lien Administrative Agent (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Second Lien Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement, instrument or document expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Second Lien Credit Agreement)).
Second Lien Credit Documents shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement and each other document executed in connection therewith or pursuant thereto.
Second Lien Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for any other Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having a Lien on the Collateral ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
Second Lien Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Loans in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal, or extension thereof permitted by the Credit Documents.
Section 2.14 Additional Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Section 9.1 Financials shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officers certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Secured Cash Management Agreement shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Cash Management Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Cash Management Agreement hereunder.
Secured Cash Management Obligations shall mean Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements.
Secured Hedge Agreement shall mean any Hedge Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Hedge Agreement hereunder. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedge Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified
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Master Agreement as Secured Hedge Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Hedge Agreement entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary shall remain a Secured Hedge Agreement notwithstanding that such Restricted Subsidiary is subsequently designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary (but not any Hedge Agreement entered into after the date of such designation), unless otherwise agreed between such Restricted Subsidiary and Hedge Bank.
Secured Hedge Obligations shall mean Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements.
Secured Parties shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, each Cash Management Bank that is party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement with Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
Securities Exchange Act shall mean Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Security Agreement shall mean the First Lien Security Agreement entered into by the Holdings, the Borrower, the other Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Security Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents to secure the Obligations or to govern the lien priorities of the holders of Liens on the Collateral.
Series shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Significant Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiarys total gross revenues (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (a) above.
Similar Business shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
SOFR means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR Administrator means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Borrowing means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, as to any Borrowing of SOFR Loans, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
SOFR Loan means, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of ABR.
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Sold Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Solvent shall mean, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions and the Amendment No. 5 Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (ii) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (iii) the capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof; and (iv) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).
Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Specified Representations shall mean the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1(a), 8.2 (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.3(c) (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.5, 8.7, 8.10(c)(1)(x), 8.17, 8.18 (which, for purposes of this definition, shall not be limited by in any material respect), and in Section 3.2(a) and (b) of the Security Agreement and Section 4(d) of the Pledge Agreement, except with respect to items referred to on Schedule 9.14 of this Agreement.
Specified Transaction shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including a Permitted Acquisition), any asset sale, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or other event or action that in each case by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Sponsor shall mean any of KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates (but excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing).
Sponsor Management Agreement shall mean that amended and restated monitoring agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, by and among PharMerica Corporation, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Spot Rate for any currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
SPV shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit shall mean the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms provides for one or more automatic increases in the amount available thereunder, the Stated Amount shall be deemed to be the maximum amount available under such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount that may be drawn at such time.
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Statutory Reserves shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject to Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Stock Equivalents shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Capital Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
Subject Lien shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(a).
Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Guarantee, as applicable.
Subsidiary of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Successor Borrower shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swingline Commitment means the commitment of each Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans.
Swingline Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
Swingline Lender means (a) MSSF, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder and (b) each Revolving Credit Lender that shall have become a Swingline Lender hereunder as provided in Section 2.17(d) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be a Swingline Lender as provided in Section 2.17(e)), each in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Swingline Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.17.
Swingline Sublimit means $50 million.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future direct or indirect taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
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Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series and Replacement Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.
Term Loan Extension Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Term Loan Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loans shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, any New Term Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, and any Extended Term Loans, collectively.
Term SOFR shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the Determination Day) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such first preceding Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Determination Day.
Term SOFR Adjustment shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00%.
Term SOFR Administrator shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Reference Rate shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Commitments have terminated and each Letter of Credit has terminated or been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no valid demand has been made, Secured Hedge Obligations, Secured Cash Management Obligations and Letters of Credit Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), are paid in full.
Test Period shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination and for which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent (or, before the first delivery of Section 9.1 Financials, the most recent period of four fiscal quarters at the end of which financial statements are available).
Title Policy shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c).
Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean the sum of the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of all the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders.
Total Credit Exposure shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such date), (ii) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (iii) without duplication of clause (ii), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
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Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.
Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of (i) prior to the funding of Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, (ii) prior to the funding of Tranche B-2 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, (iii) prior to the funding (or deemed funding) of Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments, (iv) prior to the funding of Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments and (v) the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.
Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean with respect to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, March 5, 2026 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Total Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan shall mean, collectively, (i) a Term Loan in Dollars made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(i) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall mean (i) with respect to a Cashless Option Lender, the agreement of such Cashless Option Lender to exchange its Existing Term Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Existing Term Loan Lender executing and delivering Amendment No. 1 and (ii) with respect to an Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, such Lenders Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Facility shall mean the Credit Facility consisting of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender shall mean, collectively, (i) each Existing Term Loan Lender that executes and delivers a Consent to Amendment No. 1 on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
Tranche B-2 Term Loan shall mean the Tranche B-2 Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(e) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Annex A to Amendment No. 3 as such Lenders Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $550,000,000.
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Facility shall mean the Credit Facility consisting of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
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Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan shall mean the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment shall mean the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or a Tranche B-3 Term Loan.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(d).
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(d).
Transaction Expenses shall mean any fees, costs, or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement, and the other Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Acquisition, the Equity Investments, the Closing Date Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses) and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Acquisition).
Transferee shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
Transformative Acquisition shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that (i) is not permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, (ii) if permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Credit Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith, or (iii) results in a refinancing of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans that involves an upsizing in connection with such acquisition.
Transformative Disposition shall mean any disposition by the Borrower or any restricted Subsidiary that (a) is not permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, (b) if permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, would not provide the Borrower and the other restricted subsidiaries with a durable capital structure, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith or (c) results in a refinancing of the Term Loans that involves a downsizing in connection with such disposition.
Type shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan, a SOFR Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
UCP shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement shall mean, with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
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Undisclosed Administration shall mean in relation to a Lender or its parent company the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender or such parent company is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of any provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
Unpaid Drawing shall mean any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing or any Revolving Unpaid Drawing, as the case may be.
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of the Borrower, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary), unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary); provided that:
(a) such designation complies with Section 10.5; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
U.S. and United States shall mean the United States of America.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
U.S. Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(A).
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
WBA shall mean Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and its Affiliates.
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words herein, hereto, hereof, and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term including is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from shall mean from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through shall mean to and including.
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(h) The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(i) All references to knowledge or awareness of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall mean the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
1.3 Accounting Terms.
(a) Except as expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a consistent manner.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the First Lien Incremental Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) Where reference is made to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or similar language, such combination shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
1.4 Rounding1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained
by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one
place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number.
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents), and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirements of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Requirements of Law.
1.6 Exchange Rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Section 2.14, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Spot Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.14 or Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Lien, Asset Sale, or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Lien or Restricted Investment is incurred or after such Asset Sale or Restricted Payment is made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.6 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt or Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered Section 9.1 Financials.
1.7
Rates1.7. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept
responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission, or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of LIBOR Rate or SOFR Loans, as applicable, or with respect to any comparable or
successor rate thereto. Rates
1.8 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.9 Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
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1.10
Certifications1.10 . All certifications to be made hereunder
by an officer or representative of a Credit Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on such Credit Partys behalf and not in such Persons individual
capacity. Certifications
1.11 Compliance with Certain Sections. In the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Requirement, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 9.9 or any clause or subsection of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, then such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within the relevant sections as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a) For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If, since the beginning of such period, any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence, except that incurrences of Indebtedness and Liens constituting Fixed Amounts shall be taken into account for purposes of Incurrence Based Amounts other than Incurrence Based Amounts contained in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2.
(b) Whenever Pro Forma Effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger, or consolidation which is being given Pro Forma Effect that have been or are expected to be realized; provided that such costs savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions are made in compliance with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given Pro Forma Effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a
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Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such a revolving credit facilities on such date). Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under Section 2.14, the definitions of Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders and Required Term Loan Lenders shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with this Section 1.12, Section 2.14 and the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of the Credit Documents which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio;
(ii) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 8 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 11; or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in the Credit Documents (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrowers election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an LCT Election) (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may elect to revoke any LCT Election in its sole discretion), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the LCT Test Date), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until after such time as the Limited Condition Transaction has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expires.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.12 or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any such Person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such disposition shall have been consummated.
(d) Any determination of Consolidated Total Assets shall be made by reference to the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the relevant date of determination.
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all computations of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Total Assets, Available Amount, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and other financial ratios and financial calculations (and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining any of the foregoing) and all computations and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining compliance with Section 10.7 shall be calculated, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(f) All leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2017 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capital Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capital Leases.
1.13 Inability to Determine Rates and Benchmark Replacement Setting with respect to Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Subject to Section 1.13(b), if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any SOFR Loan that is a Revolving Credit Loan:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or
(ii) the Required Revolving Credit Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion thereto or a continuation thereof that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making and maintaining such Loan, and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have provided notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent,
the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Revolving Credit Lender.
Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to continue SOFR Loans or to convert ABR Loans to SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (ii), at the instruction of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Subject to Section 2.18(b), if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on ABR Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of ABR until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.
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(b) Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Revolving Credit Lenders and Borrower without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Revolving Credit Lenders comprising the Required Revolving Credit Lenders. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
No Hedge Agreement shall be deemed to be a Credit Document for purposes of this Section 1.13(a).
(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the uses, implementation, adoption and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document (other than as provided in the definition of Conforming Changes).
(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders of (i) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (iv) below. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Revolving Credit Lender (or group of Revolving Credit Lenders) pursuant to this Section 1.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 1.13.
(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the administrator of such benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above
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either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for all settings of such Benchmark at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, (i) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.
(vi) Tax Matters. To the extent administratively and operationally feasible, the Administrative Agent shall consider in good faith any reasonable requests by the Borrower in order to ensure that any Benchmark Replacement shall meet the standards set forth in Section 1.1001-6 of the United States Treasury Regulations (or any successor or final version of such regulation) so as not to be treated as a modification (and therefore an exchange) of this Agreement for purposes of Section 1.1001-3 of the United States Treasury Regulations, it being understood that for these purposes, the substantially equivalent fair market value requirement of Treasury Regulations 1.1001-6(b)(2) shall be deemed satisfied, and it being further understood that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action under this provision that would cause it any commercially unreasonable burden as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent.
1.131.14 LIBOR Rate Successor. With respect to Loans other than Revolving Credit Loans, Nnotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, if at any time (i) the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, determines in good faith (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) or (ii) the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent in writing (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders
(as applicable) have determined that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, then, at or promptly after the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate benchmark rate to replace
LIBOR under this Agreement, together with any spread or adjustment to be applied to such alternate benchmark rate to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such alternate benchmark rate, giving due consideration to the then prevailing
market convention for determining a rate of interest (including the application of a spread and the making of other appropriate adjustments to such alternate benchmark rate and this Agreement to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to
such replacement benchmark, including any changes necessary to reflect the available interest periods and timing for determining such alternate benchmark rate) for syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such time and any
recommendations (if any) therefor by a Relevant Governmental Sponsor, provided that any such alternate benchmark rate and adjustments shall be required to be commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined
by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (any such rate, the Successor LIBOR Rate).
After such determination that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, promptly following the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be necessary or appropriate, as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, may determine in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), to implement and give effect to the Successor LIBOR Rate under this Agreement on the LIBOR Replacement Date and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective for each Class of Loans (other than Revolving Credit Loans) and Lenders without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that
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such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment; provided, that if a Successor LIBOR Rate has not been established pursuant to the foregoing, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Required Lenders may select a different Successor LIBOR Rate that is commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and, upon not less than 15 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, such Required Lenders and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, further, that, other than with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, if no Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to the foregoing and a Scheduled Unavailability Date (as defined in the definition of LIBOR Discontinuance Event) has occurred, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender and thereafter, until such Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to this paragraph, (i) any request for Borrowing, the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be ineffective and (ii) all outstanding Borrowings shall be converted to an ABR Loan Borrowing until a Successor LIBOR Rate has been chosen pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of Successor LIBOR Rate shall provide that in no event shall such Successor LIBOR Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Solely for purposes of this Section 1.13, the term Required Lenders shall be calculated without regard to the Adjusted Total Revolving Commitment and the Revolving Credit Loans.
1.15
Divisions1.14 . For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in
connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or
liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and
acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time. Divisions
1.16 Interest Rates. With respect to the Revolving Credit Loans, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Section 2. Amount and Terms of Credit.
2.1 Commitments.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, an Initial Term Loan) to the Borrower on the Closing Date, which Initial Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term
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Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $1,650,000,000. Such Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that all Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type, (ii) may be repaid or prepaid (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b)) in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment.
(b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, a Delayed Draw Term Loan and, collectively, the Delayed Draw Term Loans) to the Borrower from time to time after the Closing Date until, but not including, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, which Delayed Draw Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, (iii) may, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that all such Delayed Draw Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Delayed Draw Term Loans of the same Type and (iv) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Delayed Draw Term Loans (if and when funded) shall be added to and a part of the Initial Term Loans, shall have the same terms as the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be treated as part of a single class of Initial Term Loans for all purposes, except that interest on the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall commence to accrue from the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date thereof.
(c) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans
denominated in Dollars to the Borrower from its applicable lending office (each, a Revolving Credit Loan) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Credit Lenders
Revolving Credit Commitment, provided that such Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (B) may, at the option of the
Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans; provided that all
Revolving Credit Loans may by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, (C) may be repaid (without premium or penalty)
and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall not, for any Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit
Exposure in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of such Class of Revolving Loan at such time and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto
and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment with respect to such Class.
(d) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Cashless Option Lender severally agrees to exchange its Existing Term Loan for a like principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate thereunder) prior to any exchange of Existing Term Loans for Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall remain in effect following any such exchange.
(ii) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No.1 Effective Date. The Borrower shall prepay all Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders with the gross proceeds of the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans. The Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate thereunder) for the Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders shall remain in effect for the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans following any such repayment.
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(iii) The Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term Loans to the Existing Term Loan Lenders to, but not including, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date on such Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
(iv) The Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Existing Term Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement and Credit Documents, except as modified by Amendment No. 1. For avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, except as set forth in Amendment No. 1, shall have the same rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as the Existing Term Loans.
(e) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Tranche B-2 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
(f) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lender severally agrees to exchange all of its Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers) for a like principal amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate thereunder) prior to any exchange of Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans for Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall remain in effect following any such exchange.
(ii) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. The Borrower shall prepay all Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders with the gross proceeds of the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans. The Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate thereunder) for the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders shall remain in effect for the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans following any such repayment.
(iii) The Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans to the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date on such Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(iv) The Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement and Credit Documents, except as modified by Amendment No. 4. For avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, except as set forth in Amendment No. 4, shall have the same rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
(g) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Tranche B-3 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date. Each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan shall initially take the form of a pro rata increase in each outstanding Borrowing of Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of (i) Term Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (ii) Revolving Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be
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outstanding more than three Borrowings of LIBOR Loans that are Term Loans and five Borrowings of
LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Loans; provided, further, that for each additional Class of Term Loans, an additional two Interest Periods shall be permitted, and for each additional Class of Revolving
Loans, an additional three Interest Periods shall be permitted, such that a maximum of fifteen Interest Periods shall be permitted.
2.3 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Tranche B-1 Term Loans to be made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date if such Tranche B-1 Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Tranche B-3 Term Loans to be made (or deemed made) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date if such Tranche B-3 Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Tranche B-3 Term Loans to be made on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date if such Tranche B-3 Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. Each such notice (a Notice of Borrowing, each substantially in the form of Exhibit J) shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be made, (B) the date of the Borrowing and (C) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or LIBOR Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) (and the contents thereof), and of each Lenders pro rata share of the requested Borrowing.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Revolving Credit Loans (other than borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings), the Borrower shall give
the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office, (i) prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least three
U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior written
notice of each Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR
Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) or, if agreed by the Administrative Agent, 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day of such Borrowing prior
written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are ABR Loans. Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (B) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans or LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and, if LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, the Interest Period to be
initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Revolving Credit Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof, of the
identity of the Borrower, and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(d) Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 3.4(a) or Section 3A.4(a), as applicable.
(e) Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it shall give hereunder by telephone (which obligation is absolute), the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
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2.4 Disbursement of Funds.
(a) No later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing, each Lender shall make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that on the Closing Date, such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the Lenders, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all same day ABR Revolving Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Administrative Agent no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time).
(b) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings) make available to the Borrower, by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agents demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Overnight Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders, on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on each Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Extended Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders, on each Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, on the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, the then outstanding 2020 L/C Obligations.
(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders, (i) on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2020 (each such date, an Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Date), a principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Tranche B- 1Term Loans made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date multiplied by 0.25% and (ii) on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, any remaining outstanding amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans (the repayment amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) above, each, an Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount).
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(c) In the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, a New Term Loan Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement and subject to any adjustment to ensure fungibility with the other Term Loans. In the event that any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans are made, such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(e), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(g), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each such amount with respect to any Extended Repayment Date, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, an Extended Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
(d) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lenders, (i) on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with June 30, 2021 (each such date, an Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Date), a principal amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans equal to the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to the funding of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans) multiplied by 0.25% and (ii) on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, any remaining outstanding amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans (the repayment amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) above, each, an Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount).
(e) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is a Tranche B-1 Term Loan, Tranche B-3 Term Loan, New Term Loan, Revolving Credit Loan, New Revolving Credit Loan, Additional Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan or Incremental Revolving Credit Loan, the Type of each Loan made, the names of the Borrower and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof.
(g) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any such account or subaccount, the Register shall govern; provided, further, that the failure of any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made an initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrowers own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or Exhibit G-2, as applicable, evidencing the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, New Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans owing to such Lender. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 13.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns.
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2.6 Conversions and Continuations.
(a) Subject to the penultimatelast sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower
shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least $5,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type
or at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a
Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any LIBOR Loans as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that
(i) no partial conversion of LIBOR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into LIBOR Loans if an
Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required
Term Loan Lenders have determined in its or their sole
discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) LIBOR Loans may not be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has
or the Required Term Loan Lenders have determined in its or
their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or
continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent prior written notice at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days prior, in the case of a
continuation of or conversion to LIBOR Loans (other than in the case of a notice delivered on the Closing Date, which shall be deemed to be effective on the Closing Date), or (ii) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed day of a
conversion into ABR Loans (each, a Notice of Conversion or Continuation substantially in the form of Exhibit J) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into
and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a LIBOR Loan,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any
of its Loans. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or
continued.
(b) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBOR Loans denominated in Dollars and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Term Loan Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBOR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBOR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
(c) Subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (c), (x) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any SOFR Loans as SOFR Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans may not be converted into SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) SOFR Loans may not be continued as SOFR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent a Notice of Conversion or Continuation at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 noon (New York
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City time) at least (i) three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior, in the case of a continuation of or conversion to SOFR Loans, or (ii) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed day of a conversion into ABR Loans specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as SOFR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a SOFR Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.
(bd) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBORSOFR Loans denominated in Dollars and the Administrative Agent has or
the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have determined in
its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such
LIBORSOFR
Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBORSOFR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in
clause
(ac
), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration
date of such current Interest Period.
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Tranche B-1 Term Loans and Tranche B-3 Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments or Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments, as applicable. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages. Each Borrowing of New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable New Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation, under any Credit Document.
2.8 Interest.
(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans plus the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.
(b) (i) The unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan shall bear
interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans plus the relevant Adjusted LIBOR Rate. and (ii) the unpaid
principal amount of each SOFR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans
plus the relevant Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 hereto, if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon or any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum (the Default Rate) that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any other overdue amount, including overdue interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) for the applicable Class plus 2.00% per annum from the date of such non-payment to the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
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(d) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but
excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable in Dollars; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below, interest shall be payable
(i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (provided that in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid
or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment), (ii) in respect of each LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each
date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each SOFR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an
Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period and (iv) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any
prepayment in respect thereof, (B) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and
(C) after such maturity, on demand, and
(D) in the event of any conversion of any SOFR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
(f) The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
(g) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
2.9 Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of
the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable,
in accordance with Section 2.6(a) or (c), as
applicable, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a
one, two, three or six month period (or if approved by all the Lenders making such LIBOR Loans as
determined by such Lenders in good faith based on prevailing market conditions, a 12 month or shorter period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Loan or a SOFR Loan, as applicable, would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; and
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(d) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, if such Interest Period would extend beyond the Maturity Date of such Loan.
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv) below, the Required Term Loan Lenders (with respect to Term Loans), Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):
(i) on any date for determining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, as applicable, for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such LIBOR Borrowing or SOFR Borrowing, as applicable, are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank LIBOR market or the applicable interbank market, as applicable, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, as applicable; or
(ii) at any time, that such Lenders shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, other than with respect to Taxes because of any Change in Law;
(iii) that, due to a Change in Law, which shall subject any such Lenders to any Tax (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iv) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan or a SOFR Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lenders in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the interbank LIBOR market or the applicable interbank market, as applicable;
(such Loans, Impacted Loans), then, and in any such event, such Required Term Loan Lenders, Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above, LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lenders, promptly after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Required Term Loan Lenders, Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, in their reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lenders for such actual increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lenders, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lenders shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), and (z) in the case of subclauses (iii) and (iv) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in subclause (x) or (y), as applicable, of Section 2.10(b) promptly and, in any event, within the time period required by law.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in Section 2.10(a)(i)(x), the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans (which rate shall not be negative), in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (x) of the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, (2) the Administrative Agent or the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.
(b) At any time that any LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) or (iv) shall) either (x) if a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation with respect to the affected LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, has been submitted pursuant to Section 2.3 but the affected LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, has not been funded or continued, cancel such requested Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv) or (y) (i) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such LIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan or (ii) if the affected SOFR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three U.S. Government Securities Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such SOFR Loan into an ABR Loan; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity occurring after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the actual rate of return on such Lenders or its parents or its Affiliates capital or assets as a consequence of such Lenders commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its parents policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such actual reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lenders compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date or to the extent such Lender is not imposing such charges on, or requesting such compensation from, borrowers (similarly situated to the Borrower hereunder) under comparable syndicated credit facilities similar to the Credit Facilities. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrowers obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice.
(d) If the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Term Loan Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, as applicable, determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining its affected LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter (which notice shall include supporting calculations in
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reasonable detail). If such notice is given, (i) any LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made an ABR Loan, (ii) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be continued as an ABR Loan and (iii) any outstanding LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be converted, on the first day of such Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans to LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable.
2.11
Compensation 2.11 Compensation. If (a) any
payment of principal of any LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan
or SOFR Loan, as applicable, as a result of a payment or
conversion pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any
Borrowing of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, is
not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or a failure to satisfy borrowing conditions, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBOR Loan
or SOFR Loan, as applicable, as a result of a withdrawn
Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, is not continued as a LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, is not made as a result of a withdrawn
notice of prepayment pursuant to Sections 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), promptly pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to
continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such
LIBOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable. A certificate of a
Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in this Section 2.11 and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined shall be delivered to the
Borrower and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.11 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
2.12 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Sections 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b), 3.5 or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no unreimbursed cost or other material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 3.5 is given by any Lender more than 120 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 3.5, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 121st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.
2.14 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to Administrative Agent, elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional tranches of term loans or increases in Term Loans of any Class (the commitments thereto, the New Term Loan Commitments), (y) increases in Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (the New Revolving Credit Commitments), and/or (z) additional tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments (the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and, together with the New Revolving Credit Commitments, the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments; together with the New Term Loan Commitments and the New
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Revolving Credit Commitments, the New Loan Commitments) by an aggregate amount not in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the aggregate and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount as (x) may be approved by the Administrative Agent or (y) shall constitute the difference between the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and all such New Loan Commitments obtained on or prior to such date), which may be incurred in Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling. In connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 2.14, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying that the New Loan Commitments do not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, which certificate shall be in reasonable detail and shall provide the calculations and basis therefor and, subject to reclassification as set forth in Section 10.1, classify such Indebtedness as being incurred under clause (i) or clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person (other than a natural Person) to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments, subject, if applicable, to the proviso to Section 2.14(b); provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Loan Commitment. In each case, on each applicable Increased Amount Date (subject to Section 1.12), such New Loan Commitments shall be subject to (i) no Event of Default (except in connection with an acquisition or investment (including any Permitted Acquisition or Investment), no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5) shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments, as applicable, and subject to Section 1.12, (ii) the New Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e), and (iii) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 in connection with the New Loan Commitments, as applicable. No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). Any New Term Loans shall, at the election of the Borrower and agreed to by Lenders providing such New Loan Commitments, be designated as (a) a separate series (a Series) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement or (b) as part of a Series of existing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. On and after the Increased Amount Date, Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall be designated a separate Series of Additional Revolving Credit Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following terms and conditions, (a) with respect to New Revolving Credit Commitments, each of the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class shall assign to each Lender with a New Revolving Credit Commitment (each, a New Revolving Loan Lender) and each of the new Revolving Loan Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders with revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class will be held by existing Revolving Credit Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving effect to the addition of such new Revolving Credit Commitments to the Revolving Credit Commitments, and (b) with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, (i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and, each Loan made under a New Revolving Credit Commitment (a New Revolving Credit Loan) and each Loan made under an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (an Additional Revolving Credit Loan and, together with new Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Revolving Credit Loan) shall be deemed, for all purposes, Revolving Loans and (ii) each New Revolving Loan Lender and each Lender with an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (each, an Additional Revolving Loan Lender and, together with the New Revolving Loan Lenders, the Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders) shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolving Credit Commitment and all matters relating thereto; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lenders or Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Revolving Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Incremental Revolving Loan Lender.
(c) New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing and following terms and conditions, (i) each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a New Term Loan Lender) of any Series shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a New Term Loan and, together with the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Loans) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.
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(d) The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any
Series shall be on terms and documentation set forth in the Joinder Agreement as determined by the Borrower; provided that (i) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Tranche B Term Loan
Maturity Date; (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans as calculated without giving
effect to any prepayments made in connection with the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans; (iii) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and, subject to clauses (i) and
(ii) above, amortization schedule applicable to any New Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder; provided that only during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the thirty month
anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of such New Term Loans consisting of Term Loans that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the Tranche
B-3 Term Loans (other than any New Term Loans incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment) exceeds the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or
Tranche B-3 Term Loans of like currency by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing
Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans, as applicable, is equal to the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the New Term Loans minus 0.50% (the terms of this proviso to this clause (iii), the
MFN Protection); and (iv) to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such
Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Term Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence
of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants or other provisions are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date);.
(e) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be identical to the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and the related Revolving Credit Loans, other than the Maturity Date and as set forth in this Section 2.14(e); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise:
(i) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
(ii) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall not mature earlier than the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans at the time of incurrence of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments,
(iii) the borrowing and repayment (except for (1) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, and (3) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (v) below)) of Loans with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Increased Amount Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on such Increased Amount Date,
(iv) subject to the provisions of Section 3.12 and Section 3A.12 to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exists Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Series in accordance with their percentage of such Revolving Credit Commitments on the applicable Increased Amount Date (and except as provided in Section 3.12, without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued in respect of such Series),
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(v) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Increased Amount Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on such Increased Amount Date, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class,
(vi) assignments and participations of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans on the applicable Increased Amount Date,
(vii) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may constitute a separate Class or Classes, as the case may be, of Commitments from the Classes constituting the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments prior to such Increased Amount Date,
(viii) the pricing, fees, maturity and other immaterial terms of the Additional Revolving Credit Loans may be different and shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder so long as the final maturity date and the weighted average maturity of any Additional Revolving Credit Loans and Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall not be earlier than, or shorter than, as the case may be, the maturity date or the weighted average life, as applicable, of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans, and
(ix) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness.
(f) Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.14.
(g) (i) The Borrower may at any time, and from time to time, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (an Existing Term Loan Class) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, Extended Term Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a Term Loan Extension Request) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term Loans of such applicable Existing Term Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date (a Permitted Other Provision); provided, however, that (x) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted, in each case as more particularly set forth in paragraph (iv) of this Section 2.14(g) below), (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or
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(B) additional fees, premiums or applicable high-yield discount obligation (AHYDO) payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment and to the extent that any Permitted Other Provision (including a financial maintenance covenant) is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such Permitted Other Provision is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or if such Permitted Other Provision applies only after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise, no Extended Term Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted is repaid in full, except in accordance with the last sentence of Section 5.1(a). No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted.
(ii) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, each existing at the time of such request (each, an Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and any related revolving credit loans thereunder, Existing Revolving Credit Loans; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an Existing Revolving Credit Class) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any related Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which such request shall be offered equally to all such lenders) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment) unless (x) the Lenders providing Existing Revolving Credit Loans receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and/or (B) additional fees and premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y) the Revolving Credit Commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the Revolving Credit Commitment fee rate for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Loans with respect to any Original Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Original Revolving Credit Commitments and (2) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Loans related to such Commitments set forth in Section 13.6. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).
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(iii) Any Lender (an Extending Lender) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent (an Extension Election) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment included in each such Extension Election. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be treated identically to all other Original Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended and the related obligations to issue Letters of Credit may be continued so long as the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, have consented to such extensions in their sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).
(iv) Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an Extension Amendment) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.14(g)(iv) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.14(g)(i), each Extension Amendment (x) shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Joinder Agreement with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which the Extended Term Loans were converted to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Term Loan Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class is to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Term Loan Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof) and (y) may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of New Term Loans incurred following the date of such Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 13.1 to any Section 2.14 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a Section 2.14 Additional Amendment) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments are within the requirements of Section 2.14(g)(i) and do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of New Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Joinder Agreement and (2) consents applicable to holders of any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 13.1.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clauses (i) and/or (ii) above (an Extension Date), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal
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amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date) and (II) in the case of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, such Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) and Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lenders Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.
(vi) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.14.
2.15 Permitted Debt Exchanges.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer) made from time to time by the Borrower, the Borrower may from time to time following the Closing Date consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans for Permitted Other Indebtedness in the form of notes (such notes, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, and each such exchange a Permitted Debt Exchange), so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the final offering document in respect of a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is delivered to the relevant Lenders, (ii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall equal no more than the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans; provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Debt Exchange Notes may include accrued interest and premium (if any) under the Term Loans exchanged and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the issuance of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, (iii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged under each applicable Class by the Borrower pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of a given Class (calculated on the face amount thereof) tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing, and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Borrower and the Auction Agent, and (vi) any applicable Minimum Tender Condition shall be satisfied.
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(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 5.1 or 5.2, and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a Minimum Tender Condition) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrowers discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered.
(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower and the Auction Agent shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.15 and without conflict with Section 2.15(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than a reasonable period (in the discretion of the Borrower and the Auction Agent) of time following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made.
(d) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) none of the Auction Agent, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrowers compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable insider trading laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Securities Exchange Act.
2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders and Section 13.1.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 11 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize, as applicable, any Letter of Credit Issuers or Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8, as applicable; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy (x) such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize, as applicable, any Letter of Credit Issuers future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or the Lenders, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower, any Lender, any Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and seventh, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans, Revolving L/C Borrowings or Swingline Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans or Swingline Loans were
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made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 7 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans or Swingline Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or post Cash Collateral, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 4 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive 2020 Letter of Credit Fees or Revolving Letter of Credit Fees, as applicable, for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its applicable percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8, as applicable.
(C) With respect to any 2020 Letter of Credit Fee or Revolving Letter of Credit Fee, as applicable, not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to any Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credits Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) Reallocation of Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentages, as applicable (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure or 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure, as applicable, of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lenders Commitment. Subject to Section 13.22, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
(v) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize, as applicable, any Letter of Credit Issuers Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8, as applicable.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded
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participations in Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentages, as applicable (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.17 Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.17, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date denominated in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or (ii) the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans outstanding exceeding the Swingline Sublimit; provided that the Swingline Lender shall be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender of such request (i) by telephone (confirmed in writing in the form of Exhibit J) or by facsimile or electronic communication in the form of Exhibit J, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Swingline Lender (confirmed by telephone), not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender, 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the day of such proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Swingline Loan and in the case of any Swingline Loan requested to finance the reimbursement of an Unpaid Drawing as provided in Section 3.4, the identity of the Letter of Credit Issuer that made the applicable Letter of Credit. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Borrowing. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to any accounts of the Borrower maintained with the Swingline Lender for the Swingline Loan (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an Unpaid Drawing as provided in Section 3.4, by remittance to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Credit Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Credit Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Credit Lender, specifying in such notice the Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 3.3 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 3.3 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan
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after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and thereafter to the Borrower, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term Swingline Lender shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
(e) The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a Swingline Lender hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Swingline Lenders acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.
(f) Any Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of a Swingline Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.8(a). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (x) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made thereafter and (y) references herein to the term Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.
(g) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, any Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon 30 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.17(f) above.
Section 3. Revolving Letters of Credit.
3.1 Revolving Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3, to issue from time to time from the Closing Date through the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower is the primary obligor and signatory to the Letter of Credit Request, for the account of Holdings
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or any Restricted Subsidiary) letters of credit (the Revolving Letters of Credit and each, a Revolving Letter of Credit), which Revolving Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed (i) such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment, (ii) the L/C Sublimit and (iii) individual Letters of Credit, in such form as may be approved by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would exceed the L/C Sublimit (or with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, exceed such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment); (ii) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures at the time of the issuance thereof to exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; (iii) each Revolving Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than one year after the date of issuance thereof (except as set forth in Section 3.2(d)), provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, in each case, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and, unless the Revolving Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or backstopped (in the case of a backstop only, on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer), the Revolving Credit Lenders; (iv) the Revolving Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (v) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable law for the beneficiary of the Revolving Letter of Credit to have a Revolving Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (vi) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued by a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1.
(c) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not exceed such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment).
(d) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Revolving Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Revolving Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Revolving Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Revolving Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (in each case, for which such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(ii) the issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
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(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $50,000, in the case of a commercial Revolving Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Revolving Letter of Credit; provided that none of the initial Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers or their respective affiliates shall be obligated or requested to issue commercial Revolving Letters of Credit;
(iv) such Revolving Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(v) such Revolving Letters of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(vi) a default of any Revolving Credit Lenders obligations to fund under Section 3.3 exists or any Revolving Credit Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless, in each case, the Borrower have entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer to eliminate such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers risk with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender or such risk has been reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16.
(e) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not increase the Stated Amount of any Revolving Letter of Credit if the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(f) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Revolving Letter of Credit if (A) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Revolving Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Revolving Letter of Credit.
(g) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Revolving Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Section 13 included the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omission, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
3.2 Revolving Letter of Credit Requests.
(a) Whenever the Borrower desires that a Revolving Letter of Credit be issued or amended, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least four Business Days (or such other period as may be agreed upon by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer) prior to the proposed date of issuance or amendment. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) In the case of a request for the issuance of a Revolving Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Revolving Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the identity of the applicant; and (H) such other matters as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (I) the Revolving Letter of Credit to be amended; (II) the proposed
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date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (III) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (IV) such other matters as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Revolving Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(c) Unless the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party, at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Revolving Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Sections 6 (solely with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit issued on the Closing Date) and 7 shall not then be satisfied to the extent required thereby, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Revolving Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower are the primary obligors, for the account of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with each such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers usual and customary business practices.
(d) If the Borrower so requests in any Letter of Credit Request, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree to issue a Revolving Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof and the Borrower not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Revolving Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Revolving Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer; provided, however, that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has reasonably determined that it would not be permitted, at such time to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Sections 6 and 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(e) Promptly after its delivery of any Revolving Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Revolving Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Revolving Letter of Credit or amendment. On the first Business Day of each month, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.
(f) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Revolving Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).
3.3 Revolving Letter of Credit Participations.
(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer of any Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3, an Revolving L/C Participant), and each such Revolving L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an Revolving L/C Participation), to the extent of such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving
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Credit Commitment Percentage in each Revolving Letter of Credit, each substitute therefor, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided that the Revolving Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Revolving L/C Participants as provided in Section 4.1(b) and the Revolving L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any Revolving L/C Fronting Fees.
(b) In determining whether to pay under any Revolving Letter of Credit, the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Revolving L/C Participants other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Revolving Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Revolving Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.
(c) In the event that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the respective Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.4(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving L/C Participant of such failure, and each Revolving L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in immediately available funds. If and to the extent such Revolving L/C Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees that are reasonably and customarily charged by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any Revolving L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Revolving Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Revolving L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Revolving Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no Revolving L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other Revolving L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
(d) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the Revolving L/C Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Revolving L/C Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Revolving L/C Participants share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such Revolving L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all Revolving L/C Participants) of the amount so paid in respect of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Revolving L/C Participations at the Overnight Rate.
(e) The obligations of the Revolving L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
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(f) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.3(c) is required to be returned, each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Credit Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
3.4 Agreement to Repay Revolving Letter of Credit Drawings.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment with respect to any drawing under any Revolving Letter of Credit in the same currency in which such drawing was made unless the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in the notice of drawing that it will require reimbursement in Dollars. Any such reimbursement shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for any payment or disbursement made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under any Revolving Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, an Revolving Unpaid Drawing) no later than the date that is one Business Day after the date on which the Borrower receives written notice of such payment or disbursement (the Revolving Reimbursement Date), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Reimbursement Date, from the Revolving Reimbursement Date to the date the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans plus the ABR as in effect from time to time, provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Revolving Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that, with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit, the Revolving Credit Lenders make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be denominated in Dollars and which shall be ABR Loans) on the Revolving Reimbursement Date in the amount of such drawing and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving L/C Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each Revolving L/C Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in Dollars in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Revolving Unpaid Drawing by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for purpose of reimbursing the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Revolving Unpaid Drawing. In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any Revolving Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, the full amount of the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an Revolving Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this Section 3.4 except that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the Revolving L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such Revolving Letter of Credit to reimburse any Revolving Unpaid Drawing under such Revolving Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any Revolving Unpaid Drawings made in respect of such Revolving Letter of Credit following the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, second, to the extent such Revolving Letter of Credit expires or is returned for cancellation with an undrawn balance while any such cash collateral remains, to the repayment of obligations in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that have not been paid at such time and third, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section 3.4(a) shall affect the Borrowers obligation to repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans when due in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(b) The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each Revolving Letter of Credit and to repay each Revolving L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Revolving Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Revolving Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Revolving Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Revolving Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Revolving Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Revolving Letter of Credit;
(iv) waiver by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer of any requirement that exists for the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers protection and not the protection of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) or any waiver by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary);
(v) any payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Revolving Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code, the ISP or the UCP or the Revolving Letter of Credit itself, as applicable;
(vi) any payment by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under such Revolving Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Revolving Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under such Revolving Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Revolving Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code;
(vii) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Revolving Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(viii) any adverse change in any relevant exchange rates or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) (other than the defense of payment or performance).
(c) The Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under the Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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3.5 Increased Costs. If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law shall (x) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy, liquidity or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Revolving L/C Participants Revolving L/C Participation therein, (y) impose on the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein or any Revolving Letter of Credit or such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving L/C Participation therein (other than with respect to Taxes) or (z) impose on the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein or any Revolving Letter of Credit or such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving L/C Participation therein (including any increased costs attributable to Taxes (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto), and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Revolving Letter of Credit, or to reduce the actual amount of any sum received or receivable by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant hereunder in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to a Revolving Letter of Credit issued on account of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary))), the Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or an Revolving L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Persons compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or an Revolving L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such actual additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.5 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
3.6 New or Successor Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
(a) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer upon 60 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, Holdings and the Borrower. The Borrower may replace any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer. The Borrower may add Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the Lenders a successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit or a new Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), another successor or new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer accepting such appointment shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit accepting such appointment shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees applicable to the Revolving Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall become the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of the Revolving Letter of
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Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Revolving Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Revolving Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue back-stop Revolving Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Revolving Letters of Credit shall be denominated in the same currency as, and shall have a face amount equal to, the Revolving Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Revolving Letters of Credit shall be a statement that there has been a compliant drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Revolving Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers resignation or replacement as Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) To the extent there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.
3.7 Role of Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Revolving Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Revolving Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Revolving Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuit of such rights and remedies as they may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(b); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, and a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers willful failure to pay under any Revolving Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Revolving Letter of Credit in each case as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Revolving Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
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The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may send a Revolving Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
3.8 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, if (i) as of the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, any Revolving L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (ii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.13, or (iii) the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(v) are in effect, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (ii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by the Administrative Agent or the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iii) above, after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein as described in Section 3.8(a), and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 3.8(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, other than Permitted Liens, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (including, without limitation, as a result of exchange rate fluctuations), the Borrower will, promptly upon written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3.8 or Sections 2.16, 5.2, or 11.13 in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Revolving L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(d) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 13.6(b)(ii)) or there is no longer existing an Event of Default) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral.
3.9 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Revolving Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Revolving Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial Revolving Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers rights and remedies against the Borrower
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shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Revolving Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the applicable law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and TradeInternational Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Revolving Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control and any grant of security interest in any Issuer Documents shall be void.
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Revolving Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Revolving Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Revolving Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Holdings and the other Restricted Subsidiaries.
3.12 Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any Revolving Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer which issued such Revolving Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such Revolving Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Revolving Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Revolving Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3.8. Upon the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Revolving Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
Section 3A. 2020 Letters of Credit.
3A.1 2020 Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, at any time and from time to time after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and prior to the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, each 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3A, to issue from time to time from the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower is the primary obligor and signatory to the Letter of Credit Request, for the account of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary) letters of credit (the 2020 Letters of Credit and each, a 2020 Letter of Credit), which 2020 Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed (i) such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment, (ii) the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment and (iii) individual 2020 Letters of Credit, in such form as may be approved by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would exceed the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to any 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, exceed such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment); (ii) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause
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the aggregate amount of the Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure at the time of the issuance thereof to exceed the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect; (iii) each 2020 Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than one year after the date of issuance thereof (except as set forth in Section 3A.2(d)), provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, in each case, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and, unless the 2020 Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or backstopped (in the case of a backstop only, on terms reasonably satisfactory to such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer), the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders; (iv) the 2020 Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (v) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable law for the beneficiary of the 2020 Letter of Credit to have a 2020 Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (vi) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued by a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent or the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1.
(c) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit issued by such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not exceed such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment).
(d) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any 2020 Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such 2020 Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such 2020 Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such 2020 Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (in each case, for which such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, or shall impose upon such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and which such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(ii) the issuance of such 2020 Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, such 2020 Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $50,000, in the case of a commercial 2020 Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby 2020 Letter of Credit; provided that none of the initial 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers or their respective affiliates shall be obligated or requested to issue commercial 2020 Letters of Credit;
(iv) such 2020 Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(v) such 2020 Letters of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(vi) a default of any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders obligations to fund under Section 3A.3 exists or any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless, in each case, the Borrower have entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer to eliminate such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers risk with respect to such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or such risk has been reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16.
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(e) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not increase the Stated Amount of any 2020 Letter of Credit if the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such 2020 Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(f) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any 2020 Letter of Credit if (A) the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such 2020 Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such 2020 Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such 2020 Letter of Credit.
(g) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such 2020 Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Section 13 included the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omission, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
3A.2 2020 Letter of Credit Requests.
(a) Whenever the Borrower desires that a 2020 Letter of Credit be issued or amended, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least four Business Days (or such other period as may be agreed upon by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer) prior to the proposed date of issuance or amendment. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) In the case of a request for the issuance of a 2020 Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested 2020 Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the identity of the applicant; and (H) such other matters as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding 2020 Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (I) the 2020 Letter of Credit to be amended; (II) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (III) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (IV) such other matters as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested 2020 Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(c) Unless the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party, at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the 2020 Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Sections 6 (solely with respect to any 2020 Letter of Credit issued on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) and 7 shall not then be satisfied to the extent required thereby, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a 2020 Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower are the primary obligors, for the account of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with each such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers usual and customary business practices.
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(d) If the Borrower so requests in any Letter of Credit Request, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree to issue a 2020 Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, a 2020 Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such 2020 Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such 2020 Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof and the Borrower not later than a day (the 2020 Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such 2020 Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once a 2020 Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such 2020 Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer; provided, however, that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer has reasonably determined that it would not be permitted, at such time to issue such 2020 Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3A.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the 2020 Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Sections 6 and 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(e) Promptly after its delivery of any 2020 Letter of Credit or any amendment to a 2020 Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such 2020 Letter of Credit or amendment. On the first Business Day of each month, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.
(f) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the 2020 Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3A.1(b).
3A.3 2020 Letter of Credit Participations.
(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer of any 2020 Letter of Credit, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender (each such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3A.3, an 2020 L/C Participant), and each such 2020 L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an 2020 L/C Participation), to the extent of such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage in each 2020 Letter of Credit, each substitute therefor, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided that the 2020 Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the 2020 L/C Participants as provided in Section 4.1(f) and the 2020 L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any 2020 L/C Fronting Fees.
(b) In determining whether to pay under any 2020 Letter of Credit, the relevant 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the 2020 L/C Participants other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such 2020 Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such 2020 Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the relevant 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.
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(c) In the event that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the respective 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3A.4(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each 2020 L/C Participant of such failure, and each 2020 L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in immediately available funds. If and to the extent such 2020 L/C Participant shall not have so made its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, such 2020 L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees that are reasonably and customarily charged by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any 2020 L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any 2020 Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other 2020 L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such 2020 Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no 2020 L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other 2020 L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other 2020 L/C Participants 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
(d) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the 2020 L/C Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each 2020 L/C Participant that has paid its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such 2020 L/C Participants share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such 2020 L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all 2020 L/C Participants) of the amount so paid in respect of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective 2020 L/C Participations at the Overnight Rate.
(e) The obligations of the 2020 L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
(f) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3A.3(c) is required to be returned, each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
3A.4 Agreement to Repay 2020 Letter of Credit Drawings.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment with respect to any drawing under any 2020 Letter of Credit in the same currency in which such drawing was made unless the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in the notice of drawing that it will require reimbursement in Dollars. Any such reimbursement shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for any payment or disbursement made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under any 2020 Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, a 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing) no later than the date that is one Business Day after the date on which the Borrower receives written notice of such payment or disbursement (the 2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
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on the 2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date, from the 2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date to the date the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin plus the ABR as in effect from time to time In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any 2020 Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, the full amount of the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such 2020 Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this Section 3A.4 except that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the 2020 L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such 2020 Letter of Credit to reimburse any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing under such 2020 Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings made in respect of such 2020 Letter of Credit following the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date and second, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each 2020 Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a 2020 Letter of Credit, any transferee of any 2020 Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any 2020 Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such 2020 Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such 2020 Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such 2020 Letter of Credit;
(iv) waiver by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer of any requirement that exists for the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers protection and not the protection of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) or any waiver by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary);
(v) any payment made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such 2020 Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code, the ISP or the UCP or the 2020 Letter of Credit itself, as applicable;
(vi) any payment by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under such 2020 Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such 2020 Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under such 2020 Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such 2020 Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code;
(vii) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such 2020 Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(viii) any adverse change in any relevant exchange rates or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
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(ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) (other than the defense of payment or performance).
(c) The Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under the 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3A.5 Increased Costs. If, after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, any Change in Law shall (x) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy, liquidity or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, or any 2020 L/C Participants 2020 L/C Participation therein, (y) impose on the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or any 2020 L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit or 2020 L/C Participations therein or any 2020 Letter of Credit or such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 L/C Participation therein (other than with respect to Taxes) or (z) impose on the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or any 2020 L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit or 2020 L/C Participations therein or any 2020 Letter of Credit or such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 L/C Participation therein (including any increased costs attributable to Taxes (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto), and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any 2020 Letter of Credit, or to reduce the actual amount of any sum received or receivable by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant hereunder in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit or 2020 L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to a 2020 Letter of Credit issued on account of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary))), the Borrower shall pay to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or an 2020 L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Persons compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the relevant 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or an 2020 L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such actual additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3A.5 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement
3A.6 New or Successor 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
(a) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer upon 60 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, Holdings and the Borrower. The Borrower may replace any 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer. The Borrower may add 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders a successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit or a new 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), another successor or new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer accepting such appointment shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of
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2020 Letters of Credit accepting such appointment shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean such successor or such new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees applicable to the 2020 Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 4.1(d) and 4.1(f). The acceptance of any appointment as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall become the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional 2020 Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with 2020 Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue back-stop 2020 Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding 2020 Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, which new 2020 Letters of Credit shall be denominated in the same currency as, and shall have a face amount equal to, the 2020 Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new 2020 Letters of Credit shall be a statement that there has been a compliant drawing on the corresponding back-stopped 2020 Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers resignation or replacement as 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit issued by such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) To the extent there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.
3A.7 Role of 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer. Each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a 2020 Letter of Credit, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the 2020 Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any 2020 Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any 2020 Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuit of such rights and remedies as they may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3A.3(b); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, and a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the
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extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers willful failure to pay under any 2020 Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a 2020 Letter of Credit in each case as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a 2020 Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may send a 2020 Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
3A.8 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, if (i) as of the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, any 2020 L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (ii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.13, or (iii) the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(v) are in effect, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (ii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by the Administrative Agent or the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iii) above, after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein as described in Section 3A.8(a), and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 3A.8(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, other than Permitted Liens, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (including, without limitation, as a result of exchange rate fluctuations), the Borrower will, promptly upon written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3A.8 or Sections 2.16, 5.2, or 11.13 in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific 2020 L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(d) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 13.6(b)(ii)) or there is no longer existing an Event of Default) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral.
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3A.9 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a 2020 Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby 2020 Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial 2020 Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any 2020 Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the applicable law or any order of a jurisdiction where the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and TradeInternational Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any 2020 Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
3A.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control and any grant of security interest in any Issuer Documents shall be void.
3A.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a 2020 Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such 2020 Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of 2020 Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Holdings and the other Restricted Subsidiaries.
3A.12 Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments . If the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date in respect of any tranche of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any 2020 Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer which issued such 2020 Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments in respect of which the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such 2020 Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any 2020 Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such 2020 Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3A.8. Upon the maturity date of any tranche of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, the sublimit for 2020 Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
Section 4. Fees.
4.1 Fees.
(a) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin (the Commitment Fee) for each day from the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (for the quarterly period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum
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equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available Revolving Commitment in effect on such day. For purposes of computing Commitment Fees, the Available Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Letter of Credit Exposure (but the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).
(b) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders pro
rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued on the Borrowers or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries behalf (the Revolving Letter of Credit
Fee), for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to the Applicable Margin for Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate Revolving Credit Loans less the Revolving L/C Fronting Fee set forth in clause (d) below. Except as provided below, such Revolving Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable
(x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been
reduced to zero.
(c) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for its own account, administrative agent fees as have been previously agreed in writing or as may be agreed in writing from time to time.
(d) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in Dollars in respect of each Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it to the Borrower (the Revolving L/C Fronting Fee) (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, at the rate of 0.125%, computed on the amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit, and (ii) with respect to each standby Revolving Letter of Credit, for the period from the date of issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Revolving Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125% per annum on the average daily Stated Amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer). Such Revolving L/C Fronting Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the applicable Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
(e) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars upon each issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a Letter of Credit issued by it such amount as shall at the time of such issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment be the processing charge that the Letter of Credit Issuer is customarily charging for issuances or extension of, drawings under or amendments of, letters of credit issued by it.
(f) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued on the Borrowers or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries behalf (the 2020 Letter of Credit Fee), for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin less the 2020 L/C Fronting Fee set forth in clause (g) below. Except as provided above, such 2020 Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminates and the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
(g) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to each 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in Dollars in respect of each 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it to the Borrower (the 2020 L/C Fronting Fee) (i) with respect to each commercial 2020 Letter of Credit, at the rate of 0.125%, computed on the amount of such 2020 Letter of Credit, and (ii) with respect to each standby 2020 Letter of Credit, for the period from the date of issuance of such 2020 Letter of Credit to the termination date of such 2020 Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125% per annum on the average daily Stated Amount of such 2020 Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuer). Such 2020 L/C Fronting Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminates and the applicable 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
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(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 4.1.
(i) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender) a commitment fee set forth in the definition of 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin (the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee) in Dollars that shall accrue daily from and including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date to but excluding the 2020 Letter of Credit Termination Date. Each such 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the 2020 Letter of Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment in effect on such day. For purposes of computing 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fees, the Available 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure.
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of each of the Lenders of any applicable Class, except that (i) notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14(g), the Revolving Credit Commitments of any one or more Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of Revolving Credit Commitments so extended on such date (provided that (x) after giving effect to any such reduction and to the repayment of any Revolving Credit Loans made on such date, the Revolving Credit Exposure of any such Lender does not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment thereof and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any such repayment of Revolving Credit Loans contemplated by the preceding clause shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.3(a) with respect to the ratable allocation of payments hereunder, with such allocation being determined after giving effect to any conversion pursuant to Section 2.14(g) of Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(g) prior to any reduction being made to the Revolving Credit Commitment of any other Lender) and (ii) the Borrower may at its election permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender to $0 without affecting the Revolving Credit Commitments of any other Lender, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2(a) shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, and (c) after giving effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of the Loans and Swingline Loans made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class.
(b) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each of the Lenders of any applicable Class and (ii) the Borrower may at its election permanently reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender to $0 without affecting the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of any other Lender, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, and (c) after giving effect
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to such termination or reduction of the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment and the aggregate amount of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures in respect of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of such Class.
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments.
(a) The Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. The Commitments, if any, for Extended Term Loans shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the applicable Extension Amendment.
(b) The Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(c) The New Loan Commitment for any Series shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Joinder Agreement, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Increased Amount Date for such Series.
(d) The 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date.
(e) The Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
(f) The Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(g) The Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
Section 5. Payments.
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Loans, including Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, in each case, other
than as set forth in Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c), without premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agents Office (and, in the case of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and (in the case of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to
which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, three Business Days prior
to
and, (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, one
Business Day prior to and (iii) in the case of SOFR Loans, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days
prior to the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders; (2) each partial prepayment of (i) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans
or SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be in a minimum amount
of $5,000,000 and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) any ABR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, provided that no partial prepayment of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall
reduce the outstanding LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount for such LIBOR
Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, and (3) in the
case of any prepayment of LIBOR Loans or SOFR Loans, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall, promptly after receipt of a written request by any applicable Lender (which
request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender
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any amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be (a) applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify and (b) applied to reduce Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amounts, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amounts, any New Term Loan Repayment Amounts, and, subject to Section 2.14(g), Extended Term Loan Repayment Amounts, as the case may be, in each case, in such order and to such Classes as the Borrower may specify. At the Borrowers election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Term Loan or Revolving Credit Loan of a Defaulting Lender.
(b) In the event that, on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Borrower (i) makes any prepayment of Tranche B-1 Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on such Tranche B-1 Term Loans or (ii) effect any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (x) in the case of clause (i), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of clause (ii), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Tranche B-1 Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction.
(c) In the event that, on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Borrower (i) makes any prepayment of Tranche B-3 Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on such Tranche B-3 Term Loans or (ii) effect any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (x) in the case of clause (i), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of clause (ii), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Tranche B-3 Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction.
5.2 Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Term Loan Prepayments.
(i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event (other than one covered by clause (iii) below) and within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within ten Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with an equivalent principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, in each case solely to the extent with respect to any Collateral, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Indebtedness (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Permitted Other Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.
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(ii) Not later than ten Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) for any fiscal year (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020), if, and solely to the extent, Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year exceeds $15,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid), in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater than 3.50:1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, minus, (y) (i) the sum during such fiscal year of the principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6, Second Lien Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (in each case, including purchases of the Loans by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered to all Lenders and Dutch auctions, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans at or below par) during such fiscal year or after such fiscal year and prior to the date of the required Excess Cash Flow payment and (ii) to the extent accompanied by permanent reduction of commitments, optional reductions of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Swingline Loans, as applicable, Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, in each case, other than to the extent any such prepayment is funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt.
(iii) On each occasion that Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(w), the Borrower shall within three Business Days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Permitted Other Indebtedness prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2, (A) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party giving rise to a prepayment pursuant to clause (i) above (a Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event) or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Credit Parties, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Loans at the times provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as the case may be, but only so long, as the applicable Requirements of Law will not permit repatriation to the Credit Parties (the Credit Parties hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirements of Law to permit repatriation), and once a repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable Requirements of Law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than ten Business Days after such repatriation is permitted) applied (net of any taxes that would be payable or reserved against if such amounts were actually repatriated whether or not they are repatriated) to the repayment of the Loans pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, as applicable, and (B) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that in the case of this clause (B), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to clause (i) above or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is eighteen months after the date an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow would have so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to clause (ii) above unless previously actually repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) above, (x) the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Credit Parties rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of any taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement, including Section 5 shall be construed to require any Subsidiary to repatriate cash.
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(b) Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans.
(i) If on any date the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans for any reason exceeds 100% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date Revolving Loans of such Class or the Swingline Loans, as the case may be, in an amount equal to such excess. If after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Class, the Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Revolving Letter of Credit Outstanding in relation to such Class to the extent of such excess.
(ii) If on any date the aggregate amount of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit for any reason exceeds the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure in an amount equal to such excess. If after giving effect to the prepayment of all 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure, the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures exceed the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the 2020 Letter of Credit Outstanding to the extent of such excess.
(c) Application to Repayment Amounts. Subject to Section 5.2(f), each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) or (ii) shall be allocated pro rata among the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, the New Term Loans and the Extended Term Loans based on the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due thereunder and shall be applied within each Class of Term Loans in respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity thereof or as otherwise directed by the Borrower; provided that the Borrower may allocate a greater proportion of such prepayment in its sole discretion to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans to the extent agreed to by the Lenders providing any applicable New Term Loans and/or Extended Term Loans outstanding at such time. Subject to Section 5.2(f), with respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent written notice which shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied to each Class of Term Loans requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, New Term Loan Lender or Lender of Extended Term Loans, as applicable.
(d) Application to Term Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that if any Lender has provided a Rejection Notice in compliance with Section 5.2(f), such prepayment shall be applied with respect to the Term Loans to be prepaid on a pro rata basis across all outstanding Types of such Term Loans in proportion to the percentage of such outstanding Term Loans to be prepaid represented by each such Class. In the absence of a Rejection Notice or a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
(e) Application to Revolving Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Loans, the Borrower may designate (i) the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made and (ii) the Revolving Loans to be prepaid, provided that (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans; and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), no prepayment of Revolving Loans shall be applied to the Revolving Loans of any Defaulting Lender unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
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(f) Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term Loans of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Lenders pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Term Loan Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment other than any such mandatory prepayment with respect to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event under Section 5.2(a)(i) or Permitted Other Indebtedness under Section 5.2(a)(iii) (such declined amounts, the Declined Proceeds) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by providing written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day after the date of such Lenders receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders under the Second Lien Facility in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Facility shall thereafter be retained by the Borrower (Retained Declined Proceeds).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.1 and this Section 5.2, 100% of the proceeds of all Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be used to repay Existing Term Loans of the Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.1 and this Section 5.2, 100% of the proceeds of all Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall be used to repay Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of the Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders.
5.3 Method and Place of Payment.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuer entitled thereto or the Swingline Lender entitled thereto, as the case may be; all such payments shall be made, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agents Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower, it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrowers account(s) at the Administrative Agents Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. All repayments or prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in the currency in which such Loans are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall, unless otherwise specified in such Credit Document, be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) or, otherwise, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) may be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion for purposes of calculating interest thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.
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5.4 Net Payments.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.
(ii) If any Withholding Agent shall be required by applicable law to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Withholding Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are reasonably determined by such Withholding Agent to be required by applicable law, (B) such Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4) each Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deductions been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or timely reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Tax Indemnifications. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 15 days after receipt of written demand therefor, for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability (along with a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts) delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Borrower reasonably believes that any such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
(d) Evidence of Payments. After any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 5.4, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders and Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Credit Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lenders entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by any Credit Party pursuant to any Credit Document or otherwise to establish such Lenders status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Any documentation and information required to be delivered by a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.4(e) (including any specific documentation set forth in subsection (ii) below) shall be delivered by such Lender (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before any date on which such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, (iii) promptly after the occurrence of any change in the Lenders circumstances requiring a change in the most recent documentation
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previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and each such Lender shall promptly notify in writing the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if such Lender is no longer legally eligible to provide any documentation previously provided. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(e)(ii)(A), (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), (B)(4), (C) and (D) below) shall not be required if in such Lenders or the Administrative Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution, or submission would subject such Lender or the Administrative Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
(B) each Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;
(2) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form thereto);
(3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1, I-2, I-3 or I-4, as applicable, (a Non-Bank Tax Certificate), to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments under any Credit Document are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Lenders conduct of a United States trade or business and (y) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form);
(4) where such Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or otherwise not a beneficial owner (e.g., where such Non-U.S. Lender has sold a participation), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto) and all required supporting documentation (including, where one or more of the underlying beneficial owner(s) is claiming the benefits of the portfolio interest exemption, a Non-Bank Tax Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, as applicable) of such beneficial owner(s)) (provided that, if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and not a participating Lender, the Non-Bank Tax Certificate(s) (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4) may be provided by the Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of the direct or indirect partner(s)); or
(5) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made;
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(C) each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement; and
(D) if the Administrative Agent is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrower with two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. If the Administrative Agent is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide an original Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying on Part I and Part VI of such Form W-8IMY that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. person for United States federal withholding tax purposes with respect to payments received by it from the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the certification described in the prior sentence.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party or with respect to which any Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.4, the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as applicable) shall promptly pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Credit Parties under this Section 5.4 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or any Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or any Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 5.4, the term Lender includes any Letter of Credit Issuer and the term applicable law includes FATCA.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 5.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Credit Documents.
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5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees.
(a) Except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on LIBOR Loans and SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
(b) Fees and the average daily Stated Amount of Letters of Credit shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest.
(a) No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
(b) Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; provided that to the extent lawful, the interest or other amounts that would have been payable but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above such maximum amount or rate of interest therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.
Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing.
The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
6.1 Credit Documents.
The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received:
(a) this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
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(c) the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(d) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(e) the Second Lien Credit Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each lender party thereto and the Second Lien Administrative Agent; and
(f) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
6.2
Collateral6.2 Collateral. Except for any items referred to on Schedule 9.14:
(a) All outstanding Equity Interests, regardless of the form of the Equity Interests, in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents shall have been pledged pursuant thereto.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall have received the certificates representing the Equity Interests in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the extent required to be delivered under the Security Documents and pledged under the Security Documents and to the extent certificated, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers or allonges endorsed in blank.
(c) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document and perfect such Liens to the extent required by such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, and shall be in proper form, for filing, registration or recording.
6.3 Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the executed legal opinion, in customary form, of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New counsel to the Credit Parties, and (ii) Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice PLLC, special Kentucky counsel to the Credit Parties, and Holdings and the Borrower hereby instruct and agree to instruct the other Credit Parties to have such counsel deliver such legal opinions.
6.4 Equity Investments. Equity Investments, which, to the extent constituting Capital Stock other than common Capital Stock, shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Amount shall have been made; provided, that after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Minimum Equity Amount, KKR will own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company on the Closing Date.
6.5 Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each of (x) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.6 and (y) an Authorized Officer certifying compliance with Sections 6.8 (with respect to the Company Representations and the Specified Representations) and 6.10 and certifying that since December 10, 2018, there has not occurred any change, effect, event, state of facts, development that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements
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relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto.
6.7
Fees 6.7 Fees. The Agents and Lenders shall have
received, substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Initial Term Loans, fees and, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be paid on the Closing Date (which amounts may, at the Borrowers option, be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans).
6.8 Representations and Warranties. On the Closing Date, the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Specified Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) and the Company Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Company Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects).
6.9 Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager, or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with the Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent.
6.10 Acquisition 6.10 Acquisition. The Acquisition shall have been or, substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowing of the
Initial Term Loans shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents (including any consent under the
definition of Company Material Adverse Effect) by the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders or Joint Lead Arrangers in their capacities as such without the consent of the Majority Lead Arrangers (not
to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that (a) any change to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders and (b) any modification,
amendment or express waiver or consents by the Borrower (or one of its affiliates) that results in an increase or reduction in the purchase price shall be deemed to not be materially adverse to the Lenders so long as (i) any increase in the
purchase price shall not be funded with additional indebtedness (excluding the Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) any reduction shall be allocated first to reduce the Equity Investments to the Minimum
Equity Amount and thereafter to the Initial Term Loans and the Second Lien Facility on a pro rata basis).
6.11 Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act. If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower the name of each requesting Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
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6.12 Pro Forma Balance Sheet . The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma statement of income (collectively, the Pro Forma Financial Statements) of the Borrower as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other statements of income), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).
6.13 Financial Statements . The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements.
6.14 No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since December 10, 2018, there has not been any change, effect, event, state of facts, development or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
6.15
Refinancing6.15 Refinancing. Substantially simultaneously with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated.
6.16 Notice of Borrowing . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 6 on the Closing Date, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 7. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events after the Closing Date.
Subject to Section 1.12, the agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (other than the initial Borrowing of Term Loans on the Closing Date under this Agreement), including any New Term Loans and/or any Replacement Term Loans (excluding Revolving Credit Loans required to be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit on any date, is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent:
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties.
(a) At the time of each Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (other than any Credit Event on the Closing Date or pursuant to any Loan made pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15 (which shall be subject to the applicable terms of Section 2.14 or 2.15, as applicable)), (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).
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7.2 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) Prior to the making of each Term Loan after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(b) Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(c) Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a) or Section 3A.2(a), as applicable.
7.3 Additional 2020 Letter of Credit Condition. With respect to any issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a 2020 Letter of Credit, to the extent the aggregate amount of 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings outstanding exceeds 35% of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the Test Period shall not be greater than 6.90:1.00.
The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 above have been satisfied as of that time.
Section 8. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and the Swingline Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein the Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 and 8.10 only, Holdings) makes the following representations and warranties to the Lenders, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the Swingline Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit (it being understood that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed made with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary only to the extent relevant under applicable law):
8.1 Corporate Status. Each Credit Party (a) is a duly organized and/or incorporated and validly existing corporation, limited liability company or other entity in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and/or incorporation and has the corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, winding up, dissolution, strike-off or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
8.3 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the Acquisition or the Abode Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or
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constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Abode Acquisition).
8.4
Litigation8.4
Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.5 Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
8.6 Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings, consents, approvals, registrations and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents (and to release existing Liens), and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings or consents the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.7 Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure.
(a) None of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such written information and data contained in (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the Closing Date and including all information incorporated by reference therein) and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein was, when furnished, incorrect in any material respect or contained any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished (after giving effect to all supplements and updates), it being understood and agreed that for the purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include pro forma financial information, projections, estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) or other forward looking information and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
(b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
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8.9 Financial Condition; Financial Statements.
(a) (i) The unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Borrower as set forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum, and (ii) the Historical Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Borrower at the respective dates of said information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby. The Pro Forma Financial Statements, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared based on the Historical Financial Statements and have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2018 (as if the Transactions had been consummated on such date) and their estimated results of operations as if the Transactions had been consummated on October 1, 2017. The financial statements referred to in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 8.9 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements.
(b) There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the Closing Date.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or IFRS, or the respective interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Documents.
8.10 Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) Each Credit Party is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance with such Requirements of Law would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Each Credit Party and, to the knowledge of such Credit Parties, each of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, is (1) in compliance with (x) the Patriot Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and (y) each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), including (i) the United States Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the FCPA), (2) is not (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFACs List of Specially Designated nationals, HMTs Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (3) is in compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions (collectively, the Anti-Corruption Laws), except, in each case, where the failure to be in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (4) except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is in compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each Credit Party has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws.
8.11 Tax Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) Borrower and each of the other Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and has timely paid all Taxes payable by it (whether or not shown on a Tax return and including in its capacity as withholding agent) that have become due, other than those being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and it can lawfully withhold such payment and (b) the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has paid, or has provided adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable. There is no current or proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.12 Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
8.13
Subsidiaries8.13 Subsidiaries. Schedule 8.13 lists each Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date after giving effect to the
Transactions.
8.14 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the United States as currently conducted, except where the failure to own or have a right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of their respective businesses by each of the Borrower, and the other Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property of any third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.15 Environmental Laws.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) none of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary has received written notice of any Environmental Claim; and (iii) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or operated property nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, has there been any other Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any such properties, in each case, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.16 Properties.
(a) (i) Each of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and valid record title to, valid leasehold interests in, or rights to use, all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title or interest would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the Flood Insurance Laws unless flood insurance available under such Flood Insurance Laws has been obtained in accordance with Section 9.3(b).
(b) Set forth on Schedule 8.16 is a list of each Mortgaged Property owned by any Credit Party as of the Closing Date having a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million.
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8.17
Solvency8.17 Solvency. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions, including the making of the Second Lien Loans) immediately following the making of the Loans and after giving effect to the application of the
proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be Solvent. On the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 5, including the
consummation of the Abode Acquisition) immediately following the making of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis will be Solvent.
8.18 Use of Proceeds. The use of proceeds of the Loans, Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans will not violate any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws in any material respect.
8.19 Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to any beneficial owner of the Borrower is true and correct in all material respects to the best knowledge of the Borrower.
Section 9. Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
9.1 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such fiscal year) (120 days for the fiscal years of the Borrower ending December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year, shall be delivered by each of the Borrower and the Company on a standalone basis (prior to giving effect to the Transactions) and, in each case, prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified by and as set forth below in this Section 9.1(a)) and, starting with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal years all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in each case, certified by KPMG LLP or another independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Material Subsidiary) as a going concern (other than any qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date under any Indebtedness, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant at such time or on a future date or in a future period or (iii) the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period (60 days for the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019)), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated income statements for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of the applicable quarterly period, and commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2020 setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet,
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for the last day of the related period in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein), subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and, with respect to fiscal 2019 reporting periods, subject to finalization of the purchase price allocation to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Transactions, as required by GAAP.
(c) Budgets. Prior to an IPO, within 90 days (120 days in the case of the fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020) after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget of the Borrower in reasonable detail on a quarterly basis for such fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 9.1(a), setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (collectively, the Projections), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood and agreed that such Projections and assumptions as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
(d) Officers Certificates. Not later than five days after the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, as the case may be, which certificate shall set forth (i) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be and (ii) the then applicable Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and underlying calculations in connection therewith. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth changes to the legal name, jurisdiction of formation, type of entity and organizational number (or equivalent) to the Person organized in a jurisdiction where an organizational identification number is required to be included in a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, in each case for each Credit Party or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (d), as the case may be.
(e) Notice of Default or Litigation. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Environmental Matters. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge of any one or more of the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notice of:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate; and
(ii) the conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective action in response to the actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Estate.
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All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation or removal, remedial or other corrective action in response thereto. The term Real Estate shall mean land, buildings, facilities and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party.
(g) Other Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements (other than drafts of pre-effective versions of registration statements) with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices, and reports that the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in their capacity as such holders, lenders or agents (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time; provided that none of the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective contractors) is prohibited by law, or any binding agreement, (iii) that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) that is otherwise subject to Section 13.16 or the limitations set forth in Section 9.2.
(h) KYC Information. At the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly deliver (i) such documentation and other information (including Beneficial Ownership Certification) about the Borrower and the Guarantors as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Beneficial Ownership Certification.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), and (g) of this Section 9.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earliest date on which (i) the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowers websites on the Internet; (ii) such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), or (iii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the SECs website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided that (A) the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, continue to deliver copies (which delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which notification may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents on any website described in this paragraph. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.1, the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.1 may be (i) with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements are also delivered or (ii) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any other Parent Entity of the Borrower so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Holdings or such other Parent Entity are also delivered.
Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in advance, all financial statements and certificates furnished pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to all Lenders and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as not containing any material nonpublic information.
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9.2 Books, Records, and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary in whomsoevers possession to the extent that it is within such partys control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not within such partys control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (a) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than one time in any calendar year, which such visit will be at the Borrowers expense, and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by law or any agreement binding on a third-party or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its respective representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowers independent public accountants.
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, promptly following written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried and (b) with respect to any improved Mortgaged Property located in a special flood hazard area, the Borrower will obtain flood insurance in such total amount as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and shall otherwise comply with the Flood Insurance Laws. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lenders loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the lenders loss payee thereunder.
9.4 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes imposed upon it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims in respect of any Taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon the Borrower properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, it can lawfully withhold such payment and the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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9.5 Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises. Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, take all actions necessary (a) to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, organizational rights and authority and (b) to maintain its rights, privileges (including its good standing (if applicable)), permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Permitted Investments and Sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5.
9.6 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, (b) comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws, and (c) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal, and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders and directives which are being timely contested in good faith by proper proceedings, except in each case of clauses (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 9.6, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.7
ERISA9.7 ERISA. Where applicable, (a) the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan to which a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to contribute; provided that if the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries have not
requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary shall promptly make a request for such
documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof; provided, further, that the rights granted to the
Administrative Agent in this Section shall be exercised not more than once with respect to the same Multiemployer Plan during any applicable plan year, and (b) the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent promptly following the
occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all tangible property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, and condemnation excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $30 million and (y) 8.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Affiliate transaction, for any individual transaction or series of related transactions on terms that are at least substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the payment of fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement and customary investment banking fees paid to the
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Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith, (b) transactions permitted by Section 10.3 and Section 10.5, (c) consummation of the Transactions and the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Credit Documents, (e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrowers or a Subsidiarys ownership of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10, (f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or consultants (including management and employee benefit plans or agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements) in the ordinary course of business (including loans and advances in connection therewith), (g) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Subsidiaries that are permitted under Section 10.5(b)(15); provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent of the amount received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, U.S. federal, state and/or local taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) paid such taxes separately from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, (h) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) transactions undertaken pursuant to membership in a purchasing consortium, (j) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (k) customary payments by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent) and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures), (l) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable, (m) Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted hereunder and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated herein in respect thereof, (n) any customary transactions with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility and (o) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
9.10 End of Fiscal Years. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, fiscal years to end on dates consistent with past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent change the financial reporting convention specified above to (x) align the dates of such fiscal year and for any Restricted Subsidiary whose fiscal years end on dates different from those of the Borrower or (y) any other financial reporting convention (including a change of fiscal year) reasonably acceptable (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.
9.11 Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, Holdings will cause each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and upon the formation of any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC), and each other Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, within 60 days from the date of such formation, acquisition or cessation,
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as applicable (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), and Holdings may at its option cause any other Domestic Subsidiary, to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement, in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee and a grantor under such Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, enter into a new Security Document substantially consistent with the analogous existing Security Documents and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and take all other action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as created and perfected by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 9.14(d) in the case of such Credit Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to take any action outside the United States to perfect any security interest in the Collateral (including the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia).
9.12 Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, Holdings will cause (i) all certificates representing Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents) held directly by Holdings or any other Credit Party, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4 received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4, and (iii) any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time such promissory note is executed; of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is owing to Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations accompanied by undated instruments of transfer executed in blank pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing any promissory note among Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries need not be delivered to the Collateral Agent so long as (i) a global intercompany note superseding such promissory note has been delivered to the Collateral Agent, (ii) such promissory note is not delivered to any other party other than Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, owed money thereunder, and (iii) such promissory note indicates on its face that it is subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.
9.13 Use of Proceeds.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Borrower will use (i) the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility), the Second Lien Facility and the Equity Investments to effect the Transactions and pay related fees, (ii) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility to fund certain Transaction Expenses and the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit usage) to fund working capital and (iii) cash on hand to effect the Transactions and pay related fees. Any proceeds of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to prepay Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders in full. Any proceeds of the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date to prepay in full all Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders.
(b) The Borrower and it Restricted Subsidiaries will use the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans (i) to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Investments, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Investments and the Delayed Draw Term Loans and (iii) with respect to any remaining balance after the uses described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, for general corporate purposes.
(c) The Borrower will use Letters of Credit, Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans for working capital and for other general corporate purposes (including the Transactions (to the extent permitted under the preceding clause (a)) and any other transactions not prohibited by the Credit Documents).
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(d) The proceeds of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date to (i) to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Investments, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Investments and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans and (iii) for general corporate purposes.
(e) The proceeds of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, together with cash on hand of the Borrower and Abode Target, solely to fund the merger consideration in respect of the Abode Acquisition; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, up to $75,000,000 of the proceeds of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans may be used by the Borrower for working capital and for other general corporate purposes (including the Amendment No. 5 Transactions and any other transactions not prohibited by the Credit Documents).
9.14 Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to the terms of Sections 9.11 and 9.12, this Section 9.14 and the Security Documents, Holdings will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements, and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust, and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect, and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom (including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance) or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, if any assets (other than Excluded Property) (including any real estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein but excluding Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary and excluding any real estate which the applicable Credit Party intends to dispose of pursuant to a Permitted Sale Leaseback so long as actually disposed of within 270 days of acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree)) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million (at the time of acquisition) are acquired by Holdings or any other Credit Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Document upon acquisition thereof) that are of a nature secured by a Security Document or that constitute a fee interest in real property in the United States, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, Holdings will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations (provided, however, that in the event any Mortgage delivered pursuant to this clause (b) shall incur any mortgage recording tax or similar charges in connection with the recording thereof, such Mortgage shall not secure an amount in excess of the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property) and will take, and cause the other applicable Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 9.14.
(c) Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding clause (b) shall, if requested by the Collateral Agent, be received as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days (except as set forth in the preceding clause (b)), unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent acting reasonably and accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or an unconditional binding commitment therefor to be replaced by a final title policy) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company (each such policy, a Title Policy), in such amounts as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent not to exceed the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2 or as otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, together with such endorsements, co-insurance and reinsurance as the
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Administrative Agent may reasonably request but only to the extent such endorsements are (i) available in the relevant jurisdiction (provided in no event shall the Administrative Agent request a creditors rights endorsement) and (ii) available at commercially reasonable rates, (y) an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (z) a completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination, and if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located in a special flood hazard area, (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the applicable Credit Parties and (ii) certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance required by Section 9.3 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (aa) an ALTA/NSPS survey in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent or such existing survey together with a no-change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Title Policy related to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements required in clause (x) above.
(d) Post-Closing Covenant. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agree that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to, complete each of the actions described on Schedule 9.14 as soon as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth on Schedule 9.14 with respect to such action or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
9.15 Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating and ratings in respect of the Term Loans provided pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, from each of S&P and Moodys.
9.16 Lines of Business. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise incidental, synergistic, reasonably related, or ancillary to any of the foregoing (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment).
Section 10. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.8 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, incur and collectively, an incurrence) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or, in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, preferred stock; provided that (A) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred stock, if, after giving effect thereto, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00:1.00 or (B) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), if, after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be less than or equal to 5.75:1.00; provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing together with any amounts incurred under Sections 10.1(l)(ii) and (n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding.
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The foregoing limitations will not apply to:
(a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness represented by the Second Lien Facility, Permitted Second Lien Exchange Notes, and any guarantee thereof in an aggregate principal amount (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses) not to exceed $450,000,000 and (ii) Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 10.1(x)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses);
(c) (i) Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 (other than intercompany Indebtedness owed by a Credit Party to another Credit Party);
(d) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation, maintenance, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any synthetic lease transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (d) and all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (d), does not exceed the greater of (x) $130 million and (y) 35% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence; provided that Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (d) in connection with a Permitted Sale Leaseback shall not be subject to the foregoing limitation so long as the proceeds of such Permitted Sale Leaseback are used by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.2(a);
(e) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including letter of credit obligations consistent with past practice constituting Reimbursement Obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business), in respect of workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement or indemnification type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;
(f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary or other Person, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Borrowers Guarantee; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(h) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and to the Guarantee of such Guarantor as the case may be; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
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(i) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this clause;
(j) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);
(k) (i) obligations in respect of self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(l) (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions, any Cure Amount or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with Sections 10.5(a)(iii)(B) and 10.5(a)(iii)(C) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 10.5(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition thereof) and (ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the sum of (A) the greater of (x) $185 million and (y) 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence and (B) an additional amount of Indebtedness in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.5 (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall be deemed a Restricted Payment for purposes of compliance with Section 10.5) (it being further understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (l)(ii) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 without reliance on this clause (l)(ii)); provided that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding;
(m) the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and clauses (b) and (c) above, clause (l)(i) and this clause (m) or clause (n) below or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refinance, replace, refund, extend, renew, defease, restructure, amend, restate or otherwise modify (collectively, refinance) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (the Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness (1) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced, (2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness that is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively, and (iii) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (3) shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a
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Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or a Guarantor and (4) shall have an aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) that does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection therewith);
(n) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition, merger, or consolidation; provided that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(l)(ii) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding, or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof (including designating an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation described in this clause (n), (i) either (1) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in clause (A) of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than that immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be either (1) less than or equal to the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediate prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (2) less than or equal to 5.75:1.00;
(o) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(p) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit so long as such letter of credit is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 10.1 or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;
(q) (1) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as in the case of a guarantee of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness could have been incurred directly by the Restricted Subsidiary providing such guarantee or (2) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower;
(r) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in the aggregate at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $85 million and (y) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (r) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (r));
(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(t) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business, including with respect to financial accommodations of the type described in the definition of Cash Management Services and (ii) Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(u) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, managers and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 10.5(b);
(v) Indebtedness in respect of a Receivables Facility;
(w) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness to the extent that all of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness;
(x) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness; provided that either (a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to this clause (i)(a) shall not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount or (b) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied no later than ten Business Days after the receipt thereof to repurchase, repay, redeem or otherwise defease Second Lien Loans (provided, in the case of this clause (i)(b), such Permitted Other Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness; and
(y) (i) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Exchange in accordance with Section 2.15 (and which does not generate any additional proceeds) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1: (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (a) through (y) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 10.1, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, will classify and may reclassify (including within the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses or paragraphs; and (ii) at the time of incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 10.1; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Facility on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred under clause (b)(i) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (a) and (l)(i) above shall be deemed to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs, fees, and expenses in connection with such refinancing.
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For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses and accrued and unpaid interest incurred in connection with such refinancing.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
10.2 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a Subject Lien) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, except:
(i) if such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien;
(ii) any other Subject Lien if the obligations secured by such Subject Lien are junior to the Obligations; provided that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (ii); and
(iii) in the case of any Subject Lien on assets or property not constituting Collateral, any Subject Lien if (i) the Obligations are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Subject Lien secures any Junior Debt) the obligations secured by such Subject Lien or (ii) such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) above shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Subject Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Obligations.
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10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), except that:
(a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower; provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, the Successor Borrower), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto or in a form otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (3) Holdings and each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to the Guarantee, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrowers obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to any applicable Security Document, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document and that the provisions set forth in the preceding clauses (3) through (5) preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens created under the Security Documents (it being understood that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement);
(b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and if the surviving Person is not already a Guarantor, such Person shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the relevant Security Documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents;
(c) the Transactions may be consummated;
(d) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower) may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to any other Credit Party;
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(e) any Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to a Credit Party; provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
(f) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;
(g) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, investment or conveyance, sale, lease, assignment or disposition, the purpose of which is to effect an Asset Sale (which for purposes of this Section 10.3(g), will include any disposition below the dollar threshold set forth in clause (ii)(d) of the definition of Asset Sale) permitted by Section 10.4 or an investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or an investment that constitutes a Permitted Investment; and
(h) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
10.4 Limitations on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, if the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of have a Fair Market Value in excess of the greater of (a) $50 million and (b) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition, either (A) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents or (B) at least 50% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds received pursuant to this clause (B) must be used to repay the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a) within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as reflected on the Borrowers most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrowers consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such consolidated balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Borrower and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;
(iii) Indebtedness, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released from any Guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale; and
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(iv) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $205 million and 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (b) of this provision and for no other purpose.
Within the Reinvestment Period after the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to prepay Loans or Permitted Other Indebtedness in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i); and/or
(2) to make investments in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with this clause (2) if and to the extent that, within the Reinvestment Period after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement or letter of intent to consummate any such investment described in this clause (2) with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment and, in the event any such commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary prepays the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i).
(c) Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Cash Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
10.5 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Borrower payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;
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(3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (g) and (h) of Section 10.1 or (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Junior Debt purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof);
(ii) [reserved]; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock pursuant to clause (b) thereof only) and 6(C) of Section 10.5(b) below, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 10.5(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication) (the sum of the amounts attributable to clauses (A) through (G) below is referred to herein as the Available Amount):
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date (other than (i) net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1 and (ii) proceeds from Cure Amounts and amounts received from a Restricted Subsidiary) from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of the Borrower, including Retired Capital Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of (A) Equity Interests to any employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Borrowers Subsidiaries after the Closing Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below, and (B) Designated Preferred Stock, and, to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Borrower, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below) or (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower; provided that this clause (B) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Refunding Capital Stock, (b) Equity Interests or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower, as the case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock or (d) Excluded Contributions, plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Borrower following the Closing Date (other than net cash proceeds from Cure Amounts or to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions), plus
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(D) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Closing Date; or (B) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus
(E) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus
(F) the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Closing Date, plus
(G) an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $110 million and 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis).
(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 10.5(a) will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (Refunding Capital Stock) and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this Section 10.5(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that was declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
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(3) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 10.1 so long as: (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness, (B) if such Junior Debt is subordinated to the Obligations, such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, (C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, (D) if such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value is (i) unsecured then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or (ii) Permitted Other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) and is secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, and (E) such new Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed in any calendar year the greater of (a) $30 million and (b) 8.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (which subsequent to the consummation of an IPO shall increase to the greater of (a) $65 million and (b) 17% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed: (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of Section 10.5(a)(iii), plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle or any Restricted Subsidiary, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 10.5 or any other provision of this Agreement;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any class or series of preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with Section 10.1 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
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(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date; (B) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Borrower from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or (C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 10.5(b); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.75:1.00;
(7) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (x) $35 million and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(8) (i) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, manager, or consultant and repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrowers common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such companys common stock), following consummation of an IPO, in an amount on an aggregate basis not to exceed the sum of (a) 6.00% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from such IPO, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrowers common stock registered on Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) an aggregate amount not to exceed 7.00% of the market capitalization of the Borrower;
(10) Restricted Payments in an amount that does not exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions made since the Closing Date;
(11) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $95 million and 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
(13) any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto), in each case, with respect to the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including dividends to any direct or
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indirect parent company of the Borrower to permit payment by such parent of such amount), to the extent permitted by Section 9.9 (other than clause (b) thereof), and Restricted Payments in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations under the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisitions or other Permitted Investments;
(14) other Restricted Payments; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payments the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 4.75:1.00, provided that, with respect to Investments and the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.00:1.00;
(15) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Borrower to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay: (A) franchise and excise taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence or qualification to do business, (B) consolidated, combined or similar foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes, to the extent that such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments with respect to any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer or stand-alone group (separate from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) for all fiscal years ending after the Closing Date, (C) customary salary, bonus, and other benefits payable to officers, employees, directors, and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses, and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (D) general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (E) amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to pay fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower related to (i) the maintenance by such Parent Entity of its corporate or other entity existence and (ii) transactions of such parent company of the Borrower of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, (F) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, and (G) repurchases deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options;
(16) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Borrower, in each case, permitted under this Agreement;
(17) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(18) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (18) not to exceed the greater of (x) $95 million and (y) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
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(19) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions; and
(20) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(g));
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under the preceding clauses (11), (14) (except for an Investment where the standard shall be no Event of Default pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.5), and (18), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof).
The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of Investment. Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time pursuant to Section 10.5(a) or under clauses (7), (10), or (11) of Section 10.5(b), or pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (18) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, the Borrower will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (18), Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.
(c) Prior to the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, to the extent any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to Section 10.1(y) for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Debt Exchange, (i) the Borrower will not, and will not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or acquire any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.1(a) on a pro rata basis among the Term Loans, in an amount not less than the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes that are proposed to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or acquired and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Permitted Debt Exchange Notes in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange then outstanding (prior to giving effect to such proposed prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or acquisition) and (b) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Borrower will not waive, amend or modify the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes or any indenture pursuant to which such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes have been issued in any manner inconsistent with the terms of Section 2.15(a), Section 10.1(y), or the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness or that would result in an Event of Default hereunder if such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (as so amended or modified) were then being issued or incurred.
10.6 Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions (x) which the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith will not materially impair the Borrowers ability to make payments under this Agreement when due or (y) existing under or by reason of:
(i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to this Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;
(ii) the Second Lien Credit Documents and the Second Lien Loans;
(iii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(iv) Requirements of Law or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any request of any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated;
(vi) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary and restrictions on transfer of assets subject to Permitted Liens;
(vii) (x) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (y) restrictions on transfers of assets subject to Permitted Liens (but, with respect to any such Permitted Lien, only to the extent that such transfer restrictions apply solely to the assets that are the subject of such Permitted Lien);
(viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.1;
(x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture and the Equity Interests issued thereby;
(xi) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and
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(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xii) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings (x) are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers boards of directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or (y) do not materially impair the Borrowers ability to pay their respective obligations under the Credit Documents as and when due (as determined in good faith by the Borrower).
10.7 Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period ending during any Compliance Period to be greater than 6.90:1.00.
10.8 Permitted Activities. Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as owner of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and reporting related to such matters, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents, any documentation governing Permitted Other Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof and the other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10 (or that would be permitted to the extent that Holdings was considered to be the Borrower and/or a Restricted Subsidiary), including the ability to incur costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting matters, (vii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted hereunder, (viii) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (ix) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of the Borrower and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, (x) any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 10, (xi) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions or any transaction related thereto or contemplated thereby and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) through (xi) of this Section 10.8.
Section 11. Events of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an Event of Default):
11.1
Payments11.1 . The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal
of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any Fees or any Unpaid Drawings or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other
Credit Document; or Payments
11.2 Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto (except those in the Credit Documents made or deemed made on the Closing Date that are not the Company Representations or the Specified Representations) shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation or warranty shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or
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11.3
Covenants11.3 . Any Credit Party shall: Covenants
(a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5(a) (solely with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), Section 9.14(d) or Section 10; provided that any default under Section 10.7 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Term Loans and/or the 2020 Revolving Credit Loans and neither the Term Loans nor the 2020 Revolving Credit Loans may be accelerated as a result thereof until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated or the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, in each case, by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, if the Lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment have agreed not to have the benefit of the covenant set forth in Section 10.7, such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders and such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be treated in the same way as the Term Loans are treated pursuant to this proviso (such period commencing with a default under Section 10.7 and ending on the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility terminate and accelerate the Revolving Loans); provided, further that any Event of Default under Section 10.7 is subject to cure as provided in Section 11.14 and an Event of Default with respect to such Section shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the relevant financial statements are required to be delivered for the applicable fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b); or
(b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any Security Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements. (a) Holdings, the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate, for Holdings, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace and following all required notices, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (after giving effect to all applicable grace period and delivery of all required notices) (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (a) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement), or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (a)(i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, (y) Indebtedness which is convertible into Qualified Stock and converts to Qualified Stock in accordance with its terms and such conversion is not prohibited hereunder, or (z) any breach or default that is (I) remedied by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (II) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans pursuant to this Section 11; or
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11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3, Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the Bankruptcy Code); or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary commences any other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, winding-up (whether voluntarily or by the courts), strike-off, administration or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary is adjudicated bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
11.6
ERISA11.6 . (a) An ERISA Event or a Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred, (b) a
trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Pension Plan(s), (c) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan(s), or (d) any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is
not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner, and in each case in clauses (a) through (d) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or ERISA
11.7 Guarantee11.7
. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, any Guarantee provided by any Credit Party or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or
effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee; or Guarantee
11.8 Pledge Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender or solely as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to maintain possession of any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that have been previously delivered to it) or any pledgor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgors obligations under the Security Agreement or any other any Security Document; or
11.9 Security Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Security Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent in respect of certificates, promissory notes or instruments actually delivered to it (including as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to file a Uniform Commercial Code continuation statement)) or any grantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantors obligations under any Security Document; or
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11.10
Judgments11.10 . One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate
for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied coverage) and any such judgments or
decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof; or Judgments
11.11 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.12 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) with respect to any default of performance or compliance with the covenant under Section 10.7), the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Holdings and the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement: (i) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind, (ii) declare the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind, (iii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, (iv) terminate any Letter of Credit that may be terminated in accordance with its terms, and/or (v) direct the Borrower to pay (and the Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower, it will pay) to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office such additional amounts of cash, to be held as security for the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligations for Unpaid Drawings that may subsequently occur thereunder, equal to 101% of the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued and then outstanding; provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower or Holdings, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice. In the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, provided that the actions hereinafter described will be permitted to occur only following the expiration of the ability to effectuate the Cure Right if such Cure Right has not been so exercised, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, by written notice to Holdings, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times (except the following actions may not be taken until the ability to exercise the Cure Right under Section 11.14 has expired (but may be taken as soon as the ability to exercise the Cure Right has expired and it has not been so exercised)): (a) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender and Swingline Commitment of each Swingline Lender, shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; and (b) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law). On or after the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have, by written request to the Administrative Agent, elected to take the action under clause (iii) above as a result of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, (1) the Required Term Loan Lenders may, upon the written request of the Required Term Loan Lenders to the Administrative Agent, elect to declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not
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so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Term Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law). On or after the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have, by written request to the Administrative Agent, elected to take the action under clause (iii) above as a result of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, (1) the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders may, upon the written request of the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders to the Administrative Agent, elect to declare the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminated and the 2020 L/C Obligations then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind and the 2020 L/C Obligations so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
11.13 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of, in each case if executed, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement, any exercise of remedies under the Credit Documents or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:
(i) first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with any collection or sale of the Collateral or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document to the extent reimbursable hereunder or thereunder;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties, an amount (x) equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution and (y) sufficient to Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding on the date of any distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full and Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof and to Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit Outstanding; and
(iii) third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
provided that any amount applied to Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit Outstanding that has not been applied to reimburse the Borrower for Unpaid Drawings under the applicable Letters of Credit at the time of expiration of all such Letters of Credit shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the order specified in clauses (i) through (iii) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Guarantor that is not an Eligible Contract Participant (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act) shall not be applied to its Obligations that are Excluded Swap Obligations.
11.14 Equity Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11, in the event that the Borrower fails to comply with the requirement of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7, from the beginning of any fiscal period until the expiration of the 10th Business Day following the date financial statements
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referred to in Sections 9.1(a) or (b) are required to be delivered in respect of such fiscal period for which such financial covenant is being measured, any holder of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower shall have the right to cure such failure (the Cure Right) by causing cash net equity proceeds derived from an issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock, unless reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) by the Borrower (or from a contribution to the common equity capital of Holdings) to be contributed, directly or indirectly, as cash common equity to the Borrower, and upon receipt by the Borrower of such cash contribution (such cash amount being referred to as the Cure Amount) pursuant to the exercise of such Cure Right, such financial covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:
(a) Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of determining the existence of an Event of Default resulting from a breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 with respect to any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters that includes the fiscal quarter for which the Cure Right was exercised and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount;
(b) Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall be decreased solely to the extent proceeds of the Cure Amount are actually applied to prepay any of the Credit Facilities and there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the Cure Amount for determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 unless such proceeds are actually applied to prepay Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities; and
(c) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Holdings shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7, Holdings shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of such financial covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement; provided that (i) in each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which no Cure Right is made, (ii) there shall be a maximum of five Cure Rights made during the term of this Agreement, (iii) each Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount expected to be required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7; and (iv) all Cure Amounts shall be disregarded for the purposes of any financial ratio determination under the Credit Documents other than for determining compliance with Section 10.7.
Section 12. The Agents.
12.1 Appointment.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties
as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than
Section 12.1(c) with respect to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 6 Arranger, and Sections 12.1,
12.9, 12.11 and 12.12 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall have rights as third party beneficiary of any such
provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties
hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective
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(b) The Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
(c) Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 6
Arranger, each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.
12.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, subagents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
12.3 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 13.1), provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any debtor relief law and (b) except as expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
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12.4 Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it (in good faith) 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 (including counsel to Holdings and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law.
12.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.
12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender represent to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly required to be furnished to each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
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12.7
Indemnification12.7 . The Lenders agree to severally indemnify each Agent in its capacity
as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the Termination Date, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against an Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent for the payment of any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any investigation,
litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur (including at any time following the
payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse each Agent upon
demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Credit
Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower; provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect
the Borrowers continuing Reimbursement Obligations with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional
indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss,
damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lenders pro rata portion thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent
against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The indemnity
provided to each Agent under this Section 12.7 shall also apply to such Agents respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, controlling persons, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents and successors.
Indemnification
12.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacities. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
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12.9 Successor Agents.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States (other than any Disqualified Lender). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including receipt of the Borrowers consent); provided that if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice.
(b) If the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Lender Default, the Required Lenders may to the extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower as required above) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date(as applicable), (1) the retiring or removed agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, each Letter of Credit Issuer of the Swingline Lender under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph (and otherwise subject to the terms above). Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) or removed Agent, and the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 12.9). Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of MSSF as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.9 shall also constitute the resignation or removal of MSSF as the Collateral Agent. The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including Section 12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as an Agent.
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12.10 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Credit Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective) or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Credit Party to do so), fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 12.10. The agreements in this Section 12.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 12.10, the term Lender includes each Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender.
12.11 Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee. Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral and the Security Documents. Subject to Section 13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien, in whole or in part, on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) under any Credit Document (i) upon the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any sale, disposition or other transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Credit Document to a Person that is not a Credit Party or in connection with the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Credit Documents, (iv) as to the extent provided in the Security Documents, (v) that constitutes Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 13.1; (b) release any Guarantor (other than Holdings (except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3)) from its obligations under the Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; (c) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien permitted under clause (iv) (solely with respect to Section 10.1(d)), and (vii) of the definition of Permitted Liens or if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement constitutes a Permitted Lien; and (d) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as being a party to such intercreditor or subordination agreement, including the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section 12.11, irrespective of any discharge of the Borrowers obligations to pay those amounts to the other Lenders resulting from failure by them to take appropriate steps in insolvency proceedings affecting the Borrower to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.
Any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under this Section 12.11 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Lenders have received (and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Credit Documents and any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 12.11.
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12.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agents, and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights, and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights, and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition. No holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party under this Agreement. No holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any other Credit Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender or Agent and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.
12.13 Intercreditor Agreements Govern. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into each intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof, and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any intercreditor agreement that includes, or to amend any then-existing intercreditor agreement to provide for, the terms described in the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
12.14 Certain ERISA Matters..
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
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(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Swingline Loans the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto).
For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply to each of the capitalized terms below:
Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Section 13. Miscellaneous.
13.1 Amendments, Waivers, and Releases. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. Except as provided to the contrary in the Credit Documents (including under (I) Section 2.14 or 2.15 or (II) the sixth and seventh paragraphs hereof in respect of Replacement Term Loans or (III) the second proviso below (other than with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in clauses (x)(iii), (x)(iv) and (x)(v) thereof and, for the avoidance of doubt, the proviso to clause (x)(i) thereof), which shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders), the Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with Holdings or the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of Holdings or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each
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such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided, further, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (x) (i) forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion thereof, or extend the date for the payment, of any principal, interest or fee hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the L/C Facility Maturity Date, or amend or modify any provisions of Section 13.20, or make any Loan, interest, Fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial covenant definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), or (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.17 with respect to any Swingline Loan without the written consent of the Swingline Lender to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the Swingline Lender, or (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 or Section 3A, as applicable, with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit or 2020 Letter of Credit, respectively, without the written consent of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the Letter of Credit Issuer or amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 7.3 without the written consent of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers, or (vi) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantees, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or (vii) alter the ratable payments required by Section 5.3(a), Section 11.13(ii), Section 13.8(a) or Section 13.20 without the written consent of each Lender or (viii) decrease the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount or Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount applicable to Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans, or extend any scheduled Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Date or Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Date applicable to Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans, as applicable, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (ix) reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders or amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 that has the effect of decreasing the number of Lenders that must approve any amendment, modification or waiver, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (y) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding clause (x), (i) extend the final expiration date of any Lenders Commitment or (ii) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender, or (z) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a repricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of Term Loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting Term Loans bear) a lower Effective Yield (a Permitted Repricing Amendment), require the consent of any Lender other than the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except (x) that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) for any such amendment, waiver or consent that treats such Defaulting Lender disproportionately and adversely from the other Lenders of the same Class (other than because of its status as a Defaulting Lender).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.7 (or the defined terms to the extent used therein but not as used in any other Section of this Agreement) or Section 11 (solely as it relates to Section 10.7); provided that if the lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment have agreed not to have the benefit of the covenant set forth in Section 10.7, such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders under this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required 2020 Additional Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify Section 7.3.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon Holdings, the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In the case of any waiver, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder Agreement(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such New Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (Refinanced Term Loans) with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, unless any such Applicable Margin applies after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans), and (d) the covenants, events of default and guarantees shall be not materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than the covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to any period after the maturity date in respect of the Refinanced Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the Termination Date, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage
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of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise no longer being required to be a Guarantor hereunder. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 13.1) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility or extension facility pursuant to Section 2.14 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Indebtedness as expressly contemplated by the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (including to effect changes to the terms and conditions applicable solely to the Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of issuances of Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, respectively) and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; and (iv) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Holdings and the Credit Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by Holdings or the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in its or their respective sole discretion, to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, grant extensions of time for the satisfaction of any of the requirements under Sections 9.12, 9.13 and 9.14 or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if it determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.
13.2
Notices 13.2 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for
hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all
notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(a) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(b) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 4.2 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers, and privileges provided by law.
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.
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(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower, jointly and severally, agree (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), one counsel in
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each relevant local jurisdiction with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all their reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents
and any such other documents, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and, to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant local
jurisdiction with the Borrowers consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender,
each Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the Indemnified Persons) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations,
demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements or penalties of any kind or nature whatsoever (and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees,
expenses, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the
Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating or defending any of the foregoing (including the reasonable fees) has retained its own counsel, of another firm of counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for such
affected Indemnified Person), and to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) of any such Indemnified Person arising out of or with
respect to the Transactions, the Amendment No. 4 Transactions
or, the Amendment No. 5 Transactions or the Amendment No. 6 Transactions or to the
execution, enforcement, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or relating to any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (regardless of whether such
Indemnified Person is a party thereto or whether or not such action, claim, litigation or proceeding was brought by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person), arising out of the foregoing, including any of the foregoing relating to the
violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials relating in any way to
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities); provided that Holdings and the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any
Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent arising from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement by such
Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any proceeding between and among Indemnified Persons
that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; provided the Agents, to the extent acting in their capacity as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such proceeding, to the
extent that neither of the exceptions set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such person at such time. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. This Section 13.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements arising from any non-Tax claim.
(b) No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit Holdings and the Borrowers indemnification obligations to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 13.5(a) in respect of damages incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party. No Indemnified Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 13.6. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below and Section 13.7, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans (including participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that the relevant Person shall have the right to withhold their consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:
(A) the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans to (X) a Lender, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (Z) an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to any assignee if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing, (3) with respect to the Term Loans only, unless the Borrower has already objected thereto by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of a written request for consent thereto or (4) with respect to the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, to (X) a Lender with respect to any Revolving Loans or related commitments, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender with respect to any Revolving Loans or related commitments or (Z) an Approved Fund with respect to any Lender referenced in the immediately preceding (X) or (Y); and
(B) the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans only, the Sponsors (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), each Swingline Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, with respect to 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments only, the Sponsors (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, further, that no consent of the Sponsor shall be required (1) for an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender, an Approved Fund of a Revolving Credit Lender, (2) for an assignment of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments to a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or a Revolving Credit Lender, an Approved Fund of a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or a Revolving Credit Lender or (3) if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to (i) a natural Person, or Disqualified Lender or Defaulting Lender and (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or any Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender). For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time.
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(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments and 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments and $1,000,000 in the case of Term Loans, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments by a Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above (and simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system or other method reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; provided, further, that such processing and recordation fee shall not be payable in the case of assignments by any Agent or any of its Affiliates;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the Administrative Questionnaire) and applicable tax forms (as required under Section 5.4(e)); and
(E) any assignment to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender) shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(h).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent bears no responsibility for tracking or monitoring assignments to or participations by any Affiliated Lender or any Disqualified Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(v) of this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 13.6. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of an assignment to a new Lender pursuant to this Section 13.6, (i) the Administrative Agent, the new Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the new Lender been an original Lender signatory to this Agreement with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the assignment and to the extent of the assignment the assigning Lender shall each be released from further obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) the benefit of each Security Document shall be maintained in favor of the new Lender.
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(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest amounts) and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit or by the Swingline Lender under any Swingline Loan owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 13.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than (x) a natural person, (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Disqualified Lender provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (z) hereof, participations may be sold to Disqualified Lenders unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders who so request) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or the sales of participations thereto at any time. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (i) and (vii) of the second proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.6, the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the participating Lender)). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the sale of such the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the
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contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender and this Section 13.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lenders possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lenders credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
(f) The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) SPV Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPV), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV, it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) other than a Disqualified Lender providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) subject to Section 13.16, disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to the following sentence, each SPV shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
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pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the Granting Lender)). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, an SPV shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the grant to such SPV, unless such grant to such SPV is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (1) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (2) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Loans or Commitments acquired the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) by its acquisition of Loans or Commitments, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) it shall not have any right to (i) attend or participate in (including, in each case, by telephone) any meeting (including Lender only meetings) or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders or any other material which is Lender only, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Section 2) or receive any advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or (iii) make any challenge to the Administrative Agents or any other Lenders attorney-client privilege on the basis of its status as a Lender; and
(B) except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (I) in Section 13.1 requiring the consent of all Lenders, all Lenders directly and adversely affected or specifically such Lender, (II) that alters an Affiliated Lenders pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders, or (III) affects the Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender in the same Class, the Loans held by an Affiliated Lender shall be disregarded in both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of any Lender vote (and, in the case of a plan of reorganization that does not affect the Affiliated Lender in a manner that is materially adverse to such Affiliated Lender relative to other Lenders, shall be deemed to have voted its interest in the Term Loans in the same proportion as the other Lenders) (and shall be deemed to have been voted in the same percentage as all other applicable Lenders voted if necessary to give legal effect to this paragraph); and
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at the time of such purchase; and
(iv) any such Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time (and such Loans or Commitments shall be retired and cancelled promptly).
For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Affiliated Institutional Lenders. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliated Lender shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of information which is not publicly available and/or material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities laws.
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13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.
(a) The Borrower shall be permitted (x) to replace any Lender or (y) to terminate the Commitment of such Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date, (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by such Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer any Letters of Credit issued by it, and (3) in the case of a Swingline Lender, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Swingline Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by the Swingline Lender as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Swingline Lender any Swingline Loans issued by it that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 5.4 or (b) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken, or (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirements of Law, (ii) no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Affiliated Lender or Approved Fund, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13.6(b), (vi) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.6 (provided that unless otherwise agreed the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), and (vii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
(b) If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of either (i) all of the Lenders directly and adversely affected or (ii) all of the Lenders, and, in each case, with respect to which the Required Lenders (or at least 50.1% of the directly and adversely affected Lenders) shall have granted their consent, then, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to (x) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6) or terminate the Commitment of such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date, (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by the Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer any Letters of Credit issued by it, and (3) in the case of a Swingline Lender, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Swingline Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by the Swingline Lender as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Swingline Lender any Swingline Loans issued by it; provided that (a) all Obligations hereunder of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment including any amounts that such Lender may be owed pursuant to Section 2.11, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (c) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender the amount, if any, owing to such Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c). In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6.
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13.8 Adjustments; Set-off.
(a) Except as contemplated in Section 13.6 or elsewhere herein (or in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), if any Lender (a Benefited Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lenders Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenders Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Credit Parties but with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Credit Parties hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary, and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Credit Parties. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
13.9 Counterparts 13.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
13.10
Severability
13.10
Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that 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.
13.11 Integration 13.11
Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings,
the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent nor any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
13.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH LETTER OF CREDIT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;
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(b) consents that any such action or proceeding shall be brought in such courts and waives any right to any other jurisdiction to which it may be entitled on account of its present or future place of residence or domicile or any other reason, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding shall be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Credit Parties indemnification obligations set forth in Section 13.5.
13.14
Acknowledgments
13.14
Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof);
(ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, equity holders, creditors or employees, or any other Person;
(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents;
(iv) the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and
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(v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and
none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Borrower has
consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will not claim that any Agent owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Credit Parties in connection with
the Transactions, the Amendment No. 4 Transactions
or, the Amendment No. 5 Transactions or the Amendment No. 6 Transactions contemplated hereby and waives
and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other hand.
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
13.16
Confidentiality
13.16
Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender (collectively, the
Restricted Persons and, each a Restricted Person) shall treat confidentially all non-public information provided to any Restricted Person by or on behalf of any Credit
Party hereunder in connection with such Restricted Persons evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Restricted Person pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (Confidential Information)
and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such Confidential Information; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Restricted Person from disclosing any such Confidential Information (a) pursuant to the order of any court
or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, rule or regulation or compulsory legal process (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to
any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule
or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates (in which case such Restricted
Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to the extent practicable and
not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (c) to the extent that such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by
such Restricted Person or any of its affiliates or any related parties thereto in violation of any confidentiality obligations owing under this Section 13.16, (d) to the extent that such Confidential Information is received by such
Restricted Person from a third party that is not, to such Restricted Persons knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations owing to any Credit Party or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (e) to the extent that such
Confidential Information was already in the possession of the Restricted Persons prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality or is independently developed by the Restricted Persons without the use of such Confidential Information,
(f) to such Restricted Persons affiliates and to its and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, and other experts or agents who need to know such Confidential Information in
connection with providing the Loans or action as an Agent hereunder and who are informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and who are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree
to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) (with each such Restricted Person, to the extent within its control, responsible
for such persons compliance with this paragraph), (g) to potential or prospective Lenders, hedge providers (or other derivative transaction counterparties) (any such person, a Derivative Counterparty), participants or
assignees, in each case who agree (pursuant to customary syndication practice) to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this
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Section 13.16); provided that (i) the disclosure of any such Confidential Information to any potential or prospective Lenders, Derivative Counterparties, participants or assignees referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such potential or prospective Lender, Derivative Counterparty, participant or assignee that such Confidential Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Restricted Person or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which shall in any event require click through or other affirmative actions on the part of recipient to access such Confidential Information and (ii) no such disclosure shall be made by any Restricted Person to whom a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to any person that is at such time a Disqualified Lender, (h) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense, (i) to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Credit Facilities to the extent such rating agencies are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16), (j) to any other party to this Agreement or (k) to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Confidential Information shall not include, with respect to any Person, information available to it or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Holdings, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for compliance with this Section 13.16 by any other Restricted Person (other than its officers, directors or employees), (iii) in no event shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iv) each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
13.17 Direct Website Communications. Each of Holdings and the Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial, and other reports, certificates, and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto, (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent at an email address provided by the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided that (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.
The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
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(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower further agrees that any Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the Platform), so long as the access to such Platform (i) is limited to the Agents, the Lenders and Transferees or prospective Transferees and (ii) remains subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.16.
(b) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES (THE BORROWER MATERIALS) OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties and each, an Agent Party) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Partys (or any of its Related Parties (other than any trustee or advisor)) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach of the Credit Documents as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document or notice that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available information with respect to Holdings or the Borrower may be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any document or notice contains only publicly available information; provided, however, that the following documents shall be deemed to be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material nonpublic information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (3) all financial statements and certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d).
13.18 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act, including the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
13.19 [Reserved].
13.20 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
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13.21 No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer, each Swingline Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the Lenders), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their equity holders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its equity holders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, equity holders or creditors. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
13.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties to any Credit Document, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability
(i) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
(ii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
13.23 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Credit Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Secured Hedge Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, QFC Credit Support, and each such QFC, a Supported QFC), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that
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the Credit Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a Covered Party) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Credit Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Credit Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) (As used in this Section 13.23, the following terms have the following meanings:
(i) BHC Act Affiliate of a party means an affiliate (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
(ii) Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
(iii) Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
(iv) QFC has the meaning assigned to the term qualified financial contract in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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EXHIBIT B
TO JOINDER AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 6
Amended Credit Agreement
[See Attached]
Final Form
Exhibit AB
to Amendment No. 56
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 5, 2019,
as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 30, 2020,
as amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2020,
as amended by Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 7, 2020,
as amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 8, 2021,
and
as further amended by Amendment No. 5,
dated as of April 16, 2021,
and as further amended by Amendment No. 6, dated as of June 30, 2023
among
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings,
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto
and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
as the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. |
Definitions. | 2 | ||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | |||||
1.3 |
Accounting Terms | |||||
1.4 |
Rounding | |||||
1.5 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | |||||
1.6 |
Exchange Rates | |||||
1.7 |
Rates | |||||
1.8 |
Times of Day | |||||
1.9 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | |||||
1.10 |
Certifications | |||||
1.11 |
Compliance with Certain Sections | |||||
1.12 |
Pro Forma and Other Calculations | |||||
1.13 |
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1.14 |
Divisions | |||||
1.15 |
Interest Rates | 86 | ||||
Section 2. |
Amount and Terms of Credit. | |||||
2.1 |
Commitments | |||||
2.2 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings | |||||
2.3 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||
2.4 |
Disbursement of Funds | |||||
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | |||||
2.6 |
Conversions and Continuations | |||||
2.7 |
Pro Rata Borrowings | |||||
2.8 |
Interest | |||||
2.9 |
Interest Periods | |||||
2.10 |
Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. | |||||
2.11 |
Compensation | |||||
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office | |||||
2.13 |
Notice of Certain Costs | |||||
2.14 |
Incremental Facilities | |||||
2.15 |
Permitted Debt Exchanges | |||||
2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders | |||||
2.17 |
Swingline Loans | |||||
Section 3. |
Revolving Letters of Credit. | |||||
3.1 |
Revolving Letters of Credit | |||||
3.2 |
Revolving Letter of Credit Requests | |||||
3.3 |
Revolving Letter of Credit Participations | |||||
3.4 |
Agreement to Repay Revolving Letter of Credit Drawings | |||||
3.5 |
Increased Costs | |||||
3.6 |
New or Successor Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | |||||
3.7 |
Role of Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer | |||||
3.8 |
Cash Collateral |
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3.9 |
Applicability of ISP and UCP | |||||
3.10 |
Conflict with Issuer Documents | |||||
3.11 |
Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries | |||||
3.12 |
Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments | |||||
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3A.1 |
2020 Letters of Credit. | |||||
3A.2 |
2020 Letter of Credit Requests. | |||||
3A.3 |
2020 Letter of Credit Participations. | |||||
3A.4 |
Agreement to Repay 2020 Letter of Credit Drawings. | |||||
3A.5 |
Increased Costs | |||||
3A.6 |
New or Successor 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer. | |||||
3A.7 |
Role of 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer | |||||
3A.8 |
Cash Collateral. | |||||
3A.9 |
Applicability of ISP and UCP | |||||
3A.10 |
Conflict with Issuer Documents | |||||
3A.11 |
Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries | |||||
3A.12 |
Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments | |||||
Section 4. |
Fees. | |||||
4.1 |
Fees | |||||
4.2 |
Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments. | |||||
4.3 |
Mandatory Termination of Commitments | |||||
Section 5. |
Payments. | |||||
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments | |||||
5.2 |
Mandatory Prepayments | |||||
5.3 |
Method and Place of Payment | |||||
5.4 |
Net Payments | |||||
5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees | |||||
5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest | |||||
Section 6. |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing. | |||||
6.1 |
Credit Documents | |||||
6.2 |
Collateral | |||||
6.3 |
Legal Opinions | |||||
6.4 |
Equity Investments | |||||
6.5 |
Closing Certificates | |||||
6.6 |
Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents | |||||
6.7 |
Fees | |||||
6.8 |
Representations and Warranties | |||||
6.9 |
Solvency Certificate | |||||
6.10 |
Acquisition | |||||
6.11 |
Patriot Act | |||||
6.12 |
Pro Forma Balance Sheet | |||||
6.13 |
Financial Statements | |||||
6.14 |
No Company Material Adverse Effect |
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6.15 |
Refinancing | |||||
6.16 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||
Section 7. |
Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events after the Closing Date. | |||||
7.1 |
No Default; Representations and Warranties | |||||
7.2 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||
7.3 |
Additional 2020 Letter of Credit Condition | |||||
Section 8. |
Representations and Warranties. | |||||
8.1 |
Corporate Status | |||||
8.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority | |||||
8.3 |
No Violation | |||||
8.4 |
Litigation | |||||
8.5 |
Margin Regulations | |||||
8.6 |
Governmental Approvals | |||||
8.7 |
Investment Company Act | |||||
8.8 |
True and Complete Disclosure | |||||
8.9 |
Financial Condition; Financial Statements | |||||
8.10 |
Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws | |||||
8.11 |
Tax Matters | |||||
8.12 |
Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance | |||||
8.13 |
Subsidiaries | |||||
8.14 |
Intellectual Property | |||||
8.15 |
Environmental Laws | |||||
8.16 |
Properties | |||||
8.17 |
Solvency | |||||
8.18 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
8.19 |
Beneficial Ownership Certification | |||||
Section 9. |
Affirmative Covenants. | |||||
9.1 |
Information Covenants | |||||
9.2 |
Books, Records, and Inspections | |||||
9.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance | |||||
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes | |||||
9.5 |
Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises | |||||
9.6 |
Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. | |||||
9.7 |
ERISA | |||||
9.8 |
Maintenance of Properties | |||||
9.9 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |||||
9.10 |
End of Fiscal Years | |||||
9.11 |
Additional Guarantors and Grantors | |||||
9.12 |
Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness | |||||
9.13 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
9.14 |
Further Assurances | |||||
9.15 |
Maintenance of Ratings | |||||
9.16 |
Lines of Business |
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Section 10. |
Negative Covenants. | |||||
10.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness | |||||
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens | |||||
10.3 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes | |||||
10.4 |
Limitations on Sale of Assets | |||||
10.5 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | |||||
10.6 |
Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions | |||||
10.7 |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio | |||||
10.8 |
Permitted Activities | |||||
Section 11. |
Events of Default. | |||||
11.1 |
Payments | |||||
11.2 |
Representations, Etc. | |||||
11.3 |
Covenants | |||||
11.4 |
Default Under Other Agreements | |||||
11.5 |
Bankruptcy, Etc. | |||||
11.6 |
ERISA | |||||
11.7 |
Guarantee | |||||
11.8 |
Pledge Agreement | |||||
11.9 |
Security Agreement | |||||
11.10 |
Judgments | |||||
11.11 |
Change of Control | |||||
11.12 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | |||||
11.13 |
Application of Proceeds | |||||
11.14 |
Equity Cure | |||||
Section 12. |
The Agents. | |||||
12.1 |
Appointment | |||||
12.2 |
Delegation of Duties | |||||
12.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions | |||||
12.4 |
Reliance by Agents | |||||
12.5 |
Notice of Default | |||||
12.6 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders | |||||
12.7 |
Indemnification | |||||
12.8 |
Agents in Their Individual Capacities | |||||
12.9 |
Successor Agents | |||||
12.10 |
Withholding Tax | |||||
12.11 |
Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee | |||||
12.12 |
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee | |||||
12.13 |
Intercreditor Agreements Govern | |||||
12.14 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
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Section 13. |
Miscellaneous. | |||||
13.1 |
Amendments, Waivers, and Releases | |||||
13.2 |
Notices | |||||
13.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |||||
13.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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13.5 |
Payment of Expenses; Indemnification |
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13.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | |||||
13.7 |
Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances | |||||
13.8 |
Adjustments; Set-off | |||||
13.9 |
Counterparts | |||||
13.10 |
Severability | |||||
13.11 |
Integration | |||||
13.12 |
GOVERNING LAW | |||||
13.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers | |||||
13.14 |
Acknowledgments | |||||
13.15 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | |||||
13.16 |
Confidentiality | |||||
13.17 |
Direct Website Communications | |||||
13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act | |||||
13.19 |
[Reserved] | |||||
13.20 |
Payments Set Aside | |||||
13.21 |
No Fiduciary Duty | |||||
13.22 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | |||||
13.23 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 | Commitments of Lenders | |
Schedule 8.13 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 8.15 | Environmental | |
Schedule 8.16 | Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 9.14 | Post-Closing Actions | |
Schedule 10.1 | Closing Date Indebtedness | |
Schedule 10.2 | Closing Date Liens | |
Schedule 10.5 | Closing Date Investments | |
Schedule 13.2 | Notice Addresses | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Exhibit B | Form of Guarantee | |
Exhibit C | Form of Pledge Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit E | Form of Credit Party Closing Certificate | |
Exhibit F | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit G-1 | Form of Promissory Note (Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans and New Term Loans) | |
Exhibit G-2 | Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans) | |
Exhibit H-1 | Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit H-2 | Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit I-1 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-2 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-3 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-4 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit J | Form of Notice of Borrowing or Continuation or Conversion | |
Exhibit K | Form of Letter of Credit Request | |
Exhibit L-1 | Form of Hedge Bank Designation | |
Exhibit L-2 | Form of Cash Management Bank Designation |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), the Letter of Credit Issuers from time to time parties hereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble and the recitals having the meaning provided in Section 1).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 10, 2018 (the Acquisition Agreement), by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Cardinal Merger Sub Inc. (Merger Sub), Onex Rescare Holdings Corp. (the Company) and Onex Partners GP Inc. (the Equityholder Representative), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., will acquire, directly or indirectly, the outstanding equity interests of the Company (together with the other related transactions contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement to occur on the date of or substantially contemporaneously with the foregoing, the Acquisition);
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Investor Group will directly or indirectly contribute an amount in cash to Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (such contributions, the Equity Investments), in an aggregate amount equal to at least $250,000,000; provided that KKR shall directly or indirectly own at least 50.1% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately following the consummation of the Transactions (collectively, the Minimum Equity Amount);
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will incur the Second Lien Loans pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 (the Second Lien Facility);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Lender extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,800,000,000 comprised of (x) Initial Term Loans made available to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,650,000,000 and (y) the Delayed Draw Term Loans made available to the Borrower after the Closing Date and at any time and from time to time on or prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility), (ii) the Lenders extend credit in the form of Revolving Credit Loans made available to the Borrower at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $187,500,000 less the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, (iii) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer issue standby Revolving Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Stated Amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $82,500,000 and (iv) the Swingline Lender issue Swingline Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregated amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $50,000,000;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw Term Loans) will be used by the Borrower, together with (i) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of (a) the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility to fund certain Transaction Expenses and (b) the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit usage) to fund working capital, (ii) the proceeds of the Second Lien Facility, (iii) the proceeds of the Equity Investments and (iv) cash on hand, to effect the Acquisition, to consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and to pay Transaction Expenses;
WHEREAS, after the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility will be used by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions and for related costs and expenses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer issue 2020 Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Stated Amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $55,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender are willing to make available to the Borrower such Credit Facilities upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time.
2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2024.
2020 L/C Fronting Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(g).
2020 L/C Obligations shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a 2020 Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 13.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), Article 29 of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP600), or similar terms expressed in the 2020 Letter of Credit, such 2020 Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a 2020 Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Stated Amount of such 2020 Letter of Credit at such time.
2020 Letter of Credit shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3A.1
2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin shall mean, until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Section 9.1, 3.75% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin |
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee |
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I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 3.75 | % | 0.50 | % | |||||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50 | 3.50 | % | 0.37 | % | |||||
III |
< 3.50:1.00 | 3.25 | % | 0.25 | % |
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Any increase or decrease in the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin for Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on a 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, (a) as to each Lender that is a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the amount of such Lenders Additional Revolving Credit Commitment under Amendment No. 2, (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the amount specified as such Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment and becomes a party hereto and (c) in the case of any Lender that increases its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender in respect of the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, in each case pursuant to Section 2.14, the amount specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The aggregate amount of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of all 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date is $55,000,000, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(i).
2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage shall mean at any time, for each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time by (ii) the amount of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage shall be its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.
2020 Letter of Credit Disbursement shall mean a payment made by a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to a 2020 Letter of Credit.
2020 Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (i) the amount of the principal amount of any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3A.4(a) at such time and (ii) such Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of the 2020 L/C Obligations at such time.
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2020 Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(f).
2020 Letter of Credit Fee Letter shall mean the Fee Letter, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, among Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Holdings and the Borrower.
2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean the initial 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders listed on Schedule A to Amendment No. 2 as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; provided that the initial 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers shall only be required to issue standby 2020 Letters of Credit and the initial 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders will cause 2020 Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and such 2020 Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by the initial 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders for all purposes under the Credit Documents. In the event that there is more than one 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable 2020 Letter of Credit or to all 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3A.4(a).
2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3A.4(a).
2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean, at any time the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of the principal amount of all 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings.
2020 Letters of Credit Termination Date shall mean the date on which the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments shall have terminated and the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
Abode Acquisition shall mean the acquisition by the Borrower in accordance with the Abode Acquisition Agreement, directly or indirectly, of all the Equity Interests of Abode Target, pursuant to which Abode Target shall become a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Abode Acquisition Agreement shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Silverton Group Holdings, LLC, Silverton Holdings, Inc. (Abode Target), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Holdings, the Borrower and Overland Merger Sub Inc., dated as of February 10, 2021, together with all exhibits, annexes, schedules and disclosure letters thereto, collectively, as modified, amended, supplemented or waived.
Abode Refinancing shall mean the repayment of all amounts outstanding (other than contingent obligations) under (i) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Abode Healthcare, Inc., as the borrower, Silverton Abode, LLC, as Holdings, Crescent Agency Services LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto and (ii) that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Abode Healthcare, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the purchasers identified therein and Summit Partners Subordinated Debt Fund V-A, L.P., as the purchaser representative, and the Notes (as defined therein) issued to the purchasers pursuant thereto and, in each case, the termination of all commitments and obligations in respect thereof (other than obligations that expressly survive termination thereof) and the release of all Liens in respect of the foregoing.
Abode Target shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Abode Acquisition Agreement.
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ABR shall mean, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of
(i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as determined from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate at its principal office in New York
City, and (iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (which rate shall
be calculated based on anTerm SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period
ofin
effect one month as of such date) plus
1.00% per annum. Any change in the ABR due to a change in such rate determined by the Administrative Agent or in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day of such change; 1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate
for a one-month Interest Period on the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, further, that the ABR shall not
be less than 1.00% per annum with respect to the Tranche B-3 Term Loans. Any change in the ABR due to a
change in such rate determined by the Administrative Agent, in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. provided that
ABR Loan shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.
Acquired EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a Pro Forma Entity) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Acquired Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Model shall mean the Sponsors financial model dated as of December 3, 2018.
Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Additional Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
Additional Revolving Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided Section 2.14(b).
Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan shall mean a Term Loan in Dollars that is made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to an Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender to make Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, in an amount set forth on Schedule I to Amendment No. 1. The aggregate amount of the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments shall equal the outstanding principal amount of Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Existing Term Loans of Post-Closing Option Lenders.
Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
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Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan shall mean a Term Loan in Dollars that is made pursuant to Section 2.1(f)(ii) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to an Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender to make Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, in an amount set forth on Schedule I to Amendment No. 4. The aggregate amount of the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments shall equal the outstanding principal amount of Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders.
Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or an Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan.
Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate shall mean, with respect to any
LIBOR Rate
BorrowingSOFR Loan denominated in Dollars for any
Interest Period and for purposes of determining ABR, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of
(ia
) the LIBOR Rate in effectTerm SOFR for such Interest Period andplus
(iib
) Statutory
Reservesthe Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that
the Adjusted
LIBORTerm
SOFR Rate shall not be less than 0.00% per annum.
Adjusted Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, at any time, the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment less the aggregate 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean at any time the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all Defaulting Lenders.
Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean at any time the Total Term Loan Commitment less the Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
Administrative Agent shall mean MSSF, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9.
Administrative Agents Office shall mean the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, Jefferies LLC and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of Jefferies Finance LLC and its Affiliates.
Affiliated Institutional Lender shall mean (i) any Affiliate of any Sponsor that is either a bona fide debt fund or such Affiliate extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business, (ii) KKR Corporate Lending LLC and KKR Capital Markets LLC and (iii) MCS Corporate Lending LLC and MCS Capital Markets LLC.
Affiliated Lender shall mean a Lender that is a Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof (other than Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Affiliated Institutional Lender).
Agent Parties and Agent Party shall have the meanings provided in Section 13.17(b).
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Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each
Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, each Amendment No. 4 Arranger
and, each Amendment No. 5 Arranger and each Amendment No. 6 Arranger.
Agreement shall mean this First Lien Credit Agreement.
AHYDO shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Amendment No. 1 shall mean Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 1 Arrangers shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 1.
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall mean January 30, 2020, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 1 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 2 shall mean that certain Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 2 dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date shall mean June 30, 2020, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Article III, Section 3 of Amendment No. 2 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 3 shall mean Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 3 Arrangers shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 3.
Amendment No. 3 Effective Date shall mean October 7, 2020, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 3 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 4 shall mean Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 4 Arrangers shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 4.
Amendment No. 4 Effective Date shall mean April 8, 2021, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 4 are satisfied.
Amendment No. 4 Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 4, including the establishment and funding of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans and including the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
Amendment No. 5 shall mean Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 5 to this Agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 5 Arrangers shall mean each of Jefferies Finance LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Natixis, New York Branch in their capacities as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with Amendment No. 5.
Amendment No. 5 Effective Date shall mean April 16, 2021, the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 5 are satisfied.
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Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan shall mean the Tranche B-3 Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(g) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule A to Amendment No. 5 as such Lenders Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date is $675,000,000.
Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan.
Amendment No. 5 Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 5, the Abode Acquisition, the Abode Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Abode Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Abode Acquisition).
Amendment No. 6 shall mean Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 6 to this Agreement dated as of June 30, 2023.
Amendment No. 6 Arranger shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 6.
Amendment No. 6 Effective Date shall mean June 30, 2023, the first Business Day on which all Amendment Effective Date No. 1 Conditions (as defined in Amendment No. 6) are satisfied.
Amendment No. 6 Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by Amendment No. 6, including the establishment of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder and including the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
Anti-Corruption Laws shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any other similar laws or regulations concerning or relating to terrorism financing or money laundering.
Applicable Margin shall mean a percentage per annum equal to:
(i) until delivery of financial statements
and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for LIBORfor SOFR Loans that are Tranche B-1 Term Loans, 3.25% per annum and
(2) for ABR Loans that are Tranche B-1 Term Loans, 2.25% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Tranche B-1 Term Loans |
Adjusted SOFR Rate Tranche B-1 Term Loans |
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I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 2.25 | % | 3.25 | % | |||||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 | 2.00 | % | 3.00 | % |
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(ii) until delivery of financial statements
and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to for SOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit LoansSection 9.1, (1) for LIBOR, 4.25% per annum, and
(2) for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 3.25% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Revolving Credit Loans |
Adjusted SOFR Rate Revolving Credit Loans |
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I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 3.25 | % | 4.25 | % | |||||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50 | 3.00 | % | 4.00 | % | |||||
III |
< 3.50:1.00 | 2.75 | % | 3.75 | % |
(iii) for
LIBORSOFR Loans that are Tranche B-3 Term Loans, 3.50% per annum and (2) for ABR Loans that are Tranche B-3 Term Loans, 2.50% per annum.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, any Extended Revolving Credit Loans or any Extended Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, any Additional Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement, (c) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement, (d) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement and (e) in the case of any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.14.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Revolving Credit
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Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Approved Foreign Bank shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Cash Equivalents.
Approved Fund shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition (including any disposition of property to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale Leaseback) (each, a disposition) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 10.1), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, worn out or surplus property or property (including leasehold property interests) that is no longer economically practical in its business or commercially desirable to maintain or no longer used or useful equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets, or goods (or other assets) in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.3;
(c) the incurrence of Liens that are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2 or the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof) that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to Section 10.5;
(d) any sale or disposition of assets (whether tangible or intangible) or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by (1) a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or (2) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(h) foreclosures, condemnation, casualty or any similar action on assets (including dispositions in connection therewith);
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(i) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;
(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale Leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(k) (1) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims, (2) the termination or collapse of cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the settlement of any crossing payments in connection therewith, or (3) the settlement, discount, write off, forgiveness, or cancellation of any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers, or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns;
(l) the disposition or discount of inventory, accounts receivable, or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(m) the licensing, cross-licensing or sub-licensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (whether pursuant to franchise agreements or otherwise) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of Cash Management Services;
(o) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(p) the expiration, lapse or abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) the issuance of directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(r) dispositions of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (2) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(s) leases, assignments, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(t) dispositions of non-core assets acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder (including to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority);
(u) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 10.5; and
(v) any other disposition in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $85 million and (b) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition.
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Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale of Collateral, subject to the Reinvestment Period allowed in Section 10.4; provided, further, that with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Asset Sale Prepayment Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $50 million (the Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Prepayment Trigger).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean (i) an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any assignment of Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Debt Exchange conducted in accordance with Section 2.15, such form of assignment (if any) as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.15(a).
Auction Agent shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 or Dutch auction pursuant to Section 13.6(h); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries may act as the Auction Agent.
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Vice President-Finance, a Senior Vice President, a Director, a Manager, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any other senior officer or agent with express authority to act on behalf of such Person designated as such by the board of directors or other managing authority of such Person, and shall also include, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II or Article III, any other officer of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent.
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
Available 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment over (ii) the aggregate 2020 L/C Obligations at such time.
Available Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Available Revolving Commitment shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of, without duplication, (a) all Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and (b) the aggregate Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.
Available Tenor shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if any such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interests calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of Interest Period pursuant to Section 1.13(b)(iv).
Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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Bankruptcy Code shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
Benchmark shall mean, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 1.13(b).
Benchmark Replacement shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) | the Daily Simple SOFR; or |
(2) | the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. |
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, then the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (x) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (y) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method of calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Date shall mean the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(2) | in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date. |
For the avoidance of doubt, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein solely to the extent such event applies to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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Benchmark Transition Event shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(3) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative. |
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark solely to the extent that a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Unavailability Period shall mean the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 1.13 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 1.13.
Beneficial Ownership Certification shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.11.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefited Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBORSOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
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Business Day shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any other
day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings
as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements, and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day on
which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the applicable London interbank market..
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant, or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including Capitalized Software Expenditures, website development costs, website content development costs, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs).
Capital Lease shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person, subject to Section 1.12.
Capital Stock shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that cash-settled phantom appreciation programs in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock).
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.12.
Capitalized Software Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Cash Collateral shall have a meaning correlative to the defined term Cash Collateralize and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Collateralize shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support.
Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(i) Dollars,
(ii) (a) Euro, Pounds Sterling, Yen, Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars, or any national currency of any Participating Member State in the European Union or (b) local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
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(iii) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(iv) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and eurodollar time deposits with average maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with average maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof),
(v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv), and (x) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above,
(vi) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P after the date of creation thereof and variable and fixed rate notes issued by a financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, in each case with average maturities of 36 months after the date of creation thereof,
(vii) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized ratings agency),
(viii) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(ix) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Moodys (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(x) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (a) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (b) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Foreign Bank), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition, and (c) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank, in each case, customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction,
(xi) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of foreign obligors, which investments have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies,
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(xii) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (xi) above, and
(xiii) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such Investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition.
(xiv) Credit Card Receivables.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (i) and (ii) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition (other than Credit Card Receivables) will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes under the Credit Documents regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.
Cash Management Bank shall mean (i) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender or (ii) any Person that is designated by the Borrower as a Cash Management Bank by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Cash Management Services shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services), (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements and (iv) and other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
Cashless Option Lender shall mean each Existing Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 1 under the Cashless Settlement Option.
Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lender shall mean each Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 4 under the Cashless Settlement Option.
Casualty Event shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of Collateral, for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award in respect of any equipment, fixed assets, or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets, or real property; provided, further, that with respect to any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Casualty Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $50 million (the Casualty Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).
Casualty Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Casualty Event.
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CFC shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
CFC Holding Company shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all of the assets of which consist of Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents and/or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
Change in Law shall mean (i) the adoption of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation after the Closing Date, (ii) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (iii) compliance by any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, L/C Participant or Swingline Lender with any guideline, request, directive, or order issued or made after the Closing Date (or, in the case of any 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or 2020 L/C Participant, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), including, for avoidance of doubt, any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority), or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities pursuant to Basel III in each case, after the Closing Date.
Change of Control shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the Permitted Holders shall at any time not own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least 35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower; (ii) at any time after an IPO, any Person, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds 35% thereof, unless, in case of clause (i) or clause (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; (iii) at any time, a Change of Control (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) shall have occurred; or (iv) at any time prior to an IPO, Holdings shall cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower. For the purpose of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), at any time when a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity or, if applicable, a Parent Entity acts as the manager, managing member or general partner of the Borrower, references in this definition to Borrower shall be deemed to refer to the ultimate Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock or acts as (or, if applicable, is a Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of) such manager, managing member or general partner. For purposes of this definition, (a) beneficial ownership shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Securities Exchange Act, (b) the phrase Person or group is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (c) if any Person or group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, the IPO Entity or the Borrower, as applicable, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such Person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such Person or group for purposes of determining whether clause (ii) of this definition is triggered and (d) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
Class (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Additional Revolving Credit Loans, New Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series), Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, New Term Loans (of each Series), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series) or Replacement Term Loans (of the same Series) and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, a 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment, an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment, a New Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same
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Extension Series), a Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans shall constitute, and shall be treated as, forming parts of the same Class of Tranche B-3 Term Loans under the Credit Documents.
Closing Date shall mean March 5, 2019.
Closing Date Refinancing shall mean the repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of the Existing Debt Facilities and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean all property pledged or mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents, excluding in all events Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent shall mean MSSF , as collateral agent under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to Section 12.9, and any Affiliate or designee of MSSF, may act as the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).
Commitment Fee Rate shall mean:
(a) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, a rate per annum equal to 0.500%; and
(b) thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
Commitment Fee Rate |
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I |
> 4.00:1.00 | 0.500 | % | |||
II |
< 4.00:1.00 but > 3.50:1.00 |
0.375 | % | |||
III |
< 3.50:1.00 | 0.250 | % |
Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, any Additional Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement and (c) the Commitment Fee Rate in respect of any Class of Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Commitment Fee Rate that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Commitment Fee Rate for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by any Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Commitment Fee Rate (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Commitments shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lenders Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment, New Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, New Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional Revolving Credit Commitment, 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment.
Commodity Exchange Act shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Communications shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
Company shall have the meanings provided in the recitals.
Company Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning provided to the term Material Adverse Effect in the Acquisition Agreement.
Company Representations shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Company with respect to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Sponsor (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement (or otherwise decline to consummate the Acquisition without any liability) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Acquisition Agreement.
Compliance Certificate shall mean a certificate of a responsible financial or accounting officer or director of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) for the applicable Test Period.
Compliance Period shall mean any time at which the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans at such time and (b) Letters of Credit Outstanding (without giving effect to the proviso in the definition of Stated Amount) (excluding (i) Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit and (ii) non-Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50 million) exceeds 35% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Compliance Period shall be in effect prior to July 1, 2019.
Confidential Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
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Confidential Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated as of January 2019.
Conforming Changes shall mean with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of ABR, the definition of Business Day, the definition of U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the definition of Interest Period or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of interest period), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.11 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
Consent to Amendment No. 1 shall mean a consent to Amendment No. 1 substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached thereto.
Consent to Amendment No. 4 shall have the meaning provided to such term in Amendment No. 4.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, and expenses, capitalized expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures), customer acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(i) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (2) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and any non-cash interest expense, in each case to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
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(d) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date), including (1) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence of the Second Lien Loans and the Loans hereunder and all Transaction Expenses, (2) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the offering of the Credit Documents and any other credit facilities, or debt issuances, and (3) any amendment or other modification of the Second Lien Loans, the Loans hereunder or other Indebtedness, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses, any effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, purchase price accounting (including any step-up in inventory and loss of profit on the acquired inventory) or other items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(f) the amount of any net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus
(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsors, plus
(h) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus
(i) the amount of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable run-rate cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and other synergies (including in connection with any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement)) that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 18 months of the determination to take such action, net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that, except with respect to the Transactions and any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement), the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (i) shall not cumulatively exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period (with such calculation being made after giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (i) and, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such action or transaction), plus
(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus
(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the
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Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii) and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(l)(i), plus
(l) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Borrower or any of its any direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement and expenses relating to distributions made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies resulting from the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 Compensation Stock Compensation (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123 (Revised 2004)), plus
(m) with respect to any Person referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income and solely to the extent relating to the Net Income of such Person referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in this definition (other than this subclause (m)) relating to such Person corresponding to the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries proportionate share of such Persons Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such Person were a Restricted Subsidiary),
(n) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period solely to the extent that the corresponding non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (ii) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
(o) to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income, (1) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other similar provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer, or other Asset Sale of assets permitted hereunder and (2) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, plus
(p) charges, expenses, and other items described (1) in the Confidential Information Memorandum or the Acquisition Model or (2) any quality of earnings report reasonably prepared in good faith by a nationally recognized accounting firm in connection with any Specified Transaction actually consummated by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent, plus
(q) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715CompensationRetirement Benefits, and any other items of a similar nature, plus
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(r) pro forma synergies from either (1) a new prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement between the Borrower and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler, substantially consistent with the terms of the Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet, or (2) if such prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement has not been executed by or on the Closing Date, a letter agreement between WBA and such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, pursuant to which the Borrower will be designated as an affiliate of WBA under WBAs current pharmaceutical purchase and distribution agreement with such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, plus
(s) any (A) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (B) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, or (C) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of officers, directors and employees, in each case of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(ii) decreased by (without duplication), non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period other than non-cash gains relating to the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840 Leases (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13); provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein, plus
(iii) increased or decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and
(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815) (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP.
For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of ASC 815 and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP,
(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (1) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, business, property, or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an Acquired Entity or Business) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Restricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (2) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition); and
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(iii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business, or asset sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business, or asset so sold or disposed of, a Sold Entity or Business), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition or conversion); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Disposed EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.
Unless expressly specified otherwise or required by context, references in this Agreement to Consolidated EBITDA shall refer to the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower.
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall mean Consolidated Total Debt as of such date secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks on an equal priority basis (or super priority basis by operation of law) (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations; provided that Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings thereunder.
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall mean the sum of cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (b) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of Indebtedness or obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging, (c) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (d) commissions, discounts, yield, make-whole premium and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Receivables Facility, (e) any additional interest owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement with respect to any securities, (f) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (g) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (h) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (i) interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect Parent Entity resulting from push-down accounting, (j) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, and (k) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential), with respect thereto and with respect to the Transactions, any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder, all as calculated on a consolidated basis.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
(i) (a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities or bases opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions and other strategic or cost savings initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, rebranding costs, consulting costs (including consulting and related fees, costs and expenses in connection with the evaluation and implementation of certain tax-related changes), signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or bases and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgments) and (b) any other unusual or non-recurring items shall be excluded,
(ii) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, shall be excluded,
(iii) any gain (loss) (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), shall be excluded,
(iv) any effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, shall be excluded,
(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included to the extent of the amount of such Net Income of such person multiplied by such referent Persons or its subsidiarys percentage ownership of the economic interests in such Person and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent Person) from any person in excess of, but without duplication of, any amounts included in subclause (A),
(vi) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (a)(iii)(A) of Section 10.5 the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equity holders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (a) has been legally waived, or otherwise released, (b) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and other Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, New Term Loans, or Permitted Other Indebtedness, or (c) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or
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instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the referent Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein, shall be excluded,
(vii) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Persons consolidated financial statements required or permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 Business Combinations and Topic 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (ASC 805 and ASC 350) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142, respectively) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions and any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) (a) any effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (b) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to ASC 815 (or such successor provision), and (c) any non-cash expense, income, or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness, or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any impairment charge, asset write-off, or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360 Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (ASC 360) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 shall be excluded,
(x) (a) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from or in connection with any share-based compensation arrangements including stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, capital or profits interests or other rights to officers, directors, managers, or employees and (b) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,
(xi) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance, or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(xii) accruals and reserves (including contingent liabilities) that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP, or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded,
(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
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(xiv) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items, shall be excluded,
(xv) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded, and
(xvi) any charges resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity Overall Recognition or Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total assets (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Total Debt shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of third party Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations); provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings hereunder; provided further that the effects of pushdown accounting shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Working Capital shall mean, at any date, the excess of (i) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (ii) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (i) and (ii) above), without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans, Second Lien Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure and Capital Leases to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) any liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (f) the effects from applying purchase accounting, (g) any accrued professional liability risks, (h) restricted marketable securities, and (i) deferred revenue reflected within current liabilities; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital (A) arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be measured from the date on which such acquisition or disposition occurred and (B) shall exclude (I) the impact of non-cash adjustments contemplated in the Excess Cash Flow calculation, (II) the impact of adjusting items in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (III) any changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of (x) the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations, (y) any reclassification, other than as a result of the passage of time, in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (z) the effects of acquisition method accounting.
Contingent Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends, or other payment obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary
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obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Contract Consideration shall have the meaning provided in clause (ii)(k) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow.
Contractual Requirement shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.
Controlled Investment Affiliate shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person (other than any Permitted Holder) who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity investments in Holdings and/or any Parent Entity.
Converted Restricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Credit Card Receivables shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount due from third-party financial institutions for credit and debit card transactions that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption cash equivalents (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, each Extension Amendment, each Permitted Repricing Amendment, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, any documents or certificates executed by the Borrower in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to any Letter of Credit and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
Credit Event shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and/or the issuance of a Letter of Credit (and any amendment that increases the Stated Amount or extends the expiry date thereof).
Credit Facilities shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.
Credit Facility shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.
Credit Party shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors.
CS shall mean Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, together with their respective affiliates.
Cure Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
Cure Right shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14.
Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in consultation with the Borrower.
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Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(w)(i)).
Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Default shall mean any event, act, or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(c).
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of Lender Default.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Delaware Divided LLC means any Delaware LLC which has been formed upon consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
Delaware LLC means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delware.
Delaware LLC Division means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Delayed Draw Funding Date shall mean any date on which the Delayed Draw Term Loans are funded hereunder, which shall in no event be later than the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date.
Delayed Draw Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b).
Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall mean, (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified as such Lenders Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $150,000,000.
Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date shall mean the earlier of (i) date that is six months after the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment has been fully drawn and (iii) with respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment that is terminated, the date of termination of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 4.2(b); provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date will be the next succeeding Business Day.
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Derivative Counterparty shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Designated Jurisdiction shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanctions.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.
Designated Preferred Stock shall mean preferred stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an officers certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Borrower or the parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Determination Day has the meaning specified in the definition of Term SOFR.
Disposed EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
disposition shall have the meaning assigned such term in clause (i) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Disqualified Lenders shall mean such Persons (i) that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners by the Sponsors as being Disqualified Lenders prior to either (a) December 10, 2018 or (b) the commencement of primary syndication if acceptable to the majority of Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, (ii) who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such Person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide Fund) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) each Credit Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Lender and (y) any such designation of a Disqualified Lender may not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation in any Credit Facility.
Disqualified Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date hereunder; provided that if such Capital Stock is
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issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death, or disability.
Distressed Person shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Lender-Related Distress Event.
Dollars and $ shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the United Kingdom.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Yield shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable
determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors
shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below), or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (i) the remaining weighted average life to maturity of
such Indebtedness and (ii) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness in connection with the initial primary syndication thereof, but excluding any
arrangement, structuring, ticking, or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided
that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a
LIBORTerm
SOFR floor or ABR floor, (a) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR
(without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such
Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR
(without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or potential responsibility or violation, or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, investigation, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief relating to the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
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Environmental Law shall mean any applicable federal, state, foreign, or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree, or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as flora, fauna, or wetlands, or protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) and including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, transport, Release, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interest shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
Equity Investments shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Equity Offering shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (i) public offerings with respect to the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companys common stock registered on Form S-8, (ii) issuances to any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower, (iii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution and (iv) any Cure Amount.
Equityholding Vehicle shall mean any Parent Entity and any equity holder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees or managers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Credit Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event shall mean (i) the failure of any Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code (and applicable regulations under either) or with the terms of such Plan; (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iii) any Reportable Event; (iv) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) a determination that any Pension Plan is in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vii) the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (viii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice to terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (ix) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (x) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or the complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan; (xi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA); or (xii) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA.
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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(i) the sum, without duplication (in each case, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(b) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(c) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income,
(f) increases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent deducted or not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(g) extraordinary gains actually received in cash;
over (ii) the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, cash charges to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and Transaction Expenses to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and paid in cash during such period,
(b) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior periods, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Indebtedness has been repaid other than with the proceeds of long-term indebtedness) other than intercompany loans,
(c) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (1) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (2) the amount of any scheduled repayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 or the Second Lien Loans permitted hereunder, and (3) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) or Second Lien Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement to the
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extent required due to an Asset Sale that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (A) all other prepayments of Term Loans and Second Lien Loans (in each case, including purchases of Term Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered on a pro rata basis to all Term Loan Lenders of a Class and Dutch auctions offered on a pro rata basis to all Term Loan Lenders of a Class in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Term Loans at or below par) and all voluntary prepayments of Permitted Other Indebtedness (with a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and (B) all prepayments of Swingline Loans (and any other revolving loans (unless there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other long-term Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such increases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(f) payments in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of any purchase price holdbacks, earn-out obligations, and long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
(g) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior fiscal periods, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions, but excluding Permitted Investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof) made during such period constituting Permitted Investments or made pursuant to Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(h) the amount of dividends paid in cash during such period (on a consolidated basis) by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such dividends were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(i) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees and cash restructuring charges) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(j) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole, or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(k) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (1) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period and (2) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the Planned Expenditures), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2), relating to Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or
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acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed with any of the proceeds received from (A) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (B) the issuance of Equity Interests); provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(l) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(m) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(n) decreases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent included or not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(o) extraordinary losses actually paid in cash.
Excluded Contribution shall mean net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities, or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by Holdings from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers certificate executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii); provided that (i) any non-cash assets shall qualify only if acquired by a parent of the Borrower in an arms-length transaction within the six months prior to such contribution and (ii) no Cure Amount shall constitute an Excluded Contribution.
Excluded Property shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (ii) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any (a) CFC or (b) CFC Holding Company, any Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of such CFC or CFC Holding Company in excess of 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents, (iii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holding Company, (iv) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirements of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, (v) in the case of (A) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Lien or (B) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of each such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (I) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (II) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other
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party; provided that this clause (II) shall not apply if (x) such other party is Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (III) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument, or indenture governing such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (vi) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents would result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (vii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, and (viii) any Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a captive insurance Subsidiary, an SPV or any special purpose entity.
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean (i) each Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not (on (x) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined on the Closing Date by reference to the Historical Financial Statements or (y) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined after the Closing Date by reference to the financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(a) and (b)) constitute a Material Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), (iii) any CFC Holding Company, (iv) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, (v) any CFC, (vi) each Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirements of Law (to the extent existing on the Closing Date or, if later, the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and in each case, not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations or would require third-party or governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee or grant such Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (vii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, the consequence of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries to satisfy applicable Requirements of Law, (viii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences, (ix) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (x) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xi) any Receivables Subsidiary, (xii) each other Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, (xiii) each Subsidiary that is a registered broker dealer and (xiv) each SPV, not-for-profit Subsidiary and captive insurance company.
Excluded Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Obligations of such Credit Party of, or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Obligations thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful.
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Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, net profits, or branch profits (however denominated, and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof under Section 3406 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document), (ii) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any Credit Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender acquires an interest in any Credit Document (or designates a new lending office), other than in the case of a Lender that is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.7 (or that designates a new lending office pursuant to a request by the Borrower), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Credit Parties with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.4, (iii) any Taxes attributable to a recipients failure to comply with Section 5.4(e), or (iv) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.
Existing Class shall mean any Existing Term Loan Class and any Existing Revolving Credit Class.
Existing Debt Facilities shall mean the debt facilities incurred pursuant to (i) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, and that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent (collectively, the Existing Credit Agreements), and (ii) that certain Second Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018, among Res-Care, Inc., Onex ResCare Holdings Corp., the Guarantors (as such term is defined therein) from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C issuer and swing line lender, the other lenders from to time to time party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Bank, as syndication agents and Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as documentation agents.
Existing Revolving Credit Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Existing Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 1
Existing Term Loan Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Existing Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Amendment No. 1.
Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan shall have the meaning provided to Existing Term Loan in Amendment No. 4.
Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided to Existing Term Loan Lender in Amendment No. 4.
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Extended Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Loans matures.
Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Extended Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extending Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Extension Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(v).
Extension Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Request shall mean a Term Loan Extension Request.
Extension Series shall mean all Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, and amortization schedule.
Fair Market Value shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arms length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreements (or related legislation or official administrative rules or practices) implementing the foregoing, and any laws, fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes and practices adopted by a non-U.S. jurisdiction to effect the foregoing.
FCPA shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided, further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate would otherwise be negative, it shall be deemed to be 0% per annum.
Fees shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.
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First Lien Incremental Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 4.50:1.00.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for holders of one or more classes of First Lien Obligations (other than the Obligations).
First Lien Obligations shall mean the Obligations and the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (ii) the Fixed Charges for such Test Period.
Fixed Charges shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
Flood Insurance Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Floor means a rate of interest equal to 0.00% per annum.
Foreign Benefit Arrangement shall mean any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan Event shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement, (i) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement; (ii) the failure to register or loss of good standing (if applicable) with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement required to be registered; or (iii) the failure of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement to comply with any provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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Fronting Exposure shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the outstanding L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, other than L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, as applicable, as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
Fund shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
Funded Debt shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date (including all amounts of such Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation), and, in the case of the Credit Parties, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the Second Lien Loans.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Furthermore, at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement); provided any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrowers election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Governmental Authority shall mean any nation, sovereign, or government, any state, province, territory, or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange (including any supranational body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Granting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Guarantee shall mean (i) the First Lien Guarantee made by Holdings and each other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and (ii) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
guarantee obligations shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the
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purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term guarantee obligations shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations or product warranties in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any guarantee obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
Guarantors shall mean (i) each Subsidiary of Holdings that is party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date, (ii) each Subsidiary of Holdings that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise, and (iii) Holdings; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to be a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary).
Hazardous Materials shall mean (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (ii) any chemicals, materials, waste, or substances defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous waste, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, or pollutants, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, waste, or substance, which is prohibited, limited, or regulated due to its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics, by any Environmental Law.
Hedge Agreements shall mean (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Hedge Bank shall mean (i) (a) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Hedge Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent and (b) with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into prior to the Closing Date, any Person that is a Lender or an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent on the Closing Date and (ii) any other Person that is designated by the Borrower as a Hedge Bank by written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements.
Historical Financial Statements shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of each of the Company and the Borrower and their respective consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the Consolidated Company) as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Company as at the end of, and related statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018.
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HMT shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Sanctions.
Holdings shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) after the Closing Date any other Person or Persons (New Holdings) that is a Subsidiary of Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (Previous Holdings); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (b) New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (d) all Capital Stock of the Borrower shall be pledged to secure the Obligations and (e) (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default and (ii) such substitution will not reasonably be expected to result in any adverse tax consequences to any Lender (unless reimbursed hereunder) or to the Administrative Agent (unless reimbursed hereunder); provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to Holdings in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to New Holdings.
IFRS shall have the meaning given to such term in the definition of GAAP.
Immediate Family Members shall mean with respect to any individual, such individuals child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
Impacted Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
Increased Amount Date shall mean, with respect to any New Term Loan Commitments or Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, the date on which such New Term Loan Commitments or Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective.
Incremental Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean the date on which any tranche of Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the Lenders Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments matures.
Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
incur and incurrence shall have the meanings provided in Section 10.1.
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), or (d) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a net liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of the Borrower
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solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP (other than in respect of any IPO Reorganization Transaction) shall be excluded, (ii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (3) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (4) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (5) any balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, accrued in the ordinary course of business, (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (7) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (8) accrued expenses and royalties or (9) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (iii) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
Initial Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Revolving Credit Commitment.
Initial Term Loan shall mean the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and, at any time after a Delayed Draw Funding Date, the aggregate principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans that have been funded pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,650,000,000.
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan shall mean the Tranche B-3 Term Loans made (or deemed made) pursuant to Section 2.1(f) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, the amount of such Lenders Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment (as defined in this Agreement on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. The aggregate amount of the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date is $548,625,000.
Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or an Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan.
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Insolvent shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Intellectual Property shall mean U.S. intellectual property, including all (i) (a) patents, inventions, designs, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (b) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, Internet domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; (d) trade secrets, confidential, or proprietary information, including customer lists; and (ii) registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, re-issues, re-examinations, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
Interpolated Rate shall mean, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error)
to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBOR
Rate is available in Dollars) that is shorter than the applicable Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that exceeds the applicable Impacted Interest Period,
in each case, at such time; provided that if
the Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for Revolving Credit Loans and Tranche B-3 Term Loans and 1.00% per annum for Tranche B-1 Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement.
Investment shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Borrower in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that Investments shall not include, in the case of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans (including guarantees), advances, or Indebtedness either (i) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising from cash management, tax and/or accounting operations and made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices.
For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 10.5,
(i) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrowers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment, or other amount received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of Cash Equivalents, such amount shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such consideration).
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Investment Grade Rating shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.
Investment Grade Securities shall mean:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) investments in any fund that invest at least 90% in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and
(iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
Investor Group shall mean Holdings, KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates.
IPO shall mean the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) or other transaction which results in the common Equity Interests of a Parent Entity of the Borrower being publicly traded.
IPO Entity shall mean, at any time at and after an IPO, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Borrower, as the case may be, the Equity Interests in which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO.
IPO Listco shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower formed in contemplation of an IPO to become the IPO Entity; provided that the Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of any IPO Listco.
IPO Reorganization Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an IPO, including (a) formation and ownership of IPO Shell Companies, (b) entry into, and performance of, (i) a reorganization agreement among any of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and/or IPO Shell Companies implementing IPO Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with an IPO and (ii) customary underwriting agreements in connection with an IPO and any future follow-on underwritten public offerings of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity, including the provision by IPO Entity and the Borrower of customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification to the underwriters thereunder, (c) the merger of one or more IPO Subsidiaries with one or more direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Borrower with the surviving entity in any such merger holding Equity Interests in the Borrower, and the merger of such entities with any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, (d) the issuance of Equity Interests of IPO Shell Companies to holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower in connection with any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (e) the entry into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower will be permitted to exchange such interests for certain economic/voting Equity Interests in IPO Listco, and (f) the entry into, and performance of, any tax receivables agreements by any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, in each case of clauses (a) through (f), so long as after giving Pro Forma Effect to any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (i) the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired and (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is either equal to or less than (1) 5.75:1.00 or (2) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such IPO Reorganization Transactions.
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IPO Shell Company shall mean each of IPO Listco and IPO Subsidiary.
IPO Subsidiary shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPO Listco formed in contemplation of, and to facilitate, IPO Reorganization Transactions and an IPO. The Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of an IPO Subsidiary.
ISP shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 as published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Issuer Documents shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Holdings) or in favor of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
Jefferies shall mean Jefferies Finance LLC.
Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which may include additional provisions to ensure fungibility of the Loans and to provide for mechanics for borrowings in currencies other than Dollars.
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall mean MSSF, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Jefferies, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.
Junior Debt shall mean any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in excess of $30 million.
KKR shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and KKR North America Fund XII L.P.
Latest Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
L/C Obligations shall mean the 2020 L/C Obligations and the Revolving L/C Obligations.
L/C Sublimit shall mean $82,500,000.
LCT Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
LCT Test Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
Lender or Lenders shall have the meanings provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
Lender Default shall mean (i) the refusal or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of any incurrence of Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such refusal or failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) a Lender has notified, in writing, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, or a Lender has publicly announced that it
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does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under other loan agreements, credit agreements or similar facilities generally, (iv) a Lender has failed to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement (v) a Distressed Person has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (vi) a Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that no Lender Default shall occur solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
Lender-Related Distress Event shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a Distressed Person), other than via an Undisclosed Administration, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver, or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Persons assets, or such Distressed Person, or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person or is subject to a forced liquidation or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
Letter of Credit shall mean a 2020 Letter of Credit or a Revolving Letter of Credit, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment or the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure and/or Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure, as applicable, of such lender at such time.
Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, as the context requires. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Request shall mean a notice executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.2, and substantially in the form of Exhibit K or another form which is acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding.
LIBOR shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term
LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Discontinuance Event means any of the following:
(a) an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the
provisions of the definition of LIBOR Rate or LIBOR and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary;
(b) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate,
the central bank
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for the currency of
LIBOR, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for
LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency
or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, has made a public statement, or published information, stating that the administrator of
LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR
permanently or indefinitely on a specific date,
provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR;
or
(c) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate
has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans; provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR
(the date of determination or such specific date in the foregoing clauses (a)-(c), the Scheduled Unavailability Date).
LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time means,
with respect to any LIBOR Discontinuance Event, (i) in the case of an event under clause (a) of such definition, the Business Day immediately following the date of determination that such interest rate is not ascertainable and such result is unlikely to be
temporary and (ii) for purposes of an event under clause (b) or (c) of such definition, on the date on which LIBOR ceases to be provided by the administrator of LIBOR or is not permitted to be used (or if such statement or information
is of a prospective cessation or prohibition, the 90th day prior to the date of such cessation or prohibition (or if such prospective cessation or prohibition is fewer than 90 days later, the date of such statement or announcement).
LIBOR Loan shall mean any Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate shall mean,
(i) for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to
the offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (LIBOR) or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source
providing such quotations of LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period; provided that if the LIBOR Rate shall
not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an Impacted Interest Period), then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; and
(ii) for any interest calculation with
respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, determined on such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if there is
an Impacted Interest Period, then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the
Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the
Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation
with the Borrower.
LIBOR Replacement Date means, in respect
of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, upon the occurrence of a LIBOR Discontinuance Event, the next interest reset date after the relevant amendment in connection therewith becomes effective (unless an alternative date is specified) and all subsequent
interest reset dates for which LIBOR would have had to be determined.
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LIBOR Screen Rate means the LIBOR quote on
the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
Lien shall mean with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority, or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in, and any filing of, or agreement to, give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or a license, sub-license or cross-license to Intellectual Property be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Limited Condition Transaction shall mean any transaction by one or more of the Borrower and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan shall mean any Revolving Loan, Term Loan or any other loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Majority Lead Arrangers shall mean the Lead Arrangers who held a majority of the aggregate amount of Commitments as of January 27, 2019.
Management Investors shall mean the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity who are or become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.
Master Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Hedge Agreements.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
Material Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of clauses (ii) through (xiv) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary) have, in the aggregate, (a) total assets at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries for each fiscal period until this proviso is no longer applicable.
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Maturity Date shall mean the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the New Term Loan Maturity Date or the maturity date of an Extended Term Loan, as applicable.
Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount shall mean, at any date of determination, (i) the sum of
(a) (x) the greater of (i) $370,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period minus (y) the Second Lien Base Incremental Amount plus (b) the aggregate amount of
voluntary prepayments of Term Loans, Incremental Loans secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Loans, and, to the extent accompanied by permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitments, Revolving Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (including purchases of the Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the
actual purchase price of such Loans below par, and voluntary prepayments accompanied by permanent commitment reductions of the Revolving Credit Facility) in each case, other than from proceeds of the incurrence of
long-term Indebtedness, plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount, (a) the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (including any
adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition, but excluding any concurrent incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above, the Second Lien Base Incremental Amount or the Revolving
Credit Facility and without netting any cash proceeds of such incurrence) with the First Lien Incremental Ratio (assuming that all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or Section 10.1(x)(i) on such date of
determination would be included in the definition of Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt, whether or not such Indebtedness would otherwise be so included) or (b) solely in the case of any Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under
this Agreement, on a Pro Forma Basis the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio would be equal to or less than the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to giving effect to
such incurrence, such Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement and all transactions in connection therewith, minus (iii) the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of New Loan Commitments (including, for
the avoidance of doubt, the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments
and, the Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitments (as defined in the Joinder Agreement, dated September 30, 2019) and the $475,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in Amendment No. 6)) incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) in reliance
on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitments obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i) in
reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date.
Merger Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
MFN Protection shall have the meaning set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(d)(iii).
Minimum Borrowing Amount shall mean $2,500,000.
Minimum Collateral Amount shall mean, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 101% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.8(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations.
Minimum Equity Amount shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Minimum Tender Condition shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Mortgage shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed, or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, together with such terms and provisions as may be required by local laws.
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Mortgaged Property shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party and identified on Schedule 8.16, and each other owned parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 9.11 or Section 9.14.
MSSF shall mean Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the five preceding calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event and any incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, (i) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and excluding any interest payments) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, as the case may be, less (ii) the sum of:
(a) the amount, if any, of all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated to be payable by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness,
(b) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (a) above) (1) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (2) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,
(c) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Permitted Other Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds) shall, unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i);
(e) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (e)) attributable to non-controlling interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof;
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(f) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction; and
(g) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing (for the avoidance of doubt, including, (1) in the case of the issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, any fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and (2) attorneys fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant, accountant, and other customary fees),
in each case, only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above.
Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
New Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
New Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
New Revolving Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Revolving Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.
New Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Non-Bank Tax Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(B)(3).
Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lender shall mean each Existing Term Loan Lender that did not execute and deliver a Consent to Amendment No. 1 on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
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Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall mean each Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that did not execute and deliver a Consent to Amendment No. 4 on or prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(iv).
Non-Defaulting Lender shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
Non-Extension Notice Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(d).
Non-U.S. Lender shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
Obligations shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party (or in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, any Restricted Subsidiary) arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan or under or with respect to any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement (other than with respect to any Credit Partys obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations solely with respect to such Credit Party), in each case, entered into with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document.
OFAC shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Original Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean all Revolving Credit Commitments, Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, other than any New Revolving Credit Commitments (and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments related thereto).
Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such term shall not include (i) any Taxes that result from an assignment, (Assignment Taxes) to the extent such Assignment Taxes are imposed as a result of a connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely from any Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), except to the extent that any such action described in this proviso is requested or required by the Borrower or Holdings or (ii) Excluded Taxes.
Overnight Rate shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
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Parent Entity shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership), including any managing member, of Holdings and/or the Borrower.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(ii).
Participating Member State shall mean any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
Pension Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA, be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
Permitted Asset Swap shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 10.4.
Permitted Debt Exchange shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors and members of management (including Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees) of Holdings or the Borrower (or their respective direct or indirect parent or management investment vehicle) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company or management investment vehicle) and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Sponsors and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or any other direct or indirect Parent Entity, (ii) any direct or indirect Parent Entity formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions or IPO Reorganization Transactions) that, assuming such parent was not formed after giving effect thereto, would constitute a Change of Control and (iii) any entity (other than a Parent Entity) through which a Parent Entity described in clause (ii) directly or indirectly holds Equity Interests of the Borrower and has no other material operations other than those incidental thereto.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) any Investment in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(ii) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities at the time such Investment is made;
(iii) (a) any transactions or Investments otherwise made in connection with the Transactions and in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and (b) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a Permitted Acquisition), (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or transfer;
(iv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(v) (a) any Investment existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and, in each case, listed on Schedule 10.5 and (b) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (including in respect of any unused commitment), plus any accrued but unpaid interest (including any portion thereof which is payable in kind in accordance with the terms of such modified, extended, renewed, or replaced Investment) and premium payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Closing Date;
(vi) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(vii) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of Section 10.1 and Cash Management Services;
(viii) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $110 million and (b) 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (viii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (viii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 10.5(a)(iii);
(x) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1 and Investments to the extent constituting Permitted Liens;
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(xi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 (except transactions described in clause (b) of such paragraph);
(xii) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xiii) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $140 million and (b) 37.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (xiii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (xiii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(xiv) Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility or any repurchases or other transactions in connection therewith;
(xv) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of (a) $20 million and (b) 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(xvi) (a) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof, (b) promissory notes received from equity holders of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of stock options in respect of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (c) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(xix) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(xx) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client, franchisee and customer contracts and loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, franchisees, distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees in the ordinary course of business;
(xxi) the licensing and contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint development, venture or marketing arrangements with other Persons, in the ordinary course of business;
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(xxii) contributions to a rabbi trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(xxv) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this definition of Permitted Investments, Section 10.3 and/or Section 10.5 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
Permitted Liens shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens, and mechanics Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP or are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.11, or for property taxes on property of such Person, which Person has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not, in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
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(vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clause (a), (b) (so long as such Liens are subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), (d), (r), (w), (x), or (y) of Section 10.1; provided that, (a) in the case of clause (d) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or equipment being financed or refinanced under such clause (d) of Section 10.1, replacements of such property, equipment or assets, and additions and accessions and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender; (b) in the case of clause (r) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by non-Credit Parties; (c) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (1) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (2) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and (d) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that do not constitute First Lien Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness that do not constitute First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (vi);
(vii) subject to Section 9.14, other than with respect to Mortgaged Property, Liens existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (a) $7.5 million individually or (b) $20 million in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted if set forth on Schedule 10.2, and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof;
(viii) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(ix) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger,
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consolidation, or designation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such property, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(x) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, in each case, to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted hereunder to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services;
(xii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(xiii) Leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
(xvi) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrowers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(xvii) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;
(xviii) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals, or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) of this definition of Permitted Liens; provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, the committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement;
(xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
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(xx) other Liens securing obligations (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) which do not exceed the greater of (a) $185 million and (b) 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien; provided that to the extent securing Collateral such Liens shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the Second Lien Loans; provided further that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (x) in the case of the first such issuance of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated by this clause (xx);
(xxi) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.5 or Section 11.10;
(xxii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (c) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
(xxiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.1; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(xxv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xxvi) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposits or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xxvii) Liens (a) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder;
(xxviii) rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xxix) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;
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(xxx) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxi) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements;
(xxxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxiii) Liens arising under the Security Documents;
(xxxiv) Liens on goods purchased in the ordinary course of business, the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xxxv) (a) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (b) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxvi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;
(xxxvii) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirements of Law;
(xxxviii) to the extent pursuant to a Requirements of Law, Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Obligations in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxxix) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the final Title Policy covering such Mortgaged Property delivered to the Collateral Agent.
For purposes of this definition, the term Indebtedness shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness shall mean subordinated or senior Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may (i) be unsecured, (ii) have the same lien priority as the First Lien Obligations (without regard to control of remedies); provided that if such Permitted Other Indebtedness is in the form of secured first lien term loans, then such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall be subject to any applicable MFN Protection as if such loans were New Term Loans, or (iii) be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary offers or obligations to repurchase or repay upon a change of control, excess cash flow sweep, asset sale, or casualty or condemnation event, AHYDO payments and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (taken as a whole) (except for covenants applicable only to the periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date) (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of
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any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within two Business Days after receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) is an obligor, (d) that, if secured, is not secured by a lien any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral and (e) the other terms of which shall be on terms and documentation as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by any Credit Party.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall mean, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
Permitted Other Provision shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Permitted Repricing Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Permitted Sale Leaseback shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sale Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed the greater of (a) $150 million and (b) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Sale Leaseback, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
Permitted Second Lien Exchange Notes shall mean Permitted Debt Exchange Notes as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement that are permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Permitted Transferees shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Persons Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Persons heirs, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Borrower or any other IPO Entity.
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Person shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet shall mean the binding term sheet dated as of August 1, 2017, between the Company, WBA and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler.
Plan shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plan, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably likely to be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Planned Expenditures shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Excess Cash Flow.
Platform shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
Pledge Agreement shall mean the First Lien Pledge Agreement entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Post-Acquisition Period shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
Post-Closing Option Lender shall mean each Existing Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 1 under the Post-Closing Settlement Option.
Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lender shall mean each Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 4 under the Post-Closing Settlement Option.
Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
Previous Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
primary obligation shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
primary obligor shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
Pro Forma Adjustment shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (i) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (ii) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in
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each case, in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $10 million; and (b) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA, such Consolidated EBITDA or Section 1.12, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance, and Pro Forma Effect shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio, or covenant hereunder, that (i) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (ii) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (1) in the case of a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (2) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) other than as set forth in the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to operating expense reductions and operating enhancements that are (x)(1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and (3) factually supportable or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
Pro Forma Entity shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Acquired EBITDA.
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.12.
Prohibited Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.
Projections shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(c).
Qualified Proceeds shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
Qualified Stock of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.
Real Estate shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(f).
Receivables Facility shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities (and any guarantee of such financing facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
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Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its accounts receivable to either (i) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.
Receivables Fee shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
Receivables Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables Facility in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
refinance shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refinanced Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refunding Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Reimbursement Obligations shall mean the Borrowers obligation to reimburse Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Section 3.4(a).
Reinvestment Period shall mean 365 days following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Rejection Notice shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Related Business Assets shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a Fund, any other Fund that is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of such entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
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Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, trustees, and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, disposal, escaping, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, or leaching into or migration through the environment.
Relevant Governmental Sponsor means any central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or similar institution (including any committee or working group sponsored thereby) which shall have
selected, endorsed or recommended a replacement rate, including relevant additional spreads or other adjustments, for
LIBOR.Body means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
Removal Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(b).
Repayment Amount shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Series, or an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series, as applicable.
Replacement Term Loan Commitment shall mean the commitments of the Lenders to make Replacement Term Loans.
Replacement Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code), other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to PBGC Reg. § 4043.
Repricing Transaction shall mean (i) the incurrence by the Borrower of any Indebtedness in the form of a similar term B loan that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks and other institutional investors (a) having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness incurred in connection with an IPO, Change of Control, Transformative Acquisition or Transformative Disposition and (b) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans or (ii) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with an IPO, Change of Control, Transformative Acquisition or Transformative Disposition; provided that any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans.
Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
Required Lenders shall mean, at any date, (a) Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such date, (ii) the Adjusted Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment, (iii) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (iv) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date or (b) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Term Loan Commitment have
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been terminated or for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.
Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding a majority of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
Required Term Loan Lenders shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
Requirements of Law shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Resignation Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(a).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Payments shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a).
Restricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Retired Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans
to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(c), in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and
opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1I to Amendment No. 6 under the caption Amendment No. 6 Revolving Credit Commitment or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be
$187,500,000475,000,000
on the
ClosingAmendment
No. 6 Effective Date (the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall mean at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment at such time by (ii) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lenders Revolving Credit Exposure at such time by (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
Revolving Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans of such Lender then outstanding and (ii) such Lenders Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
Revolving Credit Facility shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and the provisions herein related to the Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit.
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Revolving Credit Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
Revolving Credit Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(c).
Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall mean
March 5, 2024the
earlier of (a) five years after the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, (b) if greater than $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans are outstanding on December 4, 2025, December 4, 2025 and (c) if any
Second Lien Loans are outstanding on December 4, 2026, December 4, 2026, or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Revolving Credit Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated and no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
Revolving L/C Borrowing shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Revolving Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.
Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date shall mean the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended beyond such date with the consent of the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
Revolving L/C Fronting Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(d).
Revolving L/C Obligations shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all Revolving L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Revolving Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 13.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), Article 29 of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP600), or similar terms expressed in the Revolving Letter of Credit, such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Revolving Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Stated Amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit at such time.
Revolving L/C Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
Revolving L/C Participation shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
Revolving Letter of Credit shall mean each letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1.
Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount set
forth opposite such Revolving Letter of Credit
Issuers name on Schedule
1.1I to
Amendment No. 6, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 3.1; provided that the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment of any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may be increased if agreed in writing
between the Borrower and such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (each acting in its sole discretion) and notified to the Administrative Agent.
Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (i) the amount of the principal amount of any Revolving Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such lender has made (or is required to have made) payments to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4(a) at such time and (ii) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Letter of Credit Obligations at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Revolving Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers pursuant to Section 3.4(a)).
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Revolving Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).
Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean the initial Revolving Credit Lenders listed on Schedule 1.1 hereto as of the Closing
DateI of Amendment No. 6 and any of their
Affiliates or branches and any replacement, additional issuer or successor pursuant to Section 3.6; provided that the initialsuch Revolving Credit Lenders shall only be required to issue standby
Revolving Letters of Credit and the
initialsuch Revolving Credit Lenders will cause
Revolving Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and such Revolving Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by the
initialsuch Revolving Credit Lenders for all
purposes under the Credit Documents. In the event that there is more than one Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the
Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Revolving Letter of Credit or to all Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall mean, at any time the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of the principal amount of all Revolving Unpaid Drawings.
Revolving Loan shall mean, collectively or individually as the context may require, any (i) Revolving Credit Loan, (ii) Extended Revolving Credit Loan, (iii) New Revolving Credit Loan and (iv) Additional Revolving Credit Loan, in each case made pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Revolving Reimbursement Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
Revolving Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Sale Leaseback shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
Sanctions shall mean any sanctions administered or enforced by the government of the United States (including without
limitation, OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union (or its member states), HerHis Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant
sanctions authority.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Administrative Agent in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
Second Lien Base Incremental Amount, as of any date, shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of New Loans and New Loan Commitments (in each case, as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) (including any unused commitments obtained) incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitment obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(a) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date.
Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Collateral Agent in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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Second Lien Credit Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Second Lien Administrative Agent (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Second Lien Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement, instrument or document expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Second Lien Credit Agreement)).
Second Lien Credit Documents shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement and each other document executed in connection therewith or pursuant thereto.
Second Lien Facility shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof for any other Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having a Lien on the Collateral ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
Second Lien Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Loans in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal, or extension thereof permitted by the Credit Documents.
Section 2.14 Additional Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Section 9.1 Financials shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officers certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Secured Cash Management Agreement shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Cash Management Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Cash Management Agreement hereunder.
Secured Cash Management Obligations shall mean Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements.
Secured Hedge Agreement shall mean any Hedge Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank, which is specified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as constituting a Secured Hedge Agreement hereunder. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedge Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as Secured Hedge Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Hedge Agreement entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary shall remain a Secured Hedge Agreement notwithstanding that such Restricted Subsidiary is subsequently designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary (but not any Hedge Agreement entered into after the date of such designation), unless otherwise agreed between such Restricted Subsidiary and Hedge Bank.
Secured Hedge Obligations shall mean Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements.
Secured Parties shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, each Cash Management Bank that is party to a Secured Cash Management Agreement with Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
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Securities Exchange Act shall mean Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Security Agreement shall mean the First Lien Security Agreement entered into by the Holdings, the Borrower, the other Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Security Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents to secure the Obligations or to govern the lien priorities of the holders of Liens on the Collateral.
Series shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Significant Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiarys total gross revenues (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (a) above.
Similar Business shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
SOFR means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR Administrator means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Borrowing means, as to any Borrowing of SOFR Loans, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
SOFR Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of ABR.
Sold Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Solvent shall mean, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions and the Amendment No. 5 Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (ii) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (iii) the capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof; and (iv) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).
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Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(ii).
Specified Representations shall mean the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1(a), 8.2 (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.3(c) (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.5, 8.7, 8.10(c)(1)(x), 8.17, 8.18 (which, for purposes of this definition, shall not be limited by in any material respect), and in Section 3.2(a) and (b) of the Security Agreement and Section 4(d) of the Pledge Agreement, except with respect to items referred to on Schedule 9.14 of this Agreement.
Specified Transaction shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including a Permitted Acquisition), any asset sale, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or other event or action that in each case by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Sponsor shall mean any of KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates (but excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing).
Sponsor Management Agreement shall mean that amended and restated monitoring agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, by and among PharMerica Corporation, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Spot Rate for any currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
SPV shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit shall mean the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms provides for one or more automatic increases in the amount available thereunder, the Stated Amount shall be deemed to be the maximum amount available under such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount that may be drawn at such time.
Statutory Reserves shall mean a fraction
(expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves)
established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject to Eurocurrency Liabilities
(as defined in Regulation D of the Board). LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available
from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
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Stock Equivalents shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Capital Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
Subject Lien shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(a).
Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Guarantee, as applicable.
Subsidiary of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Successor Borrower shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swingline Commitment means the commitment of each Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans.
Swingline Exposure means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
Swingline Lender means (a) MSSF, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder and (b) each Revolving Credit Lender that shall have become a Swingline Lender hereunder as provided in Section 2.17(d) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be a Swingline Lender as provided in Section 2.17(e)), each in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Swingline Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.17.
Swingline Sublimit means $50 million.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future direct or indirect taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series and Replacement Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.
Term Loan Extension Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Term Loan Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
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Term Loans shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, any New Term Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, and any Extended Term Loans, collectively.
Term SOFR shall mean, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the Determination Day) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such first preceding Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Determination Day.
Term SOFR Adjustment shall mean (i) with respect to Term Loans, a percentage per annum equal to (i) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Interest Period of one-months duration, (ii) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Interest Period of three-months duration, and (iii) 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Interest Period of six-months duration and (ii) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00%.
Term SOFR Administrator shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Reference Rate shall mean the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Commitments have terminated and each Letter of Credit has terminated or been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no valid demand has been made, Secured Hedge Obligations, Secured Cash Management Obligations and Letters of Credit Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), are paid in full.
Test Period shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination and for which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent (or, before the first delivery of Section 9.1 Financials, the most recent period of four fiscal quarters at the end of which financial statements are available).
Title Policy shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c).
Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment shall mean the sum of the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of all the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders.
Total Credit Exposure shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders at such date), (ii) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (iii) without duplication of clause (ii), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.
Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of (i) prior to the funding of Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments, (ii) prior to the funding of Tranche B-2 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments, (iii)
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prior to the funding (or deemed funding) of Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments, (iv) prior to the funding of Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments and (v) the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.
Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean with respect to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, March 5, 2026 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Total Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan shall mean, collectively, (i) a Term Loan in Dollars made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(i) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment shall mean (i) with respect to a Cashless Option Lender, the agreement of such Cashless Option Lender to exchange its Existing Term Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Existing Term Loan Lender executing and delivering Amendment No. 1 and (ii) with respect to an Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, such Lenders Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Facility shall mean the Credit Facility consisting of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender shall mean, collectively, (i) each Existing Term Loan Lender that executes and delivers a Consent to Amendment No. 1 on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender.
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
Tranche B-2 Term Loan shall mean the Tranche B-2 Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(e) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Annex A to Amendment No. 3 as such Lenders Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $550,000,000.
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Facility shall mean the Credit Facility consisting of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with an Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan shall mean the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment shall mean the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments and the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments.
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Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender shall mean a Person with a Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment or a Tranche B-3 Term Loan.
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(d).
Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(d).
Transaction Expenses shall mean any fees, costs, or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement, and the other Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Acquisition, the Equity Investments, the Closing Date Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses) and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Acquisition).
Transferee shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
Transformative Acquisition shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that (i) is not permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, (ii) if permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Credit Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith, or (iii) results in a refinancing of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans that involves an upsizing in connection with such acquisition.
Transformative Disposition shall mean any disposition by the Borrower or any restricted Subsidiary that (a) is not permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, (b) if permitted by the terms of the Credit Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, would not provide the Borrower and the other restricted subsidiaries with a durable capital structure, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith or (c) results in a refinancing of the Term Loans that involves a downsizing in connection with such disposition.
Type shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBORSOFR Loan.
UCP shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Undisclosed Administration shall mean in relation to a Lender or its parent company the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender or such parent company is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of any provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
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Unpaid Drawing shall mean any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing or any Revolving Unpaid Drawing, as the case may be.
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of the Borrower, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary), unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary); provided that:
(a) such designation complies with Section 10.5; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
U.S. and United States shall mean the United States of America.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
U.S. Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(A).
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
WBA shall mean Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and its Affiliates.
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
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Withholding Agent shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words herein, hereto, hereof, and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term including is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from shall mean from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through shall mean to and including.
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(h) The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(i) All references to knowledge or awareness of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall mean the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
1.3 Accounting Terms.
(a) Except as expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a consistent manner.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the First Lien Incremental Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
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(c) Where reference is made to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or similar language, such combination shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
1.4
Rounding 1.4 .
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by
the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number. Rounding
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents), and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirements of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Requirements of Law.
1.6 Exchange Rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Section 2.14, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Spot Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.14 or Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Lien, Asset Sale, or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Lien or Restricted Investment is incurred or after such Asset Sale or Restricted Payment is made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.6 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt or Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered Section 9.1 Financials.
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Rates 1.7
Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall
the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission, or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of LIBOR
RateSOFR Loans or with respect to any comparable
or successor rate thereto.
1.8 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.9 Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
1.10
Certifications 1.10 . All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Credit Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on
such Credit Partys behalf and not in such Persons individual capacity. Certifications
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1.11 Compliance with Certain Sections. In the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Requirement, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 9.9 or any clause or subsection of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, then such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within the relevant sections as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a) For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If, since the beginning of such period, any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence, except that incurrences of Indebtedness and Liens constituting Fixed Amounts shall be taken into account for purposes of Incurrence Based Amounts other than Incurrence Based Amounts contained in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2.
(b) Whenever Pro Forma Effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger, or consolidation which is being given Pro Forma Effect that have been or are expected to be realized; provided that such costs savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions are made in compliance with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given Pro Forma Effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such a revolving credit facilities on such date). Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional
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rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under Section 2.14, the definitions of Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders and Required Term Loan Lenders shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with this Section 1.12, Section 2.14 and the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of the Credit Documents which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio;
(ii) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 8 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 11; or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in the Credit Documents (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrowers election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an LCT Election) (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may elect to revoke any LCT Election in its sole discretion), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the LCT Test Date), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until after such time as the Limited Condition Transaction has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expires.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.12 or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any such Person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such disposition shall have been consummated.
(d) Any determination of Consolidated Total Assets shall be made by reference to the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the relevant date of determination.
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(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all computations of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Total Assets, Available Amount, Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and other financial ratios and financial calculations (and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining any of the foregoing) and all computations and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining compliance with Section 10.7 shall be calculated, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(f) All leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2017 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capital Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capital Leases.
1.13 Inability to Determine Rates and Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(a) Subject to Section 1.13(b), if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any SOFR Loan:
1.13 LIBOR Rate
Successor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, if at any time (i) the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, determines in good faith
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding
absent manifest error) or (ii) the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent in
writing (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, then, at or promptly after the LIBOR Discontinuance Event
Time, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate benchmark rate to replace LIBOR under this Agreement, together with any spread or adjustment to be applied to such alternate benchmark rate to account for the
effects of transition from LIBOR to such alternate benchmark rate, giving due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest (including the application of a spread and the making of other appropriate
adjustments to such alternate benchmark rate and this Agreement to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such replacement benchmark, including any changes necessary to reflect the available interest periods and timing for determining
such alternate benchmark rate) for syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such time and any recommendations (if any) therefor by a Relevant Governmental Sponsor, provided that any such alternate
benchmark rate and adjustments shall be required to be commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (any such rate, the Successor LIBOR Rate).that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or
(ii) the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion thereto or a continuation thereof that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making and maintaining such Loan, and the Required Lenders have provided notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent,
the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.
Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to continue SOFR Loans or to convert ABR Loans to SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (ii), at the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of,
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conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Subject to Section 2.18(b), if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on ABR Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of ABR until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Setting.
After such determination that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, promptly following the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to
this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be necessary or appropriate, as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, may determine in good faith (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), to implement and give effect to the Successor LIBOR Rate under this Agreement on the LIBOR Replacement Date and, (i) nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in herein or in any other Credit Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have
occurred prior to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such
Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any
amendment to, or further action or consent of any other
party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the
definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective for each Class of Loans and LendersAdministrative Agent shall
have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such
amendment; provided, that if a Successor LIBOR Rate has not been established pursuant to the foregoing, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Required Lenders may select a different Successor LIBOR Rate that is
commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and, upon not less than 15 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent, such Required Lenders and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
date notice
of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders and Borrower without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this AgreementSection 13.1, such amendment shall become effective without any; provided, further, that if no Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to the foregoing and a Scheduled
Unavailability Date (as defined in the definition of LIBOR Discontinuance Event) has occurred, the Administrative Agent will promptly so
notify the Borrower and each Lender and thereafter, until such Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to this paragraph, (i) any
request for Borrowing, the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be ineffective and (ii) all outstanding Borrowings shall be converted to an ABR Loan Borrowing until a Successor
LIBOR Rate has been chosen pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of Successor LIBOR Rate
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shall provide that in no event shall such Successor LIBOR Rate be less than zero for purposes of this
Agreement. or any other Credit Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such
time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
No Hedge Agreement shall be deemed to be a Credit Document for purposes of this Section 1.13(a).
(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the uses, implementation, adoption and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document (other than as provided in the definition of Conforming Changes).
(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (iv) below. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 1.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 1.13.
(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the administrator of such benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for all settings of such Benchmark at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, (i) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.
(vi) Tax Matters. To the extent administratively and operationally feasible, the Administrative
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Agent shall consider in good faith any reasonable requests by the Borrower in order to ensure that any Benchmark Replacement shall meet the standards set forth in Section 1.1001-6 of the United States Treasury Regulations (or any successor or final version of such regulation) so as not to be treated as a modification (and therefore an exchange) of this Agreement for purposes of Section 1.1001-3 of the United States Treasury Regulations, it being understood that for these purposes, the substantially equivalent fair market value requirement of Treasury Regulations 1.1001-6(b)(2) shall be deemed satisfied, and it being further understood that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action under this provision that would cause it any commercially unreasonable burden as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent.
1.14 Divisions 1.14 . For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any
division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a
different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the
first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time. Divisions
1.15 Interest Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Section 2. Amount and Terms of Credit.
2.1 Commitments.
(a)
Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, an Initial Term Loan) to the Borrower on the
Closing Date, which Initial Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $1,650,000,000. Such Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred
and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or
LIBORSOFR Loans; provided that all Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type,
(ii) may be repaid or prepaid (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b)) in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any
such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment.
(b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, a Delayed Draw Term Loan and, collectively, the Delayed Draw Term Loans) to the Borrower from time to time after the Closing
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Date until, but not including, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, which Delayed Draw Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Available Delayed Draw
Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, (iii) may, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBORSOFR Loans; provided that all such Delayed Draw Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Delayed Draw Term
Loans of the same Type and (iv) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Delayed Draw Term Loans (if and
when funded) shall be added to and a part of the Initial Term Loans, shall have the same terms as the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be treated as part of a single class of Initial Term Loans for
all purposes, except that interest on the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall commence to accrue from the applicable Delayed Draw Funding Date thereof.
(c) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans
denominated in Dollars to the Borrower from its applicable lending office (each, a Revolving Credit Loan) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Credit Lenders
Revolving Credit Commitment, provided that such Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (B) may, at the option of the
Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans; provided that all
Revolving Credit Loans may by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, (C) may be repaid (without premium or penalty)
and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall not, for any Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit
Exposure in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of such Class of Revolving Loan at such time and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto
and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures of any Class of Revolving Loans at such time exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment with respect to such Class.
(d) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Cashless Option Lender severally agrees to exchange its Existing Term Loan for a like principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate (as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1) thereunder) prior to any exchange of Existing Term Loans for Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall remain in effect following any such exchange.
(ii) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No.1 Effective Date. The Borrower shall prepay all Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders with the gross proceeds of the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans. The Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate (as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1) thereunder) for the Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders shall remain in effect for the Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans following any such repayment.
(iii) The Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Term Loans to the Existing Term Loan Lenders to, but not including, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date on such Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
(iv) The Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Existing Term Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement and Credit Documents, except as modified by Amendment No. 1. For avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, except as set forth in Amendment No. 1, shall have the same rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as the Existing Term Loans.
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(e) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Tranche B-2 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
(f) (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Cashless Option Tranche B-2 Lender severally agrees to exchange all of its Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans (or such lesser amount as determined by the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers) for a like principal amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate (as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 4) thereunder) prior to any exchange of Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans for Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall remain in effect following any such exchange.
(ii) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. The Borrower shall prepay all Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders with the gross proceeds of the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans. The Interest Period then in effect (and the LIBOR Rate (as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 4) thereunder) for the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders shall remain in effect for the Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans following any such repayment.
(iii) The Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans to the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date on such Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(iv) The Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement and Credit Documents, except as modified by Amendment No. 4. For avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, except as set forth in Amendment No. 4, shall have the same rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as the Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
(g) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make Tranche B-3 Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitment on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date. Each Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan shall initially take the form of a pro rata increase in each outstanding Borrowing of Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of (i) Term
Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (ii) Revolving Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount
for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than three Borrowings of LIBORSOFR Loans that are Term Loans and five Borrowings of LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Loans; provided, further,
that for each additional Class of Term Loans, an additional two Interest Periods shall be permitted, and for each additional Class of Revolving Loans, an additional three Interest Periods shall be permitted, such that a maximum of fifteen Interest
Periods shall be permitted.
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2.3 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Tranche B-1 Term Loans to be made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date if such
Tranche B-1 Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in
the case of a Borrowing of Tranche B-3 Term Loans to be made (or deemed made) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date if such Tranche B-3 Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Tranche B-3 Term Loans to be made on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date if such
Tranche B-3 Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans. Each such notice (a Notice of Borrowing, each substantially in the form
of Exhibit J) shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to
be made, (B) the date of the Borrowing and (C) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or LIBOR Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no election
as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. Each Swingline Loan shall be an
ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to
have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) (and the contents thereof), and of each
Lenders pro rata share of the requested Borrowing.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Whenever the
Borrower desires to incur Revolving Credit Loans (other than borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office, (i) prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least
three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior written
notice of each Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR
Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) or, if agreed by the Administrative Agent, 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day of such Borrowing prior
written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are ABR Loans. Each such notice (a
Notice of Borrowing, each substantially
in the form of Exhibit J), except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made
pursuant to such Borrowing, (B) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans or
LIBORSOFR
Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans and, if LIBORSOFR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, the Interest Period to be
initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Revolving Credit Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof, of the
identity of the Borrower, and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(d) Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 3.4(a) or Section 3A.4(a), as applicable.
(e) Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it shall give hereunder by telephone (which obligation is absolute), the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
2.4 Disbursement of Funds.
(a) No later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing, each Lender shall make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that on the Closing Date, such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the Lenders, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all same day ABR Revolving Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Administrative Agent no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time).
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(b) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings) make available to the Borrower, by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agents demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Overnight Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders, on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on each Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Extended Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders, on each Incremental Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, on the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, the then outstanding 2020 L/C Obligations.
(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders, (i) on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2020 (each such date, an Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Date), a principal amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Tranche B-1Term Loans made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date multiplied by 0.25% and (ii) on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, any remaining outstanding amount of Tranche B-1 Term Loans (the repayment amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) above, each, an Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount).
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(c) In the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a New Term Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, a New Term Loan Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement and subject to any adjustment to ensure fungibility with the other Term Loans. In the event that any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans are made, such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(e), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(g), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each such amount with respect to any Extended Repayment Date, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each, an Extended Repayment Date) set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
(d) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lenders, (i) on the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing with June 30, 2021 (each such date, an Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Date), a principal amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans equal to the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to the funding of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans) multiplied by 0.25% and (ii) on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, any remaining outstanding amount of Tranche B-3 Term Loans (the repayment amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) above, each, an Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount).
(e) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is a Tranche B-1 Term Loan, Tranche B-3 Term Loan, New Term Loan, Revolving Credit Loan, New Revolving Credit Loan, Additional Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan or Incremental Revolving Credit Loan, the Type of each Loan made, the names of the Borrower and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof.
(g) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any such account or subaccount, the Register shall govern; provided, further, that the failure of any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made an initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrowers own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or Exhibit G-2, as applicable, evidencing the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, New Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans owing to such Lender. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 13.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns.
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2.6 Conversions and Continuations.
(a) Subject to the penultimatelast sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower
shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least $5,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type or at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a
Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any
LIBORSOFR
Loans as
LIBORSOFR
Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBORSOFR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBORSOFR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into
LIBORSOFR
Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversion,
(iii)
LIBORSOFR
Loans may not be continued as LIBORSOFR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is
in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in
number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent prior written notice at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 noon (New York
City time) at least (i) three U.S. Government Securities
Business Days prior, in the case of a continuation of or conversion to LIBORSOFR Loans (other than in the case of a notice delivered on the Closing
Date, which shall be deemed to be effective on the Closing Date), or (ii) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed day of a conversion into ABR Loans (each, a Notice of Conversion or Continuation substantially in the
form of Exhibit J) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as LIBORSOFR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a LIBORSOFR Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such
proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBORSOFR Loans denominated in Dollars and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBORSOFR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBORSOFR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Tranche B-1 Term Loans and Tranche B-3 Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments or Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments, as applicable. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages. Each Borrowing of New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable New Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation, under any Credit Document.
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2.8 Interest.
(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans plus the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.
(b) The unpaid principal amount of each LIBORSOFR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof
until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for LIBORSOFR Loans plus the relevant Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 hereto, if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon or any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum (the Default Rate) that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any other overdue amount, including overdue interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) for the applicable Class plus 2.00% per annum from the date of such non-payment to the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and
shall be payable in Dollars; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below, interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in
arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (provided that in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such
repayment or prepayment), (ii) in respect of each
LIBORSOFR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such
Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any prepayment in respect
thereof, (B) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and (C) after such
maturity, on demand, and (D) in the event of any conversion of any SOFR Borrowing prior to the end of the
Interest Period therefor, on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
(f) The Administrative Agent, upon
determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant
Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
(g) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
2.9 Interest Periods. At the time
the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR Loans in accordance with Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option
of the Borrower, be a one, two, three or six month period (or if approved by all the Lenders making
such
LIBORSOFR
Loans as determined by such Lenders in good faith based on prevailing market conditions, a 12 month or shorter period).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on
the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period
shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) if any Interest Period would
otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBORSOFR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding
Business Day; and
(d) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBORSOFR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the Maturity Date of such Loan.
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv) below, the Required Term Loan Lenders (with respect to Term Loans), Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):
(i) on any date for determining the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such
LIBORSOFR
Borrowing are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the applicable interbank LIBOR market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis
provided for in the definition of Adjusted
LIBORTerm
SOFR Rate; or
(ii) at any time, that such Lenders shall incur
increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBORSOFR Loans other than with respect to Taxes because of any Change in
Law;
(iii) that, due to a Change in Law, which shall subject any such Lenders to any Tax (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iv) at any time, that the making or continuance of any
LIBORSOFR Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lenders in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or
order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the applicable interbank LIBOR market;
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(such Loans, Impacted Loans), then, and in any such event, such Required Term Loan
Lenders, Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by
telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of
clause (i) above,
LIBORSOFR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist
(which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to LIBORSOFR Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lenders, promptly after receipt of written
demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Required Term Loan Lenders, Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Revolving
Credit Lenders, as applicable, in their reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lenders for such actual increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to
the additional amounts owed to such Lenders, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lenders shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties
hereto), and (z) in the case of subclauses (iii) and (iv) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in subclause (x) or (y), as applicable, of Section 2.10(b) promptly
and, in any event, within the time period required by law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in Section 2.10(a)(i)(x), the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans (which rate shall not be negative), in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (x) of the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, (2) the Administrative Agent or the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.
(b) At any time that any LIBORSOFR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBORSOFR Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) or (iv) shall) either (x) if a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation with respect to the affected LIBORSOFR Loan has been submitted pursuant to Section 2.3 but the affected LIBORSOFR Loan has not been funded or continued, cancel such requested
Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii), (iii) or (iv) or (y) if the affected LIBORSOFR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three U.S. Government Securities
Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such
LIBORSOFR
Loan into an ABR Loan; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity occurring after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the actual rate of return on such Lenders or its parents or its Affiliates capital or assets as a consequence of such Lenders commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its parents policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such actual reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as
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a result of such Lenders compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date or to the extent such Lender is not imposing such charges on, or requesting such compensation from, borrowers (similarly situated to the Borrower hereunder) under comparable syndicated credit facilities similar to the Credit Facilities. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrowers obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice.
(d) If the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining its affected LIBORSOFR Loans during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter (which notice shall include
supporting calculations in reasonable detail). If such notice is given, (i) any LIBORSOFR Loan requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period
shall be made an ABR Loan, (ii) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBORSOFR Loans shall be continued as an ABR Loan and (iii) any
outstanding
LIBORSOFR
Loans shall be converted, on the first day of such Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further LIBORSOFR Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans to
LIBORSOFR
Loans.
2.11
Compensation 2.11
Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of any LIBORSOFR Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such
LIBORSOFR
Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans
pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or
a failure to satisfy borrowing conditions, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBORSOFR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or
Continuation, (d) any
LIBORSOFR
Loan is not continued as a LIBORSOFR Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of
Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBORSOFR Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment
pursuant to Sections 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), promptly pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to
prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such LIBORSOFR Loan. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in this Section 2.11 and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which
such amount or amounts were determined shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.11 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and the
termination of this Agreement.
2.12 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Sections 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b), 3.5 or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no unreimbursed cost or other material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 3.5 is given by any Lender more than 120 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 3.5, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 121st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower.
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2.14 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to Administrative Agent, elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional tranches of term loans or increases in Term Loans of any Class (the commitments thereto, the New Term Loan Commitments), (y) increases in Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (the New Revolving Credit Commitments), and/or (z) additional tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments (the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and, together with the New Revolving Credit Commitments, the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments; together with the New Term Loan Commitments and the New Revolving Credit Commitments, the New Loan Commitments) by an aggregate amount not in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the aggregate and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount as (x) may be approved by the Administrative Agent or (y) shall constitute the difference between the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and all such New Loan Commitments obtained on or prior to such date), which may be incurred in Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling. In connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 2.14, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying that the New Loan Commitments do not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, which certificate shall be in reasonable detail and shall provide the calculations and basis therefor and, subject to reclassification as set forth in Section 10.1, classify such Indebtedness as being incurred under clause (i) or clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person (other than a natural Person) to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments, subject, if applicable, to the proviso to Section 2.14(b); provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the New Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Loan Commitment. In each case, on each applicable Increased Amount Date (subject to Section 1.12), such New Loan Commitments shall be subject to (i) no Event of Default (except in connection with an acquisition or investment (including any Permitted Acquisition or Investment), no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5) shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments, as applicable, and subject to Section 1.12, (ii) the New Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e), and (iii) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 in connection with the New Loan Commitments, as applicable. No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). Any New Term Loans shall, at the election of the Borrower and agreed to by Lenders providing such New Loan Commitments, be designated as (a) a separate series (a Series) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement or (b) as part of a Series of existing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. On and after the Increased Amount Date, Additional Revolving Credit Loans shall be designated a separate Series of Additional Revolving Credit Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following terms and conditions, (a) with respect to New Revolving Credit Commitments, each of the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class shall assign to each Lender with a New Revolving Credit Commitment (each, a New Revolving Loan Lender) and each of the new Revolving Loan Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders with revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class will be held by existing Revolving Credit Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving effect to the addition of such new Revolving Credit Commitments to the Revolving Credit Commitments, and (b) with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, (i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and, each Loan made under a New Revolving Credit Commitment (a New Revolving Credit Loan) and each Loan made under an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment (an Additional Revolving Credit Loan and, together with new Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Revolving Credit Loan) shall be deemed, for all purposes, Revolving Loans and (ii) each New Revolving Loan Lender and each Lender with an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment
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(each, an Additional Revolving Loan Lender and, together with the New Revolving Loan Lenders, the Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders) shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolving Credit Commitment and all matters relating thereto; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lenders or Incremental Revolving Loan Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Revolving Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Incremental Revolving Loan Lender.
(c) New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing and following terms and conditions, (i) each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a New Term Loan Lender) of any Series shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a New Term Loan and, together with the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Loans) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.
(d) The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be on terms and documentation set forth in
the Joinder Agreement as determined by the Borrower; provided that (i) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date; (ii) the weighted average life to
maturity of all New Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans as calculated without giving effect to any prepayments made in connection with the
Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans; (iii) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, amortization schedule applicable to any New
Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder; provided that only during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the thirty month anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Effective Yield for LIBORSOFR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of such New Term Loans consisting of Term Loans that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and the Tranche B-3 Term Loans (other than
any New Term Loans incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment) exceeds the Effective Yield for LIBORSOFR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term
Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans of like currency by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for LIBORSOFR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term
Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans, as applicable, is equal to the Effective Yield for LIBORSOFR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the New Term Loans minus 0.50% (the terms of this proviso to this clause (iii), the MFN Protection); and (iv) to the extent such terms and
documentation are not consistent with the then existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such
financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Term Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of
the Lenders if any covenants or other provisions are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date);.
(e) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be identical to the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and the related Revolving Credit Loans, other than the Maturity Date and as set forth in this Section 2.14(e); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise:
(i) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall rank equal in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
(ii) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall not mature earlier than the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans at the time of incurrence of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments,
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(iii) the borrowing and repayment (except for (1) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, and (3) repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (v) below)) of Loans with respect to Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Increased Amount Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on such Increased Amount Date,
(iv) subject to the provisions of Section 3.12 and Section 3A.12 to the extent dealing with Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exists Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Series in accordance with their percentage of such Revolving Credit Commitments on the applicable Increased Amount Date (and except as provided in Section 3.12, without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued in respect of such Series),
(v) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Increased Amount Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on such Increased Amount Date, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class,
(vi) assignments and participations of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans on the applicable Increased Amount Date,
(vii) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may constitute a separate Class or Classes, as the case may be, of Commitments from the Classes constituting the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments prior to such Increased Amount Date,
(viii) the pricing, fees, maturity and other immaterial terms of the Additional Revolving Credit Loans may be different and shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder so long as the final maturity date and the weighted average maturity of any Additional Revolving Credit Loans and Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall not be earlier than, or shorter than, as the case may be, the maturity date or the weighted average life, as applicable, of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and related Revolving Credit Loans, and
(ix) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness.
(f) Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.14.
(g) (i) The Borrower may at any time, and from time to time, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (an Existing Term Loan Class) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, Extended Term Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a Term Loan Extension Request) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall not be materially more
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restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term Loans of such applicable Existing Term Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date (a Permitted Other Provision); provided, however, that (x) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted, in each case as more particularly set forth in paragraph (iv) of this Section 2.14(g) below), (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees, premiums or applicable high-yield discount obligation (AHYDO) payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment and to the extent that any Permitted Other Provision (including a financial maintenance covenant) is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such Permitted Other Provision is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or if such Permitted Other Provision applies only after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise, no Extended Term Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted is repaid in full, except in accordance with the last sentence of Section 5.1(a). No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted.
(ii) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, each existing at the time of such request (each, an Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and any related revolving credit loans thereunder, Existing Revolving Credit Loans; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an Existing Revolving Credit Class) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any related Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which such request shall be offered equally to all such lenders) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment) unless (x) the Lenders providing Existing Revolving Credit Loans receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and/or (B) additional fees and premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y) the Revolving Credit Commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the Revolving Credit Commitment fee rate for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Loans with respect to any Original Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Original Revolving Credit Commitments and (2) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed
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by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Loans related to such Commitments set forth in Section 13.6. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).
(iii) Any Lender (an Extending Lender) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent (an Extension Election) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of the Existing Class or Existing Classes subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment included in each such Extension Election. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be treated identically to all other Original Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the L/C Facility Maturity Date may be extended and the related obligations to issue Letters of Credit may be continued so long as the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, have consented to such extensions in their sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).
(iv) Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an Extension Amendment) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.14(g)(iv) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.14(g)(i), each Extension Amendment (x) shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Joinder Agreement with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which the Extended Term Loans were converted to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Term Loan Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class is to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Term Loan Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof) and (y) may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of New Term Loans incurred following the date of such Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 13.1 to any Section 2.14 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a Section 2.14 Additional Amendment) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments are within the requirements of Section 2.14(g)(i) and do not become effective prior to the
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time that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of New Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Joinder Agreement and (2) consents applicable to holders of any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 13.1.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clauses (i) and/or (ii) above (an Extension Date), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date) and (II) in the case of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, such Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) and Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lenders Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.
(vi) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.14.
2.15 Permitted Debt Exchanges.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer) made from time to time by the Borrower, the Borrower may from time to time following the Closing Date consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans for Permitted Other Indebtedness in the form of notes (such notes, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, and each such exchange a Permitted Debt Exchange), so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the final offering document in respect of a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is delivered to the relevant Lenders, (ii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall equal no more than the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans; provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Debt Exchange Notes may include accrued interest and premium (if any) under the Term Loans exchanged and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the issuance of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, (iii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged under each applicable Class by the Borrower pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of a given Class (calculated on the face amount thereof) tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term
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Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing, and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Borrower and the Auction Agent, and (vi) any applicable Minimum Tender Condition shall be satisfied.
(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 5.1 or 5.2, and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a Minimum Tender Condition) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrowers discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered.
(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower and the Auction Agent shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.15 and without conflict with Section 2.15(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than a reasonable period (in the discretion of the Borrower and the Auction Agent) of time following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made.
(d) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) none of the Auction Agent, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrowers compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable insider trading laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Securities Exchange Act.
2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders and Section 13.1.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 11 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize, as applicable, any Letter of Credit Issuers or Swingline Lenders Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8, as applicable; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a
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deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy (x) such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize, as applicable, any Letter of Credit Issuers future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or the Lenders, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower, any Lender, any Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and seventh, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans, Revolving L/C Borrowings or Swingline Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans or Swingline Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 7 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans or Swingline Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or post Cash Collateral, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 4 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive 2020 Letter of Credit Fees or Revolving Letter of Credit Fees, as applicable, for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its applicable percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8, as applicable.
(C) With respect to any 2020 Letter of Credit Fee or Revolving Letter of Credit Fee, as applicable, not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to any Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credits Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) Reallocation of Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentages, as applicable (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure or 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure, as applicable, of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lenders Commitment. Subject to Section 13.22, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
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(v) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize, as applicable, any Letter of Credit Issuers Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 or Section 3A.8, as applicable.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentages, as applicable (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.17 Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.17, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date denominated in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or (ii) the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans outstanding exceeding the Swingline Sublimit; provided that the Swingline Lender shall be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender of such request (i) by telephone (confirmed in writing in the form of Exhibit J) or by facsimile or electronic communication in the form of Exhibit J, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Swingline Lender (confirmed by telephone), not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender, 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the day of such proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Swingline Loan and in the case of any Swingline Loan requested to finance the reimbursement of an Unpaid Drawing as provided in Section 3.4, the identity of the Letter of Credit Issuer that made the applicable Letter of Credit. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Borrowing. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to any accounts of the Borrower maintained with the Swingline Lender for the Swingline Loan (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an Unpaid Drawing as provided in Section 3.4, by remittance to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Credit Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Credit Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Credit Lender, specifying in such notice the Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance
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of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 3.3 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 3.3 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and thereafter to the Borrower, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term Swingline Lender shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
(e) The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a Swingline Lender hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Swingline Lenders acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.
(f) Any Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of a Swingline Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.8(a). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (x) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made thereafter and (y) references herein to the term Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.
(g) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, any Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon 30 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.17(f) above.
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Section 3. Revolving Letters of Credit.
3.1 Revolving Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3, to issue from time to time from the Closing Date through the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower is the primary obligor and signatory to the Letter of Credit Request, for the account of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary) letters of credit (the Revolving Letters of Credit and each, a Revolving Letter of Credit), which Revolving Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed (i) such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment, (ii) the L/C Sublimit and (iii) individual Letters of Credit, in such form as may be approved by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would exceed the L/C Sublimit (or with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, exceed such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment); (ii) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures at the time of the issuance thereof to exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; (iii) each Revolving Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than one year after the date of issuance thereof (except as set forth in Section 3.2(d)), provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, in each case, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and, unless the Revolving Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or backstopped (in the case of a backstop only, on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer), the Revolving Credit Lenders; (iv) the Revolving Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (v) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable law for the beneficiary of the Revolving Letter of Credit to have a Revolving Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (vi) no Revolving Letter of Credit shall be issued by a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1.
(c) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not exceed such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers Revolving Letter of Credit Commitment).
(d) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Revolving Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Revolving Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Revolving Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Revolving Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (in each case, for which such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise
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compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(ii) the issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $50,000, in the case of a commercial Revolving Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Revolving Letter of Credit; provided that none of the initial Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers or their respective affiliates shall be obligated or requested to issue commercial Revolving Letters of Credit;
(iv) such Revolving Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(v) such Revolving Letters of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(vi) a default of any Revolving Credit Lenders obligations to fund under Section 3.3 exists or any Revolving Credit Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless, in each case, the Borrower have entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer to eliminate such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers risk with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender or such risk has been reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16.
(e) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not increase the Stated Amount of any Revolving Letter of Credit if the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(f) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Revolving Letter of Credit if (A) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Revolving Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Revolving Letter of Credit.
(g) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Revolving Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Section 13 included the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omission, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
3.2 Revolving Letter of Credit Requests.
(a) Whenever the Borrower desires that a Revolving Letter of Credit be issued or amended, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least four Business Days (or such other period as may be agreed upon by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer) prior to the proposed date of issuance or amendment. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
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(b) In the case of a request for the issuance of a Revolving Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Revolving Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the identity of the applicant; and (H) such other matters as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (I) the Revolving Letter of Credit to be amended; (II) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (III) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (IV) such other matters as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Revolving Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(c) Unless the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party, at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Revolving Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Sections 6 (solely with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit issued on the Closing Date) and 7 shall not then be satisfied to the extent required thereby, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Revolving Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower are the primary obligors, for the account of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with each such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers usual and customary business practices.
(d) If the Borrower so requests in any Letter of Credit Request, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree to issue a Revolving Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof and the Borrower not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Revolving Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Revolving Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer; provided, however, that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer has reasonably determined that it would not be permitted, at such time to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Sections 6 and 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(e) Promptly after its delivery of any Revolving Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Revolving Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Revolving Letter of Credit or amendment. On the first Business Day of each month, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.
(f) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Revolving Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).
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3.3 Revolving Letter of Credit Participations.
(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer of any Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3, an Revolving L/C Participant), and each such Revolving L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an Revolving L/C Participation), to the extent of such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in each Revolving Letter of Credit, each substitute therefor, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided that the Revolving Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Revolving L/C Participants as provided in Section 4.1(b) and the Revolving L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any Revolving L/C Fronting Fees.
(b) In determining whether to pay under any Revolving Letter of Credit, the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Revolving L/C Participants other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Revolving Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Revolving Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.
(c) In the event that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the respective Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.4(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving L/C Participant of such failure, and each Revolving L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in immediately available funds. If and to the extent such Revolving L/C Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees that are reasonably and customarily charged by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any Revolving L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Revolving Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Revolving L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Revolving Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no Revolving L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other Revolving L/C Participants Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
(d) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the Revolving L/C Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Revolving L/C Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Revolving L/C Participants share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such Revolving L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all Revolving L/C Participants) of the amount so paid in respect of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Revolving L/C Participations at the Overnight Rate.
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(e) The obligations of the Revolving L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
(f) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.3(c) is required to be returned, each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Credit Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
3.4 Agreement to Repay Revolving Letter of Credit Drawings.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment with respect to any drawing under any Revolving Letter of Credit in the same currency in which such drawing was made unless the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in the notice of drawing that it will require reimbursement in Dollars. Any such reimbursement shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for any payment or disbursement made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under any Revolving Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, an Revolving Unpaid Drawing) no later than the date that is one Business Day after the date on which the Borrower receives written notice of such payment or disbursement (the Revolving Reimbursement Date), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Reimbursement Date, from the Revolving Reimbursement Date to the date the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans plus the ABR as in effect from time to time, provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Revolving Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that, with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit, the Revolving Credit Lenders make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be denominated in Dollars and which shall be ABR Loans) on the Revolving Reimbursement Date in the amount of such drawing and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving L/C Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each Revolving L/C Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in Dollars in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Revolving Unpaid Drawing by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for purpose of reimbursing the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Revolving Unpaid Drawing. In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any Revolving Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, the full amount of the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such Revolving Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an Revolving Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this Section 3.4 except that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the Revolving L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such Revolving Letter of Credit to reimburse any Revolving Unpaid Drawing under such Revolving Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any Revolving Unpaid Drawings made in respect of such Revolving Letter of Credit following the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, second, to the extent such Revolving Letter of Credit expires or is returned for cancellation with an undrawn balance while any such cash collateral remains, to the repayment of obligations in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that have not been paid at such time and third, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section 3.4(a) shall affect the Borrowers obligation to repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans when due in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(b) The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each Revolving Letter of Credit and to repay each Revolving L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Revolving Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Revolving Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Revolving Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Revolving Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Revolving Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Revolving Letter of Credit;
(iv) waiver by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer of any requirement that exists for the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers protection and not the protection of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) or any waiver by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary);
(v) any payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Revolving Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code, the ISP or the UCP or the Revolving Letter of Credit itself, as applicable;
(vi) any payment by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under such Revolving Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Revolving Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under such Revolving Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Revolving Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code;
(vii) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Revolving Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(viii) any adverse change in any relevant exchange rates or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) (other than the defense of payment or performance).
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(c) The Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under the Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3.5 Increased Costs. If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law shall (x) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy, liquidity or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Revolving L/C Participants Revolving L/C Participation therein, (y) impose on the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein or any Revolving Letter of Credit or such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving L/C Participation therein (other than with respect to Taxes) or (z) impose on the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or any Revolving L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein or any Revolving Letter of Credit or such Revolving L/C Participants Revolving L/C Participation therein (including any increased costs attributable to Taxes (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto), and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Revolving Letter of Credit, or to reduce the actual amount of any sum received or receivable by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant hereunder in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit or Revolving L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to a Revolving Letter of Credit issued on account of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary))), the Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or an Revolving L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Persons compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the relevant Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or an Revolving L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such actual additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or such Revolving L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.5 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
3.6 New or Successor Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
(a) The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer upon 60 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, Holdings and the Borrower. The Borrower may replace any Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer. The Borrower may add Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the Lenders a successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit or a new Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), another successor or new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer accepting such appointment shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit accepting such appointment shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall
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become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees applicable to the Revolving Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall become the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Revolving Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Revolving Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue back-stop Revolving Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Revolving Letters of Credit shall be denominated in the same currency as, and shall have a face amount equal to, the Revolving Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Revolving Letters of Credit shall be a statement that there has been a compliant drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Revolving Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers resignation or replacement as Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit issued by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) To the extent there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Revolving Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.
3.7 Role of Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Revolving Letter of Credit, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Revolving Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Revolving Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Revolving Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuit of such rights and remedies as they may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(b); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim
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against a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, and a Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers willful failure to pay under any Revolving Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Revolving Letter of Credit in each case as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Revolving Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
The Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer may send a Revolving Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
3.8 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, if (i) as of the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date, any Revolving L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (ii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.13, or (iii) the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(v) are in effect, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (ii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by the Administrative Agent or the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iii) above, after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein as described in Section 3.8(a), and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 3.8(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, other than Permitted Liens, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (including, without limitation, as a result of exchange rate fluctuations), the Borrower will, promptly upon written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3.8 or Sections 2.16, 5.2, or 11.13 in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Revolving L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(d) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 13.6(b)(ii)) or there is no longer existing an Event of Default) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral.
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3.9 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Revolving Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Revolving Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial Revolving Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuers rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Revolving Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the applicable law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and TradeInternational Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Revolving Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control and any grant of security interest in any Issuer Documents shall be void.
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Revolving Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Revolving Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Revolving Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Holdings and the other Restricted Subsidiaries.
3.12 Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any Revolving Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer which issued such Revolving Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Revolving L/C Facility Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such Revolving Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Revolving Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Revolving Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3.8. Upon the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Revolving Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
Section 3A. 2020 Letters of Credit.
3A.1 2020 Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, at any time and from time to time after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and prior to the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, each 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 3A, to issue from time to time from the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower is the primary obligor and signatory to the Letter of Credit
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Request, for the account of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary) letters of credit (the 2020 Letters of Credit and each, a 2020 Letter of Credit), which 2020 Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed (i) such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment, (ii) the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment and (iii) individual 2020 Letters of Credit, in such form as may be approved by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would exceed the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to any 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, exceed such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment); (ii) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause the aggregate amount of the Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure at the time of the issuance thereof to exceed the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect; (iii) each 2020 Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than one year after the date of issuance thereof (except as set forth in Section 3A.2(d)), provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, in each case, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and, unless the 2020 Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or backstopped (in the case of a backstop only, on terms reasonably satisfactory to such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer), the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders; (iv) the 2020 Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (v) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable law for the beneficiary of the 2020 Letter of Credit to have a 2020 Letter of Credit issued in its favor; and (vi) no 2020 Letter of Credit shall be issued by a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent or the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1.
(c) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment (or with respect to a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit issued by such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not exceed such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment).
(d) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any 2020 Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such 2020 Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such 2020 Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such 2020 Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (in each case, for which such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, or shall impose upon such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and which such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(ii) the issuance of such 2020 Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, such 2020 Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $50,000, in the case of a commercial 2020 Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby 2020 Letter of Credit; provided that none of the initial 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers or their respective affiliates shall be obligated or requested to issue commercial 2020 Letters of Credit;
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(iv) such 2020 Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(v) such 2020 Letters of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(vi) a default of any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders obligations to fund under Section 3A.3 exists or any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless, in each case, the Borrower have entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer to eliminate such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers risk with respect to such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or such risk has been reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16.
(e) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not increase the Stated Amount of any 2020 Letter of Credit if the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such 2020 Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(f) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any 2020 Letter of Credit if (A) the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such 2020 Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such 2020 Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such 2020 Letter of Credit.
(g) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such 2020 Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Section 13 included the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omission, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
3A.2 2020 Letter of Credit Requests.
(a) Whenever the Borrower desires that a 2020 Letter of Credit be issued or amended, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least four Business Days (or such other period as may be agreed upon by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer) prior to the proposed date of issuance or amendment. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) In the case of a request for the issuance of a 2020 Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested 2020 Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the identity of the applicant; and (H) such other matters as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding 2020 Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (I) the 2020 Letter of Credit to be amended; (II) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (III) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (IV) such other matters as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested 2020 Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
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(c) Unless the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party, at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the 2020 Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Sections 6 (solely with respect to any 2020 Letter of Credit issued on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) and 7 shall not then be satisfied to the extent required thereby, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a 2020 Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or, so long as the Borrower are the primary obligors, for the account of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with each such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers usual and customary business practices.
(d) If the Borrower so requests in any Letter of Credit Request, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree to issue a 2020 Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, a 2020 Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such 2020 Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such 2020 Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof and the Borrower not later than a day (the 2020 Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such 2020 Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once a 2020 Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such 2020 Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer; provided, however, that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer has reasonably determined that it would not be permitted, at such time to issue such 2020 Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3A.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the 2020 Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Sections 6 and 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(e) Promptly after its delivery of any 2020 Letter of Credit or any amendment to a 2020 Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such 2020 Letter of Credit or amendment. On the first Business Day of each month, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.
(f) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the 2020 Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3A.1(b).
3A.3 2020 Letter of Credit Participations.
(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer of any 2020 Letter of Credit, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender (each such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3A.3, an 2020 L/C Participant), and each such 2020 L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an 2020 L/C Participation), to the extent of such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage in each 2020 Letter of Credit, each substitute therefor, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided that the 2020 Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the 2020 L/C Participants as provided in Section 4.1(f) and the 2020 L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any 2020 L/C Fronting Fees.
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(b) In determining whether to pay under any 2020 Letter of Credit, the relevant 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the 2020 L/C Participants other than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such 2020 Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such 2020 Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the relevant 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.
(c) In the event that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it and the applicable Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the respective 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3A.4(a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each 2020 L/C Participant of such failure, and each 2020 L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in immediately available funds. If and to the extent such 2020 L/C Participant shall not have so made its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, such 2020 L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees that are reasonably and customarily charged by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any 2020 L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any 2020 Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other 2020 L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such 2020 Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no 2020 L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other 2020 L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other 2020 L/C Participants 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
(d) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation as to which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer any payments from the 2020 L/C Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each 2020 L/C Participant that has paid its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such 2020 L/C Participants share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such 2020 L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all 2020 L/C Participants) of the amount so paid in respect of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective 2020 L/C Participations at the Overnight Rate.
(e) The obligations of the 2020 L/C Participants to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
(f) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3A.3(c) is required to be returned, each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer its 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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3A.4 Agreement to Repay 2020 Letter of Credit Drawings.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment with respect to any drawing under any 2020 Letter of Credit in the same currency in which such drawing was made unless the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in the notice of drawing that it will require reimbursement in Dollars. Any such reimbursement shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for any payment or disbursement made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under any 2020 Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, a 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing) no later than the date that is one Business Day after the date on which the Borrower receives written notice of such payment or disbursement (the 2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the 2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date, from the 2020 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date to the date the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin plus the ABR as in effect from time to time In the event that the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize any 2020 Letter of Credit that is outstanding on the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, the full amount of the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such 2020 Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this Section 3A.4 except that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the 2020 L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such 2020 Letter of Credit to reimburse any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawing under such 2020 Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings made in respect of such 2020 Letter of Credit following the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date and second, to the Borrower or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each 2020 Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a 2020 Letter of Credit, any transferee of any 2020 Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any 2020 Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such 2020 Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such 2020 Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such 2020 Letter of Credit;
(iv) waiver by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer of any requirement that exists for the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers protection and not the protection of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) or any waiver by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary);
(v) any payment made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such 2020 Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the Uniform Commercial Code, the ISP or the UCP or the 2020 Letter of Credit itself, as applicable;
(vi) any payment by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under such 2020 Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such 2020 Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under such 2020 Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such 2020 Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code;
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(vii) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such 2020 Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(viii) any adverse change in any relevant exchange rates or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary) (other than the defense of payment or performance).
(c) The Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under the 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3A.5 Increased Costs. If, after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, any Change in Law shall (x) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy, liquidity or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, or any 2020 L/C Participants 2020 L/C Participation therein, (y) impose on the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or any 2020 L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit or 2020 L/C Participations therein or any 2020 Letter of Credit or such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 L/C Participation therein (other than with respect to Taxes) or (z) impose on the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or any 2020 L/C Participant any other conditions or costs affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit or 2020 L/C Participations therein or any 2020 Letter of Credit or such 2020 L/C Participants 2020 L/C Participation therein (including any increased costs attributable to Taxes (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto), and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the actual cost to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any 2020 Letter of Credit, or to reduce the actual amount of any sum received or receivable by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant hereunder in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit or 2020 L/C Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent (with respect to a 2020 Letter of Credit issued on account of the Borrower (or Holdings or other Restricted Subsidiary))), the Borrower shall pay to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or an 2020 L/C Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Persons compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the relevant 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or an 2020 L/C Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such actual additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or such 2020 L/C Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3A.5 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement
3A.6 New or Successor 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
(a) The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer upon 60 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, Holdings and the Borrower. The Borrower may replace any 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the
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Administrative Agent and such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer. The Borrower may add 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint from among the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders a successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit or a new 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), another successor or new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer accepting such appointment shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit accepting such appointment shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean such successor or such new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees applicable to the 2020 Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 4.1(d) and 4.1(f). The acceptance of any appointment as the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall become the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional 2020 Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with 2020 Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue back-stop 2020 Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding 2020 Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, which new 2020 Letters of Credit shall be denominated in the same currency as, and shall have a face amount equal to, the 2020 Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new 2020 Letters of Credit shall be a statement that there has been a compliant drawing on the corresponding back-stopped 2020 Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers resignation or replacement as 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to 2020 Letters of Credit issued by such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) To the extent there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of 2020 Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding 2020 Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.
3A.7 Role of 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer. Each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a 2020 Letter of Credit, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the 2020 Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document
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or instrument related to any 2020 Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any 2020 Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuit of such rights and remedies as they may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3A.3(b); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, and a 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers willful failure to pay under any 2020 Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a 2020 Letter of Credit in each case as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a 2020 Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
The 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer may send a 2020 Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
3A.8 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, if (i) as of the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date, any 2020 L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (ii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.13, or (iii) the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(v) are in effect, the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (ii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by the Administrative Agent or the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iii) above, after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein as described in Section 3A.8(a), and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 3A.8(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, other than Permitted Liens, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (including, without limitation, as a result of exchange rate fluctuations), the Borrower will, promptly upon written demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 3A.8 or Sections 2.16, 5.2, or 11.13 in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific 2020 L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
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(d) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 13.6(b)(ii)) or there is no longer existing an Event of Default) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral.
3A.9 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a 2020 Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby 2020 Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial 2020 Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any 2020 Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the applicable law or any order of a jurisdiction where the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and TradeInternational Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any 2020 Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
3A.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control and any grant of security interest in any Issuer Documents shall be void.
3A.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a 2020 Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such 2020 Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of 2020 Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Holdings and the other Restricted Subsidiaries.
3A.12 Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date in respect of any tranche of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any 2020 Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer which issued such 2020 Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments in respect of which the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such 2020 Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make payments in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any 2020 Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such 2020 Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3A.8. Upon the maturity date of any tranche of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, the sublimit for 2020 Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
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Section 4. Fees.
4.1 Fees.
(a) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin (the Commitment Fee) for each day from the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (for the quarterly period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available Revolving Commitment in effect on such day. For purposes of computing Commitment Fees, the Available Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Letter of Credit Exposure (but the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).
(b) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued on the Borrowers or any of the
other Restricted Subsidiaries behalf (the Revolving Letter of Credit Fee), for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for
each day equal to the Applicable Margin for Adjusted
LIBORTerm
SOFR Rate Revolving Credit Loans less the Revolving L/C Fronting Fee set forth in clause (d) below. Except as provided below, such Revolving Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and
payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have
been reduced to zero.
(c) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for its own account, administrative agent fees as have been previously agreed in writing or as may be agreed in writing from time to time.
(d) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in Dollars in respect of each Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it to the Borrower (the Revolving L/C Fronting Fee) (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, at the rate of 0.125%, computed on the amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit, and (ii) with respect to each standby Revolving Letter of Credit, for the period from the date of issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Revolving Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125% per annum on the average daily Stated Amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer). Such Revolving L/C Fronting Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminates and the applicable Revolving Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
(e) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars upon each issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a Letter of Credit issued by it such amount as shall at the time of such issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment be the processing charge that the Letter of Credit Issuer is customarily charging for issuances or extension of, drawings under or amendments of, letters of credit issued by it.
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(f) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued on the Borrowers or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries behalf (the 2020 Letter of Credit Fee), for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to the 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin less the 2020 L/C Fronting Fee set forth in clause (g) below. Except as provided above, such 2020 Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminates and the 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
(g) Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to each 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer a fee in Dollars in respect of each 2020 Letter of Credit issued by it to the Borrower (the 2020 L/C Fronting Fee) (i) with respect to each commercial 2020 Letter of Credit, at the rate of 0.125%, computed on the amount of such 2020 Letter of Credit, and (ii) with respect to each standby 2020 Letter of Credit, for the period from the date of issuance of such 2020 Letter of Credit to the termination date of such 2020 Letter of Credit, computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125% per annum on the average daily Stated Amount of such 2020 Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuer). Such 2020 L/C Fronting Fees shall be due and payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the date upon which the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminates and the applicable 2020 Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero.
(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 4.1.
(i) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Percentage of such 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender) a commitment fee set forth in the definition of 2020 Letter of Credit Applicable Margin (the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee) in Dollars that shall accrue daily from and including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date to but excluding the 2020 Letter of Credit Termination Date. Each such 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (y) on the 2020 Letter of Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment in effect on such day. For purposes of computing 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment Fees, the Available 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure.
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of each of the Lenders of any applicable Class, except that (i) notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14(g), the Revolving Credit Commitments of any one or more Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of Revolving Credit Commitments so extended on such date (provided that (x) after giving effect to any such reduction and to the repayment of any Revolving Credit Loans made on such date, the Revolving Credit Exposure of any such Lender does not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment thereof and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any such repayment of Revolving Credit Loans contemplated by the preceding clause shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.3(a) with respect to the ratable allocation of payments hereunder, with such allocation being determined after giving effect to any conversion pursuant to Section 2.14(g) of Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(g) prior to any reduction being made to the Revolving Credit Commitment of any other Lender) and (ii) the Borrower may at its election permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment of a
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Defaulting Lender to $0 without affecting the Revolving Credit Commitments of any other Lender, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2(a) shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, and (c) after giving effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of the Loans and Swingline Loans made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class.
(b) Upon at least two Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each of the Lenders of any applicable Class and (ii) the Borrower may at its election permanently reduce the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender to $0 without affecting the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments of any other Lender, (b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, and (c) after giving effect to such termination or reduction of the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment and the aggregate amount of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures in respect of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of such Class.
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments.
(a) The Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. The Commitments, if any, for Extended Term Loans shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the applicable Extension Amendment.
(b) The Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(c) The New Loan Commitment for any Series shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Joinder Agreement, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Increased Amount Date for such Series.
(d) The 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the 2020 L/C Facility Maturity Date.
(e) The Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
(f) The Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(g) The Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date.
Section 5. Payments.
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Loans, including Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, in each case, other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c), without premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (and, in the case of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline
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Lender) written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and (in the case of
LIBORSOFR Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, three Business Days prior to and (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, one Business Day prior to and (ii) in the case of SOFR Loans, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders; (2) each partial prepayment of (i) any Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) any ABR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in multiples of $100,000 in excess
thereof, provided that no partial prepayment of
LIBORSOFR
Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBORSOFR Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the
applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount for such
LIBORSOFR
Loans, and (3) in the case of any prepayment of
LIBORSOFR
Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall, promptly after receipt of a written request by any applicable
Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Each prepayment in respect of
any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be
(a) applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify and (b) applied to reduce Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amounts, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amounts, any New Term Loan Repayment Amounts, and, subject to
Section 2.14(g), Extended Term Loan Repayment Amounts, as the case may be, in each case, in such order and to such Classes as the Borrower may specify. At the Borrowers election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this
Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Term Loan or Revolving Credit Loan of a Defaulting Lender.
(b) In the event that, on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Borrower (i) makes any prepayment of Tranche B-1 Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on such Tranche B-1 Term Loans or (ii) effect any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (x) in the case of clause (i), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of clause (ii), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Tranche B-1 Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction.
(c) In the event that, on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Borrower (i) makes any prepayment of Tranche B-3 Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on such Tranche B-3 Term Loans or (ii) effect any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on the Tranche B-3 Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (x) in the case of clause (i), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Tranche B-3 Term Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of clause (ii), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Tranche B-3 Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction.
5.2 Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Term Loan Prepayments.
(i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event (other than one covered by clause (iii) below) and within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within ten Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with an equivalent principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash
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Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, in each case solely to the extent with respect to any Collateral, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Indebtedness (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Permitted Other Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.
(ii) Not later than ten Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) for any fiscal year (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020), if, and solely to the extent, Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year exceeds $15,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid), in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater than 3.50:1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, minus, (y) (i) the sum during such fiscal year of the principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6, Second Lien Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (in each case, including purchases of the Loans by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered to all Lenders and Dutch auctions, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans at or below par) during such fiscal year or after such fiscal year and prior to the date of the required Excess Cash Flow payment and (ii) to the extent accompanied by permanent reduction of commitments, optional reductions of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Swingline Loans, as applicable, Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, in each case, other than to the extent any such prepayment is funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt.
(iii) On each occasion that Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(w), the Borrower shall within three Business Days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Permitted Other Indebtedness prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2, (A) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party giving rise to a prepayment pursuant to clause (i) above (a Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event) or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Credit Parties, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Loans at the times provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as the case may be, but only so long, as the applicable Requirements of Law will not permit repatriation to the Credit Parties (the Credit Parties hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirements of Law to permit repatriation), and once a repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable Requirements of Law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than ten Business Days after such repatriation is permitted) applied (net of any taxes that would be payable or reserved against if such amounts were actually repatriated whether or not they are repatriated) to the repayment of the Loans pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, as applicable, and (B) to the extent that the Borrower
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has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that in the case of this clause (B), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to clause (i) above or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is eighteen months after the date an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow would have so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to clause (ii) above unless previously actually repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) above, (x) the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Credit Parties rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of any taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement, including Section 5 shall be construed to require any Subsidiary to repatriate cash.
(b) Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans.
(i) If on any date the aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class of Revolving Loans for any reason exceeds 100% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date Revolving Loans of such Class or the Swingline Loans, as the case may be, in an amount equal to such excess. If after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Class, the Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Revolving Letter of Credit Outstanding in relation to such Class to the extent of such excess.
(ii) If on any date the aggregate amount of the 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures in respect of 2020 Letters of Credit for any reason exceeds the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure in an amount equal to such excess. If after giving effect to the prepayment of all 2020 Letter of Credit Exposure, the 2020 Letter of Credit Exposures exceed the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the 2020 Letter of Credit Outstanding to the extent of such excess.
(c) Application to Repayment Amounts. Subject to Section 5.2(f), each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) or (ii) shall be allocated pro rata among the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-3 Term Loans, the New Term Loans and the Extended Term Loans based on the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due thereunder and shall be applied within each Class of Term Loans in respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity thereof or as otherwise directed by the Borrower; provided that the Borrower may allocate a greater proportion of such prepayment in its sole discretion to the Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans to the extent agreed to by the Lenders providing any applicable New Term Loans and/or Extended Term Loans outstanding at such time. Subject to Section 5.2(f), with respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent written notice which shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied to each Class of Term Loans requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, Tranche B-3 Term Loan Lender, New Term Loan Lender or Lender of Extended Term Loans, as applicable.
(d) Application to Term Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that if any Lender has provided a Rejection Notice in compliance with Section 5.2(f), such prepayment shall be applied with respect to the Term Loans to be prepaid on a pro rata basis across all outstanding Types of such Term Loans in proportion to the percentage of such outstanding Term Loans to be prepaid represented by each such Class. In the absence of a Rejection Notice or a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
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(e) Application to Revolving Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Loans, the Borrower may designate (i) the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made and (ii) the Revolving Loans to be prepaid, provided that (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans; and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), no prepayment of Revolving Loans shall be applied to the Revolving Loans of any Defaulting Lender unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
(f) Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term Loans of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Lenders pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Term Loan Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment other than any such mandatory prepayment with respect to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event under Section 5.2(a)(i) or Permitted Other Indebtedness under Section 5.2(a)(iii) (such declined amounts, the Declined Proceeds) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by providing written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day after the date of such Lenders receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders under the Second Lien Facility in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Facility shall thereafter be retained by the Borrower (Retained Declined Proceeds).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.1 and this Section 5.2, 100% of the proceeds of all Additional Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be used to repay Existing Term Loans of the Non-Consenting Existing Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.1 and this Section 5.2, 100% of the proceeds of all Additional Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall be used to repay Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of the Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders.
5.3 Method and Place of Payment.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto, the Letter of Credit Issuer entitled thereto or the Swingline Lender entitled thereto, as the case may be; all such payments shall be made, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agents Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower, it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrowers account(s) at the Administrative Agents Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. All repayments or prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in the currency in which such Loans are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall, unless otherwise specified in such Credit Document, be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) or, otherwise, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.
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(b) Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) may be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion for purposes of calculating interest thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.
5.4 Net Payments.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.
(ii) If any Withholding Agent shall be required by applicable law to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Withholding Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are reasonably determined by such Withholding Agent to be required by applicable law, (B) such Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4) each Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deductions been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or timely reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Tax Indemnifications. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 15 days after receipt of written demand therefor, for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability (along with a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts) delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Borrower reasonably believes that any such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
(d) Evidence of Payments. After any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 5.4, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(e) Status of Lenders and Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Credit Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lenders entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by any Credit Party pursuant to any Credit Document or otherwise to establish such Lenders status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Any documentation and information required to be delivered by a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.4(e) (including any specific documentation set forth in subsection (ii) below) shall be delivered by such Lender (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before any date on which such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, (iii) promptly after the occurrence of any change in the Lenders circumstances requiring a change in the most recent documentation previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and each such Lender shall promptly notify in writing the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if such Lender is no longer legally eligible to provide any documentation previously provided. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(e)(ii)(A), (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), (B)(4), (C) and (D) below) shall not be required if in such Lenders or the Administrative Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution, or submission would subject such Lender or the Administrative Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
(B) each Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;
(2) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form thereto);
(3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1, I-2, I-3 or I-4, as applicable, (a Non-Bank Tax Certificate), to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments under any Credit Document are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Lenders conduct of a United States trade or business and (y) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form);
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(4) where such Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or otherwise not a beneficial owner (e.g., where such Non-U.S. Lender has sold a participation), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto) and all required supporting documentation (including, where one or more of the underlying beneficial owner(s) is claiming the benefits of the portfolio interest exemption, a Non-Bank Tax Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, as applicable) of such beneficial owner(s)) (provided that, if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and not a participating Lender, the Non-Bank Tax Certificate(s) (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4) may be provided by the Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of the direct or indirect partner(s)); or
(5) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made;
(C) each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement; and
(D) if the Administrative Agent is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrower with two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. If the Administrative Agent is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide an original Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying on Part I and Part VI of such Form W-8IMY that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. person for United States federal withholding tax purposes with respect to payments received by it from the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the certification described in the prior sentence.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party or with respect to which any Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.4, the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as applicable) shall promptly pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Credit Parties under this Section 5.4 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or any Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or any Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.
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(g) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 5.4, the term Lender includes any Letter of Credit Issuer and the term applicable law includes FATCA.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 5.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Credit Documents.
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees.
(a) Except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on
LIBORSOFR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
(b) Fees and the average daily Stated Amount of Letters of Credit shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest.
(a) No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
(b) Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; provided that to the extent lawful, the interest or other amounts that would have been payable but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above such maximum amount or rate of interest therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.
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Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing.
The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
6.1 Credit Documents.
The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received:
(a) this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer, each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(c) the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(d) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(e) the Second Lien Credit Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each lender party thereto and the Second Lien Administrative Agent; and
(f) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
6.2
Collateral6.2 . Except for any items referred to on Schedule
9.14: Collateral
(a) All outstanding Equity Interests, regardless of the form of the Equity Interests, in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents shall have been pledged pursuant thereto.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall have received the certificates representing the Equity Interests in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the extent required to be delivered under the Security Documents and pledged under the Security Documents and to the extent certificated, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers or allonges endorsed in blank.
(c) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document and perfect such Liens to the extent required by such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, and shall be in proper form, for filing, registration or recording.
6.3 Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the executed legal opinion, in customary form, of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New counsel to the Credit Parties, and (ii) Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice PLLC, special Kentucky counsel to the Credit Parties, and Holdings and the Borrower hereby instruct and agree to instruct the other Credit Parties to have such counsel deliver such legal opinions.
6.4 Equity Investments. Equity Investments, which, to the extent constituting Capital Stock other than common Capital Stock, shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Amount shall have been made; provided, that after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Minimum Equity Amount, KKR will own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company on the Closing Date.
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6.5 Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each of (x) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.6 and (y) an Authorized Officer certifying compliance with Sections 6.8 (with respect to the Company Representations and the Specified Representations) and 6.10 and certifying that since December 10, 2018, there has not occurred any change, effect, event, state of facts, development that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto.
6.7
Fees6.7 . The Agents and Lenders shall have received, substantially
simultaneously with the funding of the Initial Term Loans, fees and, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in the
amounts previously agreed in writing to be paid on the Closing Date (which amounts may, at the Borrowers option, be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans). Fees
6.8 Representations and Warranties. On the Closing Date, the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Specified Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) and the Company Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Company Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects).
6.9 Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager, or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with the Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent.
6.10 Acquisition6.10
Acquisition. The Acquisition shall have been or, substantially concurrently with the
initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents (including
any consent under the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect) by the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders or Joint Lead Arrangers in their capacities as such without the consent of the
Majority Lead Arrangers (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that (a) any change to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders and
(b) any modification, amendment or express waiver or consents by the Borrower (or one of its affiliates) that results in an increase or reduction in the purchase price shall be deemed to not be materially adverse to the Lenders so long as
(i) any increase in the purchase price shall not be funded with additional indebtedness (excluding the Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) any reduction shall be allocated first to reduce the Equity
Investments to the Minimum Equity Amount and thereafter to the Initial Term Loans and the Second Lien Facility on a pro rata basis).
6.11 Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date and as required by U.S.
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regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act. If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower the name of each requesting Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
6.12 Pro Forma Balance Sheet. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma statement of income (collectively, the Pro Forma Financial Statements) of the Borrower as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other statements of income), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).
6.13 Financial Statements. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements.
6.14 No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since December 10, 2018, there has not been any change, effect, event, state of facts, development or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
6.15
Refinancing6.15 . Substantially simultaneously with the initial
Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated. Refinancing
6.16 Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 6 on the Closing Date, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 7. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events after the Closing Date.
Subject to Section 1.12, the agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (other than the initial Borrowing of Term Loans on the Closing Date under this Agreement), including any New Term Loans and/or any Replacement Term Loans (excluding Revolving Credit Loans required to be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit on any date, is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent:
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties.
(a) At the time of each Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (other than any Credit Event on the Closing Date or pursuant to any Loan made pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15 (which shall be subject to the applicable terms of Section 2.14 or 2.15, as applicable)), (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties
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which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).
7.2 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) Prior to the making of each Term Loan after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(b) Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(c) Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a) or Section 3A.2(a), as applicable.
7.3 Additional 2020 Letter of Credit Condition. With respect to any issuance or extension of, drawing under, and/or amendment of, a 2020 Letter of Credit, to the extent the aggregate amount of 2020 Letter of Credit Unpaid Drawings outstanding exceeds 35% of the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment at such time, the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the Test Period shall not be greater than 6.90:1.00.
The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 above have been satisfied as of that time.
Section 8. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and the Swingline Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein the Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 and 8.10 only, Holdings) makes the following representations and warranties to the Lenders, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the Swingline Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit (it being understood that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed made with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary only to the extent relevant under applicable law):
8.1 Corporate Status. Each Credit Party (a) is a duly organized and/or incorporated and validly existing corporation, limited liability company or other entity in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and/or incorporation and has the corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, winding up, dissolution, strike-off or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
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8.3 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the Acquisition or the Abode Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Abode Acquisition).
8.4 Litigation8.4
. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Litigation
8.5 Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
8.6 Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings, consents, approvals, registrations and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents (and to release existing Liens), and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings or consents the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.7 Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure.
(a) None of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such written information and data contained in (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the Closing Date and including all information incorporated by reference therein) and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein was, when furnished, incorrect in any material respect or contained any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished (after giving effect to all supplements and updates), it being understood and agreed that for the purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include pro forma financial information, projections, estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) or other forward looking information and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
(b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
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8.9 Financial Condition; Financial Statements.
(a) (i) The unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Borrower as set forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum, and (ii) the Historical Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Borrower at the respective dates of said information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby. The Pro Forma Financial Statements, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared based on the Historical Financial Statements and have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2018 (as if the Transactions had been consummated on such date) and their estimated results of operations as if the Transactions had been consummated on October 1, 2017. The financial statements referred to in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 8.9 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements.
(b) There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the Closing Date.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or IFRS, or the respective interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Documents.
8.10 Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) Each Credit Party is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance with such Requirements of Law would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Each Credit Party and, to the knowledge of such Credit Parties, each of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, is (1) in compliance with (x) the Patriot Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and (y) each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), including (i) the United States Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the FCPA), (2) is not (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFACs List of Specially Designated nationals, HMTs Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (3) is in compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions (collectively, the Anti-Corruption Laws), except, in each case, where the failure to be in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (4) except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is in compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each Credit Party has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws.
8.11 Tax Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) Borrower and each of the other Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and has timely paid all Taxes payable by it (whether or not shown on a Tax return and including in its capacity as withholding agent) that have become due, other than those being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted
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Subsidiary, as applicable) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and it can lawfully withhold such payment and (b) the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has paid, or has provided adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable. There is no current or proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.12 Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
8.13
Subsidiaries8.13 . Schedule 8.13 lists each
Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions. Subsidiaries
8.14 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the United States as currently conducted, except where the failure to own or have a right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of their respective businesses by each of the Borrower, and the other Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property of any third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.15 Environmental Laws.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) none of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary has received written notice of any Environmental Claim; and (iii) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or operated property nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, has there been any other Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any such properties, in each case, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.16 Properties.
(a) (i) Each of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and valid record title to, valid leasehold interests in, or rights to use, all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title or interest would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the Flood Insurance Laws unless flood insurance available under such Flood Insurance Laws has been obtained in accordance with Section 9.3(b).
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(b) Set forth on Schedule 8.16 is a list of each Mortgaged Property owned by any Credit Party as of the Closing Date having a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million.
8.17 Solvency8.17
. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions, including the making of the Second Lien Loans) immediately following the making of the Loans
and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be Solvent. On the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by Amendment No. 5, including the consummation of the Abode Acquisition) immediately following the making of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans,
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be Solvent. Solvency
8.18 Use of Proceeds. The use of proceeds of the Loans, Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans will not violate any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws in any material respect.
8.19 Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to any beneficial owner of the Borrower is true and correct in all material respects to the best knowledge of the Borrower.
Section 9. Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
9.1 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such fiscal year) (120 days for the fiscal years of the Borrower ending December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, consolidated balance sheets as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year, shall be delivered by each of the Borrower and the Company on a standalone basis (prior to giving effect to the Transactions) and, in each case, prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified by and as set forth below in this Section 9.1(a)) and, starting with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal years all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in each case, certified by KPMG LLP or another independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Material Subsidiary) as a going concern (other than any qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date under any Indebtedness, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant at such time or on a future date or in a future period or (iii) the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period (60 days for the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019)), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated income statements for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and
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the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of the applicable quarterly period, and commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2020 setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the related period in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein), subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and, with respect to fiscal 2019 reporting periods, subject to finalization of the purchase price allocation to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Transactions, as required by GAAP.
(c) Budgets. Prior to an IPO, within 90 days (120 days in the case of the fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020) after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget of the Borrower in reasonable detail on a quarterly basis for such fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 9.1(a), setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (collectively, the Projections), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood and agreed that such Projections and assumptions as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
(d) Officers Certificates. Not later than five days after the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, as the case may be, which certificate shall set forth (i) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be and (ii) the then applicable Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and underlying calculations in connection therewith. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth changes to the legal name, jurisdiction of formation, type of entity and organizational number (or equivalent) to the Person organized in a jurisdiction where an organizational identification number is required to be included in a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, in each case for each Credit Party or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (d), as the case may be.
(e) Notice of Default or Litigation. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Environmental Matters. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge of any one or more of the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notice of:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate; and
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(ii) the conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective action in response to the actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Estate.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation or removal, remedial or other corrective action in response thereto. The term Real Estate shall mean land, buildings, facilities and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party.
(g) Other Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements (other than drafts of pre-effective versions of registration statements) with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices, and reports that the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in their capacity as such holders, lenders or agents (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time; provided that none of the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective contractors) is prohibited by law, or any binding agreement, (iii) that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) that is otherwise subject to Section 13.16 or the limitations set forth in Section 9.2.
(h) KYC Information. At the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly deliver (i) such documentation and other information (including Beneficial Ownership Certification) about the Borrower and the Guarantors as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Beneficial Ownership Certification.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), and (g) of this Section 9.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earliest date on which (i) the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowers websites on the Internet; (ii) such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), or (iii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the SECs website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided that (A) the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, continue to deliver copies (which delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which notification may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents on any website described in this paragraph. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.1, the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.1 may be (i) with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements are also delivered or (ii) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any other Parent Entity of the Borrower so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Holdings or such other Parent Entity are also delivered.
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Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in advance, all financial statements and certificates furnished pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to all Lenders and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as not containing any material nonpublic information.
9.2 Books, Records, and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary in whomsoevers possession to the extent that it is within such partys control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not within such partys control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (a) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than one time in any calendar year, which such visit will be at the Borrowers expense, and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by law or any agreement binding on a third-party or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its respective representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowers independent public accountants.
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, promptly following written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried and (b) with respect to any improved Mortgaged Property located in a special flood hazard area, the Borrower will obtain flood insurance in such total amount as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and shall otherwise comply with the Flood Insurance Laws. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lenders loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the lenders loss payee thereunder.
9.4 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes imposed upon it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims in respect of any Taxes imposed,
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assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon the Borrower properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, it can lawfully withhold such payment and the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.5 Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises. Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, take all actions necessary (a) to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, organizational rights and authority and (b) to maintain its rights, privileges (including its good standing (if applicable)), permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Permitted Investments and Sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5.
9.6 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, (b) comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws, and (c) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal, and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders and directives which are being timely contested in good faith by proper proceedings, except in each case of clauses (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 9.6, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.7
ERISA9.7 . Where applicable, (a) the Borrower will furnish to
the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan to which a
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to contribute; provided that if the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable
Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide
copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof; provided, further, that the rights granted to the Administrative Agent in this Section shall be exercised not more than once with
respect to the same Multiemployer Plan during any applicable plan year, and (b) the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent promptly following the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event that, alone or together with any other
ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. ERISA
9.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all tangible property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, and condemnation excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $30 million and (y) 8.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Affiliate transaction, for any individual transaction or series of related transactions on terms that are at least substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable
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arms-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the payment of fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement and customary investment banking fees paid to the Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith, (b) transactions permitted by Section 10.3 and Section 10.5, (c) consummation of the Transactions and the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Credit Documents, (e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrowers or a Subsidiarys ownership of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10, (f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or consultants (including management and employee benefit plans or agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements) in the ordinary course of business (including loans and advances in connection therewith), (g) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Subsidiaries that are permitted under Section 10.5(b)(15); provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent of the amount received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, U.S. federal, state and/or local taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) paid such taxes separately from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, (h) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) transactions undertaken pursuant to membership in a purchasing consortium, (j) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (k) customary payments by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent) and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures), (l) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable, (m) Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted hereunder and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated herein in respect thereof, (n) any customary transactions with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility and (o) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
9.10 End of Fiscal Years. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, fiscal years to end on dates consistent with past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent change the financial reporting convention specified above to (x) align the dates of such fiscal year and for any Restricted Subsidiary whose fiscal years end on dates different from those of the Borrower or (y) any other financial reporting convention (including a change of fiscal year) reasonably acceptable (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.
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9.11 Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, Holdings will cause each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and upon the formation of any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC), and each other Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, within 60 days from the date of such formation, acquisition or cessation, as applicable (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), and Holdings may at its option cause any other Domestic Subsidiary, to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement, in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee and a grantor under such Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, enter into a new Security Document substantially consistent with the analogous existing Security Documents and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and take all other action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as created and perfected by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 9.14(d) in the case of such Credit Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to take any action outside the United States to perfect any security interest in the Collateral (including the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia).
9.12 Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, Holdings will cause (i) all certificates representing Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents) held directly by Holdings or any other Credit Party, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4 received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4, and (iii) any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time such promissory note is executed; of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is owing to Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations accompanied by undated instruments of transfer executed in blank pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing any promissory note among Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries need not be delivered to the Collateral Agent so long as (i) a global intercompany note superseding such promissory note has been delivered to the Collateral Agent, (ii) such promissory note is not delivered to any other party other than Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, owed money thereunder, and (iii) such promissory note indicates on its face that it is subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.
9.13 Use of Proceeds.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Borrower will use (i) the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility), the Second Lien Facility and the Equity Investments to effect the Transactions and pay related fees, (ii) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility to fund certain Transaction Expenses and the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit usage) to fund working capital and (iii) cash on hand to effect the Transactions and pay related fees. Any proceeds of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to prepay Existing Term Loans of Non-Consenting Lenders and Post-Closing Option Lenders in full. Any proceeds of the Initial Tranche B-3 Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date to prepay in full all Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loans of Non-Consenting Existing Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders and Post-Closing Option Tranche B-2 Lenders.
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(b) The Borrower and it Restricted Subsidiaries will use the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans (i) to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Investments, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Investments and the Delayed Draw Term Loans and (iii) with respect to any remaining balance after the uses described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, for general corporate purposes.
(c) The Borrower will use Letters of Credit, Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans for working capital and for other general corporate purposes (including the Transactions (to the extent permitted under the preceding clause (a)) and any other transactions not prohibited by the Credit Documents).
(d) The proceeds of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date to (i) to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Investments, (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Investments and the Tranche B-2 Term Loans and (iii) for general corporate purposes.
(e) The proceeds of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans shall be applied on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, together with cash on hand of the Borrower and Abode Target, solely to fund the merger consideration in respect of the Abode Acquisition; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, up to $75,000,000 of the proceeds of the Amendment No. 5 Incremental Term Loans may be used by the Borrower for working capital and for other general corporate purposes (including the Amendment No. 5 Transactions and any other transactions not prohibited by the Credit Documents).
9.14 Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to the terms of Sections 9.11 and 9.12, this Section 9.14 and the Security Documents, Holdings will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements, and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust, and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect, and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom (including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance) or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, if any assets (other than Excluded Property) (including any real estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein but excluding Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary and excluding any real estate which the applicable Credit Party intends to dispose of pursuant to a Permitted Sale Leaseback so long as actually disposed of within 270 days of acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree)) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million (at the time of acquisition) are acquired by Holdings or any other Credit Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Document upon acquisition thereof) that are of a nature secured by a Security Document or that constitute a fee interest in real property in the United States, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, Holdings will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations (provided, however, that in the event any Mortgage delivered pursuant to this clause (b) shall incur any mortgage recording tax or similar charges in connection with the recording thereof, such Mortgage shall not secure an amount in excess of the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property) and will take, and cause the other applicable Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 9.14.
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(c) Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding clause (b) shall, if requested by the Collateral Agent, be received as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days (except as set forth in the preceding clause (b)), unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent acting reasonably and accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or an unconditional binding commitment therefor to be replaced by a final title policy) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company (each such policy, a Title Policy), in such amounts as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent not to exceed the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2 or as otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, together with such endorsements, co-insurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request but only to the extent such endorsements are (i) available in the relevant jurisdiction (provided in no event shall the Administrative Agent request a creditors rights endorsement) and (ii) available at commercially reasonable rates, (y) an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (z) a completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination, and if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located in a special flood hazard area, (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the applicable Credit Parties and (ii) certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance required by Section 9.3 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (aa) an ALTA/NSPS survey in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent or such existing survey together with a no-change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Title Policy related to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements required in clause (x) above.
(d) Post-Closing Covenant. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agree that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to, complete each of the actions described on Schedule 9.14 as soon as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth on Schedule 9.14 with respect to such action or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
9.15 Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating and ratings in respect of the Term Loans provided pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, from each of S&P and Moodys.
9.16 Lines of Business. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise incidental, synergistic, reasonably related, or ancillary to any of the foregoing (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment).
Section 10. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.8 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, incur and collectively, an incurrence) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or, in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, preferred stock; provided that (A) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred stock, if, after giving effect thereto, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00:1.00 or (B) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), if, after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be less than or equal to 5.75:1.00; provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness
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(other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing together with any amounts incurred under Sections 10.1(l)(ii) and (n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding.
The foregoing limitations will not apply to:
(a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness represented by the Second Lien Facility, Permitted Second Lien Exchange Notes, and any guarantee thereof in an aggregate principal amount (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses) not to exceed $450,000,000 and (ii) Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 10.1(x)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses);
(c) (i) Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 (other than intercompany Indebtedness owed by a Credit Party to another Credit Party);
(d) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation, maintenance, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any synthetic lease transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (d) and all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (d), does not exceed the greater of (x) $130 million and (y) 35% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence; provided that Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (d) in connection with a Permitted Sale Leaseback shall not be subject to the foregoing limitation so long as the proceeds of such Permitted Sale Leaseback are used by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.2(a);
(e) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including letter of credit obligations consistent with past practice constituting Reimbursement Obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business), in respect of workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement or indemnification type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;
(f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary or other Person, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Borrowers Guarantee; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
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(h) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and to the Guarantee of such Guarantor as the case may be; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(i) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this clause;
(j) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);
(k) (i) obligations in respect of self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(l) (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions, any Cure Amount or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with Sections 10.5(a)(iii)(B) and 10.5(a)(iii)(C) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 10.5(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition thereof) and (ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the sum of (A) the greater of (x) $185 million and (y) 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence and (B) an additional amount of Indebtedness in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.5 (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall be deemed a Restricted Payment for purposes of compliance with Section 10.5) (it being further understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (l)(ii) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 without reliance on this clause (l)(ii)); provided that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding;
(m) the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and clauses (b) and (c) above, clause (l)(i) and this clause (m) or clause (n) below or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refinance, replace, refund, extend, renew, defease, restructure, amend, restate or otherwise modify (collectively,
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refinance) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (the Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness (1) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced, (2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness that is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively, and (iii) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (3) shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or a Guarantor and (4) shall have an aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) that does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection therewith);
(n) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition, merger, or consolidation; provided that the amount of Indebtedness (other than Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(l)(ii) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150 million and (y) 40% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding, or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof (including designating an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation described in this clause (n), (i) either (1) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in clause (A) of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than that immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be either (1) less than or equal to the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediate prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (2) less than or equal to 5.75:1.00;
(o) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(p) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit so long as such letter of credit is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 10.1 or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;
(q) (1) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as in the case of a guarantee of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness could have been incurred directly by the Restricted Subsidiary providing such guarantee or (2) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower;
(r) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in the aggregate at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $85 million and (y) 22.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (r) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (r));
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(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(t) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business, including with respect to financial accommodations of the type described in the definition of Cash Management Services and (ii) Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(u) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, managers and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 10.5(b);
(v) Indebtedness in respect of a Receivables Facility;
(w) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness to the extent that all of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness;
(x) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness; provided that either (a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to this clause (i)(a) shall not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount or (b) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied no later than ten Business Days after the receipt thereof to repurchase, repay, redeem or otherwise defease Second Lien Loans (provided, in the case of this clause (i)(b), such Permitted Other Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness; and
(y) (i) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Exchange in accordance with Section 2.15 (and which does not generate any additional proceeds) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1: (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (a) through (y) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 10.1, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, will classify and may reclassify (including within the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) such item of
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Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses or paragraphs; and (ii) at the time of incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 10.1; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Facility on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred under clause (b)(i) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (a) and (l)(i) above shall be deemed to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs, fees, and expenses in connection with such refinancing.
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses and accrued and unpaid interest incurred in connection with such refinancing.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
10.2 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a Subject Lien) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, except:
(i) if such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien;
(ii) any other Subject Lien if the obligations secured by such Subject Lien are junior to the Obligations; provided that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (ii); and
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(iii) in the case of any Subject Lien on assets or property not constituting Collateral, any Subject Lien if (i) the Obligations are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Subject Lien secures any Junior Debt) the obligations secured by such Subject Lien or (ii) such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) above shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Subject Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Obligations.
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), except that:
(a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower; provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, the Successor Borrower), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto or in a form otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (3) Holdings and each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to the Guarantee, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrowers obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to any applicable Security Document, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document and that the provisions set forth in the preceding clauses (3) through (5) preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens created under the Security Documents (it being understood that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement);
(b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and if the surviving Person is not already a Guarantor, such Person shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the relevant Security Documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents;
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(c) the Transactions may be consummated;
(d) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower) may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to any other Credit Party;
(e) any Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to a Credit Party; provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
(f) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;
(g) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, investment or conveyance, sale, lease, assignment or disposition, the purpose of which is to effect an Asset Sale (which for purposes of this Section 10.3(g), will include any disposition below the dollar threshold set forth in clause (ii)(d) of the definition of Asset Sale) permitted by Section 10.4 or an investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or an investment that constitutes a Permitted Investment; and
(h) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
10.4 Limitations on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, if the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of have a Fair Market Value in excess of the greater of (a) $50 million and (b) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition, either (A) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents or (B) at least 50% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds received pursuant to this clause (B) must be used to repay the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a) within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as reflected on the Borrowers most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrowers consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such consolidated balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Borrower and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing;
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(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;
(iii) Indebtedness, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released from any Guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale; and
(iv) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $205 million and 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (b) of this provision and for no other purpose.
Within the Reinvestment Period after the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to prepay Loans or Permitted Other Indebtedness in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i); and/or
(2) to make investments in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with this clause (2) if and to the extent that, within the Reinvestment Period after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement or letter of intent to consummate any such investment described in this clause (2) with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment and, in the event any such commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary prepays the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i).
(c) Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Cash Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
10.5 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Borrower payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, or
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(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;
(3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (g) and (h) of Section 10.1 or (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Junior Debt purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof);
(ii) [reserved]; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock pursuant to clause (b) thereof only) and 6(C) of Section 10.5(b) below, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 10.5(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication) (the sum of the amounts attributable to clauses (A) through (G) below is referred to herein as the Available Amount):
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date (other than (i) net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1 and (ii) proceeds from Cure Amounts and amounts received from a Restricted Subsidiary) from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of the Borrower, including Retired Capital Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of (A) Equity Interests to any employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Borrowers Subsidiaries after the Closing Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below, and (B) Designated Preferred Stock, and, to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Borrower, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have
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been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below) or (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower; provided that this clause (B) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Refunding Capital Stock, (b) Equity Interests or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower, as the case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock or (d) Excluded Contributions, plus
(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Borrower following the Closing Date (other than net cash proceeds from Cure Amounts or to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions), plus
(D) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Closing Date; or (B) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus
(E) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus
(F) the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Closing Date, plus
(G) an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $110 million and 30% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis).
(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 10.5(a) will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of
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the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (Refunding Capital Stock) and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this Section 10.5(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that was declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(3) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 10.1 so long as: (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness, (B) if such Junior Debt is subordinated to the Obligations, such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, (C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, (D) if such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value is (i) unsecured then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or (ii) Permitted Other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) and is secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, and (E) such new Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed in any calendar year the greater of (a) $30 million and (b) 8.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (which subsequent to the consummation of an IPO shall increase to the greater of (a) $65 million and (b) 17% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed: (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments
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by virtue of Section 10.5(a)(iii), plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle or any Restricted Subsidiary, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 10.5 or any other provision of this Agreement;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any class or series of preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with Section 10.1 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date; (B) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Borrower from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or (C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 10.5(b); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.75:1.00;
(7) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (x) $35 million and (y) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(8) (i) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, manager, or consultant and repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrowers common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such companys common stock), following consummation of an IPO, in an amount on an aggregate basis not to exceed the sum of (a) 6.00% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from such IPO, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrowers common stock registered on Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) an aggregate amount not to exceed 7.00% of the market capitalization of the Borrower;
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(10) Restricted Payments in an amount that does not exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions made since the Closing Date;
(11) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $95 million and 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
(13) any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto), in each case, with respect to the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to permit payment by such parent of such amount), to the extent permitted by Section 9.9 (other than clause (b) thereof), and Restricted Payments in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations under the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisitions or other Permitted Investments;
(14) other Restricted Payments; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payments the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 4.75:1.00, provided that, with respect to Investments and the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.00:1.00;
(15) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Borrower to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay: (A) franchise and excise taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence or qualification to do business, (B) consolidated, combined or similar foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes, to the extent that such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments with respect to any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer or stand-alone group (separate from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) for all fiscal years ending after the Closing Date, (C) customary salary, bonus, and other benefits payable to officers, employees, directors, and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses, and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (D) general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (E) amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to pay fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower related to (i) the maintenance by such Parent Entity of its corporate or other entity existence and (ii) transactions of such parent company of the Borrower of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, (F) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, and (G) repurchases deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options;
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(16) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Borrower, in each case, permitted under this Agreement;
(17) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(18) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (18) not to exceed the greater of (x) $95 million and (y) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(19) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions; and
(20) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(g));
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under the preceding clauses (11), (14) (except for an Investment where the standard shall be no Event of Default pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.5), and (18), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof).
The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of Investment. Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time pursuant to Section 10.5(a) or under clauses (7), (10), or (11) of Section 10.5(b), or pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (18) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, the Borrower will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (18), Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.
(c) Prior to the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, to the extent any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to Section 10.1(y) for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Debt Exchange, (i) the Borrower will not, and will not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or acquire any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.1(a) on a pro rata basis among the Term Loans, in an amount not less than the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes that are proposed to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or acquired and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Permitted Debt Exchange Notes in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange then outstanding (prior to giving effect to such proposed prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or acquisition) and (b) the aggregate
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principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Borrower will not waive, amend or modify the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes or any indenture pursuant to which such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes have been issued in any manner inconsistent with the terms of Section 2.15(a), Section 10.1(y), or the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness or that would result in an Event of Default hereunder if such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (as so amended or modified) were then being issued or incurred.
10.6 Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions (x) which the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith will not materially impair the Borrowers ability to make payments under this Agreement when due or (y) existing under or by reason of:
(i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to this Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;
(ii) the Second Lien Credit Documents and the Second Lien Loans;
(iii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(iv) Requirements of Law or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any request of any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated;
(vi) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary and restrictions on transfer of assets subject to Permitted Liens;
(vii) (x) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (y) restrictions on transfers of assets subject to Permitted Liens (but, with respect to any such Permitted Lien, only to the extent that such transfer restrictions apply solely to the assets that are the subject of such Permitted Lien);
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(viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.1;
(x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture and the Equity Interests issued thereby;
(xi) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and
(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xii) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings (x) are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers boards of directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or (y) do not materially impair the Borrowers ability to pay their respective obligations under the Credit Documents as and when due (as determined in good faith by the Borrower).
10.7 Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period ending during any Compliance Period to be greater than 6.90:1.00.
10.8 Permitted Activities. Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as owner of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and reporting related to such matters, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents, any documentation governing Permitted Other Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof and the other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10 (or that would be permitted to the extent that Holdings was considered to be the Borrower and/or a Restricted Subsidiary), including the ability to incur costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting matters, (vii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted hereunder, (viii) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (ix) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of the Borrower and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, (x) any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 10, (xi) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions or any transaction related thereto or contemplated thereby and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) through (xi) of this Section 10.8.
Section 11. Events of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an Event of Default):
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11.1
Payments 11.1 .
The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any Fees or any
Unpaid Drawings or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or Payments
11.2 Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto (except those in the Credit Documents made or deemed made on the Closing Date that are not the Company Representations or the Specified Representations) shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation or warranty shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or
11.3
Covenants 11.3 .
Any Credit Party shall: Covenants
(a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5(a) (solely with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), Section 9.14(d) or Section 10; provided that any default under Section 10.7 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Term Loans and/or the 2020 Revolving Credit Loans and neither the Term Loans nor the 2020 Revolving Credit Loans may be accelerated as a result thereof until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated or the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, in each case, by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, if the Lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment have agreed not to have the benefit of the covenant set forth in Section 10.7, such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders and such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be treated in the same way as the Term Loans are treated pursuant to this proviso (such period commencing with a default under Section 10.7 and ending on the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility terminate and accelerate the Revolving Loans); provided, further that any Event of Default under Section 10.7 is subject to cure as provided in Section 11.14 and an Event of Default with respect to such Section shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the relevant financial statements are required to be delivered for the applicable fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b); or
(b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any Security Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements. (a) Holdings, the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate, for Holdings, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace and following all required notices, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (after giving effect to all applicable grace period and delivery of all required notices) (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (a) shall not apply to
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secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement), or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (a)(i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, (y) Indebtedness which is convertible into Qualified Stock and converts to Qualified Stock in accordance with its terms and such conversion is not prohibited hereunder, or (z) any breach or default that is (I) remedied by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (II) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans pursuant to this Section 11; or
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3, Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the Bankruptcy Code); or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary commences any other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, winding-up (whether voluntarily or by the courts), strike-off, administration or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary is adjudicated bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
11.6 ERISA 11.6 . (a) An ERISA Event or a Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred, (b) a
trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Pension Plan(s), (c) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan(s), or (d) any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is
not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner, and in each case in clauses (a) through (d) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or ERISA
11.7 Guarantee 11.7 . Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, any Guarantee provided by any
Credit Party or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such
Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee; or Guarantee
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11.8 Pledge Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender or solely as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to maintain possession of any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that have been previously delivered to it) or any pledgor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgors obligations under the Security Agreement or any other any Security Document; or
11.9 Security Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Security Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent in respect of certificates, promissory notes or instruments actually delivered to it (including as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to file a Uniform Commercial Code continuation statement)) or any grantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantors obligations under any Security Document; or
11.10
Judgments 11.10
. One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability in excess of the
greater of (x) $55 million and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
(to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded
pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof; or Judgments
11.11 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.12 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) with respect to any default of performance or compliance with the covenant under Section 10.7), the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Holdings and the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement: (i) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind, (ii) declare the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind, (iii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, (iv) terminate any Letter of Credit that may be terminated in accordance with its terms, and/or (v) direct the Borrower to pay (and the Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower, it will pay) to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office such additional amounts of cash, to be held as security for the Borrowers Reimbursement Obligations for Unpaid Drawings that may subsequently occur thereunder, equal to 101% of the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued and then outstanding; provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower or Holdings, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice. In the case of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, provided that the actions hereinafter described will be permitted to occur only following the expiration of the ability to effectuate the Cure Right if such Cure Right has not been so exercised, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, by written notice to Holdings, take either or both
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of the following actions, at the same or different times (except the following actions may not be taken until the ability to exercise the Cure Right under Section 11.14 has expired (but may be taken as soon as the ability to exercise the Cure Right has expired and it has not been so exercised)): (a) declare the Total Revolving Credit Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender and Swingline Commitment of each Swingline Lender, shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; and (b) declare the Revolving Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law). On or after the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have, by written request to the Administrative Agent, elected to take the action under clause (iii) above as a result of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, (1) the Required Term Loan Lenders may, upon the written request of the Required Term Loan Lenders to the Administrative Agent, elect to declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Term Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law). On or after the date on which the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have, by written request to the Administrative Agent, elected to take the action under clause (iii) above as a result of an Event of Default under Section 11.3(a) in respect of a failure to observe or perform the covenant under Section 10.7, (1) the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders may, upon the written request of the Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders to the Administrative Agent, elect to declare the Total 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment terminated and the 2020 L/C Obligations then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter, during the continuance of such event, be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind and the 2020 L/C Obligations so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
11.13 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of, in each case if executed, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement, any exercise of remedies under the Credit Documents or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:
(i) first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with any collection or sale of the Collateral or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document to the extent reimbursable hereunder or thereunder;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties, an amount (x) equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution and (y) sufficient to Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding on the date of any distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full and Cash Collateralize all Letters of Credit Outstanding, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof and to Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit Outstanding; and
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(iii) third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
provided that any amount applied to Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit Outstanding that has not been applied to reimburse the Borrower for Unpaid Drawings under the applicable Letters of Credit at the time of expiration of all such Letters of Credit shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the order specified in clauses (i) through (iii) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Guarantor that is not an Eligible Contract Participant (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act) shall not be applied to its Obligations that are Excluded Swap Obligations.
11.14 Equity Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11, in the event that the Borrower fails to comply with the requirement of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7, from the beginning of any fiscal period until the expiration of the 10th Business Day following the date financial statements referred to in Sections 9.1(a) or (b) are required to be delivered in respect of such fiscal period for which such financial covenant is being measured, any holder of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower shall have the right to cure such failure (the Cure Right) by causing cash net equity proceeds derived from an issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock, unless reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) by the Borrower (or from a contribution to the common equity capital of Holdings) to be contributed, directly or indirectly, as cash common equity to the Borrower, and upon receipt by the Borrower of such cash contribution (such cash amount being referred to as the Cure Amount) pursuant to the exercise of such Cure Right, such financial covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:
(a) Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of determining the existence of an Event of Default resulting from a breach of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 with respect to any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters that includes the fiscal quarter for which the Cure Right was exercised and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount;
(b) Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt shall be decreased solely to the extent proceeds of the Cure Amount are actually applied to prepay any of the Credit Facilities and there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the Cure Amount for determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 unless such proceeds are actually applied to prepay Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities; and
(c) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Holdings shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7, Holdings shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7 as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of such financial covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement; provided that (i) in each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which no Cure Right is made, (ii) there shall be a maximum of five Cure Rights made during the term of this Agreement, (iii) each Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount expected to be required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.7; and (iv) all Cure Amounts shall be disregarded for the purposes of any financial ratio determination under the Credit Documents other than for determining compliance with Section 10.7.
Section 12. The Agents.
12.1 Appointment.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
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Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than
Section 12.1(c) with respect to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 6 Arranger, and Sections 12.1,
12.9, 12.11 and 12.12 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall have rights as third party beneficiary of any such
provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties
hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
(b) The Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
(c) Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 5 Arrangers and the Amendment No. 6
Arranger, each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.
12.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, subagents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
12.3 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any
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other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 13.1), provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any debtor relief law and (b) except as expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
12.4 Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it (in good faith) 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 (including counsel to Holdings and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law.
12.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.
12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender represent to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower
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and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly required to be furnished to each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
12.7 Indemnification 12.7 . The Lenders agree to severally indemnify each Agent in its capacity
as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the Termination Date, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against an Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent for the payment of any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any investigation,
litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur (including at any time following the
payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse each Agent upon
demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Credit
Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower; provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect
the Borrowers continuing Reimbursement Obligations with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional
indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss,
damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lenders pro rata portion thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent
against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The indemnity
provided to each Agent under this Section 12.7 shall also apply to such Agents respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, controlling persons, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents and successors.
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12.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacities. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
12.9 Successor Agents.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States (other than any Disqualified Lender). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including receipt of the Borrowers consent); provided that if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice.
(b) If the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Lender Default, the Required Lenders may to the extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower as required above) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date(as applicable), (1) the retiring or removed agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, each Letter of Credit Issuer of the Swingline Lender under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph (and otherwise subject to the terms above). Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) or removed Agent, and the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 12.9). Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of MSSF as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.9 shall also constitute the resignation or removal of MSSF as the Collateral Agent. The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent
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shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including Section 12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as an Agent.
12.10 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Credit Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective) or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Credit Party to do so), fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 12.10. The agreements in this Section 12.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 12.10, the term Lender includes each Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender.
12.11 Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee. Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral and the Security Documents. Subject to Section 13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien, in whole or in part, on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) under any Credit Document (i) upon the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any sale, disposition or other transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Credit Document to a Person that is not a Credit Party or in connection with the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Credit Documents, (iv) as to the extent provided in the Security Documents, (v) that constitutes Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 13.1; (b) release any Guarantor (other than Holdings (except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3)) from its obligations under the Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; (c) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien permitted under clause (iv) (solely with respect to Section 10.1(d)), and (vii) of the definition of Permitted Liens or if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement constitutes a Permitted Lien; and (d) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as being a party to such intercreditor or subordination agreement, including the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section 12.11, irrespective of any discharge of the Borrowers obligations to pay those amounts to the other Lenders resulting from failure by them to take appropriate steps in insolvency proceedings affecting the Borrower to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.
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Any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under this Section 12.11 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Lenders have received (and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Credit Documents and any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 12.11.
12.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agents, and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights, and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights, and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition. No holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party under this Agreement. No holder of Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any other Credit Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender or Agent and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.
12.13 Intercreditor Agreements Govern. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into each intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof, and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any intercreditor agreement that includes, or to amend any then-existing intercreditor agreement to provide for, the terms described in the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
12.14 Certain ERISA Matters. .
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
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(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Swingline Loans the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Swingline Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto).
For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply to each of the capitalized terms below:
Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Section 13. Miscellaneous.
13.1 Amendments, Waivers, and Releases. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. Except as provided to the contrary in the Credit Documents (including under (I) Section 2.14 or 2.15 or (II) the sixth and seventh paragraphs hereof in respect of Replacement Term Loans or (III) the second proviso below (other than with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in clauses (x)(iii), (x)(iv) and (x)(v) thereof and, for the avoidance
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of doubt, the proviso to clause (x)(i) thereof), which shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders), the Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with Holdings or the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of Holdings or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided, further, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (x) (i) forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion thereof, or extend the date for the payment, of any principal, interest or fee hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the L/C Facility Maturity Date, or amend or modify any provisions of Section 13.20, or make any Loan, interest, Fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial covenant definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), or (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.17 with respect to any Swingline Loan without the written consent of the Swingline Lender to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the Swingline Lender, or (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 or Section 3A, as applicable, with respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit or 2020 Letter of Credit, respectively, without the written consent of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects the Letter of Credit Issuer or amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 7.3 without the written consent of the 2020 Letter of Credit Issuers, or (vi) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantees, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or (vii) alter the ratable payments required by Section 5.3(a), Section 11.13(ii), Section 13.8(a) or Section 13.20 without the written consent of each Lender or (viii) decrease the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Amount or Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Amount applicable to Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans, or extend any scheduled Tranche B-1 Term Loan Repayment Date or Tranche B-3 Term Loan Repayment Date applicable to Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-3 Term Loans, as applicable, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (ix) reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term Required 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders or amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 that has the effect of decreasing the number of Lenders that must approve any amendment, modification or waiver, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (y) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding clause (x), (i) extend the final expiration date of any Lenders Commitment or (ii) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender, or (z) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a repricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of Term Loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting Term Loans bear) a lower Effective Yield (a Permitted Repricing Amendment), require the consent of any Lender other than the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except (x) that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) for any such amendment, waiver or consent that treats such Defaulting Lender disproportionately and adversely from the other Lenders of the same Class (other than because of its status as a Defaulting Lender).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.7 (or the defined terms to the extent used therein but not as used in any other Section of this Agreement) or Section 11 (solely as it relates to Section 10.7); provided that if the lenders under any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment have agreed not to have the benefit of the covenant set forth in Section 10.7, such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders under this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required 2020 Additional Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify Section 7.3.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon Holdings, the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In the case of any waiver, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder Agreement(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such New Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (Refinanced Term Loans) with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, unless any such Applicable Margin applies after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans), and (d) the covenants, events of default and guarantees shall be not materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than the covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to any period after the maturity date in respect of the Refinanced Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
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The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the Termination Date, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise no longer being required to be a Guarantor hereunder. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 13.1) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility or extension facility pursuant to Section 2.14 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Indebtedness as expressly contemplated by the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (including to effect changes to the terms and conditions applicable solely to the Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of issuances of Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, respectively) and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days
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of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; and (iv) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Holdings and the Credit Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by Holdings or the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in its or their respective sole discretion, to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, grant extensions of time for the satisfaction of any of the requirements under Sections 9.12, 9.13 and 9.14 or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if it determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.
13.2 Notices 13.2 . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other
communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or
electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows: Notices
(a) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(b) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 4.2 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers, and privileges provided by law.
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13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.
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(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower, jointly and severally, agree (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable
and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any
amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), one counsel in each
relevant local jurisdiction with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the
reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and, to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction with the Borrowers consent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the
Swingline Lender and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the Indemnified Persons) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses, disbursements or penalties of any kind or nature whatsoever (and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of
one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in
connection with the investigating or defending any of the foregoing (including the reasonable fees) has retained its own counsel, of another firm of counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for such affected Indemnified Person), and to the extent
required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) of any such Indemnified Person arising out of or with respect to the Transactions, the Amendment
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or, the Amendment No. 5 Transactions or the Amendment No. 6 Transactions or to the
execution, enforcement, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or relating to any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (regardless of whether such
Indemnified Person is a party thereto or whether or not such action, claim, litigation or proceeding was brought by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person), arising out of the foregoing, including any of the foregoing relating to the
violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials relating in any way to
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities); provided that Holdings and the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any
Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent arising from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement by such
Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any proceeding between and among Indemnified Persons
that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; provided the Agents, to the extent acting in their capacity as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such proceeding, to the
extent that neither of the exceptions set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such person at such time. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. This Section 13.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(b) No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit Holdings and the Borrowers indemnification obligations to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 13.5(a) in respect of damages incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party. No Indemnified Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 13.6. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below and Section 13.7, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans (including participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that the relevant Person shall have the right to withhold their consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:
(A) the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans to (X) a Lender, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (Z) an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to any assignee if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing, (3) with respect to the Term Loans only, unless the Borrower has already objected thereto by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of a written request for consent thereto or (4) with respect to the 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, to (X) a Lender with respect to any Revolving Loans or related commitments, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender with respect to any Revolving Loans or related commitments or (Z) an Approved Fund with respect to any Lender referenced in the immediately preceding (X) or (Y); and
(B) the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans only, the Sponsors (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), each Swingline Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each Revolving Letter of Credit Issuer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, with respect to 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments only, the Sponsors (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each 2020 Letter of Credit Issuer (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, further, that no consent of the Sponsor shall be required (1) for an
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assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans to a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender, an Approved Fund of a Revolving Credit Lender, (2) for an assignment of 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments to a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender, a Revolving Credit Lender, an Affiliate of a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or a Revolving Credit Lender, an Approved Fund of a 2020 Additional Revolving Credit Lender or a Revolving Credit Lender or (3) if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to (i) a natural Person, or Disqualified Lender or Defaulting Lender and (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments or 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or any Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender). For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments and 2020 Letter of Credit Commitments and $1,000,000 in the case of Term Loans, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments by a Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above (and simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system or other method reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; provided, further, that such processing and recordation fee shall not be payable in the case of assignments by any Agent or any of its Affiliates;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the Administrative Questionnaire) and applicable tax forms (as required under Section 5.4(e)); and
(E) any assignment to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender) shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(h).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent bears no responsibility for tracking or monitoring assignments to or participations by any Affiliated Lender or any Disqualified Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(v) of this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
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Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 13.6. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of an assignment to a new Lender pursuant to this Section 13.6, (i) the Administrative Agent, the new Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the new Lender been an original Lender signatory to this Agreement with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the assignment and to the extent of the assignment the assigning Lender shall each be released from further obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) the benefit of each Security Document shall be maintained in favor of the new Lender.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest amounts) and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit or by the Swingline Lender under any Swingline Loan owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 13.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than (x) a natural person, (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Disqualified Lender provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (z) hereof, participations may be sold to Disqualified Lenders unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders who so request) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or the sales of participations thereto at any time. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (i) and (vii) of the second proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.6, the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the participating Lender)). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.
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(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the sale of such the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender and this Section 13.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lenders possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lenders credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
(f) The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) SPV Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPV), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other
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senior indebtedness of any SPV, it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) other than a Disqualified Lender providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) subject to Section 13.16, disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to the following sentence, each SPV shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the Granting Lender)). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, an SPV shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the grant to such SPV, unless such grant to such SPV is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (1) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (2) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Loans or Commitments acquired the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) by its acquisition of Loans or Commitments, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) it shall not have any right to (i) attend or participate in (including, in each case, by telephone) any meeting (including Lender only meetings) or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders or any other material which is Lender only, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Section 2) or receive any advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or (iii) make any challenge to the Administrative Agents or any other Lenders attorney-client privilege on the basis of its status as a Lender; and
(B) except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (I) in Section 13.1 requiring the consent of all Lenders, all Lenders directly and adversely affected or specifically such Lender, (II) that alters an Affiliated Lenders pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders, or (III) affects the Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender in the same Class, the Loans held by an Affiliated Lender shall be disregarded in both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of any Lender vote (and, in the case of a plan of reorganization that does not affect the Affiliated Lender in a manner that is materially adverse to such Affiliated Lender relative to other Lenders, shall be deemed to have voted its interest in the Term Loans in the same proportion as the other Lenders) (and shall be deemed to have been voted in the same percentage as all other applicable Lenders voted if necessary to give legal effect to this paragraph); and
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(iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at the time of such purchase; and
(iv) any such Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time (and such Loans or Commitments shall be retired and cancelled promptly).
For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Affiliated Institutional Lenders. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliated Lender shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of information which is not publicly available and/or material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities laws.
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.
(a) The Borrower shall be permitted (x) to replace any Lender or (y) to terminate the Commitment of such Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date, (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by such Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer any Letters of Credit issued by it, and (3) in the case of a Swingline Lender, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Swingline Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by the Swingline Lender as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Swingline Lender any Swingline Loans issued by it that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 5.4 or (b) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken, or (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirements of Law, (ii) no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Affiliated Lender or Approved Fund, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13.6(b), (vi) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.6 (provided that unless otherwise agreed the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), and (vii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
(b) If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of either (i) all of the Lenders directly and adversely affected or (ii) all of the Lenders, and, in each case, with respect to which the Required Lenders (or at least 50.1% of the directly and adversely affected Lenders) shall have granted their consent, then, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to (x) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6) or terminate the Commitment of such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, and (1) in the case of a Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender), repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date, (2) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, repay all Obligations of the
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Borrower owing to such Letter of Credit Issuer relating to the Loans and participations held by the Letter of Credit Issuer as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer any Letters of Credit issued by it, and (3) in the case of a Swingline Lender, repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Swingline Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by the Swingline Lender as of such termination date and cancel or backstop on terms satisfactory to such Swingline Lender any Swingline Loans issued by it; provided that (a) all Obligations hereunder of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment including any amounts that such Lender may be owed pursuant to Section 2.11, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (c) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender the amount, if any, owing to such Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c). In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6.
13.8 Adjustments; Set-off.
(a) Except as contemplated in Section 13.6 or elsewhere herein (or in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), if any Lender (a Benefited Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lenders Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenders Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Credit Parties but with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Credit Parties hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary, and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Credit Parties. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
13.9 Counterparts 13.9 . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this
Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement
signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Counterparts
13.10 Severability 13.10 . Any provision of this Agreement that 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. Severability
13.11 Integration 13.11 . This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of
Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents. Integration
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13.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH LETTER OF CREDIT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding shall be brought in such courts and waives any right to any other jurisdiction to which it may be entitled on account of its present or future place of residence or domicile or any other reason, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding shall be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Credit Parties indemnification obligations set forth in Section 13.5.
13.14
Acknowledgments 13.14 . Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that: Acknowledgments
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof);
(ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, equity holders, creditors or employees, or any other Person;
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(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents;
(iv) the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and
(v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent
has provided and none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the
Borrower has consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will not claim that any Agent owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Credit Parties in
connection with the Transactions, the Amendment No. 4 Transactions
or, the Amendment No. 5 Transactions or the Amendment No. 6 Transactions contemplated hereby and waives
and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other hand.
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
13.16
Confidentiality 13.16 . The Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender (collectively, the Restricted Persons and, each a Restricted Person) shall treat confidentially all non-public information provided to any Restricted Person by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder in connection with such Restricted Persons evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained
by such Restricted Person pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (Confidential Information) and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such Confidential Information; provided that nothing herein shall
prevent any Restricted Person from disclosing any such Confidential Information (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by
applicable law, rule or regulation or compulsory legal process (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank
regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (b) upon the request or
demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank
accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to
disclosure), (c) to the extent that such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by such Restricted Person or any of its affiliates or any related parties thereto in violation Confidentiality
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of any confidentiality obligations owing under this Section 13.16, (d) to the extent that such Confidential Information is received by such Restricted Person from a third party that is not, to such Restricted Persons knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations owing to any Credit Party or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (e) to the extent that such Confidential Information was already in the possession of the Restricted Persons prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality or is independently developed by the Restricted Persons without the use of such Confidential Information, (f) to such Restricted Persons affiliates and to its and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, and other experts or agents who need to know such Confidential Information in connection with providing the Loans or action as an Agent hereunder and who are informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and who are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) (with each such Restricted Person, to the extent within its control, responsible for such persons compliance with this paragraph), (g) to potential or prospective Lenders, hedge providers (or other derivative transaction counterparties) (any such person, a Derivative Counterparty), participants or assignees, in each case who agree (pursuant to customary syndication practice) to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16); provided that (i) the disclosure of any such Confidential Information to any potential or prospective Lenders, Derivative Counterparties, participants or assignees referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such potential or prospective Lender, Derivative Counterparty, participant or assignee that such Confidential Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Restricted Person or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which shall in any event require click through or other affirmative actions on the part of recipient to access such Confidential Information and (ii) no such disclosure shall be made by any Restricted Person to whom a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to any person that is at such time a Disqualified Lender, (h) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense, (i) to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Credit Facilities to the extent such rating agencies are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16), (j) to any other party to this Agreement or (k) to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Confidential Information shall not include, with respect to any Person, information available to it or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Holdings, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for compliance with this Section 13.16 by any other Restricted Person (other than its officers, directors or employees), (iii) in no event shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iv) each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
13.17 Direct Website Communications. Each of Holdings and the Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial, and other reports, certificates, and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto, (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent at an email address provided by the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided that (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely
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accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.
The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower further agrees that any Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the Platform), so long as the access to such Platform (i) is limited to the Agents, the Lenders and Transferees or prospective Transferees and (ii) remains subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.16.
(b) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES (THE BORROWER MATERIALS) OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties and each, an Agent Party) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Partys (or any of its Related Parties (other than any trustee or advisor)) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach of the Credit Documents as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document or notice that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available information with respect to Holdings or the Borrower may be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any document or notice contains only publicly available information; provided, however, that the following documents shall be deemed to be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material nonpublic information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (3) all financial statements and certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d).
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13.18 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act, including the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
13.19 [Reserved].
13.20 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
13.21 No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer, each Swingline Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the Lenders), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their equity holders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its equity holders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, equity holders or creditors. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
13.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties to any Credit Document, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability
(i) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
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(ii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
13.23 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Credit Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Secured Hedge Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, QFC Credit Support, and each such QFC, a Supported QFC), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Credit Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a Covered Party) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Credit Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Credit Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) (As used in this Section 13.23, the following terms have the following meanings:
(i) BHC Act Affiliate of a party means an affiliate (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
(ii) Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
(iii) Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
(iv) QFC has the meaning assigned to the term qualified financial contract in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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Exhibit 10.11
EXECUTION VERSION
SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 5, 2019
among
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings,
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
as the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
Section 1. |
Definitions. |
2 | ||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms |
2 | ||||
1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
68 | ||||
1.3 |
Accounting Terms |
69 | ||||
1.4 |
Rounding |
69 | ||||
1.5 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. |
69 | ||||
1.6 |
Exchange Rates |
70 | ||||
1.7 |
Rates |
70 | ||||
1.8 |
Times of Day |
70 | ||||
1.9 |
Timing of Payment or Performance |
70 | ||||
1.10 |
Certifications |
70 | ||||
1.11 |
Compliance with Certain Sections |
70 | ||||
1.12 |
Pro Forma and Other Calculations |
70 | ||||
1.13 |
LIBOR Rate Successor |
73 | ||||
Section 2. |
Amount and Terms of Credit. |
74 | ||||
2.1 |
Commitments |
74 | ||||
2.2 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings |
74 | ||||
2.3 |
Notice of Borrowing |
74 | ||||
2.4 |
Disbursement of Funds |
75 | ||||
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
75 | ||||
2.6 |
Conversions and Continuations |
76 | ||||
2.7 |
Pro Rata Borrowings |
77 | ||||
2.8 |
Interest |
77 | ||||
2.9 |
Interest Periods |
78 | ||||
2.10 |
Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc |
79 | ||||
2.11 |
Compensation |
81 | ||||
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office |
81 | ||||
2.13 |
Notice of Certain Costs |
81 | ||||
2.14 |
Incremental Facilities |
82 | ||||
2.15 |
Permitted Debt Exchanges |
85 | ||||
Section 3. |
[Reserved] |
86 | ||||
Section 4. |
Fees. |
86 | ||||
4.1 |
Fees |
86 | ||||
4.2 |
[Reserved] |
86 | ||||
4.3 |
Mandatory Termination of Commitments |
86 | ||||
Section 5. |
Payments |
86 | ||||
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
86 | ||||
5.2 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
87 | ||||
5.3 |
Method and Place of Payment |
90 | ||||
5.4 |
Net Payments |
91 |
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5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees |
94 | ||||
5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest |
95 | ||||
Section 6. |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing. |
95 | ||||
6.1 |
Credit Documents |
95 | ||||
6.2 |
Collateral |
96 | ||||
6.3 |
Legal Opinions |
96 | ||||
6.4 |
Equity Investments |
96 | ||||
6.5 |
Closing Certificates |
96 | ||||
6.6 |
Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents |
97 | ||||
6.7 |
Fees |
97 | ||||
6.8 |
Representations and Warranties |
97 | ||||
6.9 |
Solvency Certificate |
97 | ||||
6.10 |
Acquisition |
97 | ||||
6.11 |
Patriot Act |
98 | ||||
6.12 |
Pro Forma Balance Sheet |
98 | ||||
6.13 |
Financial Statements |
98 | ||||
6.14 |
No Company Material Adverse Effect |
98 | ||||
6.15 |
Refinancing |
98 | ||||
6.16 |
Notice of Borrowing |
98 | ||||
Section 7. |
[Reserved] |
99 | ||||
Section 8. |
Representations and Warranties |
99 | ||||
8.1 |
Corporate Status |
99 | ||||
8.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority |
99 | ||||
8.3 |
No Violation |
99 | ||||
8.4 |
Litigation |
99 | ||||
8.5 |
Margin Regulations |
100 | ||||
8.6 |
Governmental Approvals |
100 | ||||
8.7 |
Investment Company Act |
100 | ||||
8.8 |
True and Complete Disclosure |
100 | ||||
8.9 |
Financial Condition; Financial Statements |
100 | ||||
8.10 |
Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws |
101 | ||||
8.11 |
Tax Matters |
101 | ||||
8.12 |
Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance |
102 | ||||
8.13 |
Subsidiaries |
102 | ||||
8.14 |
Intellectual Property |
102 | ||||
8.15 |
Environmental Laws |
102 | ||||
8.16 |
Properties |
102 | ||||
8.17 |
Solvency |
103 | ||||
8.18 |
Use of Proceeds |
103 | ||||
8.19 |
Beneficial Ownership Certification |
103 | ||||
Section 9. |
Affirmative Covenants |
103 | ||||
9.1 |
Information Covenants |
103 | ||||
9.2 |
Books, Records, and Inspections |
106 |
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9.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
107 | ||||
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes |
107 | ||||
9.5 |
Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises |
107 | ||||
9.6 |
Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. |
108 | ||||
9.7 |
ERISA |
108 | ||||
9.8 |
Maintenance of Properties |
108 | ||||
9.9 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
108 | ||||
9.10 |
End of Fiscal Years |
109 | ||||
9.11 |
Additional Guarantors and Grantors |
110 | ||||
9.12 |
Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness |
110 | ||||
9.13 |
Use of Proceeds |
110 | ||||
9.14 |
Further Assurances |
111 | ||||
9.15 |
Maintenance of Ratings |
112 | ||||
9.16 |
Lines of Business |
112 | ||||
Section 10. |
Negative Covenants. |
112 | ||||
10.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness |
112 | ||||
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens |
119 | ||||
10.3 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes |
119 | ||||
10.4 |
Limitations on Sale of Assets |
121 | ||||
10.5 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments |
122 | ||||
10.6 |
Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions |
130 | ||||
10.7 |
Permitted Activities |
132 | ||||
Section 11. |
Events of Default. |
132 | ||||
11.1 |
Payments |
132 | ||||
11.2 |
Representations, Etc |
133 | ||||
11.3 |
Covenants |
133 | ||||
11.4 |
Default Under Other Agreements |
133 | ||||
11.5 |
Bankruptcy, Etc. |
134 | ||||
11.6 |
ERISA |
134 | ||||
11.7 |
Guarantee |
134 | ||||
11.8 |
Pledge Agreement |
135 | ||||
11.9 |
Security Agreement |
135 | ||||
11.10 |
Judgments |
135 | ||||
11.11 |
Change of Control |
135 | ||||
11.12 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
135 | ||||
11.13 |
Application of Proceeds |
135 | ||||
Section 12. |
The Agents. |
136 | ||||
12.1 |
Appointment |
136 | ||||
12.2 |
Delegation of Duties |
137 | ||||
12.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
137 | ||||
12.4 |
Reliance by Agents |
137 | ||||
12.5 |
Notice of Default |
138 | ||||
12.6 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders |
138 |
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12.7 |
Indemnification |
138 | ||||
12.8 |
Agents in Their Individual Capacities |
139 | ||||
12.9 |
Successor Agents |
139 | ||||
12.10 |
Withholding Tax |
140 | ||||
12.11 |
Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee |
141 | ||||
12.12 |
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee |
142 | ||||
12.13 |
Intercreditor Agreements Govern |
142 | ||||
12.14 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
142 | ||||
Section 13. |
Miscellaneous. |
144 | ||||
13.1 |
Amendments, Waivers, and Releases |
144 | ||||
13.2 |
Notices |
147 | ||||
13.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
147 | ||||
13.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
148 | ||||
13.5 |
Payment of Expenses; Indemnification |
148 | ||||
13.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments |
149 | ||||
13.7 |
Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances |
155 | ||||
13.8 |
Adjustments; Set-off |
155 | ||||
13.9 |
Counterparts |
156 | ||||
13.10 |
Severability |
156 | ||||
13.11 |
Integration |
156 | ||||
13.12 |
GOVERNING LAW |
156 | ||||
13.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
156 | ||||
13.14 |
Acknowledgments |
157 | ||||
13.15 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL |
158 | ||||
13.16 |
Confidentiality |
158 | ||||
13.17 |
Direct Website Communications |
159 | ||||
13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act |
161 | ||||
13.19 |
[Reserved] |
161 | ||||
13.20 |
Payments Set Aside |
161 | ||||
13.21 |
No Fiduciary Duty |
161 | ||||
13.22 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
162 |
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SCHEDULES | ||
Schedule 1.1 | Commitments of Lenders | |
Schedule 8.13 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 8.15 | Environmental | |
Schedule 8.16 | Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 9.14 | Post-Closing Actions | |
Schedule 10.1 | Closing Date Indebtedness | |
Schedule 10.2 | Closing Date Liens | |
Schedule 10.5 | Closing Date Investments | |
Schedule 13.2 | Notice Addresses | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Exhibit B | Form of Guarantee | |
Exhibit C | Form of Pledge Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit E | Form of Credit Party Closing Certificate | |
Exhibit F | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit G | Form of Promissory Note | |
Exhibit H | Form of Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit I-1 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not | |
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit I-2 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are | |
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit I-3 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not | |
Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit I-4 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships | |
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit J | Form of Notice of Borrowing or Continuation or Conversion |
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SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble and the recitals having the meaning provided in Section 1).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 10, 2018 (the Acquisition Agreement), by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Cardinal Merger Sub Inc. (Merger Sub), Onex Rescare Holdings Corp. (the Company) and Onex Partners GP Inc. (the Equityholder Representative), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (Buyer), will acquire, directly or indirectly, the outstanding equity interests of the Company (together with the other related transactions contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement to occur on the date of or substantially contemporaneously with the foregoing, the Acquisition);
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Investor Group will directly or indirectly contribute an amount in cash to Buyer (such contributions, the Equity Investments), in an aggregate amount equal to at least $250,000,000; provided that KKR shall directly or indirectly own at least 50.1% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately following the consummation of the Transactions (collectively, the Minimum Equity Amount);
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will incur the First Lien Loans pursuant to the First Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,800,000,000 comprised of (x) Initial Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made available to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,650,000,000 and (y) the Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made available to the Borrower after the Closing Date and at any time and from time to time on or prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility) and commitments for First Lien Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount of up to $187,500,000 pursuant to the First Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date (the First Lien Facilities);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Lender extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement)) will be used by the Borrower, together with (i)) the proceeds of the First Lien Facilities, (ii) the proceeds of the Equity Investments and (iii) cash on hand, to effect the Acquisition, to consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and to pay Transaction Expenses;
WHEREAS, after the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) will be used by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions and for related costs and expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrower such Initial Term Loans upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
ABR shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest listed in the Wall Street Journal as the prime rate, and (iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based on an Interest Period of one month as of such date) plus 1.00% per annum. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the prime rate or in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day of such change.
ABR Loan shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.
Acquired EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a Pro Forma Entity) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Acquired Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Model shall mean the Sponsors financial model dated as of December 3, 2018.
Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period and for purposes of determining ABR, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the LIBOR Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves; provided that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall not be less than 1.00%.
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Administrative Agent shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9.
Administrative Agents Office shall mean the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in each case relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Administrative Questionnaire shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Affiliated Institutional Lender shall mean (i) any Affiliate of any Sponsor that is either a bona fide debt fund or such Affiliate extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business, (ii) KKR Corporate Lending LLC and KKR Capital Markets LLC and (iii) MCS Corporate Lending LLC and MCS Capital Markets LLC.
Affiliated Lender shall mean a Lender that is a Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof (other than Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Affiliated Institutional Lender).
Agent Parties and Agent Party shall have the meanings provided in Section 13.17(b).
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.
Agreement shall mean this Second Lien Credit Agreement.
AHYDO shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Anti-Corruption Laws shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any other similar laws or regulations concerning or relating to terrorism financing or money laundering.
Applicable Margin shall mean a percentage per annum equal to:
until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for LIBOR Loans that are Initial Term Loans 8.50% per annum and (2) for ABR Loans that are Initial Term Loans, 7.50% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based upon the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
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Pricing Level |
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Initial Term Loans |
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Initial Term Loans | |||||
I |
> 5.15:1.00 | 7.50% | 8.50% | |||||
II |
≤ 5.15:1.00 | 7.25% | 8.25% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Extended Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of any New Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement, (c) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement and (d) in the case of any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.14.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Lenders at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
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Applicable Premium means with respect to any Initial Term Loan on any Prepayment Date, the greater of:
(1) | 3.0%; and |
(2) | the fraction, expressed as a percentage, consisting of (A) (a) (i) the sum of the present values at such Prepayment Date of (I) the price at which such Loan could be voluntarily prepaid on the first anniversary of the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.1(b) (including any premium required pursuant to Section 5.1(b), and (II) each scheduled payment of interest to be made on such Loan on or after such Prepayment Date through (and including) the first anniversary of the Closing Date (but, in the case of the first such scheduled payment of interest, excluding any amount of interest accrued prior to the Prepayment Date), in each case, discounted to the Prepayment Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate as of such Prepayment Date plus 50 basis points, minus (ii) accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Prepayment Date over (b) the principal amount of such Loan, divided by (B) the principal amount of such Loan. |
Calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Borrower or on behalf of the Borrower by such Person as the Borrower shall designate (and the amount of the Applicable Premium shall be provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following the calculation thereof); provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Administrative Agent.
Approved Foreign Bank shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Cash Equivalents. Approved Fund shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition (including any disposition of property to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale Leaseback) (each, a disposition) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 10.1), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, worn out or surplus property or property (including leasehold property interests) that is no longer economically practical in its business or commercially desirable to maintain or no longer used or useful equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets, or goods (or other assets) in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.3;
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(c) the incurrence of Liens that are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2 or the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof) that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to Section 10.5;
(d) any sale or disposition of assets (whether tangible or intangible) or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $48 million and (b) 12.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by (1) a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or (2) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(h) foreclosures, condemnation, casualty or any similar action on assets (including dispositions in connection therewith);
(i) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;
(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale Leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(k) (1) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims, (2) the termination or collapse of cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the settlement of any crossing payments in connection therewith, or (3) the settlement, discount, write off, forgiveness, or cancellation of any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers, or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns;
(l) the disposition or discount of inventory, accounts receivable, or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(m) the licensing, cross-licensing or sub-licensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (whether pursuant to franchise agreements or otherwise) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of Cash Management Services;
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(o) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(p) the expiration, lapse or abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) the issuance of directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(r) dispositions of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (2) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(s) leases, assignments, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(t) dispositions of non-core assets acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder (including to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority);
(u) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 10.5; and
(v) any other disposition in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $102 million and (b) 27.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition.
Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale of Collateral, subject to the Reinvestment Period allowed in Section 10.4; provided, further, that with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Asset Sale Prepayment Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $60 million (the Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Prepayment Trigger).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean (i) an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any assignment of Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Debt Exchange conducted in accordance with Section 2.15, such form of assignment (if any) as may be agreed by the Auction Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.15(a).
Assignment Taxes shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Other Taxes.
Auction Agent shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange pursuant to
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Section 2.15 or Dutch auction pursuant to Section 13.6(h); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries may act as the Auction Agent.
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Vice President-Finance, a Senior Vice President, a Director, a Manager, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any other senior officer or agent with express authority to act on behalf of such Person designated as such by the board of directors or other managing authority of such Person, and shall also include, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II or Article III, any other officer of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent.
Available Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
Beneficial Ownership Certification shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.11.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefited Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Business Day shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements, and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the applicable London interbank market.
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Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant, or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including Capitalized Software Expenditures, website development costs, website content development costs, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs).
Capital Lease shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person, subject to Section 1.12.
Capital Stock shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that cash-settled phantom appreciation programs in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock).
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.12.
Capitalized Software Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(i) Dollars,
(ii) (a) Euro, Pounds Sterling, Yen, Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars, or any national currency of any Participating Member State in the European Union or (b) local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(iv) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and eurodollar time deposits with average maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with average maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof),
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(v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv), and (x) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above,
(vi) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P after the date of creation thereof and variable and fixed rate notes issued by a financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, in each case with average maturities of 36 months after the date of creation thereof,
(vii) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized ratings agency),
(viii) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(ix) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Moodys (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(x) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (a) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (b) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Foreign Bank), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition, and (c) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank, in each case, customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction,
(xi) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of foreign obligors, which investments have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies,
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(xii) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (xi) above, and
(xiii) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such Investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition.
(xiv) Credit Card Receivables.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (i) and (ii) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition (other than Credit Card Receivables) will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes under the Credit Documents regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.
Cash Management Services shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services), (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements and (iv) and other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
Casualty Event shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of Collateral, for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award in respect of any equipment, fixed assets, or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets, or real property; provided, further, that with respect to any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Casualty Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $60 million (the Casualty Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).
Casualty Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Casualty Event.
CFC shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
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CFC Holding Company shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all of the assets of which consist of Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents and/or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
Change in Law shall mean (i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation after the Closing Date, (ii) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (iii) compliance by any Lender with any guideline, rule, request, directive, or order issued or made after the Closing Date by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), including, for avoidance of doubt, any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority), or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities pursuant to Basel III in each case, after the Closing Date.
Change of Control shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the Permitted Holders shall at any time not own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least 35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower; (ii) at any time after an IPO, any Person, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds 35% thereof, unless, in case of clause (i) or clause (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; (iii) at any time, a Change of Control (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) shall have occurred; or (iv) at any time prior to an IPO, Holdings shall cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower. For the purpose of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), at any time when a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity or, if applicable, a Parent Entity acts as the manager, managing member or general partner of the Borrower, references in this definition to Borrower shall be deemed to refer to the ultimate Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock or acts as (or, if applicable, is a Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of) such manager, managing member or general partner. For purposes of this definition, (a) beneficial ownership shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Securities Exchange Act, (b) the phrase Person or group is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (c) if any Person or group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, the IPO Entity or the Borrower, as applicable, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such Person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such Person or group for purposes of determining whether clause (ii) of this definition is triggered and (d) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
Class (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Term Loans, New Term Loans (of each Series), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series) or Replacement Term Loans (of the same Series) and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a an Initial Term Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment.
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Closing Date shall mean March 5, 2019.
Closing Date Refinancing shall mean the repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of the Existing Debt Facilities and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean all property pledged or mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents, excluding in all events Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent shall mean WT, as collateral agent under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to Section 12.9, and any Affiliate or designee of WT, may act as the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document.
Commodity Exchange Act shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Communications shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
Company shall have the meanings provided in the recitals.
Company Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning provided to the term Material Adverse Effect in the Acquisition Agreement.
Company Representations shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Company with respect to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Sponsor (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement (or otherwise decline to consummate the Acquisition without any liability) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Acquisition Agreement.
Compliance Certificate shall mean a certificate of a responsible financial or accounting officer or director of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) for the applicable Test Period.
Confidential Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Confidential Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated as of January 2019.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, and expenses, capitalized expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures), customer acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(i) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (2) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and any non-cash interest expense, in each case to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(d) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date), including (1) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence of the First Lien Loans and the Loans hereunder and all Transaction Expenses, (2) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the offering of the Credit Documents and any other credit facilities, or debt issuances, and (3) any amendment or other modification of the First Lien Loans, the Loans hereunder or other Indebtedness, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses, any effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, purchase price accounting (including any step-up in inventory and loss of profit on the acquired inventory) or other items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(f) the amount of any net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus
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(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsors, plus
(h) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus
(i) the amount of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable run-rate cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and other synergies (including in connection with any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement)) that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 18 months of the determination to take such action, net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that, except with respect to the Transactions and any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement), the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (i) shall not cumulatively exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period (with such calculation being made after giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (i) and, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such action or transaction), plus
(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus
(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii) and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(l)(i), plus
(l) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Borrower or any of its any direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement and expenses relating to distributions made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies resulting from the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718CompensationStock Compensation (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123 (Revised 2004)), plus
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(m) with respect to any joint venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (a) and (c) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries proportionate share of such joint ventures Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Restricted Subsidiary), plus
(n) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period solely to the extent that the corresponding non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (ii) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
(o) to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income, (1) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other similar provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer, or other Asset Sale of assets permitted hereunder and (2) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, plus
(p) charges, expenses, and other items described (1) in the Confidential Information Memorandum or the Acquisition Model or (2) any quality of earnings report reasonably prepared in good faith by a nationally recognized accounting firm in connection with any Specified Transaction actually consummated by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent, plus
(q) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715CompensationRetirement Benefits, and any other items of a similar nature, plus
(r) pro forma synergies from either (1) a new prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement between the Borrower and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler, substantially consistent with the terms of the Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet, or (2) if such prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement has not been executed by or on the Closing Date, a letter agreement between WBA and such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, pursuant to which the Borrower will be designated as an affiliate of WBA under WBAs current pharmaceutical purchase and distribution agreement with such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, plus
(s) any (A) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (B) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, or (C) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of officers, directors and employees, in each case of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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(ii) decreased by (without duplication), non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period other than non-cash gains relating to the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840Leases (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13); provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein, plus
(iii) increased or decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and
(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815) (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP.
For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of ASC 815 and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP,
(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (1) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, business, property, or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an Acquired Entity or Business) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Restricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (2) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition); and
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(iii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business, or asset sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business, or asset so sold or disposed of, a Sold Entity or Business), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition or conversion); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Disposed EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.
Unless expressly specified otherwise or required by context, references in this Agreement to Consolidated EBITDA shall refer to the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall mean the sum of cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (b) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of Indebtedness or obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging, (c) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (d) commissions, discounts, yield, make-whole premium and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Receivables Facility, (e) any additional interest owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement with respect to any securities, (f) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (g) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (h) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (i) interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect Parent Entity resulting from push-down accounting, (j) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, and (k) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential), with respect thereto and with respect to the Transactions, any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder, all as calculated on a consolidated basis.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
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(i) (a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities or bases opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions and other strategic or cost savings initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, rebranding costs, consulting costs (including consulting and related fees, costs and expenses in connection with the evaluation and implementation of certain tax-related changes), signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or bases and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgments) and (b) any other unusual or non-recurring items shall be excluded,
(ii) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, shall be excluded,
(iii) any gain (loss) (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), shall be excluded,
(iv) any effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, shall be excluded,
(v) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(vi) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (a)(iii)(A) of Section 10.5 the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equity holders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (a) has been legally waived, or otherwise released, (b) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and other Credit Documents, the First Lien Credit Documents, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, New Term Loans, or Permitted Other Indebtedness, or (c) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or
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instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the referent Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein, shall be excluded,
(vii) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Persons consolidated financial statements required or permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805Business Combinations and Topic 350Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (ASC 805 and ASC 350) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142, respectively) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions and any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) (a) any effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (b) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to ASC 815 (or such successor provision), and (c) any non-cash expense, income, or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness, or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any impairment charge, asset write-off, or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (ASC 360) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 shall be excluded,
(x) (a) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from or in connection with any share-based compensation arrangements including stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, capital or profits interests or other rights to officers, directors, managers, or employees and (b) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,
(xi) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance, or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(xii) accruals and reserves (including contingent liabilities) that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP, or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded,
(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such
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amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
(xiv) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items, shall be excluded,
(xv) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded,
(xvi) any charges resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 Distinguishing Liabilities from EquityOverallRecognition or Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures shall be excluded, and
(xvii) the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of straight-line rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included.
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt shall mean Consolidated Total Debt as of such date secured by a Lien on the Collateral.
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Senior Secured Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total assets (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Total Debt shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of third party Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations); provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Letters of Credit (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) under the First Lien Credit Agreement; provided further that the effects of pushdown accounting shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and
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Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Working Capital shall mean, at any date, the excess of (i) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (ii) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (i) and (ii) above), without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans, First Lien Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and Capital Leases to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) any liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (f) the effects from applying purchase accounting, (g) any accrued professional liability risks, (h) restricted marketable securities, and (i) deferred revenue reflected within current liabilities; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital (A) arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be measured from the date on which such acquisition or disposition occurred and (B) shall exclude (I) the impact of non-cash adjustments contemplated in the Excess Cash Flow calculation, (II) the impact of adjusting items in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (III) any changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of (x) the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations, (y) any reclassification, other than as a result of the passage of time, in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (z) the effects of acquisition method accounting.
Contingent Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends, or other payment obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Contract Consideration shall have the meaning provided in clause (ii)(k) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow.
Contractual Requirement shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.
Controlled Investment Affiliate shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person (other than any Permitted Holder) who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity investments in Holdings and/or any Parent Entity.
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Converted Restricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Credit Card Receivables shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount due from third-party financial institutions for credit and debit card transactions that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption cash equivalents (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, each Extension Amendment, each Permitted Repricing Amendment, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto and the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter.
Credit Facilities shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.
Credit Facility shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.
Credit Party shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors.
Cure Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(w)(i)).
Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Default shall mean any event, act, or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(c).
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Delaware LLC means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Delaware Divided LLC means any Delaware LLC which has been formed upon consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
Delaware LLC Division means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
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Derivative Counterparty shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Designated Jurisdiction shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanctions.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.
Designated Preferred Stock shall mean preferred stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an officers certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Borrower or the parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Disposed EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
disposition shall have the meaning assigned such term in clause (i) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Disqualified Lenders shall mean such Persons (i) that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners by the Sponsors as being Disqualified Lenders prior to either (a) December 10, 2018 or (b) the commencement of primary syndication if acceptable to the majority of Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, (ii) who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such Person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide Fund) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) each Credit Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Lender and (y) any such designation of a Disqualified Lender may not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation in any Credit Facility.
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Disqualified Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date hereunder; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death, or disability.
Dollars and $ shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the United Kingdom.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Yield shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Required Lenders in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below), or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (i) the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness and (ii) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness in connection with the initial primary syndication thereof, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, ticking, or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a LIBOR floor or ABR floor, (a) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
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Environmental Claims shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or potential responsibility or violation, or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, investigation, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief relating to the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Law shall mean any applicable federal, state, foreign, or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree, or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as flora, fauna, or wetlands, or protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) and including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, transport, Release, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interest shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
Equity Investments shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Equity Offering shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (i) public offerings with respect to the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companys common stock registered on Form S-8, (ii) issuances to any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower, (iii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution and (iv) any Cure Amount.
Equityholding Vehicle shall mean any Parent Entity and any equity holder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees or managers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Credit Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event shall mean (i) the failure of any Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code (and applicable regulations under either) or with the terms of such Plan; (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iii) any Reportable Event; (iv) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) a determination that any Pension Plan is in at risk status
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(within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vii) the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (viii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice to terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (ix) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (x) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or the complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan; (xi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA); or (xii) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(i) the sum, without duplication (in each case, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(b) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(c) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
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(e) cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income,
(f) increases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent deducted or not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(g) extraordinary gains actually received in cash;
over (ii) the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, cash charges to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and Transaction Expenses to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and paid in cash during such period,
(b) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior periods, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Indebtedness has been repaid other than with the proceeds of long-term indebtedness) other than intercompany loans,
(c) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (1) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (2) the amount of any scheduled repayment of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 of the First Lien Credit Agreement or Loans pursuant to Section 2.5, and (3) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the First Lien Credit Agreement or Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) to the extent required due to an Asset Sale that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (A) all other prepayments of First Lien Term Loans and Loans (in each case, including purchases of First Lien Term Loans or Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered on a pro rata basis to all First Lien Term Loan Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, of a Class and Dutch auctions offered on a pro rata basis to all First Lien Term Loan Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, of a Class in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of First Lien Term Loans or Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such First Lien Term Loans or Loans at or below par) and all voluntary prepayments of Permitted Other Indebtedness (with a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and (B) all prepayments of Swingline Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) (and any other revolving loans (unless there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other long term Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such increases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
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(f) payments in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of any purchase price holdbacks, earn-out obligations, and long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
(g) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior fiscal periods, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions, but excluding Permitted Investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof) made during such period constituting Permitted Investments or made pursuant to Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(h) the amount of dividends paid in cash during such period (on a consolidated basis) by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such dividends were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(i) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees and cash restructuring charges) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(j) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole, or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(k) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (1) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period and (2) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the Planned Expenditures), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2), relating to Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed with any of the proceeds received from (A) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (B) the issuance of Equity Interests); provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(l) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
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(m) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(n) decreases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent included or not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(o) extraordinary losses actually paid in cash.
Excluded Contribution shall mean net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities, or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by Holdings from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers certificate executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii); provided that (i) any non-cash assets shall qualify only if acquired by a parent of the Borrower in an arms-length transaction within the six months prior to such contribution and (ii) no Cure Amount shall constitute an Excluded Contribution.
Excluded Property shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom (it being understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, the judgment of the First Lien Administrative Agent with respect to the matters described in this clause (i) shall be the basis for such direction by the Required Lenders with respect to such matters), (ii) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any (a) CFC or (b) CFC Holding Company, any Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of such CFC or CFC Holding Company in excess of 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents, (iii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holding Company, (iv) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirements of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, (v) in the case of (A) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Lien or (B) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of each such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (I) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (II) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided that this clause (II) shall not apply if (x) such other party is Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and
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for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (III) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument, or indenture governing such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (vi) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents would result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (vii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, and (viii) any Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a captive insurance Subsidiary, an SPV or any special purpose entity.
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean (i) each Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not (on (x) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined on the Closing Date by reference to the Historical Financial Statements or (y) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined after the Closing Date by reference to the financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(a) and (b)) constitute a Material Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), (iii) any CFC Holding Company, (iv) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, (v) any CFC, (vi) each Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirements of Law (to the extent existing on the Closing Date or, if later, the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and in each case, not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations or would require third-party or governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee or grant such Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (vii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, the consequence of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries to satisfy applicable Requirements of Law, (viii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences, (ix) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom (it being understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, the judgment of the First Lien Administrative Agent with respect to the matters described in this clause (ix) shall be the basis for such direction by the Required Lenders with respect to such matters), (x) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xi) any Receivables Subsidiary, (xii) each other Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, (xiii) each Subsidiary that is a registered broker dealer and (xiv) each SPV, not-for-profit Subsidiary and captive insurance company. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any Subsidiary that guarantees the First Lien Facilities shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder.
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Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, net profits, or branch profits (however denominated, and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof under Section 3406 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document), (ii) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any Credit Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender acquires an interest in any Credit Document (or designates a new lending office), other than in the case of a Lender that is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.7 (or that designates a new lending office pursuant to a request by the Borrower), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Credit Parties with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.4, (iii) any Taxes attributable to a recipients failure to comply with Section 5.4(e), or (iv) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.
Existing Debt Facilities shall mean the debt facilities incurred pursuant to (i) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, and that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent (collectively, the Existing Credit Agreements), and (ii) that certain Second Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018, among Res-Care, Inc., Onex ResCare Holdings Corp., the Guarantors (as such term is defined therein) from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C issuer and swing line lender, the other lenders from to time to time party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Bank, as syndication agents and Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as documentation agents.
Existing Term Loan Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extended Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extending Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Extension Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(v).
Extension Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
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Extension Request shall mean a Term Loan Extension Request.
Extension Series shall mean all Extended Term Loans that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, and amortization schedule.
Fair Market Value shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arms length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreements (or related legislation or official administrative rules or practices) implementing the foregoing, and any laws, fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes and practices adopted by a non-U.S. jurisdiction to effect the foregoing.
FCPA shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged by three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent; provided, further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate would otherwise be negative, it shall be deemed to be 0% per annum.
Fees shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.
First Lien Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Administrative Agent in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
First Lien Base Incremental Amount, as of any date, shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of New Loans and New Loan Commitments (in each case, as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) (including any unused commitments obtained) incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the First Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitment obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(a) of the First Lien Credit Agreement incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the First Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date.
First Lien Credit Agreement shall mean the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the First Lien
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Administrative Agent (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original First Lien Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement, instrument or document expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First Lien Credit Agreement)).
First Lien Credit Documents shall have the meaning provided to the term Credit Documents in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
First Lien Facilities shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
First Lien Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Loans in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Obligations shall have the meaning provided to the term Obligations in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Revolving Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Revolving Loan in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Term Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Term Loans in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided to the term Term Loan Lender in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
First Lien Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Discharge of Senior Obligations (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) has occurred.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (ii) the Fixed Charges for such Test Period.
Fixed Charges shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
Flood Insurance Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of
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1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Foreign Benefit Arrangement shall mean any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan Event shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement, (i) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement; (ii) the failure to register or loss of good standing (if applicable) with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement required to be registered; or (iii) the failure of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement to comply with any provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fund shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
Funded Debt shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date (including all amounts of such Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation), and, in the case of the Credit Parties, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the First Lien Loans.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Furthermore, at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement); provided any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to
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the Borrowers election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Governmental Authority shall mean any nation, sovereign, or government, any state, province, territory, or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange (including any supranational body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Granting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Guarantee shall mean (i) the Second Lien Guarantee made by Holdings and each other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and (ii) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
guarantee obligations shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term guarantee obligations shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations or product warranties in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any guarantee obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
Guarantors shall mean (i) each Subsidiary of Holdings that is party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date, (ii) each Subsidiary of Holdings that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise, and (iii) Holdings; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to be a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary).
Hazardous Materials shall mean (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (ii) any chemicals, materials, waste, or substances defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous waste, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, or pollutants, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, waste, or substance, which is prohibited, limited, or regulated due to its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics, by any Environmental Law.
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Hedge Agreements shall mean (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements.
Historical Financial Statements shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of each of the Company and the Borrower and their respective consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the Consolidated Company) as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Company as at the end of, and related statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018.
HMT shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Sanctions.
Holdings shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) after the Closing Date any other Person or Persons (New Holdings) that is a Subsidiary of Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (Previous Holdings); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (b) New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (d) all Capital Stock of the Borrower shall be pledged to secure the Obligations and (e) (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default and (ii) such substitution will not reasonably be expected to result in any adverse tax consequences to any Lender (unless reimbursed hereunder) or to the Administrative Agent (unless reimbursed hereunder); provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to Holdings in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to New Holdings.
IFRS shall have the meaning given to such term in the definition of GAAP.
Immediate Family Members shall mean with respect to any individual, such individuals child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law
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(including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
Impacted Interest Period shall have the meaning provided in the definition of LIBOR Rate.
Impacted Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
Increased Amount Date shall mean, with respect to any New Term Loan Commitments, the date on which such New Term Loan Commitments shall be effective.
incur and incurrence shall have the meanings provided in Section 10.1.
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), or (d) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a net liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of the Borrower solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP (other than in respect of any IPO Reorganization Transaction) shall be excluded, (ii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (3) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (4) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (5) any balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, accrued in the ordinary course of business, (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (7) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (8) accrued expenses and royalties or (9) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (iii) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
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Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
Initial Term Loan shall mean the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1.
Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $450,000,000.
Initial Term Loan Lender shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.
Initial Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2027 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Insolvent shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Intellectual Property shall mean U.S. intellectual property, including all (i) (a) patents, inventions, designs, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (b) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, Internet domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; (d) trade secrets, confidential, or proprietary information, including customer lists; and (ii) registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, re-issues, re-examinations, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.
Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower) among the First Lien Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof of any other Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu or junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
Interpolated Rate shall mean, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Required Lenders (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that is shorter than the applicable Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that exceeds the applicable Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if the Interpolated Rate shall be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% per annum for Initial Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement.
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Investment shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Borrower in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that Investments shall not include, in the case of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans (including guarantees), advances, or Indebtedness either (i) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising from cash management, tax and/or accounting operations and made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices.
For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 10.5,
(i) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrowers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment, or other amount received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of Cash Equivalents, such amount shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such consideration).
Investment Grade Rating shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.
Investment Grade Securities shall mean:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
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(iii) investments in any fund that invest at least 90% in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and
(iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
Investor Group shall mean Holdings, KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates.
IPO shall mean the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) or other transaction which results in the common Equity Interests of a Parent Entity of the Borrower being publicly traded.
IPO Entity shall mean, at any time at and after an IPO, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Borrower, as the case may be, the Equity Interests in which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO.
IPO Listco shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower formed in contemplation of an IPO to become the IPO Entity; provided that the Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of any IPO Listco.
IPO Reorganization Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an IPO, including (a) formation and ownership of IPO Shell Companies, (b) entry into, and performance of, (i) a reorganization agreement among any of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and/or IPO Shell Companies implementing IPO Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with an IPO and (ii) customary underwriting agreements in connection with an IPO and any future follow-on underwritten public offerings of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity, including the provision by IPO Entity and the Borrower of customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification to the underwriters thereunder, (c) the merger of one or more IPO Subsidiaries with one or more direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Borrower with the surviving entity in any such merger holding Equity Interests in the Borrower, and the merger of such entities with any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, (d) the issuance of Equity Interests of IPO Shell Companies to holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower in connection with any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (e) the entry into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower will be permitted to exchange such interests for certain economic/voting Equity Interests in IPO Listco, and (f) the entry into, and performance of, any tax receivables agreements by any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, in each case of clauses (a) through (f), so long as after giving Pro Forma Effect to any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (i) the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired and (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is either equal to or less than (1) 5.75:1.00 or (2) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such IPO Reorganization Transactions.
IPO Shell Company shall mean each of IPO Listco and IPO Subsidiary.
IPO Subsidiary shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPO Listco formed in contemplation of, and to facilitate, IPO Reorganization Transactions and an IPO. The Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of an IPO Subsidiary.
Jefferies shall mean Jefferies Finance LLC.
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Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which may include additional provisions to ensure fungibility of the Loans and to provide for mechanics for borrowings in currencies other than Dollars.
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall mean MSSF, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Jefferies, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank.
Junior Debt shall mean any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in excess of $36 million.
KKR shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and KKR North America Fund XII L.P.
Latest Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
LCT Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
LCT Test Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
Lender or Lenders shall have the meanings provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
LIBOR shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Discontinuance Event means any of the following:
(a) an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the provisions of the definition of LIBOR Rate or LIBOR and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary;
(b) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate, the central bank for the currency of LIBOR, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, has made a public statement, or published information, stating that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely on a specific date, provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or
(c) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans; provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR (the date of determination or such specific date in the foregoing clauses (a)-(c), the Scheduled Unavailability Date).
LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time means, with respect to any LIBOR Discontinuance Event, (i) in the case of an event under clause (a) of such definition, the Business Day immediately following the date of determination that such interest rate is not ascertainable and such result is unlikely to be temporary
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and (ii) for purposes of an event under clause (b) or (c) of such definition, on the date on which LIBOR ceases to be provided by the administrator of LIBOR or is not permitted to be used (or if such statement or information is of a prospective cessation or prohibition, the 90th day prior to the date of such cessation or prohibition (or if such prospective cessation or prohibition is fewer than 90 days later, the date of such statement or announcement).
LIBOR Loan shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate shall mean,
(i) for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (LIBOR) or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations of LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBOR Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an Impacted Interest Period), then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; and
(ii) for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, determined on such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if there is an Impacted Interest Period, then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) in consultation with the Borrower.
LIBOR Replacement Date means, in respect of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, upon the occurrence of a LIBOR Discontinuance Event, the next interest reset date after the relevant amendment in connection therewith becomes effective (unless an alternative date is specified) and all subsequent interest reset dates for which LIBOR would have had to be determined.
LIBOR Screen Rate means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
Lien shall mean with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority, or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in, and any filing of, or agreement to, give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or a license, sub-license or cross-license to Intellectual Property be deemed to constitute a Lien.
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Limited Condition Transaction shall mean any transaction by one or more of the Borrower and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan shall mean any Term Loan or any other loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Majority Lead Arrangers shall mean the Lead Arrangers who held a majority of the aggregate amount of Commitments as of February 15, 2019.
Management Investors shall mean the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity who are or become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.
Master Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Hedge Agreements.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
Material Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of clauses (ii) through (xiv) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary) have, in the aggregate, (a) total assets at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries for each fiscal period until this proviso is no longer applicable.
Maturity Date shall mean the the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the New Term Loan Maturity Date or the maturity date of an Extended Term Loan, as applicable.
Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount shall mean, at any date of determination, (i) the sum of (a) (x) the greater of (i) $370,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period minus (y) the First Lien Base Incremental Amount plus (b) the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans (including purchases of the Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries
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at or below par, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans below par) in each case, other than from proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness, plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount, (a) the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition, but excluding any concurrent incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above, the First Lien Base Incremental Amount, the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement) and without netting any cash proceeds of such incurrence) with the Second Lien Incremental Ratio (assuming that all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or Section 10.1(x)(i) on such date of determination would be included in the definition of Consolidated Senior Secured Debt, whether or not such Indebtedness would otherwise be so included) or (b) solely in the case of any Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement, on a Pro Forma Basis the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio would be equal to or less than the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to giving effect to such incurrence, such Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement and all transactions in connection therewith, minus (iii) the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of New Term Loan Commitments incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitments obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date.
Merger Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
MFN Protection shall have the meaning set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(d)(iii).
Minimum Borrowing Amount shall mean, with respect to any Borrowing, $2,500,000.
Minimum Equity Amount shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Minimum Tender Condition shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Mortgage shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed, or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, together with such terms and provisions as may be required by local laws.
Mortgaged Property shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party and identified on Schedule 8.16, and each other owned parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 9.11 or Section 9.14.
MSSF shall mean Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the five preceding calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
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Net Cash Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event and any incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, (i) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and excluding any interest payments) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, as the case may be, less (ii) the sum of:
(a) the amount, if any, of all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated to be payable by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness,
(b) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (a) above) (1) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (2) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,
(c) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Permitted Other Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds) shall, unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i);
(e) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (e)) attributable to non-controlling interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof;
(f) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction; and
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(g) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing (for the avoidance of doubt, including, (1) in the case of the issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, any fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and (2) attorneys fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant, accountant, and other customary fees),
in each case, only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above.
Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
New Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
New Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.
Non-Bank Tax Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(B)(3).
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(iv).
Non-U.S. Lender shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
Obligations shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, in each case, entered into with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document.
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OFAC shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such term shall not include (i) any Taxes that result from an assignment, (Assignment Taxes) to the extent such Assignment Taxes are imposed as a result of a connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely from any Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), except to the extent that any such action described in this proviso is requested or required by the Borrower or Holdings or (ii) Excluded Taxes.
Parent Entity shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership), including any managing member, of Holdings and/or the Borrower.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(ii).
Participating Member State shall mean any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
Pension Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA, be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
Permitted Asset Swap shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 10.4.
Permitted Debt Exchange shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
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Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted First Lien Exchange Notes shall mean Permitted Debt Exchange Notes as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement that are not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors and members of management (including Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees) of Holdings or the Borrower (or their respective direct or indirect parent or management investment vehicle) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company or management investment vehicle) and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Sponsors and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or any other direct or indirect Parent Entity, (ii) any direct or indirect Parent Entity formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions or IPO Reorganization Transactions) that, assuming such parent was not formed after giving effect thereto, would constitute a Change of Control and (iii) any entity (other than a Parent Entity) through which a Parent Entity described in clause (ii) directly or indirectly holds Equity Interests of the Borrower and has no other material operations other than those incidental thereto.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) any Investment in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities at the time such Investment is made;
(iii) (a) any transactions or Investments otherwise made in connection with the Transactions and in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and (b) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a Permitted Acquisition), (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or transfer;
(iv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(v) (a) any Investment existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and, in each case, listed on Schedule 10.5 and (b) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (including in respect of any unused commitment), plus any accrued but unpaid interest (including any portion thereof which is payable in kind in accordance with the terms of such modified, extended, renewed, or replaced Investment) and premium payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Closing Date;
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(vi) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(vii) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of Section 10.1 and Cash Management Services;
(viii) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $132 million and (b) 35.68% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (viii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (viii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 10.5(a)(iii);
(x) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1 and Investments to the extent constituting Permitted Liens;
(xi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 (except transactions described in clause (b) of such paragraph);
(xii) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xiii) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $168 million and (b) 45.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (xiii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (xiii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(xiv) Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility or any repurchases or other transactions in connection therewith;
(xv) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of (a) $24 million and (b) 6.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(xvi) (a) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof, (b) promissory notes received from equity holders of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of stock options in respect of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (c) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(xix) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(xx) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client, franchisee and customer contracts and loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, franchisees, distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees in the ordinary course of business;
(xxi) the licensing and contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint development, venture or marketing arrangements with other Persons, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) contributions to a rabbi trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
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(xxv) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this definition of Permitted Investments, Section 10.3 and/or Section 10.5 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
Permitted Liens shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens, and mechanics Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP or are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.11, or for property taxes on property of such Person, which Person has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not, in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clause (a), (b) (so long as such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement), (d), (r), (w), (x), or (y) of Section 10.1; provided that, (a) in the case of clause (d) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or
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equipment being financed or refinanced under such clause (d) of Section 10.1, replacements of such property, equipment or assets, and additions and accessions and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender; (b) in the case of clause (r) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by non-Credit Parties; (c) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured on an equal priority basis with the Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (1) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that are secured on an equal priority basis with the Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement or an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and (2) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness secured on an equal priority basis with the Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement or an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof; (d) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured on a junior basis to the Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that are secured on a junior priority basis to the Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the intercreditor arrangements substantially consistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (but with Liens securing Obligations being senior Liens thereunder) and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness that are secured on a junior priority basis to the Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to such intercreditor arrangements in accordance with the terms thereof; without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement contemplated by this clause (vi); and (e) in the case of clause (b) above, (x) in the case of the first issuance of Indebtedness that is secured on an equal priority basis with the First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Indebtedness secured on an equal priority basis with the First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(vii) subject to Section 9.14, other than with respect to Mortgaged Property, Liens existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (a) $7.5 million individually or (b) $20 million in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted if set forth on Schedule 10.2, and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof;
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(viii) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(ix) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or designation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such property, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(x) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, in each case, to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted hereunder to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services;
(xii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(xiii) Leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
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(xvi) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrowers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(xvii) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;
(xviii) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals, or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) of this definition of Permitted Liens; provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, the committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement;
(xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(xx) other Liens securing obligations (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) which do not exceed the greater of (a) $222 million and (b) 60% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien; provided that to the extent securing Collateral such Liens shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations; provided further that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and in the case of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated by this clause (xx);
(xxi) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.5 or Section 11.10;
(xxii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (c) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
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(xxiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.1; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(xxv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xxvi) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposits or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xxvii) Liens (a) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder;
(xxviii) rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xxix) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;
(xxx) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxi) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements;
(xxxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxiii) Liens arising under the Security Documents;
(xxxiv) Liens on goods purchased in the ordinary course of business, the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(xxxv) (a) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (b) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxvi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;
(xxxvii) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirements of Law;
(xxxviii) to the extent pursuant to a Requirements of Law, Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Obligations in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxxix) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the final Title Policy covering such Mortgaged Property delivered to the Collateral Agent.
For purposes of this definition, the term Indebtedness shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness shall mean subordinated or senior Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may (i) be unsecured, (ii) have the same lien priority as the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies); provided that if such Permitted Other Indebtedness is in the form of secured second lien term loans, then such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall be subject to any applicable MFN Protection as if such loans were New Term Loans, or (iii) be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary offers or obligations to repurchase or repay upon a change of control, excess cash flow sweep, asset sale, or casualty or condemnation event, AHYDO payments and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (taken as a whole) (except for covenants applicable only to the periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date) (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating
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thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, notifies the Borrower within two Business Days after receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) is an obligor, (d) that, if secured, is not secured by a lien any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral and (e) the other terms of which shall be on terms and documentation as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by any Credit Party.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall mean, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
Permitted Other Provision shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Permitted Repricing Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Permitted Sale Leaseback shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sale Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed the greater of (a) $180 million and (b) 48.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Sale Leaseback, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
Permitted Transferees shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Persons Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Persons heirs, executors and/or administrators upon the death
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of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Borrower or any other IPO Entity.
Person shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet shall mean the binding term sheet dated as of August 1, 2017, between the Company, WBA and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler.
Plan shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plan, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably likely to be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Planned Expenditures shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Excess Cash Flow.
Platform shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
Pledge Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Pledge Agreement entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Post-Acquisition Period shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
Prepayment Date shall mean the date that any redemption occurs pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Prepayment Premium shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.1(b).
Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
Previous Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
primary obligation shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
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primary obligor shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
Pro Forma Adjustment shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (i) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (ii) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case, in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $10 million; and (b) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA, such Consolidated EBITDA or Section 1.12, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance, and Pro Forma Effect shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio, or covenant hereunder, that (i) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (ii) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (1) in the case of a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (2) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) other than as set forth in the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to operating expense reductions and operating enhancements that are (x)(1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and (3) factually supportable or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
Pro Forma Entity shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Acquired EBITDA.
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.12.
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Prohibited Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.
Projections shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(c).
Qualified Proceeds shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
Qualified Stock of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.
Real Estate shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(f).
Receivables Facility shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities (and any guarantee of such financing facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its accounts receivable to either (i) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.
Receivables Fee shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
Receivables Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables Facility in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
refinance shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refinanced Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refunding Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
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Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Reinvestment Period shall mean 365 days following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Rejection Notice shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Related Business Assets shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a Fund, any other Fund that is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of such entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, trustees, and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, disposal, escaping, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, or leaching into or migration through the environment.
Relevant Governmental Sponsor means any central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or similar institution (including any committee or working group sponsored thereby) which shall have selected, endorsed or recommended a replacement rate, including relevant additional spreads or other adjustments, for LIBOR.
Removal Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(b).
Replacement Term Loan Commitment shall mean the commitments of the Lenders to make Replacement Term Loans.
Replacement Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code), other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to PBGC Reg. § 4043.
Repricing Amendment shall mean any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise); provided that any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Amendment shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.
Required Lenders shall mean, at any date, Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
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Requirements of Law shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Resignation Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(a).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Payments shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a).
Restricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Retired Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Sale Leaseback shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
Sanctions shall mean any sanctions administered or enforced by the government of the United States (including without limitation, OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union (or its member states), Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Incremental Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 5.75:1.00.
Section 2.14 Additional Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Section 9.1 Financials shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officers certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Secured Parties shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender, and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
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Securities Exchange Act shall mean Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Security Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Security Agreement entered into by the Holdings, the Borrower, the other Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Security Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, the Intercreditor Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents to secure the Obligations or to govern the lien priorities of the holders of Liens on the Collateral.
Series shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Significant Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiarys total gross revenues (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (a) above.
Similar Business shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
Sold Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Solvent shall mean, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (ii) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (iii) the capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof; and (iv) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).
Specified Representations shall mean the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1(a), 8.2 (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit
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Documents), 8.3(c) (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.5, 8.7, 8.10(c)(1)(x), 8.17, 8.18 (which, for purposes of this definition, shall not be limited by in any material respect), and in Section 3.2(a) and (b) of the Security Agreement and Section 4(d) of the Pledge Agreement, except with respect to items referred to on Schedule 9.14 of this Agreement.
Specified Transaction shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including a Permitted Acquisition), any asset sale, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan or other event or action that in each case by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Sponsor shall mean any of KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates (but excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing).
Sponsor Management Agreement shall mean that amended and restated monitoring agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, by and among PharMerica Corporation, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Spot Rate for any currency shall mean the rate the Administrative Agent may obtain from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) as of the date of determination as a spot buying rate for any such currency.
SPV shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Statutory Reserves shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject to Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Stock Equivalents shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Capital Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
Subject Lien shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(a).
Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Guarantee, as applicable.
Subsidiary of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any class or
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classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Successor Borrower shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future direct or indirect taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series and Replacement Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.
Term Loan Extension Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Term Loan Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loans shall mean the Initial Term Loans, any New Term Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, and any Extended Term Loans, collectively.
Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Commitments have terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loans, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no valid demand has been made), are paid in full.
Test Period shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination and for which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent (or, before the first delivery of Section 9.1 Financials, the most recent period of four fiscal quarters at the end of which financial statements are available).
Title Policy shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c).
Total Credit Exposure shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date, and (ii) without duplication of clause (i), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
Total Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
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Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of (i) prior to the funding of Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date, the Initial Term Loan Commitments and (ii) the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.
Transaction Expenses shall mean any fees, costs, or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement, and the other Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Acquisition, the Equity Investments, the Closing Date Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses) and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Acquisition).
Transferee shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
Type shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of any provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of the Borrower, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary), unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary); provided that:
(a) such designation complies with Section 10.5; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
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U.S. and United States shall mean the United States of America.
U.S. Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(A).
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
WBA shall mean Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and its Affiliates.
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
WT shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words herein, hereto, hereof, and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term including is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
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(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from shall mean from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through shall mean to and including.
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(h) The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(i) All references to knowledge or awareness of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall mean the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
(a) Except as expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a consistent manner.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the Second Lien Incremental Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) Where reference is made to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or similar language, such combination shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number.
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents), and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirements of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Requirements of Law.
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1.6 Exchange Rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Section 2.14, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Spot Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.14 or Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Lien, Asset Sale, or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Lien or Restricted Investment is incurred or after such Asset Sale or Restricted Payment is made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.6 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt or Consolidated Senior Secured Debt, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered Section 9.1 Financials.
1.7 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission, or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of LIBOR Rate or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.
1.8 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.9 Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
1.10 Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Credit Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on such Credit Partys behalf and not in such Persons individual capacity.
1.11 Compliance with Certain Sections. In the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Requirement, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 9.9 or any clause or subsection of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, then such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within the relevant sections as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a) For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Test
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Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If, since the beginning of such period, any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence, except that incurrences of Indebtedness and Liens constituting Fixed Amounts shall be taken into account for purposes of Incurrence Based Amounts other than Incurrence Based Amounts contained in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2.
(b) Whenever Pro Forma Effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger, or consolidation which is being given Pro Forma Effect that have been or are expected to be realized; provided that such costs savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions are made in compliance with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given Pro Forma Effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such a revolving credit facilities on such date). Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under Section 2.14, the definitions of Required Lenders shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with this Section 1.12, Section 2.14 and the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount.
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In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of the Credit Documents which requires the calculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio;
(ii) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 8 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 11; or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in the Credit Documents (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrowers election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an LCT Election) (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may elect to revoke any LCT Election in its sole discretion), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the LCT Test Date), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until after such time as the Limited Condition Transaction has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expires.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.12 or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any such Person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such disposition shall have been consummated.
(d) Any determination of Consolidated Total Assets shall be made by reference to the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the relevant date of determination.
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(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all computations of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Total Assets, Available Amount, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and other financial ratios and financial calculations (and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining any of the foregoing) shall be calculated, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(f) All leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2017 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capital Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capital Leases.
1.13 LIBOR Rate Successor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, if at any time (i) the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), in consultation with the Borrower, determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) or (ii) the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent in writing (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, then, at or promptly after the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate benchmark rate to replace LIBOR under this Agreement, together with any spread or adjustment to be applied to such alternate benchmark rate to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such alternate benchmark rate, giving due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest (including the application of a spread and the making of other appropriate adjustments to such alternate benchmark rate and this Agreement to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such replacement benchmark, including any changes necessary to reflect the available interest periods and timing for determining such alternate benchmark rate) for syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such time and any recommendations (if any) therefor by a Relevant Governmental Sponsor, provided that any such alternate benchmark rate and adjustments shall be required to be commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (any such rate, the Successor LIBOR Rate).
After such determination that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event has occurred, promptly following the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be necessary or appropriate, as the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), in consultation with the Borrower, may determine in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), to implement and give effect to the Successor LIBOR Rate under this Agreement on the LIBOR Replacement Date and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective for each Class of Loans and Lenders without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment; provided, that if a Successor LIBOR Rate has not been established pursuant to the foregoing, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Required Lenders may select a different Successor LIBOR Rate that is commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and, upon not less than 15 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, such Required Lenders and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect
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such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, further, that if no Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to the foregoing and a Scheduled Unavailability Date (as defined in the definition of LIBOR Discontinuance Event) has occurred, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender and thereafter, until such Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to this paragraph, (i) any request for Borrowing, the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be ineffective and (ii) all outstanding Borrowings shall be converted to an ABR Loan Borrowing until a Successor LIBOR Rate has been chosen pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of Successor LIBOR Rate shall provide that in no event shall such Successor LIBOR Rate be less than 1.00% per annum for purposes of this Agreement.
Section 2. Amount and Terms of Credit.
Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, an Initial Term Loan) to the Borrower on the Closing Date, which Initial Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed $450,000,000. Such Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that all Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type, (ii) may be repaid or prepaid (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b)) in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full in Dollars.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than three Borrowings of LIBOR Loans that are Term Loans; provided, further, that for each additional Class of Term Loans, an additional two Interest Periods shall be permitted.
(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) or as otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders at least three Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Initial Term Loans to be made on the Closing Date. Such notice (a Notice of Borrowing, each substantially in the form of Exhibit J) shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be made, (B) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be the Closing Date) and (C) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or LIBOR Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Other than in connection with a Borrowing of Initial Term Loans to be
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made on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) (and the contents thereof), and of each Lenders pro rata share of the requested Borrowing.
(b) [Reserved].
(a) No later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing, each Lender shall make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that on the Closing Date, such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the Lenders, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions.
(b) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office and the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrower, by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agents demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans.
(c) Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding Initial Term Loans.
(b) [Reserved].
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(c) In the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts and on the date set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement and subject to any adjustment to ensure fungibility with the other Term Loans. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(g), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
(d) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan or New Term Loan, Loan, the Type of each Loan made, the names of the Borrower and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof.
(f) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any such account or subaccount, the Register shall govern; provided, further, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(g) The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made an initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrowers own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, evidencing the Initial Term Loans and/or New Term Loans owing to such Lender. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 13.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns.
2.6 Conversions and Continuations.
(a) Subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at least $5,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any LIBOR Loans as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBOR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into LIBOR Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) LIBOR Loans may not be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation,
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and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent prior written notice at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days prior, in the case of a continuation of or conversion to LIBOR Loans (other than in the case of a notice delivered on the Closing Date, which shall be deemed to be effective on the Closing Date), or (ii) 12:00 noon (New York City time) one Business Day prior to a conversion into ABR Loans (each, a Notice of Conversion or Continuation substantially in the form of Exhibit J) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as LIBOR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a LIBOR Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans.
(b) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any LIBOR Loans denominated in Dollars and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBOR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBOR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable New Term Loan Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation, under any Credit Document.
(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans plus the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.
(b) The unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans plus the relevant Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 hereto, if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon or any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum (the Default Rate) that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any other overdue amount, including overdue interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) for the applicable Class plus 2.00% per annum from the date of such non-payment to the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
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(d) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable in Dollars; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below, interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (provided that in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment), (ii) in respect of each LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any prepayment in respect thereof, (B) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and (C) after such maturity, on demand.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
(f) The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
2.9 Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans in accordance with Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one, two, three or six month period (or if approved by all the Lenders making such LIBOR Loans as determined by such Lenders in good faith based on prevailing market conditions, a 12 month or shorter period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; and
(d) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the Maturity Date of such Loan.
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2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv) below, the Required Lenders shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):
(i) on any date for determining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such LIBOR Borrowing are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank LIBOR market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate; or
(ii) at any time, that such Lenders shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loans other than with respect to Taxes because of any Change in Law;
(iii) that a Change in Law shall subject any such Lenders to any Tax (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iv) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lenders in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the interbank LIBOR market;
(such Loans, Impacted Loans), then, and in any such event, such Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above, LIBOR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to LIBOR Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lenders, promptly after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lenders for such actual increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lenders, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lenders shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), and (z) in the case of subclause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in subclause (x) or (y), as applicable, of Section 2.10(b) promptly and, in any event, within the time period required by law.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in Section 2.10(a)(i)(x), the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), in consultation with the Borrower and the other affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans (which rate shall not be negative), in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (x) of the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, (2) the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.
(b) At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBOR Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation with respect to the affected LIBOR Loan has been submitted pursuant to Section 2.3 but the affected LIBOR Loan has not been funded or continued, cancel such requested Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such LIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity occurring after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the actual rate of return on such Lenders or its parents or its Affiliates capital or assets as a consequence of such Lenders commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its parents policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such actual reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lenders compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date or to the extent such Lender is not imposing such charges on, or requesting such compensation from, borrowers (similarly situated to the Borrower hereunder) under comparable syndicated credit facilities similar to the Credit Facilities. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrowers obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice.
(d) If the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining its affected LIBOR Loans during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to the
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Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter (which notice shall include supporting calculations in reasonable detail as provided by the Required Lenders). If such notice is given, (i) any LIBOR Loan requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made an ABR Loan, (ii) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBOR Loans shall be continued as an ABR Loan and (iii) any outstanding LIBOR Loans shall be converted, on the first day of such Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further LIBOR Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans to LIBOR Loans.
2.11 Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or a failure to satisfy borrowing conditions, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBOR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any LIBOR Loan is not continued as a LIBOR Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Sections 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), promptly pay to such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such LIBOR Loan. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in this Section 2.11 and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.11 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
2.12 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Sections 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b) or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no unreimbursed cost or other material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.10, or 5.4.
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 2.11 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation, provided, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Sections 2.10 or 2.11 is given by any Lender more than 120 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Sections 2.10 or 2.11, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 121st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower (except that, if the event or Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect).
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(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to Administrative Agent, elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional tranches of term loans or increases in Term Loans of any Class (the commitments thereto, the New Term Loan Commitments) by an aggregate amount not in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the aggregate and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount as (x) may be approved by the Administrative Agent or (y) shall constitute the difference between the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and all such New Term Loan Commitments obtained on or prior to such date), which may be incurred in Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling. In connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 2.14, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying that the New Term Loan Commitments do not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, which certificate shall be in reasonable detail and shall provide the calculations and basis therefor and, subject to reclassification as set forth in Section 10.1, classify such Indebtedness as being incurred under clause (i) or clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person (other than a natural Person) to provide all or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Term Loan Commitment. In each case, on each applicable Increased Amount Date (subject to Section 1.12), such New Term Loan Commitments shall be subject to (i) no Event of Default (except in connection with an acquisition or investment (including any Permitted Acquisition or Investment), no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5) shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, and subject to Section 1.12, (ii) the New Term Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e), and (iii) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 in connection with the New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable. No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). Any New Term Loans shall, at the election of the Borrower and agreed to by Lenders providing such New Term Loan Commitments, be designated as (a) a separate series (a Series) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement or (b) as part of a Series of existing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing and following terms and conditions, each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a New Term Loan Lender) of any Series shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a New Term Loan) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.
(d) The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be on terms and documentation set forth in the Joinder Agreement as determined by the Borrower; provided that (i) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date; (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the then existing Initial Term Loans as calculated without giving effect to any prepayments made in connection with the Initial Term Loans; (iii) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, amortization schedule applicable to any New Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder; provided that only during the period commencing on the Closing Date and
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ending on the thirty month anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of such New Term Loans consisting of Term Loans that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans exceeds the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans of like currency by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for LIBOR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the New Term Loans minus 0.50% (the terms of this proviso to this clause (iii), the MFN Protection); and (iv) to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the then existing Initial Term Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Term Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants or other provisions are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date).
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.14.
(g) (i) The Borrower may at any time, and from time to time, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (an Existing Term Loan Class) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, Extended Term Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a Term Loan Extension Request) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term Loans of such applicable Existing Term Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (a Permitted Other Provision); provided, however, that (x) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted, in each case as more particularly set forth in paragraph (iv) of this Section 2.14(g) below), (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees, premiums or applicable high-yield discount obligation (AHYDO) payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment and to the extent that any Permitted Other Provision (including a financial maintenance covenant) is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such Permitted Other Provision is also added for the
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benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or if such Permitted Other Provision applies only after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise, no Extended Term Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted is repaid in full, except in accordance with the last sentence of Section 5.1(a). No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted.
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) Any Lender (an Extending Lender) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans, shall notify the Administrative Agent (an Extension Election) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans included in each such Extension Election.
(iv) Extended Term Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an Extension Amendment) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.14(g)(iv) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.14(g)(i), each Extension Amendment may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of New Term Loans incurred following the date of such Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 13.1 to any Section 2.14 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a Section 2.14 Additional Amendment) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments are within the requirements of Section 2.14(g)(i) and do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of New Term Loans provided for in any Joinder Agreement and (2) consents applicable to holders of any Extended Term Loans provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 13.1.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Term Loan Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clause (i) above (an Extension Date), the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date).
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(vi) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.14.
2.15 Permitted Debt Exchanges.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer) made from time to time by the Borrower, the Borrower may from time to time following the Closing Date consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans for Permitted Other Indebtedness in the form of notes (such notes, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, and each such exchange a Permitted Debt Exchange), so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the final offering document in respect of a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is delivered to the relevant Lenders, (ii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall equal no more than the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans; provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Debt Exchange Notes may include accrued interest and premium (if any) under the Term Loans exchanged and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the issuance of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, (iii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged under each applicable Class by the Borrower pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of a given Class (calculated on the face amount thereof) tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing, and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Borrower and the Auction Agent, and (vi) any applicable Minimum Tender Condition shall be satisfied.
(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 5.1 or 5.2, and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a Minimum Tender Condition) to
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consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrowers discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered.
(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower and the Auction Agent shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.15 and without conflict with Section 2.15(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than a reasonable period (in the discretion of the Borrower and the Auction Agent) of time following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made.
(d) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) none of the Auction Agent, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrowers compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable insider trading laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Securities Exchange Act.
Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in Dollars, each for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter or as may be agreed in writing from time to time.
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments.
(a) The Initial Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date. The Commitments, if any, for Extended Term Loans shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the applicable Extension Amendment.
(b) The New Loan Commitment for any Series shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Joinder Agreement, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Increased Amount Date for such Series.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b), without premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and (in the case of
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LIBOR Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, three Business Days prior to and (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, one Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders; (2) each partial prepayment of (i) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) any ABR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, provided that no partial prepayment of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBOR Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount for such LIBOR Loans, and (3) in the case of any prepayment of LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall, promptly after receipt of a written request by any applicable Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to such Lender any amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify.
(b) If during any of the time periods set forth below any Initial Term Loans are voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or mandatorily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.2 pursuant to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or as a result of the incurrence of Indebtedness under Section 10.1(w)(i) or Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) or as a result of an assignment by a Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 13.7(b), or are the subject of a Repricing Amendment, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, a premium (the Prepayment Premium) equal to the product of (I) the percentage set forth below as in effect during the relevant time period and (II) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans so prepaid or so subject to such Repricing Amendment.
TIME PERIOD |
PREMIUM | |
On and after the Closing Date and prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date |
the Applicable Premium | |
On and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date |
3.0% | |
On and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date |
1.0% | |
On and after the third anniversary of the Closing Date |
0.0% |
(a) Term Loan Prepayments.
(i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event (other than
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one covered by clause (iii) below) and within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within ten Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with an equivalent principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, in each case solely to the extent with respect to any Collateral, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Indebtedness (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Permitted Other Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.
(ii) Not later than ten Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) for any fiscal year (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020), if, and solely to the extent, Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year exceeds $15,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid), in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 5.25:1.00 but greater than 4.75:1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.75:1.00, minus, (y) (i) the sum during such fiscal year of the principal amount of First Lien Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 of the First Lien Credit Agreement and Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 (in each case, including purchases of the Loans by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered to all Lenders and Dutch auctions, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans at or below par) during such fiscal year or after such fiscal year and prior to the date of the required Excess Cash Flow payment and (ii) to the extent accompanied by permanent reduction of commitments, optional reductions of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Swingline Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), as applicable, Revolving Credit Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), in each case, other than to the extent any such prepayment is funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt.
(iii) On each occasion that Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(w), the Borrower shall within three Business Days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Permitted Other Indebtedness prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
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(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2, (A) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party giving rise to a prepayment pursuant to clause (i) above (a Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event) or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Credit Parties, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Loans at the times provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as the case may be, but only so long, as the applicable Requirements of Law will not permit repatriation to the Credit Parties (the Credit Parties hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirements of Law to permit repatriation), and once a repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable Requirements of Law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than ten Business Days after such repatriation is permitted) applied (net of any taxes that would be payable or reserved against if such amounts were actually repatriated whether or not they are repatriated) to the repayment of the Loans pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, as applicable, and (B) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that in the case of this clause (B), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to clause (i) above or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is eighteen months after the date an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow would have so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to clause (ii) above unless previously actually repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) above, (x) the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Credit Parties rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of any taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement, including Section 5 shall be construed to require any Subsidiary to repatriate cash.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Application to Repayment Amounts. Subject to Section 5.2(f), each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) or (ii) shall be allocated pro rata among the Initial Term Loans, the New Term Loans, and the Extended Term Loans and shall be applied within each Class of Term Loans in respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity thereof or as otherwise directed by the Borrower; provided that the Borrower may allocate a greater proportion of such prepayment in its sole discretion to the Initial Term Loans to the extent agreed to by the Lenders providing any applicable New Term Loans and/or Extended Term Loans outstanding at such time. Subject to Section 5.2(f), with respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent written notice which shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied to each Class of Term Loans requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Initial Term Loan Lender, New Term Loan Lender or Lender of Extended Term Loans, as applicable.
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(d) Application to Term Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that if any Lender has provided a Rejection Notice in compliance with Section 5.2(f), such prepayment shall be applied with respect to the Term Loans to be prepaid on a pro rata basis across all outstanding Types of such Term Loans in proportion to the percentage of such outstanding Term Loans to be prepaid represented by each such Class. In the absence of a Rejection Notice or a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation as instructed by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term Loans of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Lenders pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Term Loan Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment other than any such mandatory prepayment with respect to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event under Section 5.2(a)(i) or Permitted Other Indebtedness under Section 5.2(a)(iii) (such declined amounts, the Declined Proceeds) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by providing written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day after the date of such Lenders receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof shall be retained by the Borrower (Retained Declined Proceeds).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.2, no prepayments of Loans shall be required pursuant to this Section 5.2 until the First Lien Termination Date has occurred (except amounts declined by the Term Loan Lenders (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) pursuant to Section 5.2(f) of the First Lien Credit Agreement shall be required to be applied as a mandatory prepayment hereunder).
5.3 Method and Place of Payment.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agents Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower. All repayments or prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in the currency in which such Loans are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall, unless otherwise specified in such Credit Document, be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually
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received by the Administrative Agent prior to (x) 12:00 noon (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, and (y) 9:45 a.m. (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in any other currency, or, otherwise in each case, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than (x) 12:00 noon (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, and (y) 9:45 a.m. (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in any other currency, in each case, may be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion for purposes of calculating interest thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.
(ii) If any Withholding Agent shall be required by applicable law to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Withholding Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are reasonably determined by such Withholding Agent to be required by applicable law, (B) such Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4) each Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deductions been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or timely reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Tax Indemnifications. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 15 days after receipt of written demand therefor, for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability (along with a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts) delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Borrower reasonably believes that any such Indemnified Taxes
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or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
(d) Evidence of Payments. After any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 5.4, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders and Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Credit Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lenders entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by any Credit Party pursuant to any Credit Document or otherwise to establish such Lenders status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Any documentation and information required to be delivered by a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.4(e) (including any specific documentation set forth in subsection (ii) below) shall be delivered by such Lender (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before any date on which such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, (iii) promptly after the occurrence of any change in the Lenders circumstances requiring a change in the most recent documentation previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and each such Lender shall promptly notify in writing the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if such Lender is no longer legally eligible to provide any documentation previously provided. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(e)(ii)(A), (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), (B)(4), (C) and (D) below) shall not be required if in such Lenders or the Administrative Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution, or submission would subject such Lender or the Administrative Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
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(B) each Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;
(2) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form thereto);
(3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1, I-2, I-3 or I-4, as applicable, (a Non-Bank Tax Certificate), to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments under any Credit Document are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Lenders conduct of a United States trade or business and (y) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form);
(4) where such Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or otherwise not a beneficial owner (e.g., where such Non-U.S. Lender has sold a participation), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto) and all required supporting documentation (including, where one or more of the underlying beneficial owner(s) is claiming the benefits of the portfolio interest exemption, a Non-Bank Tax Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, as applicable) of such beneficial owner(s)) (provided that, if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and not a participating Lender, the Non-Bank Tax Certificate(s) (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4) may be provided by the Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of the direct or indirect partner(s)); or
(5) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made;
(C) each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement; and
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(D) if the Administrative Agent is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrower with two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. If the Administrative Agent is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide an original Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying on Part I and Part VI of such Form W-8IMY that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. person for United States federal withholding tax purposes with respect to payments received by it from the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the certification described in the prior sentence.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party or with respect to which any Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.4, the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as applicable) shall promptly pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Credit Parties under this Section 5.4 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or any Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or any Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 5.4, the term applicable law includes FATCA.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 5.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Credit Documents.
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees.
(a) Except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on LIBOR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
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(b) Fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest.
(a) No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
(b) Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; provided that to the extent lawful, the interest or other amounts that would have been payable but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above such maximum amount or rate of interest therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.
Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing.
The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
Each Agent and each Lender (or their respective counsel) shall have received:
(a) this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(c) the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
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(d) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(e) the First Lien Credit Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each lender party thereto and the First Lien Administrative Agent;
(f) the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter, dated the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and the Borrower; and
(g) the Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the First Lien Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
6.2 Collateral. Except for any items referred to on Schedule 9.14:
(a) All outstanding Equity Interests, regardless of the form of the Equity Interests, in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents shall have been pledged pursuant thereto.
(b) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have received the certificates representing the Equity Interests in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the extent required to be delivered under the Security Documents and pledged under the Security Documents and to the extent certificated, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers or allonges endorsed in blank.
(c) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document and perfect such Liens to the extent required by such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, and shall be in proper form, for filing, registration or recording.
6.3 Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the executed legal opinion, in customary form, of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Credit Parties and (ii) Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, PLLC, special Kentucky counsel to the Credit Parties, Holdings and the Borrower hereby instruct and agree to instruct the other Credit Parties to have such counsel deliver such legal opinions.
6.4 Equity Investments. Equity Investments, which, to the extent constituting Capital Stock other than common Capital Stock, shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Amount shall have been made; provided, that after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Minimum Equity Amount, KKR will own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company on the Closing Date.
6.5 Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each of (x) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.6 and (y) an Authorized Officer certifying compliance with Sections 6.8 (with respect to the Company Representations and the Specified Representations) and 6.10 and certifying that since December 10, 2018, there has not occurred any change, effect, event, state of facts, development that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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6.6 Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto.
6.7 Fees. The Agents and (with respect to expenses) Lenders shall have received, substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Initial Term Loans, the fees (including without limitation the fees payable on or before the Closing Date in the amounts set forth in the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter) and, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be paid on the Closing Date (which amounts may, at the Borrowers option, be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans).
6.8 Representations and Warranties. On the Closing Date, the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Specified Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) and the Company Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Company Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects).
6.9 Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager, or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with the Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent.
6.10 Acquisition. The Acquisition shall have been or, substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents (including any consent under the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect) by the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders or Joint Lead Arrangers in their capacities as such without the consent of the Majority Lead Arrangers (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that (a) any change to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders and (b) any modification, amendment or express waiver or consents by the Borrower (or one of its affiliates) that results in an increase or reduction in the purchase price shall be deemed to not be materially adverse to the Lenders so long as (i) any increase in the purchase price shall not be funded with additional indebtedness (excluding the Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) any reduction shall be allocated first to reduce the Equity Investments to the Minimum Equity Amount and thereafter to the Initial Term Loans and the Second Lien Facility on a pro rata basis).
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6.11 Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act. If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower the name of each requesting Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
6.12 Pro Forma Balance Sheet. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma statement of income (collectively, the Pro Forma Financial Statements) of the Borrower as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other statements of income), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).
6.13 Financial Statements. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements.
6.14 No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since December 10, 2018, there has not been any change, effect, event, state of facts, development or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
6.15 Refinancing. Substantially simultaneously with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated.
6.16 Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 6 on the Closing Date, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
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Section 8. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans as provided for herein the Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 and 8.10 only, Holdings) makes the following representations and warranties to the Lenders, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans (it being understood that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed made with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary only to the extent relevant under applicable law):
8.1 Corporate Status. Each Credit Party (a) is a duly organized and/or incorporated and validly existing corporation, limited liability company or other entity in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and/or incorporation and has the corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, winding up, dissolution, strike-off or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
8.3 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Acquisition).
8.4 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.5 Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
8.6 Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings, consents, approvals, registrations and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents (and to release existing Liens), and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings or consents the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.7 Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure.
(a) None of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such written information and data contained in (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the Closing Date and including all information incorporated by reference therein) and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein was, when furnished, incorrect in any material respect or contained any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished (after giving effect to all supplements and updates), it being understood and agreed that for the purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include pro forma financial information, projections, estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) or other forward looking information and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
(b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
8.9 Financial Condition; Financial Statements.
(a) (i) The unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Borrower as set forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum, and (ii) the Historical Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Borrower at the respective dates of said information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby. The Pro Forma Financial Statements, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender as of the Closing Date, have been prepared based on the Historical Financial Statements and have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2018 (as if the Transactions had been consummated
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on such date) and their estimated results of operations as if the Transactions had been consummated on September 30, 2018. The financial statements referred to in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 8.9 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements.
(b) There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the Closing Date.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or IFRS, or the respective interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Documents.
8.10 Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) Each Credit Party is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance with such Requirements of Law would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Each Credit Party and, to the knowledge of such Credit Parties, each of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, is (1) in compliance with (x) the Patriot Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and (y) each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), including (i) the United States Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the FCPA), (2) is not (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFACs List of Specially Designated nationals, HMTs Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (3) is in compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions (collectively, the Anti-Corruption Laws), except, in each case, where the failure to be in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (4) except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is in compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each Credit Party has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws.
8.11 Tax Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) Borrower and each of the other Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and has timely paid all Taxes payable by it (whether or not shown on a Tax return and including in its capacity as withholding agent) that have become due, other than those being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and it can lawfully withhold such payment and (b) the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has paid, or has provided adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable. There is no current or proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.12 Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
8.13 Subsidiaries. Schedule 8.13 lists each Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions.
8.14 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the United States as currently conducted, except where the failure to own or have a right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of their respective businesses by each of the Borrower, and the other Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property of any third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) none of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary has received written notice of any Environmental Claim; and (iii) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or operated property nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, has there been any other Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any such properties, in each case, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(a) (i) Each of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and valid record title to, valid leasehold interests in, or rights to use, all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title or interest would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the Flood Insurance Laws unless flood insurance available under such Flood Insurance Laws has been obtained in accordance with Section 9.3(b).
(b) Set forth on Schedule 8.16 is a list of each Mortgaged Property owned by any Credit Party as of the Closing Date having a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million.
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8.17 Solvency. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions, including the making of the First Lien Loans) immediately following the making of the Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be Solvent.
8.18 Use of Proceeds. The use of proceeds of the Loans will not violate any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws in any material respect.
8.19 Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to any beneficial owner of the Borrower is true and correct in all material respects to the best knowledge of the Borrower.
Section 9. Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
9.1 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such fiscal year) (120 days for the fiscal years of the Borrower ending December, 2018 and December, 2019), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that for the fiscal year ending December 2018, separate audited financial statements shall be delivered for each of the Borrower and the Company, in each case, prior to giving effect to the Transactions) and, starting with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal years all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in each case, certified by KPMG LLP or another independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Material Subsidiary) as a going concern (other than any qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date under any Indebtedness, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant at such time or on a future date or in a future period or (iii) the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period (60 days for the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019)), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted
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Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated income statements for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of the applicable quarterly period, and commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2020 setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the related period in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein), subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and, with respect to fiscal 2019 reporting periods, subject to finalization of the purchase price allocation to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Transactions, as required by GAAP.
(c) Budgets. Prior to an IPO, within 90 days (120 days in the case of the fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020) after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget of the Borrower in reasonable detail on a quarterly basis for such fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 9.1(a), setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (collectively, the Projections), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood and agreed that such Projections and assumptions as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
(d) Officers Certificates. Not later than five days after the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, as the case may be, which certificate shall set forth (i) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be and (ii) the then applicable Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and underlying calculations in connection therewith. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth changes to the legal name, jurisdiction of formation, type of entity and organizational number (or equivalent) to the Person organized in a jurisdiction where an organizational identification number is required to be included in a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, in each case for each Credit Party or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (d), as the case may be.
(e) Notice of Default or Litigation. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take
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with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Environmental Matters. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge of any one or more of the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notice of:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate; and
(ii) the conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective action in response to the actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Estate.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation or removal, remedial or other corrective action in response thereto. The term Real Estate shall mean land, buildings, facilities and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party.
(g) Other Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements (other than drafts of pre-effective versions of registration statements) with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices, and reports that the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in their capacity as such holders, lenders or agents (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time; provided that none of the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective contractors) is prohibited by law, or any binding agreement, (iii) that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) that is otherwise subject to Section 13.16 or the limitations set forth in Section 9.2.
(h) KYC Information. At the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly deliver (i) such documentation and other information (including Beneficial Ownership Certification) about the Borrower and the Guarantors as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Beneficial Ownership Certification.
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), and (g) of this Section 9.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earliest date on which (i) the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowers websites on the Internet; (ii) such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), or (iii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the SECs website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided that (A) the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, continue to deliver copies (which delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which notification may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents on any website described in this paragraph. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.1, the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.1 may be (i) with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements are also delivered or (ii) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any other Parent Entity of the Borrower so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Holdings or such other Parent Entity are also delivered.
Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in advance, all financial statements and certificates furnished pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to all Lenders and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as not containing any material nonpublic information.
9.2 Books, Records, and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary in whomsoevers possession to the extent that it is within such partys control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not within such partys control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (a) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than one time in any calendar year, which such visit will be at the Borrowers expense, and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial
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trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by law or any agreement binding on a third-party or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its respective representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowers independent public accountants.
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, promptly following written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried and (b) with respect to any improved Mortgaged Property located in a special flood hazard area, the Borrower will obtain flood insurance in such total amount as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and shall otherwise comply with the Flood Insurance Laws. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lenders loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the lenders loss payee thereunder.
9.4 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes imposed upon it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims in respect of any Taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon the Borrower properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, it can lawfully withhold such payment and the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.5 Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises. Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, take all actions necessary (a) to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, organizational rights and authority and (b) to maintain its rights, privileges (including its good standing (if applicable)), permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Permitted Investments and Sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5.
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9.6 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, (b) comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws, and (c) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal, and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders and directives which are being timely contested in good faith by proper proceedings, except in each case of clauses (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 9.6, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.7 ERISA. Where applicable, (a) the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan to which a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to contribute; provided that if the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof; provided, further, that the rights granted to the Administrative Agent in this Section shall be exercised not more than once with respect to the same Multiemployer Plan during any applicable plan year, and (b) the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent promptly following the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all tangible property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, and condemnation excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $36 million and (y) 9.73% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Affiliate transaction, for any individual transaction or series of related transactions on terms that are at least substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the payment of fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement and customary investment banking fees paid to the Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith, (b) transactions permitted by Section 10.3 and Section 10.5, (c) consummation of the Transactions
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and the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Credit Documents, (e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrowers or a Subsidiarys ownership of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10, (f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or consultants (including management and employee benefit plans or agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements) in the ordinary course of business (including loans and advances in connection therewith), (g) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Subsidiaries that are permitted under Section 10.5(b)(15); provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent of the amount received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, U.S. federal, state and/or local taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) paid such taxes separately from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, (h) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) transactions undertaken pursuant to membership in a purchasing consortium, (j) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (k) customary payments by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent) and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, (l) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable, (m) Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted hereunder and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated herein in respect thereof, (n) any customary transactions with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility and (o) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
9.10 End of Fiscal Years. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, fiscal years to end on dates consistent with past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent change the financial reporting convention specified above to (x) align the dates of such fiscal year and for any Restricted Subsidiary whose fiscal years end on dates different from those of the Borrower or (y) any other financial reporting convention (including a change of fiscal year) reasonably acceptable (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.
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9.11 Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, Holdings will cause each direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC), and each other Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, within 60 days from the date of such formation, acquisition or cessation, as applicable (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree as instructed by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion), and Holdings may at its option cause any other Domestic Subsidiary, to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement, in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee and a grantor under such Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, enter into a new Security Document substantially consistent with the analogous existing Security Documents and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders and take all other action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as created and perfected by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 9.14(d) in the case of such Credit Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to take any action outside the United States to perfect any security interest in the Collateral (including the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia).
9.12 Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the intercreditor Agreement and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, Holdings will cause (i) all certificates representing Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents) held directly by Holdings or any other Credit Party, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4 received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4, and (iii) any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time such promissory note is executed; of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is owing to Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations accompanied by undated instruments of transfer executed in blank pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing any promissory note among Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries need not be delivered to the Collateral Agent so long as (i) a global intercompany note superseding such promissory note has been delivered to the Collateral Agent, (ii) such promissory note is not delivered to any other party other than Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, owed money thereunder, and (iii) such promissory note indicates on its face that it is subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.
On the Closing Date, the Borrower will use (i) the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans, the First Lien Facilities (other than the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility) and the Equity Investments to effect the Transactions and pay related fees, (ii) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of the proceeds of the
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borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) to fund certain Transaction Expenses and the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) usage) to fund working capital and (iii) cash on hand to effect the Transactions and pay related fees.
(a) Subject to the terms of Sections 9.11 and 9.12, this Section 9.14, the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, Holdings will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements, and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust, and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect, and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom (including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance) (it being understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, the determination of the First Lien Administrative Agent with respect to the matters described in this clause (x) shall be the basis for such direction by the Required Lenders with respect to such matters) or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, if any assets (other than Excluded Property) (including any real estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein but excluding Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary and excluding any real estate which the applicable Credit Party intends to dispose of pursuant to a Permitted Sale Leaseback so long as actually disposed of within 270 days of acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may reasonably agree)) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million (at the time of acquisition) are acquired by Holdings or any other Credit Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Document upon acquisition thereof) that are of a nature secured by a Security Document or that constitute a fee interest in real property in the United States, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), Holdings will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations (provided, however, that in the event any Mortgage delivered pursuant to this clause (b) shall incur any mortgage recording tax or similar charges in connection with the recording thereof, such Mortgage shall not secure an amount in excess of the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property) and will take, and cause the other applicable Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent as instructed by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 9.14.
(c) Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding clause (b) shall, if requested by the Collateral Agent, be received as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days (except as set forth in the preceding clause (b)), unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent acting reasonably and accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or an unconditional binding commitment therefor to be replaced by a final title policy) of title insurance issued
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by a nationally recognized title insurance company (each such policy, a Title Policy), in such amounts as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) not to exceed the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid second Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2 or as otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, together with such endorsements, co-insurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request but only to the extent such endorsements are (i) available in the relevant jurisdiction (provided in no event shall the Administrative Agent request a creditors rights endorsement) and (ii) available at commercially reasonable rates, (y) an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (z) a completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination, and if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located in a special flood hazard area, (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the applicable Credit Parties and (ii) certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance required by Section 9.3 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and (aa) an ALTA/NSPS survey in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders or such existing survey together with a no-change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Title Policy related to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements required in (x) above. It is understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, to the extent that the First Lien Administrative Agent is satisfied with or agrees to any deliveries or documents required under this Section 9.14(c), the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent and/or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be satisfied with such deliveries or documents (to the extent substantially identical to the corresponding deliveries or documents accepted by the First Lien Administrative Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Facilities), as the case may be.
(d) Post-Closing Covenant. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agree that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to, complete each of the actions described on Schedule 9.14 as soon as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth on Schedule 9.14 with respect to such action or such later date as the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may reasonably agree.
9.15 Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating and ratings in respect of the Term Loans provided pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, from each of S&P and Moodys.
9.16 Lines of Business. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise incidental, synergistic, reasonably related, or ancillary to any of the foregoing (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment).
Section 10. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.8 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, contingently
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or otherwise (collectively, incur and collectively, an incurrence) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or, in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, preferred stock; provided that (A) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred stock, if, after giving effect thereto, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00:1.00 or (B) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), if, after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be less than or equal to 5.75:1.00; provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing together with any amounts incurred under Sections 10.1(l)(ii) and (n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $180 million and (y) 48.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding.
The foregoing limitations will not apply to:
(a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness represented by the First Lien Facilities, Permitted First Lien Exchange Notes, and any guarantee thereof in an aggregate principal amount (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses) not to exceed, in the aggregate (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), without duplication, $1,987,500,000 and (ii) Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 10.1(x)(i) of the First Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses);
(c) (i) Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 (other than intercompany Indebtedness owed by a Credit Party to another Credit Party);
(d) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation, maintenance, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any synthetic lease transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (d) and all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (d), does not exceed the greater of (x) $156 million and (y) 42.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence; provided that Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (d) in connection with a Permitted Sale Leaseback shall not be subject to the foregoing limitation so long as the proceeds of such Permitted Sale Leaseback are used by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.2(a);
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(e) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including letter of credit obligations consistent with past practice constituting Reimbursement Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business), in respect of workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement or indemnification type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;
(f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary or other Person, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Borrowers Guarantee; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(h) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and to the Guarantee of such Guarantor as the case may be; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(i) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this clause;
(j) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);
(k) (i) obligations in respect of self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(l) (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions, any Cure Amount or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with Sections 10.5(a)(iii)(B) and 10.5(a)(iii)(C) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 10.5(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition thereof) and (ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii), does not at any one time outstanding exceed sum of (A) the greater of (x) $222 million and (y) 60% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence and (B) an additional amount of Indebtedness in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.5 (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall be deemed a Restricted Payment for purposes of compliance with Section 10.5) (it being further understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (l)(ii) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 without reliance on this clause (l)(ii)); provided that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $180 million and (y) 48.65% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding;
(m) the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and clauses (b) and (c) above, clause (l)(i) and this clause (m) or clause (n) below or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refinance, replace, refund, extend, renew, defease, restructure, amend, restate or otherwise modify (collectively, refinance) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (the Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness (1) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced, (2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness that is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, as applicable, (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively, and (iii) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (3) shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
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preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or a Guarantor, and (4) shall have an aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) that does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith);
(n) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition, merger, or consolidation; provided that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(l)(ii) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $180 million and (y) 48.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding, or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof (including designating an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation described in this clause (n), (i) either (1) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in clause (A) of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than that immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be either (1) less than or equal to the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediate prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (2) less than or equal to 5.75:1.00;
(o) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(p) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit so long as such letter of credit is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 10.1 or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;
(q) (1) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as in the case of a guarantee of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness could have been incurred directly by the Restricted Subsidiary providing such guarantee or (2) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower;
(r) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in the aggregate at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $102 million and (y) 27.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (r) but shall be deemed incurred for the
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purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (r));
(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(t) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business, including with respect to financial accommodations of the type described in the definition of Cash Management Services and (ii) Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(u) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, managers and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 10.5(b);
(v) Indebtedness in respect of a Receivables Facility;
(w) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness to the extent that all of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness;
(x) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness; provided that either (a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to this clause (i)(a) shall not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount or (b) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied no later than ten Business Days after the receipt thereof to repurchase, repay, redeem or otherwise defease Loans (provided, in the case of this clause (i)(b), such Permitted Other Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness; and
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(y) (i) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Exchange in accordance with Section 2.15 (and which does not generate any additional proceeds) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1: (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (a) through (y) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 10.1, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, will classify and may reclassify (including within the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses or paragraphs; and (ii) at the time of incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 10.1; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Facility on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred under clause (b)(i) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (a) and (l)(i) above shall be deemed to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs, fees, and expenses in connection with such refinancing.
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses and accrued and unpaid interest incurred in connection with such refinancing.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
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(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a Subject Lien) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, except:
(i) if such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien;
(ii) any other Subject Lien if the obligations secured by such Subject Lien are junior to the Obligations; provided that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into intercreditor arrangements substantially consistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (but with Liens securing Obligations being senior Liens thereunder) and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to such intercreditor arrangements in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (ii);
(iii) in the case of any Subject Lien on assets or property not constituting Collateral, any Subject Lien if (i) the Obligations are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Subject Lien secures any Junior Debt) the obligations secured by such Subject Lien or (ii) such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) above shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Subject Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Obligations.
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), except that:
(a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower; provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, the Successor Borrower), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall
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expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto or in a form otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (3) Holdings and each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to the Guarantee, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrowers obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to any applicable Security Document, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document and that the provisions set forth in the preceding clauses (3) through (5) preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens created under the Security Documents (it being understood that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement);
(b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and if the surviving Person is not already a Guarantor, such Person shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the relevant Security Documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents;
(c) the Transactions may be consummated;
(d) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower) may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to any other Credit Party;
(e) any Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to a Credit Party; provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
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(f) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;
(g) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, investment or conveyance, sale, lease, assignment or disposition, the purpose of which is to effect an Asset Sale (which for purposes of this Section 10.3(g), will include any disposition below the dollar threshold set forth in clause (ii)(d) of the definition of Asset Sale) permitted by Section 10.4 or an investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or an investment that constitutes a Permitted Investment; and
(h) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
10.4 Limitations on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(b) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, if the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of have a Fair Market Value in excess of the greater of (a) $60 million and (b) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition, either (A) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents or (B) at least 50% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds received pursuant to this clause (B) must be used to repay the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a) within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as reflected on the Borrowers most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrowers consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such consolidated balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Borrower and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;
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(iii) Indebtedness, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released from any Guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale; and
(iv) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $245 million and 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (b) of this provision and for no other purpose.
Within the Reinvestment Period after the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to prepay Loans or Permitted Other Indebtedness in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i); and/or
(2) to make investments in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with this clause (2) if and to the extent that, within the Reinvestment Period after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement or letter of intent to consummate any such investment described in this clause (2) with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment and, in the event any such commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary prepays the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i).
(c) Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Cash Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) or any other revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
10.5 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Borrower payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;
(3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (g) and (h) of Section 10.1 or (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Junior Debt purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(4) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof);
(ii) [reserved]; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock pursuant to clause (b) thereof only) and 6(C) of Section 10.5(b) below, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 10.5(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication) (the sum of the amounts attributable to clauses (A) through (G) below is referred to herein as the Available Amount):
(A) | 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, plus |
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(B) | 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date (other than (i) net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1 and (ii) proceeds from Cure Amounts and amounts received from a Restricted Subsidiary) from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of the Borrower, including Retired Capital Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of (A) Equity Interests to any employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Borrowers Subsidiaries after the Closing Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below, and (B) Designated Preferred Stock, and, to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Borrower, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below) or (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower; provided that this clause (B) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Refunding Capital Stock, (b) Equity Interests or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower, as the case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock or (d) Excluded Contributions, plus |
(C) | 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Borrower following the Closing Date (other than net cash proceeds from Cure Amounts or to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions), plus |
(D) | 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Closing Date; or (B) the sale (other |
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than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus |
(E) | in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus |
(F) | the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Closing Date, plus |
(G) | an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $132 million and 35.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis). |
(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 10.5(a) will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (Refunding Capital Stock) and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this Section 10.5(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that was declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
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(3) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 10.1 so long as: (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness, (B) if such Junior Debt is subordinated to the Obligations, such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, (C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, (D) if such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value is (i) unsecured then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or (ii) Permitted Other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) and is secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, and (E) such new Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed in any calendar year the greater of (a) $36 million and (b) 9.73% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (which subsequent to the consummation of an IPO shall increase to the greater of (a) $78 million and (b) 21.08% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed: (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of
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Section 10.5(a)(iii), plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle or any Restricted Subsidiary, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 10.5 or any other provision of this Agreement;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any class or series of preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with Section 10.1 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date; (B) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Borrower from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or (C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 10.5(b); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.75:1.00;
(7) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (x) $42 million and (y) 11.35% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(8) (i) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, manager, or consultant and repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
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(9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrowers common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such companys common stock), following consummation of an IPO, in an amount on an aggregate basis not to exceed the sum of (a) 6.00% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from such IPO, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrowers common stock registered on Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) an aggregate amount not to exceed 7.00% of the market capitalization of the Borrower;
(10) Restricted Payments in an amount that does not exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions made since the Closing Date;
(11) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $114 million and 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
(13) any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto), in each case, with respect to the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to permit payment by such parent of such amount), to the extent permitted by Section 9.9 (other than clause (b) thereof), and Restricted Payments in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations under the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisitions or other Permitted Investments;
(14) other Restricted Payments; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payments the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 4.75:1.00, provided that, with respect to Investments and the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.00:1.00;
(15) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Borrower to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay: (A) franchise and excise taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence or qualification to do business, (B) consolidated, combined or similar foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes, to the extent that such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments with respect to any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer or stand-alone group (separate from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) for all fiscal years ending after the Closing Date, (C) customary salary, bonus, and other
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benefits payable to officers, employees, directors, and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses, and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (D) general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (E) amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to pay fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower related to (i) the maintenance by such Parent Entity of its corporate or other entity existence and (ii) transactions of such parent company of the Borrower of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, (F) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, and (G) repurchases deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options;
(16) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Borrower, in each case, permitted under this Agreement;
(17) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(18) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (18) not to exceed the greater of (x) $114 million and (y) 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(19) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions; and
(20) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(g));
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under the preceding clauses (11), (14) (except for an Investment where the standard shall be no Event of Default pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.5), and (18), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof).
The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the
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definition of Investment. Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time pursuant to Section 10.5(a) or under clauses (7), (10), or (11) of Section 10.5(b), or pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (18) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, the Borrower will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (18), Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.
(c) Prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, to the extent any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to Section 10.1(y) for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Debt Exchange, (i) the Borrower will not, and will not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or acquire any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.1(a) on a pro rata basis among the Term Loans, in an amount not less than the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes that are proposed to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or acquired and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Permitted Debt Exchange Notes in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange then outstanding (prior to giving effect to such proposed prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or acquisition) and (b) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Borrower will not waive, amend or modify the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes or any indenture pursuant to which such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes have been issued in any manner inconsistent with the terms of Section 2.15(a), Section 10.1(y), or the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness or that would result in an Event of Default hereunder if such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (as so amended or modified) were then being issued or incurred.
10.6 Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions (x) which the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith will not materially impair the Borrowers ability to make payments under this Agreement when due or (y) existing under or by reason of:
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(i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to this Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;
(ii) the First Lien Credit Documents and the First Lien Loans;
(iii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(iv) Requirements of Law or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any request of any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated;
(vi) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary and restrictions on transfer of assets subject to Permitted Liens;
(vii) (x) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (y) restrictions on transfers of assets subject to Permitted Liens (but, with respect to any such Permitted Lien, only to the extent that such transfer restrictions apply solely to the assets that are the subject of such Permitted Lien);
(viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.1;
(x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture and the Equity Interests issued thereby;
(xi) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and
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(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xii) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings (x) are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers boards of directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or (y) do not materially impair the Borrowers ability to pay their respective obligations under the Credit Documents as and when due (as determined in good faith by the Borrower).
10.7 Anti-Layering. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (other than permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any Credit Party (including by being first loss or last out in any payment waterfall, but excluding any first loss or last out tranche under the First Lien Facilities) shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Credit Partys Obligations to the same extent and (y) no Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist secured Indebtedness that, by its express terms, is subordinated as to rights to receive, or subject to turnover of, payments or proceeds of collateral to any of the First Lien Facilities which shall be secured by the same collateral as the First Lien Facilities, unless such secured Indebtedness is pari passu without regard to control of remedies or junior in right of payment and secured on a pari passu without regard to control of remedies or junior basis with the Term Loans.
10.8 Permitted Activities. Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as owner of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and reporting related to such matters, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents, the First Lien Credit Documents, any documentation governing Permitted Other Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof and the other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10 (or that would be permitted to the extent that Holdings was considered to be the Borrower and/or a Restricted Subsidiary), including the ability to incur costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting matters, (vii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted hereunder, (viii) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (ix) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of the Borrower and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, (x) any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 10, (xi) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions or any transaction related thereto or contemplated thereby and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) through (xi) of this Section 10.8.
Section 11. Events of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an Event of Default):
11.1 Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any Fees or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or
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11.2 Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto (except those in the Credit Documents made or deemed made on the Closing Date that are not the Company Representations or the Specified Representations) shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation or warranty shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to the Borrower; or
11.3 Covenants. Any Credit Party shall:
(a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5(a) (solely with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), Section 9.14(d) or Section 10; or
(b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any Security Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements. (a) Holdings, the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate, for Holdings, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace and following all required notices, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (after giving effect to all applicable grace period and delivery of all required notices) (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (a) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement), or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (a)(i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in
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excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, (y) Indebtedness which is convertible into Qualified Stock and converts to Qualified Stock in accordance with its terms and such conversion is not prohibited hereunder, or (z) any breach or default that is (I) remedied by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (II) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans pursuant to this Section 11; provided, further, that with respect to the First Lien Facilities, a Default or Event of Default under the First Lien Facilities (other than as a result of failure to pay at scheduled maturity) shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder only if the holders of First Lien Facilities have caused the same to become due and payable prior to the scheduled maturity thereof.
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3, Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the Bankruptcy Code); or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary commences any other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, winding-up (whether voluntarily or by the courts), strike-off, administration or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary is adjudicated bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
11.6 ERISA. (a) An ERISA Event or a Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred, (b) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Pension Plan(s), (c) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan(s), or (d) any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner, and in each case in clauses (a) through (d) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
11.7 Guarantee. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, any Guarantee provided by any Credit Party or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee; or
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11.8 Pledge Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender or solely as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to maintain possession of any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that have been previously delivered to it) or any pledgor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgors obligations under the Security Agreement or any other any Security Document; or
11.9 Security Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Security Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent in respect of certificates, promissory notes or instruments actually delivered to it) or any grantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantors obligations under any Security Document; or
11.10 Judgments. One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof; or
11.11 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.12 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Holdings and the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement: declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law; provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower or Holdings, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice.
11.13 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of, the Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement, any exercise of remedies under the Credit Documents or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:
(i) first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with any collection or sale of the Collateral or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document, including all court costs and
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the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document to the extent reimbursable hereunder or thereunder;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution; and
(iii) third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than Section 12.1(c) with respect to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and Sections 12.1, 12.9, 12.11 and 12.12 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall have rights as third party beneficiary of any such provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(b) The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and the Administrative Agent and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
(c) Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.
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12.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, subagents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
12.3 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 13.1), provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law and (b) except as expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
12.4 Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it (in good faith) 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 (including counsel to Holdings and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or
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concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law.
12.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders.
12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly required to be furnished to each Lender by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
12.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to severally indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the Termination Date, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Agent in any way
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relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur (including at any time following the payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse each Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Credit Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower; provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrowers continuing Reimbursement Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lenders pro rata portion thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The indemnity provided to each Agent under this Section 12.7 shall also apply to such Agents respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, controlling persons, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents and successors.
12.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacities. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
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(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States (other than any Disqualified Lender). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including receipt of the Borrowers consent) after consulting with the Lenders; provided that if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and the Required Lenders shall appoint a Lender to perform all of the duties of the Agent hereunder until such time as the Lenders shall appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
(b) At any time and from time to time, with or without cause, the Required Lenders may to the extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Person then acting as Administrative Agent (or Collateral Agent) remove such Person as the Administrative Agent (or Collateral Agent, as applicable) and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (1) the retiring or removed agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph (and otherwise subject to the terms above). Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) or removed Agent. Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of WT as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.9 shall also constitute the resignation or removal of WT as the Collateral Agent. The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including Section 12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as an Agent.
12.10 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Credit Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other
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jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective) or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Credit Party to do so), fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 12.10. The agreements in this Section 12.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
12.11 Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee. Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral and the Security Documents. Subject to Section 13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien, in whole or in part, on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) under any Credit Document (i) upon the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any sale, disposition or other transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Credit Document to a Person that is not a Credit Party or in connection with the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Credit Documents, (iv) as to the extent provided in the Security Documents, (v) that constitutes Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 13.1; (b) release any Guarantor (other than Holdings (except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3)) from its obligations under the Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; (c) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien permitted under clause (iv) (solely with respect to Section 10.1(d)), and (vii) of the definition of Permitted Liens or if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement constitutes a Permitted Lien; and (d) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as being a party to such intercreditor or subordination agreement, including the Intercreditor Agreement.
The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section 12.11, irrespective of any discharge of the Borrowers obligations to pay those amounts to the other Lenders resulting from failure by them to take appropriate steps in insolvency proceedings affecting the Borrower to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.
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Any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under this Section 12.11 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Lenders have received (and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Credit Documents and any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 12.11.
12.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agents, and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights, and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights, and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.
12.13 Intercreditor Agreements Govern. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into each intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof, and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any intercreditor agreement that includes, or to amend any then-existing intercreditor agreement to provide for, the terms described in the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
Each Lender hereunder (i) acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as Administrative Agent and on behalf of such Lender and (iv) hereby consents to the subordination of the Liens securing the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the lenders under the First Lien Credit Documents to extend credit to the Credit Parties and such lenders are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
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(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans or the Commitments,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto).
For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply to each of the capitalized terms below:
Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
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13.1 Amendments, Waivers, and Releases. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. Except as provided to the contrary in the Credit Documents (including under (I) Section 2.14 or 2.15 or (II) the sixth and seventh paragraphs hereof in respect of Replacement Term Loans or (III) the second proviso below), the Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with Holdings or the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of Holdings or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided, further, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (x) (i) forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion thereof, or extend the date for the payment, of any principal, interest or fee hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or amend or modify any provisions of Section 13.20, or make any Loan, interest, Fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial covenant definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), or (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or (v) alter the ratable payments required by Section 5.3(a), Section 11.13(ii), Section 13.8(a) or Section 13.20 without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (vi) reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term Required Lenders or amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 that has the effect of decreasing the number of Lenders that must approve any amendment, modification or waiver, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (y) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (x), (i) extend the final expiration date of any Lenders Commitment or (ii) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender, or (z) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a repricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of
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Term Loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting Term Loans bear) a lower Effective Yield (a Permitted Repricing Amendment), require the consent of any Lender other than the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon Holdings, the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In the case of any waiver, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder Agreement(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such New Term Loans.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (Refinanced Term Loans) with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, unless any such Applicable Margin applies after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans), and (d) the covenants, events of default and guarantees shall be not materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than the covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to any period after the maturity date in respect of the Refinanced Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the Termination Date, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request
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without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise no longer being required to be a Guarantor hereunder. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 13.1) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility or extension facility pursuant to Section 2.14 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Indebtedness as expressly contemplated by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; and (iv) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Holdings and the Credit Parties in
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connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by Holdings or the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (at the instruction of the Required Lenders in their respective sole discretion, except as otherwise specified below), to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (in each case as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, at the instruction of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, grant extensions of time for the satisfaction of any of the requirements under Sections 9.12, 9.13 and 9.14 or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if it determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.
13.2 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(a) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(b) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
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exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers, and privileges provided by law.
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower, jointly and severally, agree (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) and of Duane Morris LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), one counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each other Agent, and, to the extent required, one firm or local counsel for each Agent in each relevant local jurisdiction with the Borrowers consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the Indemnified Persons) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements or penalties of any kind or nature whatsoever (and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating or defending any of the foregoing (including the reasonable fees) has retained its own counsel, of another firm of counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for such affected Indemnified Person), and to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) of any such Indemnified Person arising out of or with respect to the Transactions or to the execution, enforcement, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or relating to any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (regardless of whether such Indemnified Person is a party thereto or whether or not such action, claim, litigation or proceeding was brought by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person), arising out of, or relating to the foregoing, including any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials relating in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities); provided that Holdings and the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent arising from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and
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non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any proceeding between and among Indemnified Persons that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the exception for bad faith set forth in clause (i) and the exceptions set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply to the Agents and shall not limit or impair the right of the Agents to indemnification and reimbursement; provided further, with respect to the forgoing clause (iii), the Agents, to the extent acting in their capacity as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such proceeding, to the extent that the exceptions set forth in clause (i) (other than bad faith, which is not applicable to the Agents) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such person at such time. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. This Section 13.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements arising from any non-Tax claim.
(b) No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit Holdings and the Borrowers indemnification obligations to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 13.5(a) in respect of damages incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party. No Indemnified Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that the foregoing exception for bad faith shall not apply to the Agents and shall not limit or impair any release or exculpation of the Agents.
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 13.6. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below and Section 13.7, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that the relevant Person shall have the right to withhold their consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:
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(A) the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans to (X) a Lender, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (Z) an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to any assignee if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing or (3) with respect to the Term Loans only, unless the Borrower has already objected thereto by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of a written request for consent thereto; and
(B) the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to (i) a natural Person, or Disqualified Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments by a Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above (and simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system or other method reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; provided, further, that such processing and recordation fee shall not be payable in the case of assignments by any Agent or any of its Affiliates;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the Administrative Questionnaire) and applicable tax forms (as required under Section 5.4(e)); and
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(E) any assignment to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender) shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(h).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent bears no responsibility for tracking or monitoring assignments to or participations by any Affiliated Lender or any Disqualified Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(v) of this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 13.6. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of an assignment to a new Lender pursuant to this Section 13.6, (i) the Administrative Agent, the new Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the new Lender been an original Lender signatory to this Agreement with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the assignment and to the extent of the assignment the assigning Lender shall each be released from further obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) the benefit of each Security Document shall be maintained in favor of the new Lender.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest amounts) owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 13.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than (x) a natural person, (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Disqualified Lender provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (z) hereof, participations may be sold to Disqualified Lenders unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders who so request) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders
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rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or the sales of participations thereto at any time. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (i) and (vii) of the second proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.6, the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the participating Lender)). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the sale of such the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, or its other obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender and this Section 13.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lenders possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lenders credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
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(f) The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) SPV Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPV), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV, it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (as instructed by the Required Lenders)) other than a Disqualified Lender providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) subject to Section 13.16, disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to the following sentence, each SPV shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the Granting Lender)). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, an SPV shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the grant to such SPV, unless such grant to such SPV is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans
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to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (1) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (2) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Loans or Commitments acquired the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) by its acquisition of Loans or Commitments, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) | it shall not have any right to (i) attend or participate in (including, in each case, by telephone) any meeting (including Lender only meetings) or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders or any other material which is Lender only, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Section 2) or receive any advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or (iii) make any challenge to the Administrative Agents or any other Lenders attorney-client privilege on the basis of its status as a Lender; and |
(B) | except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (I) in Section 13.1 requiring the consent of all Lenders, all Lenders directly and adversely affected or specifically such Lender, (II) that alters an Affiliated Lenders pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders, or (III) affects the Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender in the same Class, the Loans held by an Affiliated Lender shall be disregarded in both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of any Lender vote (and, in the case of a plan of reorganization that does not affect the Affiliated Lender in a manner that is materially adverse to such Affiliated Lender relative to other Lenders, shall be deemed to have voted its interest in the Term Loans in the same proportion as the other Lenders) (and shall be deemed to have been voted in the same percentage as all other applicable Lenders voted if necessary to give legal effect to this paragraph); and |
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at the time of such purchase; and
(iv) any such Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time (and such Loans or Commitments shall be retired and cancelled promptly).
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For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Affiliated Institutional Lenders. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliated Lender shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of information which is not publicly available and/or material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities laws.
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.
(a) The Borrower shall be permitted (x) to replace any Lender or (y) to terminate the Commitment of such Lender and repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 5.4 or (b) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken with a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirements of Law, (ii) no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Affiliated Lender or Approved Fund, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13.6(b), (vi) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.6 (provided that unless otherwise agreed the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), and (vii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
(b) If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of either (i) all of the Lenders directly and adversely affected or (ii) all of the Lenders, and, in each case, with respect to which the Required Lenders (or at least 50.1% of the directly and adversely affected Lenders) shall have granted their consent, then, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to (x) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6) and repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date; provided that (a) all Obligations hereunder of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment including any amounts that such Lender may be owed pursuant to Section 2.11, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (c) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender the amount, if any, owing to such Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(b). In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6.
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(a) Except as contemplated in Section 13.6 or elsewhere herein (or in the Intercreditor Agreement), if any Lender (a Benefited Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lenders Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenders Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Credit Parties but with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Credit Parties hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary, and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Credit Parties. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
13.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
13.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that 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.
13.11 Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
13.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:
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(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding shall be brought in such courts and waives any right to any other jurisdiction to which it may be entitled on account of its present or future place of residence or domicile or any other reason, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding shall be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Credit Parties indemnification obligations set forth in Section 13.5.
13.14 Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof);
(ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, equity holders, creditors or employees, or any other Person;
(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any
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other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents;
(iv) the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and
(v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Borrower has consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will not claim that any Agent owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Credit Parties in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby and waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other hand.
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
13.16 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender (collectively, the Restricted Persons and, each a Restricted Person) shall treat confidentially all non-public information provided to any Restricted Person by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder in connection with such Restricted Persons evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Restricted Person pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (Confidential Information) and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such Confidential Information; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Restricted Person from disclosing any such Confidential Information (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, rule or regulation or compulsory legal process (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or
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examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (c) to the extent that such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by such Restricted Person or any of its affiliates or any related parties thereto in violation of any confidentiality obligations owing under this Section 13.16, (d) to the extent that such Confidential Information is received by such Restricted Person from a third party that is not, to such Restricted Persons knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations owing to any Credit Party or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (e) to the extent that such Confidential Information was already in the possession of the Restricted Persons prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality or is independently developed by the Restricted Persons without the use of such Confidential Information, (f) to such Restricted Persons affiliates and to its and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, and other experts or agents who need to know such Confidential Information in connection with providing the Loans or action as an Agent hereunder and who are informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and who are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) (with each such Restricted Person, to the extent within its control, responsible for such persons compliance with this paragraph), (g) to potential or prospective Lenders, hedge providers (or other derivative transaction counterparties) (any such person, a Derivative Counterparty), participants or assignees, in each case who agree (pursuant to customary syndication practice) to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16); provided that (i) the disclosure of any such Confidential Information to any potential or prospective Lenders, Derivative Counterparties, participants or assignees referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such potential or prospective Lender, Derivative Counterparty, participant or assignee that such Confidential Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Restricted Person or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which shall in any event require click through or other affirmative actions on the part of recipient to access such Confidential Information and (ii) no such disclosure shall be made by any Restricted Person to whom a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to any person that is at such time a Disqualified Lender, (h) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense, (i) to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Credit Facilities to the extent such rating agencies are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16), (j) to any other party to this Agreement or (k) to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Confidential Information shall not include, with respect to any Person, information available to it or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Holdings, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for compliance with this Section 13.16 by any other Restricted Person (other than its officers, directors or employees), (iii) in no event shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iv) each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
13.17 Direct Website Communications. Each of Holdings and the Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all
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notices, requests, financial statements, financial, and other reports, certificates, and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto, (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent at an email address provided by the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided that (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.
The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower further agrees that any Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the Platform), so long as the access to such Platform (i) is limited to the Agents, the Lenders and Transferees or prospective Transferees and (ii) remains subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.16.
(b) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES (THE BORROWER MATERIALS) OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties and each, an Agent Party) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Partys (or any of its Related Parties (other than any trustee or advisor)) gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document or notice that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available information with respect to Holdings or the Borrower may be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any document or notice contains only publicly available information; provided, however, that the following documents shall be deemed to be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material nonpublic information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (3) all financial statements and certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d).
13.18 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act, including the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
13.19 [Reserved].
13.20 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect.
13.21 No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the Lenders), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their equity holders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender
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has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its equity holders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, equity holders or creditors. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
13.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties to any Credit Document, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(ii) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability
(iii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
(iv) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
Phoenix Guarantor Inc., as the Borrower | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph B. Feil | |
Name: Joseph B. Feil | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P., as a Lender | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member | ||
By: | /s/ MARK RUBENSTEIN | |
Name: MARK RUBENSTEIN | ||
Title: Managing Director |
MP III OFFHSORE MEZZANINE INVESTMENTS, L.P., as a Lender | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III , LLC, as Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member | ||
By: | /s/ MARK RUBENSTEIN | |
Name: MARK RUBENSTEIN | ||
Title: Managing Director |
AP MEZZANINE PARTNERS III , L.P., as a Lender | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III , LLC, as Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member | ||
By: | /s/ MARK RUBENSTEIN | |
Name: MARK RUBENSTEIN | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
MIRAE ASSET DAEWOO CO., LTD. | ||
as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ UngKee Cho | |
Name: UngKee Cho | ||
Title: CEO |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd. | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Manager | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
OHA BCSS SSD, L.P. | ||
By: | OHA BCSS SSD GenPar, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC, as managing member | |
By: | OHA Global PE MGP, LLC, as managing member | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
OHA MPS SSD, L.P. | ||
By: | OHA MPS SSD GenPar, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC, as managing member | |
By: | OHA Global PE MGP, LLC, as managing member | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY MASTER RETIREMENT TRUST | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
OHA ENHANCED CREDIT STRATEGIES MASTER FUND, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Enhanced Credit Strategies GenPar, LLC | ||
its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC, | ||
its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global MGP, LLC, | ||
its managing member |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager |
Name: | Alan Schrager | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
Future Fund Board of Guardians | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as its Investment Advisor | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
INDIANA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Lerner Enterprises, LLC | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as advisor and attorney-in-fact to Lerner Enterprises, LLC | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
OHA Centre Street Partnership, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Centre Street GenPar, LLC its general partner | ||
By: OHA Centre Street MGP, LLC its managing member | ||
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: | Alan Schrager | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
OHA FINLANDIA CREDIT FUND, L.P. | ||
By: | OHA Finlandia Credit Fund GenPar, LLC, its general partner | |
By: |
OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | |
By: |
OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
OHA Investment Corporation Sub, LLC | ||
By: OHA Investment Corporation as sole Member | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. as Advisor | ||
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: | Alan Schrager | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
OHA STRUCTURED PRODUCTS MASTER FUND D, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Structured Products D GenPar, LLC Its General Partner | ||
By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC Its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC Its managing member | ||
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: | Alan Schrager | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
OHAT CREDIT FUND, L.P. | ||
By: | OHAT Credit GenPar, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | |
By: | OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
OHA DELAWARE CUSTOMIZED CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund GenPar, LLC, | ||
its general partner | ||
By: | OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | |
By: | OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
Master SIF SICAV-SIF | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | ||
By: | Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | |
By: | /s/ Alan Schrager | |
Name: Alan Schrager | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.12
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT (this Amendment), dated as of May 17, 2019, to the Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of March 5, 2019 (the Credit Agreement, terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), among PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC. (Holdings), PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC. (the Borrower), the lending institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement permits the Credit Agreement to be modified from time to time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature, and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the undersigned hereby agree as follows:
I. Modification to the Credit Agreement. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby modified by deleting clause (xvii) of the defined term for Consolidated Net Income.
II. Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date upon which the following conditions are satisfied, (i) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly executed counterpart to this Amendment from the Borrower and (ii) execution by the Administrative Agent of this Amendment (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall only execute this Amendment if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to this Amendment).
III. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
IV. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature pages hereof.
[signature pages follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||
Title: Secretary |
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Joseph B. Feil | |
Name: Joseph B. Feil | ||
Title: Vice President |
Exhibit 10.13
AMENDMENT No. 1, dated as of April 15, 2020 (this Amendment), to Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated May 13, 2019, and as otherwise may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc. (the Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as applicable).
WHEREAS, Holdings and the Borrower (each a Credit Party and, together, the Credit Parties) have requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Lenders constituting the Required Lenders are willing to agree to this Amendment on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended effective as of the first Business Day on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment are satisfied (the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date) as follows:
Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete
the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add
the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined
text) as set forth in the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the Amended Credit Agreement).
Section 2. Representations and Warranties. The Credit Parties represent and warrant to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date that:
(a) Each Credit Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of the obligations by each Credit Party under this Amendment and under the Amended Credit Agreement.
(b) Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered this Amendment and this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Amendment and the performance of the obligations by each Credit Party under the Amended Credit Agreement will not (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound other than any such breach, default or Lien that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(d) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) as of such earlier date.
(e) At the time of and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the first Business Day on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) from the Administrative Agent, (ii) from the Required Lenders and (iii) from the Credit Parties, either (x) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (y) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;
(b) The Borrower shall have paid the Administrative Agent all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Covington & Burling LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent) of the Administrative Agent and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel for the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, for which invoices have been presented prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date;
(c) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Amendment no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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Section 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart hereof.
Section 5. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 7. Effect of Amendment.
This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any of the Credit Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. By executing and delivering a copy hereof, each Credit Party hereby consents to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby confirms its respective guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, as applicable, under and subject to the terms of each of the Credit Documents to which it is party, and agrees that, after giving effect to this Amendment, such guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, and the terms of each of the Security Documents to which it is a party, shall continue to be in full force and effect, including to guarantee and secure the Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Credit Document.
Section 8. Agent Authorization.
Each of the undersigned Lenders, constituting the Required Lenders, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver this Amendment on its behalf and, by its execution below, each of the undersigned Lenders agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., as the Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |
Title: | Vice President and Secretary | |
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC., as Holdings | ||
By: | /s/ Steven S. Reed | |
Name: | Steven S. Reed | |
Title: | Vice President and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ David Bergstrom | |
Name: David Bergstrom | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
AP MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P., as a Lender |
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager |
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member |
/s/ Garrett Cockren |
Name: Garrett Cockren |
Title: Managing Director |
MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P., as a Lender |
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager |
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member |
/s/ Garrett Cockren |
Name: Garrett Cockren |
Title: Managing Director |
MP III OFFSHORE MEZZANINE |
INVESTMENTS, L.P., as a Lender |
By: BPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager |
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member |
/s/ Garrett Cockren |
Name: Garrett Cockren |
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 [Phoenix Guarantor Inc.]]
Exhibit 10.14
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as June 30, 2023 (this Amendment), by and among the Holdings (as defined below), the Borrower (as defined below) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019 (as amended by the Technical Amendment, dated as of May 13, 2019, and by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 15, 2020, and as otherwise amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof), among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc. (the Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties thereto (the Lenders) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with any successor in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as the Collateral Agent (the Existing Credit Agreement and, as amended by this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1.13 of the Existing Credit Agreement, (a) (i) the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has determined that syndicated loans are currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 1.13 of the Existing Credit Agreement, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR, and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have jointly elected to replace LIBOR with a Successor LIBOR Rate, (b) in connection with the implementation of such Successor LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower are entering into this Amendment to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and other necessary or appropriate related changes without any further action or consent of any other party to the Existing Credit Agreement and (c) following the posting of this Amendment to all Lenders, as applicable, this Amendment, which establishes the Successor LIBOR Rate as Term SOFR, shall become effective unless, prior as of 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after such posting, the Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that the Required Lenders do not accept this Amendment;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 1.13 of the Existing Credit Agreement, this Amendment will become effective on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date that the draft of this Amendment was provided to the Lenders (it being understood that the posting of the draft of this Amendment to the Platform constitutes such notice and such date is June 22, 2023), written notice of objection to such proposed Amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment, the Existing Credit Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement, each Required Lender and Credit Party authorizes, instructs and directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is agreed as follows:
SECTION 1 DEFINED TERMS.
1.1 Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Amended Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Amended Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT.
2.1 The Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to (i) delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the
following example: stricken text) (ii) add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same
manner as the following example: double-underlined text)
and (iii) move the green stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken green text) to where shown in green double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:
green double underlined text), in each case, as set forth
in Exhibit A attached hereto and, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment, the Existing Credit Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement.
2.2 Exhibits A and J to the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby amended by replacing all the references to LIBOR with Term SOFR.
2.3 Each party hereto agrees that, by executing this Amendment, such party intends to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to remove any option for interest on Loans, as applicable, to accrue at a rate based upon the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and, in place thereof, to add the option for interest on such Loans to accrue at a rate based upon Term SOFR, as more fully set forth in this Amendment.
2.4 Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement, in lieu of the Borrower delivering a notice or taking any other action prescribed thereby, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree that, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, all Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment shall be Loans bearing interest based upon Term SOFR with a one month Interest Period, in each case, until such time as otherwise provided by the Amended Credit Agreement. The parties hereto agree that the Borrower shall not be responsible for any prepayment or breakage fees in connection with the transition from LIBOR to Term SOFR as contemplated by the immediately preceding Section 2.3 and this Section 2.4.
SECTION 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant that this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Credit Party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of each Credit Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
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SECTION 4 CREDIT PARTY CERTIFICATIONS. By their execution and delivery of this Amendment, the Borrower and each of the undersigned officers of the Borrower hereby certifies, represents and warrants that:
4.1 no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing before or after giving effect to this Amendment; and
4.2 all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such representations and warranties which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).
SECTION 5 AMENDMENT NO. 2 EFFECTIVE DATE CONDITIONS. This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) on which (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received from Holdings and the Borrower a signed counterpart of this Amendment and (ii) the Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) that are due and payable on or before the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
SECTION 6 MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Amendment may not be amended, restated, supplemented, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. Except as herein expressly provided, nothing herein shall be deemed to be a waiver of or amendment to any covenant, provision or agreement contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.
6.2 Entire Agreement. This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
6.3 Effect of Amendment. From and after the date of this Amendment, all references in the Existing Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereof, herein, and similar terms shall mean and refer to the Amended Credit Agreement, as amended and modified by this Amendment, and all references in other documents to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean such agreement as amended and modified by this Amendment. The Credit Agreement, as specifically amended by this Amendment, and each of the other Credit Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. This Amendment constitutes a Credit Document.
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6.4 Severability. Any term or provision of this Amendment which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Amendment is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.
6.5 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature to this Amendment may be delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or as any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form shall be valid and effective for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing also applies to any amendment, extension or renewal of this Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute this Amendment through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in such partys constitutive documents, including having the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system.
6.6 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 13.12 AND 13.13 OF THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED INTO THIS AMENDMENT MUTATIS MUTANDIS.
6.7 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
6.10 Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
[signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC., as Holdings | ||
By: | /s/ Jon Rousseau | |
Name: Jon Rousseau | ||
Title: President | ||
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC., as the Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Jon Rousseau | |
Name: Jon Rousseau | ||
Title: President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the Second Lien Credit Agreement]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ David Bergstrom | |
Name: David Bergstrom | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the Second Lien Credit Agreement]
MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, its Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Sole and Managing Member | ||
By: | /s/ Garrett Cockren | |
Name: Garrett Cockren | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
AP MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, its Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Sole and Managing Member | ||
By: | /s/ Garrett Cockren | |
Name: Garrett Cockren | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
MP III OFFSHORE MEZZANINE INVESTMENTS, L.P. | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, its Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its Sole and Managing Member | ||
By: | /s/ Garrett Cockren | |
Name: Garrett Cockren | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the Second Lien Credit Agreement]
Tiger Alternative Investment 8, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Yong Il Jung | |
Name: Yong Il Jung | ||
Title: Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to the Second Lien Credit Agreement]
Final Form
Exhibit A
Exhibit A to Amendment
No. 1 to Credit
Agreement2
SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 5, 2019,
as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 15, 2020,
and as further amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 30, 2023
among
PHOENIX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings,
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
and
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
as the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | |||||
1.3 |
Accounting Terms | |||||
1.4 |
Rounding | |||||
1.5 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | |||||
1.6 |
Exchange Rates | |||||
1.7 |
Rates | |||||
1.8 |
Times of Day | |||||
1.9 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | |||||
1.10 |
Certifications | |||||
1.11 |
Compliance with Certain Sections | |||||
1.12 |
Pro Forma and Other Calculations | |||||
1.13 |
77 | |||||
1.14 |
Divisions | |||||
Section 2. |
Amount and Terms of Credit | |||||
2.1 |
Commitments | |||||
2.2 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings | |||||
2.3 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||
2.4 |
Disbursement of Funds | |||||
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | |||||
2.6 |
Conversions and Continuations | |||||
2.7 |
Pro Rata Borrowings | |||||
2.8 |
Interest | |||||
2.9 |
Interest Periods | |||||
2.10 |
Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. | |||||
2.11 |
Compensation | |||||
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office | |||||
2.13 |
Notice of Certain Costs | |||||
2.14 |
Incremental Facilities | |||||
2.15 |
Permitted Debt Exchanges | |||||
Section 3. |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 4. |
Fees | |||||
4.1 |
Fees | |||||
4.2 |
[Reserved] | |||||
4.3 |
Mandatory Termination of Commitments | |||||
Section 5. |
Payments | |||||
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments | |||||
5.2 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
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5.3 |
Method and Place of Payment | |||||
5.4 |
Net Payments | |||||
5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees | |||||
5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest | |||||
Section 6. |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing | |||||
6.1 |
Credit Documents | |||||
6.2 |
Collateral | |||||
6.3 |
Legal Opinions | |||||
6.4 |
Equity Investments | |||||
6.5 |
Closing Certificates | |||||
6.6 |
Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents | |||||
6.7 |
Fees | |||||
6.8 |
Representations and Warranties | |||||
6.9 |
Solvency Certificate | |||||
6.10 |
Acquisition | |||||
6.11 |
Patriot Act | |||||
6.12 |
Pro Forma Balance Sheet | |||||
6.13 |
Financial Statements | |||||
6.14 |
No Company Material Adverse Effect | |||||
6.15 |
Refinancing | |||||
6.16 |
Notice of Borrowing | |||||
Section 7. |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 8. |
Representations and Warranties | |||||
8.1 |
Corporate Status | |||||
8.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority | |||||
8.3 |
No Violation | |||||
8.4 |
Litigation | |||||
8.5 |
Margin Regulations | |||||
8.6 |
Governmental Approvals | |||||
8.7 |
Investment Company Act | |||||
8.8 |
True and Complete Disclosure | |||||
8.9 |
Financial Condition; Financial Statements | |||||
8.10 |
Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws | |||||
8.11 |
Tax Matters | |||||
8.12 |
Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance | |||||
8.13 |
Subsidiaries | |||||
8.14 |
Intellectual Property | |||||
8.15 |
Environmental Laws | |||||
8.16 |
Properties | |||||
8.17 |
Solvency | |||||
8.18 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
8.19 |
Beneficial Ownership Certification |
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Section 9. |
Affirmative Covenants | |||||
9.1 |
Information Covenants | |||||
9.2 |
Books, Records, and Inspections | |||||
9.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance | |||||
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes | |||||
9.5 |
Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises | |||||
9.6 |
Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. | |||||
9.7 |
ERISA | |||||
9.8 |
Maintenance of Properties | |||||
9.9 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |||||
9.10 |
End of Fiscal Years | |||||
9.11 |
Additional Guarantors and Grantors | |||||
9.12 |
Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness | |||||
9.13 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
9.14 |
Further Assurances | |||||
9.15 |
Maintenance of Ratings | |||||
9.16 |
Lines of Business | |||||
Section 10. |
Negative Covenants | |||||
10.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness | |||||
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens | |||||
10.3 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes | |||||
10.4 |
Limitations on Sale of Assets | |||||
10.5 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | |||||
10.6 |
Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions | |||||
10.7 |
Anti-Layering | |||||
10.8 |
Permitted Activities | |||||
Section 11. |
Events of Default | |||||
11.1 |
Payments | |||||
11.2 |
Representations, Etc. | |||||
11.3 |
Covenants | |||||
11.4 |
Default Under Other Agreements | |||||
11.5 |
Bankruptcy, Etc. | |||||
11.6 |
ERISA | |||||
11.7 |
Guarantee | |||||
11.8 |
Pledge Agreement | |||||
11.9 |
Security Agreement | |||||
11.10 |
Judgments | |||||
11.11 |
Change of Control | |||||
11.12 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | |||||
11.13 |
Application of Proceeds | |||||
Section 12. |
The Agents | |||||
12.1 |
Appointment | |||||
12.2 |
Delegation of Duties |
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12.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions | |||||
12.4 |
Reliance by Agents | |||||
12.5 |
Notice of Default | |||||
12.6 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders | |||||
12.7 |
Indemnification | |||||
12.8 |
Agents in Their Individual Capacities | |||||
12.9 |
Successor Agents | |||||
12.10 |
Withholding Tax | |||||
12.11 |
Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee | |||||
12.12 |
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee | |||||
12.13 |
Intercreditor Agreements Govern | |||||
12.14 |
Certain ERISA Matters | |||||
Section 13. |
Miscellaneous | |||||
13.1 |
Amendments, Waivers, and Releases | |||||
13.2 |
Notices | |||||
13.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |||||
13.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | |||||
13.5 |
Payment of Expenses; Indemnification | |||||
13.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | |||||
13.7 |
Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances | |||||
13.8 |
Adjustments; Set-off | |||||
13.9 |
Counterparts | |||||
13.10 |
Severability | |||||
13.11 |
Integration | |||||
13.12 |
GOVERNING LAW | |||||
13.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers | |||||
13.14 |
Acknowledgments | |||||
13.15 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | |||||
13.16 |
Confidentiality | |||||
13.17 |
Direct Website Communications | |||||
13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act | |||||
13.19 |
[Reserved] | |||||
13.20 |
Payments Set Aside | |||||
13.21 |
No Fiduciary Duty | |||||
13.22 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | |||||
13.23 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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SCHEDULES | ||
Schedule 1.1 | Commitments of Lenders | |
Schedule 8.13 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 8.15 | Environmental | |
Schedule 8.16 | Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 9.14 | Post-Closing Actions | |
Schedule 10.1 | Closing Date Indebtedness | |
Schedule 10.2 | Closing Date Liens | |
Schedule 10.5 | Closing Date Investments | |
Schedule 13.2 | Notice Addresses | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Exhibit B | Form of Guarantee | |
Exhibit C | Form of Pledge Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit E | Form of Credit Party Closing Certificate | |
Exhibit F | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit G | Form of Promissory Note | |
Exhibit H | Form of Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit I-1 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-2 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-3 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit I-4 | Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit J | Form of Notice of Borrowing or Continuation or Conversion |
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SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, among Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc. (Holdings), Phoenix Guarantor Inc., a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (Borrower), the several lenders from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble and the recitals having the meaning provided in Section 1).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 10, 2018 (the Acquisition Agreement), by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., Cardinal Merger Sub Inc. (Merger Sub), Onex Rescare Holdings Corp. (the Company) and Onex Partners GP Inc. (the Equityholder Representative), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (Buyer), will acquire, directly or indirectly, the outstanding equity interests of the Company (together with the other related transactions contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement to occur on the date of or substantially contemporaneously with the foregoing, the Acquisition);
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Investor Group will directly or indirectly contribute an amount in cash to Buyer (such contributions, the Equity Investments), in an aggregate amount equal to at least $250,000,000; provided that KKR shall directly or indirectly own at least 50.1% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately following the consummation of the Transactions (collectively, the Minimum Equity Amount);
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will incur the First Lien Loans pursuant to the First Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,800,000,000 comprised of (x) Initial Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made available to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,650,000,000 and (y) the Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made available to the Borrower after the Closing Date and at any time and from time to time on or prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility) and commitments for First Lien Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount of up to $187,500,000 pursuant to the First Lien Credit Documents on the Closing Date (the First Lien Facilities);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that (i) the Lender extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Delayed Draw Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement)) will be used by the Borrower, together with (i)) the proceeds of the First Lien Facilities, (ii) the proceeds of the Equity Investments and (iii) cash on hand, to effect the Acquisition, to consummate the Closing Date Refinancing and to pay Transaction Expenses;
WHEREAS, after the Closing Date, the proceeds of the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) will be used by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance one or more Permitted Acquisitions and for related costs and expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrower such Initial Term Loans upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
ABR shall
mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest listed in the Wall Street Journal as the prime
rate at its principal office in New York City, and
(iii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based on anTerm SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period ofin effect one month as of such date) plus
1.00% per
annum1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be
the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period on the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator. Any change in
the ABR due to a change in the
primesuch rate ordetermined by the
Administrative Agent, in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the daybe effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively.
ABR Loan shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR.
Acquired EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a Pro Forma Entity) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Acquired Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, (i) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating, or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Acquisition Model shall mean the Sponsors financial model dated as of December 3, 2018.
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Adjusted
LIBORTerm SOFR Rate shall mean,
with respect to any LIBOR Rate
BorrowingSOFR Loan denominated in Dollars for any
Interest Period and for purposes of determining ABR, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of
(i) the LIBOR Rate in effectTerm SOFR for such Interest Period andplus (ii) Statutory
Reservesthe Term SOFR Adjustment; provided
that the Adjusted
LIBORTerm
SOFR Rate shall not be less than 1.00% per
annum.
Administrative Agent shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.9.
Administrative Agents Office shall mean the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in each case relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Administrative Questionnaire shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(ii)(D).
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Affiliated Institutional Lender shall mean (i) any Affiliate of any Sponsor that is either a bona fide debt fund or such Affiliate extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business, (ii) KKR Corporate Lending LLC and KKR Capital Markets LLC and (iii) MCS Corporate Lending LLC and MCS Capital Markets LLC.
Affiliated Lender shall mean a Lender that is a Sponsor or any Affiliate thereof (other than Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Affiliated Institutional Lender).
Agent Parties and Agent Party shall have the meanings provided in Section 13.17(b).
Agents shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.
Agreement shall mean this Second Lien Credit Agreement.
AHYDO shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Anti-Corruption Laws shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and any other similar laws or regulations concerning or relating to terrorism financing or money laundering.
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Applicable Margin shall mean a percentage per annum equal to:
until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.1, (1) for
LIBORSOFR Loans that are Initial Term Loans 8.50% per annum and (2) for ABR Loans that are Initial Term Loans, 7.50% per annum, and, thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below based
upon the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1:
Pricing Level |
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
ABR Rate Initial Term Loans |
Adjusted SOFR Rate Initial Term Loans | |||
I |
> 5.15:1.00 | 7.50% | 8.50% | |||
II |
≤ 5.15:1.00 | 7.25% | 8.25% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Extended Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment, (b) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of any New Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement, (c) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of Replacement Term Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant agreement and (d) in the case of any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.14.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Margin for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for such period and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period as a result of the miscalculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 has not occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable within five Business Days following the written demand thereof by the Administrative Agent and no Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such non-payment until the expiration of such five Business Day period. In addition, at the option of the Required Lenders at any time during which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver any of the Section 9.1 Financials by the applicable date required under Section 9.1, then the
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Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be deemed to be in Pricing Level I for the purposes of determining the Applicable Margin (but only for so long as such failure continues, after which such ratio and Pricing Level and shall be determined based on the then existing Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio).
Applicable Premium means with respect to any Initial Term Loan on any Prepayment Date, the greater of:
(1) | 3.0%; and |
(2) | the fraction, expressed as a percentage, consisting of (A) (a) (i) the sum of the present values at such Prepayment Date of (I) the price at which such Loan could be voluntarily prepaid on the first anniversary of the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.1(b) (including any premium required pursuant to Section 5.1(b), and (II) each scheduled payment of interest to be made on such Loan on or after such Prepayment Date through (and including) the first anniversary of the Closing Date (but, in the case of the first such scheduled payment of interest, excluding any amount of interest accrued prior to the Prepayment Date), in each case, discounted to the Prepayment Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate as of such Prepayment Date plus 50 basis points, minus (ii) accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Prepayment Date over (b) the principal amount of such Loan, divided by (B) the principal amount of such Loan. |
Calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Borrower or on behalf of the Borrower by such Person as the Borrower shall designate (and the amount of the Applicable Premium shall be provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following the calculation thereof); provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Administrative Agent.
Approved Foreign Bank shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Cash Equivalents.
Approved Fund shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale shall mean:
(i) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition (including any disposition of property to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale Leaseback) (each, a disposition) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(ii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 10.1), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, worn out or surplus property or property (including leasehold property interests) that is no longer economically practical in its business or commercially desirable to maintain or no longer used or useful equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory, immaterial assets, or goods (or other assets) in the ordinary course of business;
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(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.3;
(c) the incurrence of Liens that are permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 10.2 or the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof) that is permitted to be made, and is made, pursuant to Section 10.5;
(d) any sale or disposition of assets (whether tangible or intangible) or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $48 million and (b) 12.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition;
(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by (1) a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or (2) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness, or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
(h) foreclosures, condemnation, casualty or any similar action on assets (including dispositions in connection therewith);
(i) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, and related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;
(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale Leasebacks and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(k) (1) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims, (2) the termination or collapse of cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the settlement of any crossing payments in connection therewith, or (3) the settlement, discount, write off, forgiveness, or cancellation of any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers, or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns;
(l) the disposition or discount of inventory, accounts receivable, or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
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(m) the licensing, cross-licensing or sub-licensing of Intellectual Property or other general intangibles (whether pursuant to franchise agreements or otherwise) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations or obligations in respect of Cash Management Services;
(o) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(p) the expiration, lapse or abandonment of Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(q) the issuance of directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(r) dispositions of property to the extent that (1) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (2) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(s) leases, assignments, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(t) dispositions of non-core assets acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder (including to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority);
(u) Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 10.5; and
(v) any other disposition in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than the greater of (a) $102 million and (b) 27.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition.
Asset Sale Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale of Collateral, subject to the Reinvestment Period allowed in Section 10.4; provided, further, that with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Asset Sale Prepayment Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $60 million (the Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Prepayment Trigger).
Assignment and Acceptance shall mean (i) an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F, or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any assignment of Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Debt Exchange conducted in accordance with Section 2.15, such form of assignment (if any) as may be agreed by the Auction Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.15(a).
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Assignment Taxes shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Other Taxes.
Auction Agent shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 or Dutch auction pursuant to Section 13.6(h); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries may act as the Auction Agent.
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Vice President-Finance, a Senior Vice President, a Director, a Manager, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any other senior officer or agent with express authority to act on behalf of such Person designated as such by the board of directors or other managing authority of such Person, and shall also include, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II or Article III, any other officer of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent.
Available Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Available Tenor shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if any such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interests calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of Interest Period pursuant to Section 1.13(d).
Bail-In Action shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
Benchmark shall mean, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 1.13(b).
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Benchmark Replacement shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) | the Daily Simple SOFR plus 0.11448% (11.448 basis points); or |
(2) | the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower as the replacement giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. |
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, then the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower giving due consideration to (x) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (y) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method of calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Date shall mean the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(2) | in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date. |
For the avoidance of doubt, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein solely to the extent such event applies to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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Benchmark Transition Event shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(3) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative. |
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark solely to the extent that a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Unavailability Period shall mean the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 1.13 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 1.13.
Beneficial Ownership Certification shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.11.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefited Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
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Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrower
Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
Borrower shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(b).
Borrowing shall mean Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBORSOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Business Day shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any other day on which banking institutions in
New York City are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Loan, any fundings,
disbursements, settlements, and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day on which dealings in deposits in
Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the applicable London interbank market..
Capital Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant, or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including Capitalized Software Expenditures, website development costs, website content development costs, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs).
Capital Lease shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person, subject to Section 1.12.
Capital Stock shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited), and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that cash-settled phantom appreciation programs in connection with employee benefits that do not require a dividend or distribution shall not constitute Capital Stock).
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capital Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to Section 1.12.
Capitalized Software Expenditures shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Cash Equivalents shall mean:
(i) Dollars,
(ii) (a) Euro, Pounds Sterling, Yen, Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars, or any national currency of any Participating Member State in the European Union or (b) local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any country that is a member state of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(iv) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and eurodollar time deposits with average maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances with average maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof),
(v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv), and (x) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above,
(vi) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moodys or at least A-2 by S&P after the date of creation thereof and variable and fixed rate notes issued by a financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, in each case with average maturities of 36 months after the date of creation thereof,
(vii) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized ratings agency),
(viii) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(ix) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Moodys (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) with average maturities of 36 months or less from the date of acquisition,
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(x) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (a) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (b) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Foreign Bank), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition, and (c) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank, in each case, customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction,
(xi) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States, Cash Equivalents shall also include investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (ix) above of foreign obligors, which investments have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies,
(xii) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (xi) above, and
(xiii) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such Investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition.
(xiv) Credit Card Receivables.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (i) and (ii) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For the avoidance of doubt, any items identified as Cash Equivalents under this definition (other than Credit Card Receivables) will be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for all purposes under the Credit Documents regardless of the treatment of such items under GAAP.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.
Cash Management Services shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities: (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services), (iii) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including pursuant to any Cash Management Agreements and (iv) and other services related, ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.
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Casualty Event shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority of Collateral, for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award in respect of any equipment, fixed assets, or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets, or real property; provided, further, that with respect to any Casualty Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 5.2 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such Casualty Events, after giving effect to the reinvestment rights set forth herein, exceeds $60 million (the Casualty Prepayment Trigger) in any fiscal year of the Borrower, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).
Casualty Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Casualty Event.
CFC shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
CFC Holding Company shall mean a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all of the assets of which consist of Capital Stock, Stock Equivalents and/or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
Change in Law shall mean (i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation after the Closing Date, (ii) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule, or regulation or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (iii) compliance by any Lender with any guideline, rule, request, directive, or order issued or made after the Closing Date by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), including, for avoidance of doubt, any such adoption, change or compliance in respect of (a) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority), or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities pursuant to Basel III in each case, after the Closing Date.
Change of Control shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (i) at any time prior to an IPO, the Permitted Holders shall at any time not own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least 35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower; (ii) at any time after an IPO, any Person, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds 35% thereof, unless, in case of clause (i) or clause (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; (iii) at any time, a Change of Control (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) shall have occurred; or (iv) at any time prior to an IPO, Holdings shall cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower. For the purpose of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv), at any time when a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity or, if applicable, a Parent Entity acts as the manager, managing member or general partner of the Borrower, references in this definition to Borrower shall be deemed to refer to the ultimate Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock or acts as (or, if applicable, is a Parent Entity that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of) such manager, managing member or general partner. For purposes of this definition, (a)
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beneficial ownership shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Securities Exchange Act, (b) the phrase Person or group is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (c) if any Person or group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, the IPO Entity or the Borrower, as applicable, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such Person or group shall not be treated as being owned by such Person or group for purposes of determining whether clause (ii) of this definition is triggered and (d) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Voting Stock subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Voting Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
Class (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Term Loans, New Term Loans (of each Series), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series) or Replacement Term Loans (of the same Series) and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a an Initial Term Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment.
Closing Date shall mean March 5, 2019.
Closing Date Refinancing shall mean the repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of the Existing Debt Facilities and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral shall mean all property pledged or mortgaged or purported to be pledged or mortgaged pursuant to the Security Documents, excluding in all events Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent shall mean WT , as collateral agent under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to Section 12.9, and any Affiliate or designee of WT, may act as the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document.
Commodity Exchange Act shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Communications shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
Company shall have the meanings provided in the recitals.
Company Material Adverse Effect shall have the meaning provided to the term Material Adverse Effect in the Acquisition Agreement.
Company Representations shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Company with respect to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Sponsor (or one of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement (or otherwise decline to consummate the Acquisition without any liability) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Acquisition Agreement.
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Compliance Certificate shall mean a certificate of a responsible financial or accounting officer or director of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) for the applicable Test Period.
Confidential Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Confidential Information Memorandum shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated as of January 2019.
Conforming Changes shall mean with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of ABR, the definition of Business Day, the definition of U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the definition of Interest Period or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of interest period), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.11 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) decides (in consultation with the Borrower) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Borrower) that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) decides (in consultation with the Borrower) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, and expenses, capitalized expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures), customer acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par and incentive payments, conversion costs, and contract acquisition costs of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(i) increased (without duplication) by:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, U.S. federal, state, non-U.S., franchise, excise, value added, and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (2) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and any non-cash interest expense, in each case to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, plus
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(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(d) any expenses, fees, charges, or losses (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, Restricted Payment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date), including (1) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the incurrence of the First Lien Loans and the Loans hereunder and all Transaction Expenses, (2) such fees, expenses, or charges related to the offering of the Credit Documents and any other credit facilities, or debt issuances, and (3) any amendment or other modification of the First Lien Loans, the Loans hereunder or other Indebtedness, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs, write downs, expenses, losses, any effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, purchase price accounting (including any step-up in inventory and loss of profit on the acquired inventory) or other items to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(f) the amount of any net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income, plus
(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsors, plus
(h) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities, plus
(i) the amount of reasonably identifiable and factually supportable run-rate cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and other synergies (including in connection with any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement)) that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 18 months of the determination to take such action, net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating enhancements and synergies shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating
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enhancements or synergies had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that, except with respect to the Transactions and any drug purchasing programs and contracts (including, without limitation, forward buys and rebates and payer reimbursement), the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (i) shall not cumulatively exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period (with such calculation being made after giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (i) and, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such action or transaction), plus
(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, plus
(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii) and have not been relied on for purposes of any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(l)(i), plus
(l) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option, phantom equity or profits interest holders of the Borrower or any of its any direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option, phantom equity or profits interest holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Agreement and expenses relating to distributions made to equity holders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies resulting from the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 Compensation Stock Compensation (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123 (Revised 2004)), plus
(m) with respect to any Person referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income and solely to the extent relating to the Net Income of such Person referred to in clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in this definition (other than this subclause (m)) relating to such Person corresponding to the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries proportionate share of such Persons Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such Person were a Restricted Subsidiary), plus
(n) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) not included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period solely to the extent that the corresponding non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (ii) below for any previous period and not added back, plus
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(o) to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income, (1) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other similar provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer, or other Asset Sale of assets permitted hereunder and (2) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, plus
(p) charges, expenses, and other items described (1) in the Confidential Information Memorandum or the Acquisition Model or (2) any quality of earnings report reasonably prepared in good faith by a nationally recognized accounting firm in connection with any Specified Transaction actually consummated by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent, plus
(q) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715CompensationRetirement Benefits, and any other items of a similar nature, plus
(r) pro forma synergies from either (1) a new prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement between the Borrower and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler, substantially consistent with the terms of the Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet, or (2) if such prime vendor pharmaceutical agreement has not been executed by or on the Closing Date, a letter agreement between WBA and such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, pursuant to which the Borrower will be designated as an affiliate of WBA under WBAs current pharmaceutical purchase and distribution agreement with such major pharmaceutical wholesaler, plus
(s) any (A) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (B) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, or (C) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of officers, directors and employees, in each case of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(ii) decreased by (without duplication), non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period other than non-cash gains relating to the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840 Leases (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13); provided that, to the extent non-cash gains are deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) for any previous period and not otherwise added back to Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) in respect of such non-cash gains received in subsequent periods to the extent not already included therein, plus
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(iii) increased or decreased by (without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items, plus or minus, as the case may be, and
(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations, and the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815) (formerly Financing Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133), and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP.
For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of ASC 815 and its related pronouncements and interpretations, or the equivalent accounting standard under GAAP or an alternative basis of accounting applied in lieu of GAAP,
(ii) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (1) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not so acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, business, property, or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an Acquired Entity or Business) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Restricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (2) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition); and
(iii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business, or asset sold, transferred, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business, or asset so sold or disposed of, a Sold Entity or Business), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary) based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, or disposition or conversion); provided that for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Disposed EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.
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Unless expressly specified otherwise or required by context, references in this Agreement to Consolidated EBITDA shall refer to the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall mean the sum of cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (b) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of Indebtedness or obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815Derivatives and Hedging, (c) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (d) commissions, discounts, yield, make-whole premium and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Receivables Facility, (e) any additional interest owing pursuant to a registration rights agreement with respect to any securities, (f) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (g) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (h) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (i) interest expense attributable to a direct or indirect Parent Entity resulting from push-down accounting, (j) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, and (k) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential), with respect thereto and with respect to the Transactions, any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder, all as calculated on a consolidated basis.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
(i) (a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities or bases opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions and other strategic or cost savings initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, rebranding costs, consulting costs (including consulting and related fees, costs and expenses in connection with the evaluation and implementation of certain tax-related changes), signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting and retention costs, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or bases and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgments) and (b) any other unusual or non-recurring items shall be excluded,
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(ii) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, shall be excluded,
(iii) any gain (loss) (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), shall be excluded,
(iv) any effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, shall be excluded,
(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included to the extent of the amount of such Net Income of such person multiplied by such referent Persons or its subsidiarys percentage ownership of the economic interests in such Person and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent Person) from any person in excess of, but without duplication of, any amounts included in subclause (A),
(vi) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (a)(iii)(A) of Section 10.5 the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equity holders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions (a) has been legally waived, or otherwise released, (b) is imposed pursuant to this Agreement and other Credit Documents, the First Lien Credit Documents, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, New Term Loans, or Permitted Other Indebtedness, or (c) arises pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the referent Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein, shall be excluded,
(vii) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in any line item in such Persons consolidated financial statements required or permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 Business Combinations and Topic 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (ASC 805 and
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ASC 350) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142, respectively) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, including in relation to the Transactions and any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) (a) any effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid), (b) any non-cash income (or loss) related to currency gains or losses related to Indebtedness, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet items and to Hedging Obligations pursuant to ASC 815 (or such successor provision), and (c) any non-cash expense, income, or loss attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of foreign currencies, Indebtedness, or derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any impairment charge, asset write-off, or write-down pursuant to ASC 350 and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360 Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (ASC 360) (formerly Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144) and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to ASC 805 shall be excluded,
(x) (a) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from or in connection with any share-based compensation arrangements including stock appreciation or similar rights, phantom equity, stock options, restricted stock, capital or profits interests or other rights to officers, directors, managers, or employees and (b) non-cash income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, shall be excluded,
(xi) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, recapitalization, Asset Sale, issuance, or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(xii) accruals and reserves (including contingent liabilities) that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP, or changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded,
(xiii) to the extent covered by insurance or indemnification and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer or indemnifying party and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of the determination by the Borrower that there exists such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), losses and expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,
(xiv) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items, shall be excluded,
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(xv) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded, and
(xvi) any charges resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10-25-4 Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity Overall Recognition or Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures shall be excluded.
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt shall mean Consolidated Total Debt as of such date secured by a Lien on the Collateral.
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Senior Secured Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total assets (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Total Debt shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of third party Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations); provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Letters of Credit (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), except to the extent of Unpaid Drawings (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) under the First Lien Credit Agreement; provided further that the effects of pushdown accounting shall be excluded.
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date of determination, minus cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.12.
Consolidated Working Capital shall mean, at any date, the excess of (i) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (ii) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (i) and (ii) above), without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans, First Lien Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and Capital Leases to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current
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and deferred income taxes, (e) any liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (f) the effects from applying purchase accounting, (g) any accrued professional liability risks, (h) restricted marketable securities, and (i) deferred revenue reflected within current liabilities; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital (A) arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be measured from the date on which such acquisition or disposition occurred and (B) shall exclude (I) the impact of non-cash adjustments contemplated in the Excess Cash Flow calculation, (II) the impact of adjusting items in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (III) any changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of (x) the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations, (y) any reclassification, other than as a result of the passage of time, in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (z) the effects of acquisition method accounting.
Contingent Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends, or other payment obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
Contract Consideration shall have the meaning provided in clause (ii)(k) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow.
Contractual Requirement shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.3.
Controlled Investment Affiliate shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person (other than any Permitted Holder) who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity investments in Holdings and/or any Parent Entity.
Converted Restricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Credit Card Receivables shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount due from third-party financial institutions for credit and debit card transactions that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption cash equivalents (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, each Joinder Agreement, each Extension Amendment, each Permitted Repricing Amendment, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto and the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter.
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Credit Facilities shall mean, collectively, each category of Commitments and each extension of credit hereunder.
Credit Facility shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder.
Credit Party shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors.
Cure Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.14 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
Daily Simple SOFR shall mean, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) may establish another convention in consultation with the Borrower.
Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall mean any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under Section 10.1 other than Section 10.1(w)(i)).
Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Default shall mean any event, act, or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.8(c).
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date shall have the meaning provided such term in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
Delaware LLC means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Delaware Divided LLC means any Delaware LLC which has been formed upon consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
Delaware LLC Division means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Derivative Counterparty shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
Designated Jurisdiction shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanctions.
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Designated Non-Cash Consideration shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 10.4.
Designated Preferred Stock shall mean preferred stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an officers certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Borrower or the parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii).
Determination Day has the meaning specified in the definition of Term SOFR.
Disposed EBITDA shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
disposition shall have the meaning assigned such term in clause (i) of the definition of Asset Sale.
Disqualified Lenders shall mean such Persons (i) that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners by the Sponsors as being Disqualified Lenders prior to either (a) December 10, 2018 or (b) the commencement of primary syndication if acceptable to the majority of Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, (ii) who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time, and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any of their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such Person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide Fund) that are either (a) identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsors to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (b) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) each Credit Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to a Disqualified Lender and (y) any such designation of a Disqualified Lender may not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation in any Credit Facility.
Disqualified Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is puttable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation event or similar event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale, condemnation
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event or similar event, in whole or in part, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date hereunder; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death, or disability.
Dollars and $ shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the United Kingdom.
EEA Resolution Authority shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Yield shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such
Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Required Lenders in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors
(the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below), or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (i) the remaining weighted
average life to maturity of such Indebtedness and (ii) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness in connection with the initial primary syndication
thereof, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, ticking, or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to
consenting Lenders; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a LIBORTerm SOFR floor or ABR floor, (a) to the extent
that the Adjusted
LIBORTerm
SOFR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated
is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such
floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or potential responsibility or violation, or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, Claims), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory
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authorities for enforcement, investigation, cleanup, removal, response, remedial, or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief relating to the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Law shall mean any applicable federal, state, foreign, or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree, or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, soil, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as flora, fauna, or wetlands, or protection of human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) and including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, transport, Release, or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interest shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
Equity Investments shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Equity Offering shall mean any public or private sale of common stock or preferred stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than: (i) public offerings with respect to the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companys common stock registered on Form S-8, (ii) issuances to any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower, (iii) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution and (iv) any Cure Amount.
Equityholding Vehicle shall mean any Parent Entity and any equity holder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees or managers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Credit Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event shall mean (i) the failure of any Plan to comply with any provisions of ERISA and/or the Code (and applicable regulations under either) or with the terms of such Plan; (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (iii) any Reportable Event; (iv) the failure of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (v) a determination that any Pension Plan is in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (vii) the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the incurrence by any Credit Party or any
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of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Pension Plan; (viii) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice to terminate any Pension Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (ix) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (x) the incurrence by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or the complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan; (xi) the receipt by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or terminated (within the meaning of Section 4041A of ERISA); or (xii) the failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
Excess Cash Flow shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(i) the sum, without duplication (in each case, for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(b) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(c) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) cash receipts in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income,
(f) increases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent deducted or not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
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(g) extraordinary gains actually received in cash;
over (ii) the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, cash charges to the extent excluded in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and Transaction Expenses to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and paid in cash during such period,
(b) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior periods, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness of Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such Indebtedness has been repaid other than with the proceeds of long-term indebtedness) other than intercompany loans,
(c) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (1) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (2) the amount of any scheduled repayment of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 of the First Lien Credit Agreement or Loans pursuant to Section 2.5, and (3) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the First Lien Credit Agreement or Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a) to the extent required due to an Asset Sale that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (A) all other prepayments of First Lien Term Loans and Loans (in each case, including purchases of First Lien Term Loans or Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered on a pro rata basis to all First Lien Term Loan Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, of a Class and Dutch auctions offered on a pro rata basis to all First Lien Term Loan Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, of a Class in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of First Lien Term Loans or Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such First Lien Term Loans or Loans at or below par) and all voluntary prepayments of Permitted Other Indebtedness (with a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and (B) all prepayments of Swingline Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) (and any other revolving loans (unless there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other long term Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(d) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Asset Sales in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(e) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than (1) reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and (2) any such increases arising from acquisitions or Asset Sales by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(f) payments in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of any purchase price holdbacks, earn-out obligations, and long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
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(g) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (k) below in prior fiscal periods, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments (including acquisitions, but excluding Permitted Investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof) made during such period constituting Permitted Investments or made pursuant to Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(h) the amount of dividends paid in cash during such period (on a consolidated basis) by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent such dividends were not financed with the proceeds received from (1) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (2) the issuance of Capital Stock,
(i) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees and cash restructuring charges) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(j) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole, or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(k) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (1) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period and (2) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the Planned Expenditures), in the case of each of clauses (1) and (2), relating to Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed with any of the proceeds received from (A) the issuance or incurrence of long-term Indebtedness or (B) the issuance of Equity Interests); provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property or other assets during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(l) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(m) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(n) decreases in current and non-current deferred revenue to the extent included or not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(o) extraordinary losses actually paid in cash.
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Excluded Contribution shall mean net cash proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities, or the Fair Market Value of Qualified Proceeds received by Holdings from (i) contributions to its common equity capital, and (ii) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers certificate executed by either a senior vice president or the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 10.5(a)(iii); provided that (i) any non-cash assets shall qualify only if acquired by a parent of the Borrower in an arms-length transaction within the six months prior to such contribution and (ii) no Cure Amount shall constitute an Excluded Contribution.
Excluded Property shall have the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom (it being understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, the judgment of the First Lien Administrative Agent with respect to the matters described in this clause (i) shall be the basis for such direction by the Required Lenders with respect to such matters), (ii) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any (a) CFC or (b) CFC Holding Company, any Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents of such CFC or CFC Holding Company in excess of 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock or Stock Equivalents, (iii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holding Company, (iv) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirements of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, (v) in the case of (A) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Lien or (B) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of each such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (I) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement (other than customary non assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (II) any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided that this clause (II) shall not apply if (x) such other party is Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (III) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than Holdings or a Credit Party or Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument, or indenture governing such Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary non assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or restriction), (vi) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock or Stock
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Equivalents would result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (vii) any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that are margin stock, and (viii) any Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a captive insurance Subsidiary, an SPV or any special purpose entity.
Excluded Subsidiary shall mean (i) each Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not (on (x) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined on the Closing Date by reference to the Historical Financial Statements or (y) a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries, if determined after the Closing Date by reference to the financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(a) and (b)) constitute a Material Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), (iii) any CFC Holding Company, (iv) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, (v) any CFC, (vi) each Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirements of Law (to the extent existing on the Closing Date or, if later, the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and in each case, not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations or would require third-party or governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee or grant such Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (vii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, the consequence of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations would adversely affect the ability of the Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries to satisfy applicable Requirements of Law, (viii) each Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences, (ix) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom (it being understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, the judgment of the First Lien Administrative Agent with respect to the matters described in this clause (ix) shall be the basis for such direction by the Required Lenders with respect to such matters), (x) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xi) any Receivables Subsidiary, (xii) each other Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder and financed with assumed secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations and such prohibition was not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, (xiii) each Subsidiary that is a registered broker dealer and (xiv) each SPV, not-for-profit Subsidiary and captive insurance company. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any Subsidiary that guarantees the First Lien Facilities shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder.
Excluded Taxes shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, net profits, or branch profits (however denominated, and including (for the avoidance of doubt) any backup withholding in respect thereof under Section 3406 of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such
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jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document), (ii) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any Credit Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender acquires an interest in any Credit Document (or designates a new lending office), other than in the case of a Lender that is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.7 (or that designates a new lending office pursuant to a request by the Borrower), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Credit Parties with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.4, (iii) any Taxes attributable to a recipients failure to comply with Section 5.4(e), or (iv) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.
Existing Debt Facilities shall mean the debt facilities incurred pursuant to (i) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent, and that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2017, by and among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., PharMerica Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent (collectively, the Existing Credit Agreements), and (ii) that certain Second Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018, among Res-Care, Inc., Onex ResCare Holdings Corp., the Guarantors (as such term is defined therein) from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, L/C issuer and swing line lender, the other lenders from to time to time party thereto, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank and Suntrust Bank, as syndication agents and Capital One, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as documentation agents.
Existing Term Loan Class shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extended Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Extending Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Extension Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(v).
Extension Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iii).
Extension Request shall mean a Term Loan Extension Request.
Extension Series shall mean all Extended Term Loans that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, and amortization schedule.
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Fair Market Value shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arms length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreements (or related legislation or official administrative rules or practices) implementing the foregoing, and any laws, fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes and practices adopted by a non-U.S. jurisdiction to effect the foregoing.
FCPA shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged by three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent; provided, further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate would otherwise be negative, it shall be deemed to be 0% per annum.
Fees shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.
First Lien Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to the term Administrative Agent in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
First Lien Base Incremental Amount, as of any date, shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of New Loans and New Loan Commitments (in each case, as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) (including any unused commitments obtained) incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the First Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitment obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(a) of the First Lien Credit Agreement incurred in reliance on clause (i)(a) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the First Lien Credit Agreement on or prior to such date.
First Lien Credit Agreement shall mean the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the First Lien Administrative Agent (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original First Lien Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise, unless such agreement, instrument or document expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First Lien Credit Agreement)).
First Lien Credit Documents shall have the meaning provided to the term Credit Documents in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
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First Lien Facilities shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
First Lien Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Loans in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Obligations shall have the meaning provided to the term Obligations in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Revolving Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Revolving Loan in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Term Loans shall have the meaning provided to the term Term Loans in the First Lien Credit Agreement and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof.
First Lien Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided to the term Term Loan Lender in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
First Lien Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Discharge of Senior Obligations (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) has occurred.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (ii) the Fixed Charges for such Test Period.
Fixed Charges shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
Flood Insurance Laws shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Floor means a rate of interest equal to 1.00% per annum.
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Foreign Benefit Arrangement shall mean any employee benefit arrangement mandated by non-U.S. law that is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan shall mean each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
Foreign Plan Event shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement, (i) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement; (ii) the failure to register or loss of good standing (if applicable) with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement required to be registered; or (iii) the failure of any Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement to comply with any provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the terms of such Foreign Plan or Foreign Benefit Arrangement.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fund shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
Funded Debt shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from the date of its creation or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date (including all amounts of such Funded Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its creation), and, in the case of the Credit Parties, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans, the First Lien Loans.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Furthermore, at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect to apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP and GAAP concepts shall thereafter be construed to refer to IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement); provided any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrowers election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
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Governmental Authority shall mean any nation, sovereign, or government, any state, province, territory, or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange (including any supranational body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Granting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Guarantee shall mean (i) the Second Lien Guarantee made by Holdings and each other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and (ii) any other guarantee of the Obligations made by a Restricted Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
guarantee obligations shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities, or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term guarantee obligations shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations or product warranties in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any guarantee obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such guarantee obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
Guarantors shall mean (i) each Subsidiary of Holdings that is party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date, (ii) each Subsidiary of Holdings that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or otherwise, and (iii) Holdings; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to be a Guarantor (unless such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary).
Hazardous Materials shall mean (i) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (ii) any chemicals, materials, waste, or substances defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous waste, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, or pollutants, or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, waste, or substance, which is prohibited, limited, or regulated due to its dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics, by any Environmental Law.
Hedge Agreements shall mean (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
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similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Hedging Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements.
Historical Financial Statements shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of each of the Company and the Borrower and their respective consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the Consolidated Company) as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Company as at the end of, and related statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018.
HMT shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Sanctions.
Holdings shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) after the Closing Date any other Person or Persons (New Holdings) that is a Subsidiary of Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (Previous Holdings); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (b) New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (d) all Capital Stock of the Borrower shall be pledged to secure the Obligations and (e) (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default and (ii) such substitution will not reasonably be expected to result in any adverse tax consequences to any Lender (unless reimbursed hereunder) or to the Administrative Agent (unless reimbursed hereunder); provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, Previous Holdings shall be automatically released of all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to Holdings in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to New Holdings.
IFRS shall have the meaning given to such term in the definition of GAAP.
Immediate Family Members shall mean with respect to any individual, such individuals child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
Impacted Interest Period shall have the
meaning provided in the definition of LIBOR
Rate.
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Impacted Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
Increased Amount Date shall mean, with respect to any New Term Loan Commitments, the date on which such New Term Loan Commitments shall be effective.
incur and incurrence shall have the meanings provided in Section 10.1.
Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), or (d) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a net liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company appearing upon the balance sheet of the Borrower solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP (other than in respect of any IPO Reorganization Transaction) shall be excluded, (ii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (i) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities, (3) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (4) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (5) any balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, accrued in the ordinary course of business, (6) any earn-out obligation until such obligation, within 60 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (7) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (8) accrued expenses and royalties or (9) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (iii) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 365 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Indemnified Liabilities shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).
Indemnified Taxes shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.
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Initial Term Loan shall mean the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1.
Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean, in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1 as such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $450,000,000.
Initial Term Loan Lender shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.
Initial Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean March 5, 2027 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
Insolvent shall mean, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Intellectual Property shall mean U.S. intellectual property, including all (i) (a) patents, inventions, designs, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (b) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (c) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, Internet domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; (d) trade secrets, confidential, or proprietary information, including customer lists; and (ii) registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, re-issues, re-examinations, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.
Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower) among the First Lien Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, and the representatives for purposes thereof of any other Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu or junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
Interest Period shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
Interpolated Rate shall mean, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Required Lenders (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error)
to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBOR
Rate is available in Dollars) that is shorter than the applicable Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBOR Rate is available in Dollars) that exceeds the applicable Impacted Interest Period,
in each case, at such time; provided that if the Interpolated Rate shall be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% per annum for Initial Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement.
Investment shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or other securities issued by any other
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Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the consolidated balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Borrower in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that Investments shall not include, in the case of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans (including guarantees), advances, or Indebtedness either (i) having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising from cash management, tax and/or accounting operations and made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices.
For purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary and Section 10.5,
(i) Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrowers Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment, or other amount received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment (provided that, with respect to amounts received other than in the form of Cash Equivalents, such amount shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such consideration).
Investment Grade Rating shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other rating agency.
Investment Grade Securities shall mean:
(i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(ii) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) investments in any fund that invest at least 90% in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and
(iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
Investor Group shall mean Holdings, KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates.
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IPO shall mean the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) or other transaction which results in the common Equity Interests of a Parent Entity of the Borrower being publicly traded.
IPO Entity shall mean, at any time at and after an IPO, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Borrower, as the case may be, the Equity Interests in which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO.
IPO Listco shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower formed in contemplation of an IPO to become the IPO Entity; provided that the Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of any IPO Listco.
IPO Reorganization Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an IPO, including (a) formation and ownership of IPO Shell Companies, (b) entry into, and performance of, (i) a reorganization agreement among any of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and/or IPO Shell Companies implementing IPO Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with an IPO and (ii) customary underwriting agreements in connection with an IPO and any future follow-on underwritten public offerings of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity, including the provision by IPO Entity and the Borrower of customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification to the underwriters thereunder, (c) the merger of one or more IPO Subsidiaries with one or more direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Borrower with the surviving entity in any such merger holding Equity Interests in the Borrower, and the merger of such entities with any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, (d) the issuance of Equity Interests of IPO Shell Companies to holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower in connection with any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (e) the entry into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower will be permitted to exchange such interests for certain economic/voting Equity Interests in IPO Listco, and (f) the entry into, and performance of, any tax receivables agreements by any IPO Shell Company or IPO Subsidiary, in each case of clauses (a) through (f), so long as after giving Pro Forma Effect to any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (i) the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired and (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is either equal to or less than (1) 5.75:1.00 or (2) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such IPO Reorganization Transactions.
IPO Shell Company shall mean each of IPO Listco and IPO Subsidiary.
IPO Subsidiary shall mean a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPO Listco formed in contemplation of, and to facilitate, IPO Reorganization Transactions and an IPO. The Borrower shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of an IPO Subsidiary.
Jefferies shall mean Jefferies Finance LLC.
Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which may include additional provisions to ensure fungibility of the Loans and to provide for mechanics for borrowings in currencies other than Dollars.
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall mean MSSF, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Jefferies, KKR Capital Markets LLC and Crédit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank.
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Junior Debt shall mean any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in excess of $36 million.
KKR shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and KKR North America Fund XII L.P.
Latest Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
LCT Election shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
LCT Test Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.12(b).
Lender or Lenders shall have the meanings provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
LIBOR shall have the meaning provided in
the definition of the term LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Discontinuance Event means any of the following:
(a) an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the
provisions of the definition of LIBOR Rate or LIBOR and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary;
(b) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate,
the central bank for the currency of LIBOR, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for
LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency
or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, has made a public statement, or published information, stating that the administrator of
LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR
permanently or indefinitely on a specific date, provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator that will
continue to provide LIBOR; or
(c) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made
available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans; provided that, at that time, there is no successor administrator
that will continue to provide LIBOR (the date of determination or such specific date in the foregoing clauses (a)-(c), the
Scheduled Unavailability Date).
LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time means, with respect to any LIBOR Discontinuance Event, (i) in the case of an event under clause
(a) of such definition, the Business Day immediately following the date of determination that such interest rate is not ascertainable and such result is unlikely to be temporary and (ii) for purposes of an event under
clause (b) or (c) of such definition, on the date on which LIBOR ceases to be provided by the administrator of LIBOR or is not permitted to be used (or if such statement or information is of
a prospective cessation or prohibition, the 90th day prior to the date of such cessation or prohibition (or if such prospective cessation or prohibition is fewer than 90 days later, the date of such statement or announcement).
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LIBOR Loan shall mean any Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate shall mean,
(i) for any Interest Period with respect to a
LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (LIBOR) or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such
other commercially available source providing such quotations of LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBOR Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period
(an Impacted Interest Period), then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; and
(ii) for any interest calculation with
respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, determined on such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if there is an Impacted Interest
Period, then the LIBOR Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall
be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible
for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent
(at the direction of the Required Lenders) in consultation with the Borrower.
LIBOR Replacement Date means, in respect
of any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, upon the occurrence of a LIBOR Discontinuance Event, the next interest reset date after the relevant amendment in connection therewith becomes effective (unless an alternative date is specified) and all subsequent
interest reset dates for which LIBOR would have had to be determined.
LIBOR Screen Rate means the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to determine LIBOR (or such other commercially
available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
Lien shall mean with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority, or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in, and any filing of, or agreement to, give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or a license, sub-license or cross-license to Intellectual Property be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Limited Condition Transaction shall mean any transaction by one or more of the Borrower and its respective Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan shall mean any Term Loan or any other loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
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Majority Lead Arrangers shall mean the Lead Arrangers who held a majority of the aggregate amount of Commitments as of February 15, 2019.
Management Investors shall mean the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity who are or become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.
Master Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Hedge Agreements.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect (i) the ability of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (ii) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
Material Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of clauses (ii) through (xiv) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary) have, in the aggregate, (a) total assets at the last day of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries for each fiscal period until this proviso is no longer applicable.
Maturity Date shall mean the the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the New Term Loan Maturity Date or the maturity date of an Extended Term Loan, as applicable.
Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount shall mean, at any date of determination, (i) the sum of (a) (x) the greater of (i) $370,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period minus (y) the First Lien Base Incremental Amount plus (b) the aggregate amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans (including purchases of the Loans by Holdings and its Subsidiaries at or below par, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans below par) in each case, other than from proceeds of the incurrence of long-term Indebtedness, plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such amount, (a) the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (including any adjustments required by such definition as a result of a contemplated Permitted Acquisition, but excluding any concurrent incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above, the First Lien Base Incremental Amount, the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement) and without netting any cash
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proceeds of such incurrence) with the Second Lien Incremental Ratio (assuming that all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or Section 10.1(x)(i) on such date of determination would be included in the definition of Consolidated Senior Secured Debt, whether or not such Indebtedness would otherwise be so included) or (b) solely in the case of any Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement, on a Pro Forma Basis the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio would be equal to or less than the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to giving effect to such incurrence, such Permitted Acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement and all transactions in connection therewith, minus (iii) the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of New Term Loan Commitments incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(a) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred (including any unused commitments obtained) pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i) in reliance on clause (i) of this definition prior to such date.
Merger Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
MFN Protection shall have the meaning set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(d)(iii).
Minimum Borrowing Amount shall mean, with respect to any Borrowing, $2,500,000.
Minimum Equity Amount shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
Minimum Tender Condition shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Mortgage shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed, or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of that Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, together with such terms and provisions as may be required by local laws.
Mortgaged Property shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Credit Party and identified on Schedule 8.16, and each other owned parcel of real property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 9.11 or Section 9.14.
MSSF shall mean Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the five preceding calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event and any incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, (i) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and excluding any interest payments) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, as the case may be, less (ii) the sum of:
(a) the amount, if any, of all taxes (including in connection with any repatriation of funds) paid or estimated to be payable by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness,
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(b) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (a) above) (1) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and (2) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction,
(c) the amount of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Permitted Other Indebtedness) secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(d) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect to such Prepayment Event, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds) shall, unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i);
(e) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback by a non-Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (e)) attributable to non-controlling interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof;
(f) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Prepayment Event occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction; and
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(g) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any of the foregoing (for the avoidance of doubt, including, (1) in the case of the issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness, any fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and (2) attorneys fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses, and brokerage, consultant, accountant, and other customary fees),
in each case, only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above.
Net Income shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
New Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
New Term Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
New Term Loan Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
New Term Loan Maturity Date shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan matures.
Non-Bank Tax Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(B)(3).
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(iv).
Non-U.S. Lender shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
Obligations shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, in each case, entered into with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under any Credit Document.
OFAC shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10(c).
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Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, registration, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such term shall not include (i) any Taxes that result from an assignment, (Assignment Taxes) to the extent such Assignment Taxes are imposed as a result of a connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction (other than a connection arising solely from any Credit Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), except to the extent that any such action described in this proviso is requested or required by the Borrower or Holdings or (ii) Excluded Taxes.
Overnight Rate shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Parent Entity shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership), including any managing member, of Holdings and/or the Borrower.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c)(ii).
Participating Member State shall mean any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.18.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
Pension Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, in respect of which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA, be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning provided in clause (iii) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
Permitted Asset Swap shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 10.4.
Permitted Debt Exchange shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Notes shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
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Permitted First Lien Exchange Notes shall mean Permitted Debt Exchange Notes as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement that are not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Permitted Holders shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors and members of management (including Management Investors and their Permitted Transferees) of Holdings or the Borrower (or their respective direct or indirect parent or management investment vehicle) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or its direct or indirect parent company or management investment vehicle) and any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Sponsors and members of management, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or any other direct or indirect Parent Entity, (ii) any direct or indirect Parent Entity formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions or IPO Reorganization Transactions) that, assuming such parent was not formed after giving effect thereto, would constitute a Change of Control and (iii) any entity (other than a Parent Entity) through which a Parent Entity described in clause (ii) directly or indirectly holds Equity Interests of the Borrower and has no other material operations other than those incidental thereto.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) any Investment in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities at the time such Investment is made;
(iii) (a) any transactions or Investments otherwise made in connection with the Transactions and in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and (b) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a Permitted Acquisition), (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or transfer;
(iv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents, or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(v) (a) any Investment existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and, in each case, listed on Schedule 10.5 and (b) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment, or extension of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (including in respect of any unused commitment), plus any accrued but unpaid interest (including any portion thereof which is payable in kind in accordance with the terms of such modified, extended, renewed, or replaced Investment) and premium payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith as of the Closing Date;
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(vi) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization, or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(vii) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of Section 10.1 and Cash Management Services;
(viii) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (viii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $132 million and (b) 35.68% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (viii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (viii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 10.5(a)(iii);
(x) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1 and Investments to the extent constituting Permitted Liens;
(xi) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 (except transactions described in clause (b) of such paragraph);
(xii) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) additional Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (xiii) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $168 million and (b) 45.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (xiii) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (xiii) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(xiv) Investments relating to any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect a Receivables Facility or any repurchases or other transactions in connection therewith;
(xv) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of the greater of (a) $24 million and (b) 6.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment;
(xvi) (a) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof, (b) promissory notes received from equity holders of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the exercise of stock options in respect of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (c) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(xix) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired;
(xx) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client, franchisee and customer contracts and loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, franchisees, distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees in the ordinary course of business;
(xxi) the licensing and contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint development, venture or marketing arrangements with other Persons, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii) contributions to a rabbi trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(xxiii) [reserved];
(xxiv) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(xxv) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this definition of Permitted Investments, Section 10.3 and/or Section 10.5 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
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Permitted Liens shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens, and mechanics Liens, in each case, for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP or are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.11, or for property taxes on property of such Person, which Person has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim is to such property;
(iv) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not, in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(vi) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clause (a), (b) (so long as such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement), (d), (r), (w), (x), or (y) of Section 10.1; provided that, (a) in the case of clause (d) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any property or equipment (or assets affixed or appurtenant thereto) other than the property or equipment being financed or refinanced under such clause (d) of Section 10.1, replacements of such property, equipment or assets, and additions and accessions and in the case of multiple financings
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of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender; (b) in the case of clause (r) of Section 10.1, such Lien may not extend to any assets other than the assets owned by non-Credit Parties; (c) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured on an equal priority basis with the Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and (1) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that are secured on an equal priority basis with the Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement or an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and (2) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness secured on an equal priority basis with the Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement or an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof; (d) in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are secured on a junior basis to the Obligations pursuant to this clause (vi), the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of Permitted Other Indebtedness that are secured on a junior priority basis to the Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into the intercreditor arrangements substantially consistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (but with Liens securing Obligations being senior Liens thereunder) and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Permitted Other Indebtedness that are secured on a junior priority basis to the Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to such intercreditor arrangements in accordance with the terms thereof; without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement contemplated by this clause (vi); and (e) in the case of clause (b) above, (x) in the case of the first issuance of Indebtedness that is secured on an equal priority basis with the First Lien Obligations, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative for the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of Indebtedness secured on an equal priority basis with the First Lien Obligations, the representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(vii) subject to Section 9.14, other than with respect to Mortgaged Property, Liens existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of (a) $7.5 million individually or (b) $20 million in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall only be permitted if set forth on Schedule 10.2, and, in each case, any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof;
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(viii) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such Person, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(ix) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation, or designation; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, with respect to such property, any replacements of such property or assets and additions and accessions thereto, after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits in respect thereof and in the case of multiple financings of equipment provided by any lender, other equipment financed by such lender, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);
(x) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, in each case, to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted hereunder to be, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services;
(xii) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(xiii) Leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any other Guarantor;
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(xvi) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrowers or such Restricted Subsidiarys client at which such equipment is located;
(xvii) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;
(xviii) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals, or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) of this definition of Permitted Liens; provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, the committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xv) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal, or replacement;
(xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(xx) other Liens securing obligations (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) which do not exceed the greater of (a) $222 million and (b) 60% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien; provided that to the extent securing Collateral such Liens shall rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations; provided further that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and in the case of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated by this clause (xx);
(xxi) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.5 or Section 11.10;
(xxii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (c) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or other electronic payment service providers arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
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(xxiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.1; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(xxv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xxvi) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposits or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xxvii) Liens (a) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder;
(xxviii) rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant, or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xxix) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with;
(xxx) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxi) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements;
(xxxii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xxxiii) Liens arising under the Security Documents;
(xxxiv) Liens on goods purchased in the ordinary course of business, the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(xxxv) (a) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures; provided that any such Lien is in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and such creditor is not an Affiliate of any partner to such joint venture and (b) purchase options, call, and similar rights of, and restrictions for the benefit of, a third party with respect to Equity Interests held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in joint ventures;
(xxxvi) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents that are earmarked to be used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided (a) such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited into an account from which payment is to be made, directly or indirectly, to the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness that is to be satisfied or discharged, (b) such Liens extend solely to the account in which such cash and/or Cash Equivalents are deposited and are solely in favor of the Person or Persons holding the Indebtedness (or any agent or trustee for such Person or Persons) that is to be satisfied or discharged, and (c) the satisfaction or discharge of such Indebtedness is expressly permitted hereunder;
(xxxvii) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirements of Law;
(xxxviii) to the extent pursuant to a Requirements of Law, Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Obligations in the ordinary course of business; and
(xxxix) with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of the final Title Policy covering such Mortgaged Property delivered to the Collateral Agent.
For purposes of this definition, the term Indebtedness shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness shall mean subordinated or senior Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may (i) be unsecured, (ii) have the same lien priority as the Obligations (without regard to control of remedies); provided that if such Permitted Other Indebtedness is in the form of secured second lien term loans, then such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall be subject to any applicable MFN Protection as if such loans were New Term Loans, or (iii) be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations), in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary offers or obligations to repurchase or repay upon a change of control, excess cash flow sweep, asset sale, or casualty or condemnation event, AHYDO payments and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those herein (taken as a whole) (except for covenants applicable only to the periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date) (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating
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thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, notifies the Borrower within two Business Days after receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) is an obligor, (d) that, if secured, is not secured by a lien any assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral and (e) the other terms of which shall be on terms and documentation as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Indebtedness.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by any Credit Party.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall mean, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Credit Parties under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents (and any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents) include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Credit Party under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.
Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties shall mean the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
Permitted Other Provision shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Permitted Repricing Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Permitted Sale Leaseback shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sale Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed the greater of (a) $180 million and (b) 48.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of the incurrence of such Sale Leaseback, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
Permitted Transferees shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Persons Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Persons heirs, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in the Borrower or any other IPO Entity.
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Person shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
Pharmaceutical Purchasing/Distribution Term Sheet shall mean the binding term sheet dated as of August 1, 2017, between the Company, WBA and a major pharmaceutical wholesaler.
Plan shall mean, other than any Multiemployer Plan, any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Credit Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be reasonably likely to be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Planned Expenditures shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Excess Cash Flow.
Platform shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
Pledge Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Pledge Agreement entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Post-Acquisition Period shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
Prepayment Date shall mean the date that any redemption occurs pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Prepayment Event shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or any Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Prepayment Premium shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.1(b).
Prepayment Trigger shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
Previous Holdings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Holdings.
primary obligation shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
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primary obligor shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Contingent Obligations.
Pro Forma Adjustment shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (i) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (ii) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case, in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (a) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $10 million; and (b) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or the applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided, further, that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA, such Consolidated EBITDA or Section 1.12, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance, and Pro Forma Effect shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio, or covenant hereunder, that (i) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (ii) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (1) in the case of a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (2) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) other than as set forth in the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to operating expense reductions and operating enhancements that are (x)(1) directly attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries, and (3) factually supportable or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
Pro Forma Entity shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Acquired EBITDA.
Pro Forma Financial Statements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.12.
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Prohibited Transaction shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.
Projections shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(c).
Qualified Proceeds shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
Qualified Stock of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock of such Person.
Real Estate shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(f).
Receivables Facility shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities (and any guarantee of such financing facility), as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated, or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, directly or indirectly, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers its accounts receivable to either (i) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.
Receivables Fee shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
Receivables Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Receivables Facility in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary transfers accounts receivables and related assets.
refinance shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refinanced Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(m).
Refunding Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
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Regulation X shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Reinvestment Period shall mean 365 days following the date of receipt of Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event, or Permitted Sale Leaseback.
Rejection Notice shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Related Business Assets shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a Fund, any other Fund that is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of such entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, trustees, and advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
Release shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, disposal, escaping, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, or leaching into or migration through the environment.
Relevant Governmental Sponsor means any central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or similar institution (including any committee or working group sponsored thereby) which shall have selected, endorsed or
recommended a replacement rate, including relevant additional spreads or other adjustments, for LIBOR.Body means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any
successor thereto.
Removal Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(b).
Replacement Term Loan Commitment shall mean the commitments of the Lenders to make Replacement Term Loans.
Replacement Term Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
Reportable Event shall mean any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code), other than those events as to which notice is waived pursuant to PBGC Reg. § 4043.
Repricing Amendment shall mean any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise); provided that any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Amendment shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.
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Required Lenders shall mean, at any date, Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (i) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
Requirements of Law shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule, or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Resignation Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.9(a).
Restricted Investment shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Payments shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(a).
Restricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Declined Proceeds shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(f).
Retired Capital Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5(b)(2).
S&P shall mean S&P Global Ratings or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
Sale Leaseback shall mean any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
Sanctions shall mean any sanctions administered or enforced by the government of the United States (including
without limitation, OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union (or its member states), HerHis Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant
sanctions authority.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Second Lien Incremental Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 5.75:1.00.
Section 2.14 Additional Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(iv).
Section 9.1 Financials shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b) together with the accompanying officers certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
Secured Parties shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender, and each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
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Securities Exchange Act shall mean Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Security Agreement shall mean the Second Lien Security Agreement entered into by the Holdings, the Borrower, the other Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Security Documents shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, the Intercreditor Agreement and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 9.11, 9.12, or 9.14 or pursuant to any other such Security Documents to secure the Obligations or to govern the lien priorities of the holders of Liens on the Collateral.
Series shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
Significant Subsidiary shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiarys total gross revenues (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiarys Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (a) above.
Similar Business shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, synergistic, incidental, or ancillary thereto.
SOFR means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR Administrator means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Borrowing means, as to any Borrowing of SOFR Loans, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
SOFR Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of ABR.
Sold Entity or Business shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
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Solvent shall mean, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, (i) the sum of the liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the present assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (ii) the fair value of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; (iii) the capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the date hereof; and (iv) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts including current obligations beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise).
Specified Representations shall mean the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1(a), 8.2 (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.3(c) (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, granting of security interests in the Collateral to, and performance of, the Credit Documents), 8.5, 8.7, 8.10(c)(1)(x), 8.17, 8.18 (which, for purposes of this definition, shall not be limited by in any material respect), and in Section 3.2(a) and (b) of the Security Agreement and Section 4(d) of the Pledge Agreement, except with respect to items referred to on Schedule 9.14 of this Agreement.
Specified Transaction shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including a Permitted Acquisition), any asset sale, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan or other event or action that in each case by the terms of this Agreement requires Pro Forma Compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
Sponsor shall mean any of KKR, WBA and their respective Affiliates (but excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing).
Sponsor Management Agreement shall mean that amended and restated monitoring agreement, dated as of March 5, 2019, by and among PharMerica Corporation, Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Spot Rate for any currency shall mean the rate the Administrative Agent may obtain from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) as of the date of determination as a spot buying rate for any such currency.
SPV shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g).
Statutory Reserves shall mean a fraction
(expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves)
established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject to Eurocurrency Liabilities
(as defined in Regulation D of the Board). LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available
from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
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Stock Equivalents shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock and all warrants, options, or other rights to purchase or subscribe for any Capital Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable.
Subject Lien shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(a).
Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Agreement or the Guarantee, as applicable.
Subsidiary of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Successor Borrower shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Taxes shall mean any and all present or future direct or indirect taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
Term Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Initial Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series and Replacement Term Loan Commitment with respect to any Series.
Term Loan Extension Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(g)(i).
Term Loan Lender shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
Term Loans shall mean the Initial Term Loans, any New Term Loans, any Replacement Term Loans, and any Extended Term Loans, collectively.
Term SOFR shall mean, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the Determination Day) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding
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U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such first preceding Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Determination Day.
Term SOFR Adjustment shall mean (i) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one-months duration, (ii) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three-months duration, (iii) 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six-months duration and (iv) 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Available Tenor of twelve-months duration.
Term SOFR Administrator shall mean CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) in their reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Reference Rate shall mean the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
Termination Date shall mean the date on which the Commitments have terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loans, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no valid demand has been made), are paid in full.
Test Period shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination and for which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent (or, before the first delivery of Section 9.1 Financials, the most recent period of four fiscal quarters at the end of which financial statements are available).
Title Policy shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c).
Total Credit Exposure shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the Total Term Loan Commitment at such date, and (ii) without duplication of clause (i), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
Total Initial Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
Total Term Loan Commitment shall mean the sum of (i) prior to the funding of Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date, the Initial Term Loan Commitments and (ii) the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the Lenders.
Transaction Expenses shall mean any fees, costs, or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement, and the other Credit Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Acquisition, the Equity Investments, the Closing Date Refinancing and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including (x) in connection with the Acquisition Agreement and the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses) and (y) any restructuring or rollover of Equity Interests in connection with Acquisition).
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Transferee shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
Type shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBORSOFR Loan.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of any provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the board of directors of the Borrower, as provided below) and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary), unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or an Unrestricted Subsidiary); provided that:
(a) such designation complies with Section 10.5; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
The board of directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
U.S. and United States shall mean the United States of America.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
U.S. Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(e)(ii)(A).
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
WBA shall mean Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and its Affiliates.
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Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person shall mean a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Withdrawal Liability shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
WT shall mean Wilmington Trust, National Association.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words herein, hereto, hereof, and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term including is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from shall mean from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through shall mean to and including.
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
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(h) The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(i) All references to knowledge or awareness of any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall mean the actual knowledge of an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
1.3 Accounting Terms.
(a) Except as expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a consistent manner.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the Second Lien Incremental Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) Where reference is made to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or similar language, such combination shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number.
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents), and other Contractual Requirements shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements, modifications, replacements, refinancings, renewals, or increases are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Requirements of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Requirements of Law.
1.6 Exchange Rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Section 2.14, Section 9, Section 10 or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Spot Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 2.14 or Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Lien, Asset Sale, or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness, Lien or
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Restricted Investment is incurred or after such Asset Sale or Restricted Payment is made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.6 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Total Debt or Consolidated Senior Secured Debt, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered Section 9.1 Financials.
1.7 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the
Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission, or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of LIBOR
RateSOFR Loans or with respect to any comparable
or successor rate thereto.
1.8 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.9 Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
1.10 Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Credit Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on such Credit Partys behalf and not in such Persons individual capacity.
1.11 Compliance with Certain Sections. In the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a portion of the proceeds thereof), disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Requirement, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 9.9 or any clause or subsection of Sections 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, then such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within the relevant sections as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a) For purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If, since the beginning of such period, any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage
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Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio) (any such amounts, the Fixed Amounts) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the Incurrence Based Amounts), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence Based Amounts in connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence, except that incurrences of Indebtedness and Liens constituting Fixed Amounts shall be taken into account for purposes of Incurrence Based Amounts other than Incurrence Based Amounts contained in Section 10.1 or Section 10.2.
(b) Whenever Pro Forma Effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions resulting from such Investment, acquisition, merger, or consolidation which is being given Pro Forma Effect that have been or are expected to be realized; provided that such costs savings, operating expense enhancements and operating expense reductions are made in compliance with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given Pro Forma Effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a Pro Forma Basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facilities as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such a revolving credit facilities on such date). Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under Section 2.14, the definitions of Required Lenders shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with this Section 1.12, Section 2.14 and the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount.
In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of the Credit Documents which requires the calculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio;
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(ii) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 8 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 11; or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in the Credit Documents (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrowers election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an LCT Election) (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may elect to revoke any LCT Election in its sole discretion), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the LCT Test Date), and if, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until after such time as the Limited Condition Transaction has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated or expires.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.12 or in any classification under GAAP of any Person, business, assets or operations in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, no Pro Forma Effect shall be given to any discontinued operations (and the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any such Person, business, assets or operations shall not be excluded for any purposes hereunder) until such disposition shall have been consummated.
(d) Any determination of Consolidated Total Assets shall be made by reference to the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the relevant date of determination.
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all computations of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Total Assets, Available Amount, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and other financial ratios and financial calculations (and all definitions (including accounting terms) used in determining any of the foregoing) shall be calculated, in each case, with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
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(f) All leases of any Person that are or would be characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP immediately prior to December 31, 2017 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capital Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the date that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capital Leases.
1.13 LIBOR Rate SuccessorInability to Determine Rates and Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(a) Subject to Section 1.13(b), if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any SOFR Loan:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or
(ii) the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion thereto or a continuation thereof that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making and maintaining such Loan, and the Required Lenders have provided notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.
Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to continue SOFR Loans or to convert ABR Loans to SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (ii), at the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Subject to Section 2.18(b), if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on ABR Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (iii) of the definition of ABR until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Setting.
. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents, if at any time (i) the Administrative Agent (at the
direction of the Required Lenders), in consultation with the Borrower, determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) or
(ii) the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent in writing (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined that a LIBOR Discontinuance
Event has occurred, then, at or promptly after the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate benchmark
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rate to replace LIBOR under this Agreement, together with any spread or adjustment to be applied to such
alternate benchmark rate to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such alternate benchmark rate, giving due consideration to the then prevailing
market convention for determining a rate of interest
(including the application of a spread and the making of other appropriate adjustments to such alternate benchmark rate and this Agreement to account for the effects of transition from LIBOR to such replacement benchmark, including any changes
necessary to reflect the available interest periods and timing for determining such alternate benchmark rate) for syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such time and any recommendations (if any) therefor by a Relevant
Governmental Sponsor, provided that any such alternate benchmark rate and adjustments shall be required to be commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (any such
rate, the Successor LIBOR Rate).herein or in any other Credit Document, if a
Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of
Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark
settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of
Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders and Borrower without any amendment to, or further action or
consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. If
the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
After such determination that a LIBOR Discontinuance Event
has occurred, promptly following the LIBOR Discontinuance Event Time, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as
may be necessary or appropriate, as the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), in consultation with the Borrower, may determine in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), to implement and give effect to the
Successor LIBOR Rate under this Agreement on the LIBOR Replacement Date and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective for each Class of Loans and Lenders without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement on
the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written
notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment; provided, that if a Successor LIBOR Rate has not been established pursuant to the foregoing, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Required Lenders may select a different
Successor LIBOR Rate that is commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and, upon not less than 15 Business Days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, such Required Lenders and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such Successor LIBOR Rate and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other
party to this Agreement; provided, further, that if no Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to the foregoing and a Scheduled
Unavailability Date (as defined
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in the definition of LIBOR Discontinuance Event) has occurred, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender
and thereafter, until such Successor LIBOR Rate has been determined pursuant to this paragraph, (i) any request for Borrowing, the conversion of
any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be ineffective and (ii) all outstanding Borrowings shall be converted to an ABR Loan Borrowing until a Successor LIBOR Rate has been chosen pursuant to this
paragraph. Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of Successor LIBOR Rate shall provide that in no event shall such Successor LIBOR Rate be less than 1.00% per annum for purposes of this Agreement.
No Hedge Agreement shall be deemed to be a Credit Document for purposes of this Section 1.13(a).
(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the uses, implementation, adoption and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document (other than as provided in the definition of Conforming Changes).
(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (iv) below. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 1.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 1.13.
(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) in their reasonable discretion or (B) the administrator of such benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) may modify the definition of Interest Period (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for all settings of such Benchmark at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
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(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, (i) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.
(vi) Tax Matters. To the extent administratively and operationally feasible, the Administrative Agent shall consider in good faith any reasonable requests by the Borrower in order to ensure that any Benchmark Replacement shall meet the standards set forth in Section 1.1001-6 of the United States Treasury Regulations (or any successor or final version of such regulation) so as not to be treated as a modification (and therefore an exchange) of this Agreement for purposes of Section 1.1001-3 of the United States Treasury Regulations, it being understood that for these purposes, the substantially equivalent fair market value requirement of Treasury Regulations 1.1001-6(b)(2) shall be deemed satisfied, and it being further understood that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action under this provision that would cause it any commercially unreasonable burden as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent.
1.14 Divisions . For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any
division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a
different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the
first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
Section 2. Amount and Terms of Credit.
2.1 Commitments.
Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a
loan or loans denominated in Dollars (each, an Initial Term Loan) to the Borrower on the Closing Date, which Initial Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the
aggregate shall not exceed $450,000,000. Such Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or
LIBORSOFR Loans; provided that all Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type,
(ii) may be repaid or prepaid (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 5.1(b)) in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any
such Lender the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then unpaid Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full
in Dollars.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each
Borrowing of Loans shall be in a minimum amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and in a multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. More than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time
shall there be outstanding more than three Borrowings of
LIBORSOFR Loans that are Term Loans; provided, further, that for each additional Class of Term Loans, an additional two Interest Periods shall be permitted.
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2.3 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) or as
otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders at least three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Initial Term Loans to be made on the Closing Date. Such notice (a Notice of Borrowing, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit J) shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans to be made, (B) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be the Closing Date) and (C) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR Loans and/or
LIBORSOFR
Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBORSOFR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If
no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Other than in connection with a Borrowing of Initial Term Loans to be
made on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) (and the contents thereof), and of each Lenders pro rata share of the requested
Borrowing.
(b) [Reserved].
2.4 Disbursement of Funds.
(a) No later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing, each Lender shall make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that on the Closing Date, such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the Lenders, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions.
(b) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to
fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office and the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrower, by
depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing
that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the
Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding
amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agents demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such
corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding
amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Federal Funds
EffectiveOvernight Rate or (ii) if paid by
the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans.
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(c) Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding Initial Term Loans.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) In the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts and on the date set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement and subject to any adjustment to ensure fungibility with the other Term Loans. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to Section 2.14(g), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
(d) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan or New Term Loan, Loan, the Type of each Loan made, the names of the Borrower and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lenders share thereof.
(f) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any such account or subaccount, the Register shall govern; provided, further, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(g) The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made an initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrowers own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, evidencing the Initial Term Loans and/or New Term Loans owing to such Lender. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 13.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns.
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2.6 Conversions and Continuations.
(a) Subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day
to convert all or a portion equal to at least $5,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) the Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the
outstanding principal amount of any
LIBORSOFR Loans as
LIBORSOFR
Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBORSOFR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBORSOFR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into
LIBORSOFR
Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversion,
(iii)
LIBORSOFR
Loans may not be continued as LIBORSOFR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is
in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions
pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent prior written notice at the
Administrative Agents Office prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least (i) three U.S.
Government Securities Business Days prior, in the case of a continuation of or conversion to
LIBORSOFR
Loans (other than in the case of a notice delivered on the Closing Date, which shall be deemed to be effective on the Closing Date), or (ii) 12:00 noon12:00
p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day prior to a conversion into ABR Loans (each, a Notice of Conversion or Continuation substantially in the form of Exhibit J)
specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as
LIBORSOFR
Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a LIBORSOFR Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such
proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans.
(b) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of
any proposed continuation of any
LIBORSOFR Loans denominated in Dollars and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such LIBORSOFR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of LIBORSOFR Loans, the Borrower has failed to elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a), the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable New Term Loan Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation, under any Credit Document.
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2.8 Interest.
(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans plus the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.
(b) The unpaid principal amount of each
LIBORSOFR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin for LIBORSOFR Loans plus the relevant Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 hereto, if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any interest payable thereon or any other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum (the Default Rate) that is (x) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% per annum or (y) in the case of any other overdue amount, including overdue interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) for the applicable Class plus 2.00% per annum from the date of such non-payment to the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof and
shall be payable in Dollars; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below, interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in
arrears on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (provided that in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such
repayment or prepayment), (ii) in respect of each
LIBORSOFR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such
Interest Period, and (iii) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any prepayment in respect thereof, (B) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise),
and (C) after such maturity, on demand, and (D) in the event of any conversion of any SOFR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, on the
effective date of such conversion.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
(f) The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any
Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
(g) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
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2.9 Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice
of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans in accordance with Section 2.6(a), the Borrower
shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one, two, three or six month period (or if approved by all the Lenders making
such
LIBORSOFR
Loans as determined by such Lenders in good faith based on prevailing market conditions, a 12 month or shorter period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of
LIBORSOFR Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on
the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period
shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) if any Interest
Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBORSOFR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding
Business Day; and
(d) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any LIBORSOFR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the Maturity Date of such Loan.
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) through (iv) below, the Required Lenders shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):
(i) on any date for determining the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such
LIBORSOFR
Borrowing are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the applicable interbank LIBOR market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis
provided for in the definition of Adjusted
LIBORTerm
SOFR Rate; or
(ii) at any time, that such Lenders shall incur
increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBORSOFR Loans other than with respect to Taxes because of any Change in
Law;
(iii) that, due to a Change in Law, which shall subject any such Lenders to any Tax (other than (1) Indemnified Taxes, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
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(iv) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBORSOFR Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lenders in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or
order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the applicable interbank LIBOR market;
(such Loans, Impacted Loans), then, and in any such event, such Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of
clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other
Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above,
LIBORSOFR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist
(which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to LIBORSOFR Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lenders, promptly after receipt of written
demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate
such Lenders for such actual increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lenders, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof,
submitted to the Borrower by such Lenders shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), and (z) in the case of subclauses (iii) and (iv) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions
specified in subclause (x) or (y), as applicable, of Section 2.10(b) promptly and, in any event, within the time period required by law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in Section 2.10(a)(i)(x), the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), in consultation with the Borrower and the other affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans (which rate shall not be negative), in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (x) of the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, (2) the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.
(b) At any time that any LIBORSOFR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or, (iii) or (iv), the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBORSOFR Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) or
(iv) shall) either (x) if a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation with respect to the affected LIBORSOFR Loan has been submitted pursuant to Section 2.3 but the affected LIBORSOFR Loan has not been funded or continued, cancel such requested
Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.10(a)(ii)
or, (iii) or (iv) or (y) if the affected LIBORSOFR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three U.S. Government Securities
Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such
LIBORSOFR
Loan into an ABR Loan; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
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(c) If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity occurring after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the actual rate of return on such Lenders or its parents or its Affiliates capital or assets as a consequence of such Lenders commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its parents policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such actual additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such actual reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lenders compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or regulation as in effect on the Closing Date or to the extent such Lender is not imposing such charges on, or requesting such compensation from, borrowers (similarly situated to the Borrower hereunder) under comparable syndicated credit facilities similar to the Credit Facilities. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrowers obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice.
(d) If the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBORTerm SOFR Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining its affected LIBORSOFR Loans during such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter (which notice shall include supporting calculations
in reasonable detail as provided by the Required Lenders). If such notice is given, (i) any LIBORSOFR Loan requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period
shall be made an ABR Loan, (ii) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBORSOFR Loans shall be continued as an ABR Loan and (iii) any
outstanding
LIBORSOFR
Loans shall be converted, on the first day of such Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further LIBORSOFR Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans to
LIBORSOFR
Loans.
2.11 Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of any LIBORSOFR Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such
LIBORSOFR
Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans
pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or
a failure to satisfy borrowing conditions, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBORSOFR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or
Continuation, (d) any
LIBORSOFR
Loan is not continued as a LIBORSOFR Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of
Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBORSOFR Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment
pursuant to Sections 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such
amount), promptly pay to such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably
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incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such LIBORSOFR Loan. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender as specified in this Section 2.11 and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.11 shall survive the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
2.12 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Sections 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b) or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no unreimbursed cost or other material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.10, or 5.4.
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 2.11 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation, provided, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Sections 2.10 or 2.11 is given by any Lender more than 120 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Sections 2.10 or 2.11, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 121st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower (except that, if the event or Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect).
2.14 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to Administrative Agent, elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional tranches of term loans or increases in Term Loans of any Class (the commitments thereto, the New Term Loan Commitments) by an aggregate amount not in excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the aggregate and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount as (x) may be approved by the Administrative Agent or (y) shall constitute the difference between the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount and all such New Term Loan Commitments obtained on or prior to such date), which may be incurred in Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling. In connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 2.14, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying that the New Term Loan Commitments do not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount, which certificate shall be in reasonable detail and shall provide the calculations and basis therefor and, subject to reclassification as set forth in Section 10.1, classify such Indebtedness as being incurred under clause (i) or clause (ii) of the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person (other than a natural Person) to provide all or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Term Loan Commitment. In each case, on each applicable Increased Amount Date (subject to Section 1.12), such New Term Loan Commitments shall be subject to (i) no Event of Default (except in connection with an acquisition or
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investment (including any Permitted Acquisition or Investment), no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5) shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, and subject to Section 1.12, (ii) the New Term Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e), and (iii) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 in connection with the New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable. No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). Any New Term Loans shall, at the election of the Borrower and agreed to by Lenders providing such New Term Loan Commitments, be designated as (a) a separate series (a Series) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement or (b) as part of a Series of existing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing and following terms and conditions, each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a New Term Loan Lender) of any Series shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a New Term Loan) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.
(d) The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be on terms and documentation set
forth in the Joinder Agreement as determined by the Borrower; provided that (i) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date; (ii) the weighted average life
to maturity of all New Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the then existing Initial Term Loans as calculated without giving effect to any prepayments made in connection with the Initial Term Loans;
(iii) the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, amortization schedule applicable to any New Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and
the Lenders thereunder; provided that only during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the thirty month anniversary of the Closing Date, if the Effective Yield for LIBORSOFR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of such New Term Loans consisting of Term Loans that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans exceeds the Effective Yield for LIBORSOFR Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans of like currency by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for
LIBORSOFR
Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing Initial Term Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for
LIBORSOFR
Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the New Term Loans minus 0.50% (the terms of this proviso to this clause (iii), the MFN Protection); and (iv) to the
extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the then existing Initial Term Loans (except to the extent permitted by clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (it being understood that, (1) to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or
any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Term Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (2) no consent shall be required by the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if any covenants or other provisions are only applicable after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date).
(e) [Reserved].
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(f) Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.14.
(g) (i) The Borrower may at any time, and from time to time, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (an Existing Term Loan Class) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, Extended Term Loans) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14(g). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class which such request shall be offered equally to all such Lenders) (a Term Loan Extension Request) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class unless (x) the Lenders of the Term Loans of such applicable Existing Term Loan Class receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or (y) any such provisions apply after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (a Permitted Other Provision); provided, however, that (x) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans were converted, in each case as more particularly set forth in paragraph (iv) of this Section 2.14(g) below), (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees, premiums or applicable high-yield discount obligation (AHYDO) payments may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment and to the extent that any Permitted Other Provision (including a financial maintenance covenant) is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such Permitted Other Provision is also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or if such Permitted Other Provision applies only after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or otherwise, no Extended Term Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted is repaid in full, except in accordance with the last sentence of Section 5.1(a). No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class from which they were converted.
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) Any Lender (an Extending Lender) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans, shall notify the Administrative Agent (an Extension Election) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans included in each such Extension Election.
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(iv) Extended Term Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an Extension Amendment) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.14(g)(iv) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.14(g)(i), each Extension Amendment may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of New Term Loans incurred following the date of such Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14(g) and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 13.1 to any Section 2.14 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a Section 2.14 Additional Amendment) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments are within the requirements of Section 2.14(g)(i) and do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of New Term Loans provided for in any Joinder Agreement and (2) consents applicable to holders of any Extended Term Loans provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.14 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 13.1.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Term Loan Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clause (i) above (an Extension Date), the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date).
(vi) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.14.
2.15 Permitted Debt Exchanges.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer) made from time to time by the Borrower, the Borrower may from time to time following the Closing Date consummate one or more exchanges of Term Loans for Permitted Other Indebtedness in the form of notes (such notes, Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, and each such exchange a Permitted Debt Exchange), so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the final offering document in respect of a Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is delivered to the relevant Lenders, (ii) the
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aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans exchanged shall equal no more than the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Term Loans; provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Permitted Debt Exchange Notes may include accrued interest and premium (if any) under the Term Loans exchanged and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the issuance of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes, (iii) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Term Loans exchanged under each applicable Class by the Borrower pursuant to any Permitted Debt Exchange shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the date of the settlement thereof (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of a given Class (calculated on the face amount thereof) tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, (v) all documentation in respect of such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be consistent with the foregoing, and all written communications generally directed to the Lenders in connection therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and made in consultation with the Borrower and the Auction Agent, and (vi) any applicable Minimum Tender Condition shall be satisfied.
(b) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Permitted Debt Exchanges (and the cancellation of the exchanged Term Loans in connection therewith) shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 5.1 or 5.2, and (ii) such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing clause (ii), the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a Minimum Tender Condition) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrowers discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered.
(c) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower and the Auction Agent shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.15 and without conflict with Section 2.15(d); provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than a reasonable period (in the discretion of the Borrower and the Auction Agent) of time following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made.
(d) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) none of the Auction Agent, the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrowers compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable insider trading laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Securities Exchange Act.
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Section 3. [Reserved]
Section 4. Fees.
4.1 Fees.
Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in Dollars, each for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter or as may be agreed in writing from time to time.
4.2 [Reserved].
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments.
(a) The Initial Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date. The Commitments, if any, for Extended Term Loans shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the applicable Extension Amendment.
(b) The New Loan Commitment for any Series shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Joinder Agreement, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Increased Amount Date for such Series.
Section 5. Payments.
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, other than as set forth in
Section 5.1(b), without premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office written notice
of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and (in the case of LIBORSOFR Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which
notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBORSOFR Loans, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to and (ii) in the
case of ABR Loans, one Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders; (2) each partial prepayment of (i) any Borrowing of LIBORSOFR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) any ABR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in multiples of $100,000 in excess
thereof, provided that no partial prepayment of
LIBORSOFR
Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBORSOFR Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the
applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount for such
LIBORSOFR
Loans, and (3) in the case of any prepayment of LIBORSOFR Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other
than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall, promptly after receipt of a written request by any applicable Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to
such Lender any amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify. Each
prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify.
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(b) If during any of the time periods set forth below any Initial Term Loans are voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or mandatorily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.2 pursuant to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or as a result of the incurrence of Indebtedness under Section 10.1(w)(i) or Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) or as a result of an assignment by a Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 13.7(b), or are the subject of a Repricing Amendment, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, a premium (the Prepayment Premium) equal to the product of (I) the percentage set forth below as in effect during the relevant time period and (II) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans so prepaid or so subject to such Repricing Amendment.
TIME PERIOD |
PREMIUM | |||
On and after the Closing Date and prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date |
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the Applicable Premium |
| |
On and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date |
3.0 | % | ||
On and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date |
1.0 | % | ||
On and after the third anniversary of the Closing Date |
0.0 | % |
5.2 Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Term Loan Prepayments.
(i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event (other than one covered by clause (iii) below) and within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within ten Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with an equivalent principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback, in each case solely to the extent with respect to any Collateral, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Indebtedness (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Permitted Other Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.
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(ii) Not later than ten Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) for any fiscal year (commencing with and including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020), if, and solely to the extent, Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year exceeds $15,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid), in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 5.25:1.00 but greater than 4.75:1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto but giving effect to any prepayment described in clause (y) below and as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) for the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.75:1.00, minus, (y) (i) the sum during such fiscal year of the principal amount of First Lien Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 of the First Lien Credit Agreement and Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.6 (in each case, including purchases of the Loans by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at or below par offered to all Lenders and Dutch auctions, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of Loans shall be deemed not to exceed the actual purchase price of such Loans at or below par) during such fiscal year or after such fiscal year and prior to the date of the required Excess Cash Flow payment and (ii) to the extent accompanied by permanent reduction of commitments, optional reductions of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Swingline Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), as applicable, Revolving Credit Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (as defined the First Lien Credit Agreement), in each case, other than to the extent any such prepayment is funded with the proceeds of Funded Debt.
(iii) On each occasion that Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(w), the Borrower shall within three Business Days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Permitted Other Indebtedness prepay, in accordance with clause (c) below, Term Loans with a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance or incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2, (A) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party giving rise to a prepayment pursuant to clause (i) above (a Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event) or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by any Requirements of Law from being repatriated to the Credit Parties, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Loans at the times provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above, as the case may be, but only so long, as the applicable Requirements of Law will not permit repatriation to the Credit Parties (the Credit Parties hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable Requirements of Law to permit repatriation), and once a repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable Requirements of Law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than ten Business Days after such repatriation is permitted) applied (net of any taxes that would be payable or reserved against if such amounts were actually repatriated whether or not they are repatriated) to the repayment of the Loans pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, as applicable, and (B) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net
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Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that in the case of this clause (B), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Prepayment Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to clause (i) above or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is eighteen months after the date an amount equal to such Excess Cash Flow would have so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to clause (ii) above unless previously actually repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to clause (ii) above, (x) the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Credit Parties rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of any taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement, including Section 5 shall be construed to require any Subsidiary to repatriate cash.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Application to Repayment Amounts. Subject to Section 5.2(f), each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) or (ii) shall be allocated pro rata among the Initial Term Loans, the New Term Loans, and the Extended Term Loans and shall be applied within each Class of Term Loans in respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity thereof or as otherwise directed by the Borrower; provided that the Borrower may allocate a greater proportion of such prepayment in its sole discretion to the Initial Term Loans to the extent agreed to by the Lenders providing any applicable New Term Loans and/or Extended Term Loans outstanding at such time. Subject to Section 5.2(f), with respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent written notice which shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied to each Class of Term Loans requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Initial Term Loan Lender, New Term Loan Lender or Lender of Extended Term Loans, as applicable.
(d) Application to Term Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided, that if any Lender has provided a Rejection Notice in compliance with Section 5.2(f), such prepayment shall be applied with respect to the Term Loans to be prepaid on a pro rata basis across all outstanding Types of such Term Loans in proportion to the percentage of such outstanding Term Loans to be prepaid represented by each such Class. In the absence of a Rejection Notice or a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation as instructed by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.11.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such
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prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender holding Term Loans of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Lenders pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Term Loan Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment other than any such mandatory prepayment with respect to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event under Section 5.2(a)(i) or Permitted Other Indebtedness under Section 5.2(a)(iii) (such declined amounts, the Declined Proceeds) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) by providing written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day after the date of such Lenders receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining after offering such Declined Proceeds to the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof shall be retained by the Borrower (Retained Declined Proceeds).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.2, no prepayments of Loans shall be required pursuant to this Section 5.2 until the First Lien Termination Date has occurred (except amounts declined by the Term Loan Lenders (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) pursuant to Section 5.2(f) of the First Lien Credit Agreement shall be required to be applied as a mandatory prepayment hereunder).
5.3 Method and Place of Payment.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agents Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower. All repayments or prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in the currency in which such Loans are denominated and all other payments under each Credit Document shall, unless otherwise specified in such Credit Document, be made in Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to (x) 12:00 noon (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, and (y) 9:45 a.m. (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in any other currency, or, otherwise in each case, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than (x) 12:00 noon (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, and (y) 9:45 a.m. (New York City time) in the case of payments denominated in any other currency, in each case, may be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agents sole discretion for purposes of calculating interest thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.
5.4 Net Payments.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
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(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes.
(ii) If any Withholding Agent shall be required by applicable law to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Withholding Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are reasonably determined by such Withholding Agent to be required by applicable law, (B) such Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4) each Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deductions been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or timely reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Tax Indemnifications. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 15 days after receipt of written demand therefor, for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability (along with a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts) delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If the Borrower reasonably believes that any such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
(d) Evidence of Payments. After any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 5.4, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders and Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Credit Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and
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(C) such Lenders entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by any Credit Party pursuant to any Credit Document or otherwise to establish such Lenders status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Any documentation and information required to be delivered by a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.4(e) (including any specific documentation set forth in subsection (ii) below) shall be delivered by such Lender (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before any date on which such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, (iii) promptly after the occurrence of any change in the Lenders circumstances requiring a change in the most recent documentation previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and each such Lender shall promptly notify in writing the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if such Lender is no longer legally eligible to provide any documentation previously provided. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(e)(ii)(A), (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), (B)(4), (C) and (D) below) shall not be required if in such Lenders or the Administrative Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution, or submission would subject such Lender or the Administrative Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements;
(B) each Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;
(2) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form thereto);
(3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1, I-2, I-3 or I-4, as applicable, (a Non-Bank Tax Certificate), to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments under any Credit Document are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Lenders conduct of a United States trade or business and (y) executed originals or copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor form);
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(4) where such Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or otherwise not a beneficial owner (e.g., where such Non-U.S. Lender has sold a participation), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto) and all required supporting documentation (including, where one or more of the underlying beneficial owner(s) is claiming the benefits of the portfolio interest exemption, a Non-Bank Tax Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, as applicable) of such beneficial owner(s)) (provided that, if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and not a participating Lender, the Non-Bank Tax Certificate(s) (substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4) may be provided by the Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of the direct or indirect partner(s)); or
(5) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made;
(C) each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement; and
(D) if the Administrative Agent is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrower with two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. If the Administrative Agent is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide an original Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying on Part I and Part VI of such Form W-8IMY that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. person for United States federal withholding tax purposes with respect to payments received by it from the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the certification described in the prior sentence.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Credit Party or with respect to which any Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.4, the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as applicable) shall promptly pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Credit Parties under this Section 5.4 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In
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such event, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or any Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or any Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Credit Party or any other Person.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 5.4, the term applicable law includes FATCA.
(h) Each partys obligations under this Section 5.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the Credit Documents.
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees.
(a) Except as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on
LIBORSOFR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
(b) Fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed.
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest.
(a) No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
(b) Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; provided that to the extent lawful, the interest or other amounts that would have been payable but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above such maximum amount or rate of interest therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to the Borrower.
Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing.
The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
6.1 Credit Documents.
Each Agent and each Lender (or their respective counsel) shall have received:
(a) this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(c) the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(d) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent;
(e) the First Lien Credit Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower, each lender party thereto and the First Lien Administrative Agent;
(f) the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter, dated the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and the Borrower; and
(g) the Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the First Lien Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
6.2 Collateral. Except for any items referred to on Schedule 9.14:
(a) All outstanding Equity Interests, regardless of the form of the Equity Interests, in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents shall have been pledged pursuant thereto.
(b) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have received the certificates representing the Equity Interests in and of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the extent required to be delivered under the Security Documents and pledged under the Security Documents and to the extent certificated, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers or allonges endorsed in blank.
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(c) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Document and perfect such Liens to the extent required by such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, and shall be in proper form, for filing, registration or recording.
6.3 Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the executed legal opinion, in customary form, of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Credit Parties and (ii) Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, PLLC, special Kentucky counsel to the Credit Parties, Holdings and the Borrower hereby instruct and agree to instruct the other Credit Parties to have such counsel deliver such legal opinions.
6.4 Equity Investments. Equity Investments, which, to the extent constituting Capital Stock other than common Capital Stock, shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Amount shall have been made; provided, that after giving effect to the Acquisition and the Minimum Equity Amount, KKR will own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company on the Closing Date.
6.5 Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each of (x) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with appropriate insertions, executed by any Authorized Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Holdings, the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.6 and (y) an Authorized Officer certifying compliance with Sections 6.8 (with respect to the Company Representations and the Specified Representations) and 6.10 and certifying that since December 10, 2018, there has not occurred any change, effect, event, state of facts, development that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Authorization of Proceedings of Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantors; Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the resolutions of the equity holders, board of directors or other managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof), as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor authorizing (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, Certificate of Formation and Operating Agreement or other comparable organizational documents, as applicable, of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor, (iii) signature and incumbency certificates (or other comparable documents evidencing the same) of the Authorized Officers of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party and (iv) good standing certificates from the Governmental Authorities of the jurisdictions of organization of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Guarantors, dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto.
6.7 Fees. The Agents and (with respect to expenses) Lenders shall have received, substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Initial Term Loans, the fees (including without limitation the fees payable on or before the Closing Date in the amounts set forth in the Administrative Agent/Collateral Agent Fee Letter) and, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in the amounts previously agreed in writing to be paid on the Closing Date (which amounts may, at the Borrowers option, be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans).
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6.8 Representations and Warranties. On the Closing Date, the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Specified Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects) and the Company Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any such Company Representations which are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects).
6.9 Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Vice President-Finance, a Director, a Manager, or any other senior financial officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with the Restricted Subsidiaries is Solvent.
6.10 Acquisition. The Acquisition shall have been or, substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents (including any consent under the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect) by the Borrower (or one of its Affiliates) thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders or Joint Lead Arrangers in their capacities as such without the consent of the Majority Lead Arrangers (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that (a) any change to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders and (b) any modification, amendment or express waiver or consents by the Borrower (or one of its affiliates) that results in an increase or reduction in the purchase price shall be deemed to not be materially adverse to the Lenders so long as (i) any increase in the purchase price shall not be funded with additional indebtedness (excluding the Credit Facilities to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) any reduction shall be allocated first to reduce the Equity Investments to the Minimum Equity Amount and thereafter to the Initial Term Loans and the Second Lien Facility on a pro rata basis).
6.11 Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date such documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act. If the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower the name of each requesting Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least ten calendar days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender requesting a certification regarding beneficial ownership in relation to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (the Beneficial Ownership Certification) shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
6.12 Pro Forma Balance Sheet. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma statement of income (collectively, the Pro Forma Financial Statements) of the Borrower as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2018, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance
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sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other statements of income), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).
6.13 Financial Statements. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements.
6.14 No Company Material Adverse Effect1. . Since December 10, 2018, there has not been any change, effect, event, state of facts, development or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
6.15 Refinancing. Substantially simultaneously with the initial Borrowing of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated.
6.16 Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 6 on the Closing Date, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 7. [Reserved]
Section 8. Representations and Warranties.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans as provided for herein the Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 and 8.10 only, Holdings) makes the following representations and warranties to the Lenders, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans (it being understood that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed made with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary only to the extent relevant under applicable law):
8.1 Corporate Status. Each Credit Party (a) is a duly organized and/or incorporated and validly existing corporation, limited liability company or other entity in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and/or incorporation and has the corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, winding up, dissolution, strike-off or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
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8.3 No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a Contractual Requirement) other than any such breach, default or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Acquisition).
8.4 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.5 Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
8.6 Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings, consents, approvals, registrations and recordings in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents (and to release existing Liens), and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings or consents the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.7 Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary is an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure.
(a) None of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and/or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such written information and data contained in (i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the Closing Date and including all information incorporated by reference therein) and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein was, when furnished, incorrect in any material respect or contained any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time
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in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished (after giving effect to all supplements and updates), it being understood and agreed that for the purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include pro forma financial information, projections, estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) or other forward looking information and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
(b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts, and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in paragraph (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
8.9 Financial Condition; Financial Statements.
(a) (i) The unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Borrower as set forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum, and (ii) the Historical Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Borrower at the respective dates of said information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods covered thereby. The Pro Forma Financial Statements, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender as of the Closing Date, have been prepared based on the Historical Financial Statements and have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2018 (as if the Transactions had been consummated on such date) and their estimated results of operations as if the Transactions had been consummated on September 30, 2018. The financial statements referred to in clause (a)(ii) of this Section 8.9 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in the notes to said financial statements.
(b) There has been no Material Adverse Effect since the Closing Date.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or IFRS, or the respective interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Documents.
8.10 Compliance with Laws; No Default; OFAC; FCPA; Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) Each Credit Party is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance with such Requirements of Law would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Each Credit Party and, to the knowledge of such Credit Parties, each of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, is (1) in compliance with (x) the Patriot Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and (y) each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), including (i) the United States Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
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1977 as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the FCPA), (2) is not (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFACs List of Specially Designated nationals, HMTs Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (3) is in compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions (collectively, the Anti-Corruption Laws), except, in each case, where the failure to be in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (4) except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is in compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each Credit Party has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws.
8.11 Tax Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) Borrower and each of the other Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Tax returns required to be filed by it and has timely paid all Taxes payable by it (whether or not shown on a Tax return and including in its capacity as withholding agent) that have become due, other than those being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and it can lawfully withhold such payment and (b) the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has paid, or has provided adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable. There is no current or proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.12 Compliance with ERISA; Foreign Plan Compliance.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
8.13 Subsidiaries. Schedule 8.13 lists each Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions.
8.14 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the United States as currently conducted, except where the failure to own or have a right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of their respective businesses by each of the Borrower, and the other Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property of any third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.15 Environmental Laws.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) none of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary has received written notice of any Environmental Claim; and (iii) none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.15, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, Released or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or operated property nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, has there been any other Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any such properties, in each case, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.16 Properties.
(a) (i) Each of Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and valid record title to, valid leasehold interests in, or rights to use, all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the failure to have such good title or interest would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the Flood Insurance Laws unless flood insurance available under such Flood Insurance Laws has been obtained in accordance with Section 9.3(b).
(b) Set forth on Schedule 8.16 is a list of each Mortgaged Property owned by any Credit Party as of the Closing Date having a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million.
8.17 Solvency. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions, including the making of the First Lien Loans) immediately following the making of the Loans and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be Solvent.
8.18 Use of Proceeds. The use of proceeds of the Loans will not violate any Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions or Anti-Corruption Laws in any material respect.
8.19 Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to any beneficial owner of the Borrower is true and correct in all material respects to the best knowledge of the Borrower.
Section 9. Affirmative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.14 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
9.1 Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or, if such financial statements are not required to be
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filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each such fiscal year) (120 days for the fiscal years of the Borrower ending December, 2018 and December, 2019), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year, and the related consolidated income statements and cash flows for such fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that for the fiscal year ending December 2018, separate audited financial statements shall be delivered for each of the Borrower and the Company, in each case, prior to giving effect to the Transactions) and, starting with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal years all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, in each case, certified by KPMG LLP or another independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Material Subsidiary) as a going concern (other than any qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date under any Indebtedness, (ii) any actual or potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant at such time or on a future date or in a future period or (iii) the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within five days after the date on which such financial statements are required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each such quarterly accounting period (60 days for the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019)), the consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated income statements for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of the applicable quarterly period, and commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2020 setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the last day of the related period in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except as noted therein), subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and, with respect to fiscal 2019 reporting periods, subject to finalization of the purchase price allocation to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Transactions, as required by GAAP.
(c) Budgets. Prior to an IPO, within 90 days (120 days in the case of the fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020) after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget of the Borrower in reasonable detail on a quarterly basis for such fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use consistent in scope with the financial statements provided pursuant to Section 9.1(a), setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (collectively, the Projections), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood and agreed that such Projections and assumptions as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
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(d) Officers Certificates. Not later than five days after the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, as the case may be, which certificate shall set forth (i) a specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be and (ii) the then applicable Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and underlying calculations in connection therewith. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth changes to the legal name, jurisdiction of formation, type of entity and organizational number (or equivalent) to the Person organized in a jurisdiction where an organizational identification number is required to be included in a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, in each case for each Credit Party or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (d), as the case may be.
(e) Notice of Default or Litigation. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Environmental Matters. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge of any one or more of the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notice of:
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate; and
(ii) the conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective action in response to the actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Estate.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation or removal, remedial or other corrective action in response thereto. The term Real Estate shall mean land, buildings, facilities and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party.
(g) Other Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements (other than drafts of pre-effective versions of registration statements) with, and reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it
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becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices, and reports that the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in their capacity as such holders, lenders or agents (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time to time; provided that none of the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective contractors) is prohibited by law, or any binding agreement, (iii) that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) that is otherwise subject to Section 13.16 or the limitations set forth in Section 9.2.
(h) KYC Information. At the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly deliver (i) such documentation and other information (including Beneficial Ownership Certification) about the Borrower and the Guarantors as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Beneficial Ownership Certification.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), and (g) of this Section 9.1 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the earliest date on which (i) the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowers websites on the Internet; (ii) such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), or (iii) such financial statements and/or other documents are posted on the SECs website on the internet at www.sec.gov; provided that (A) the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, continue to deliver copies (which delivery may be by electronic transmission) of such documents to the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which notification may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents on any website described in this paragraph. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.1, the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.1 may be (i) with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements are also delivered or (ii) the applicable financial statements of Holdings or any other Parent Entity of the Borrower so long as, simultaneously with the delivery of such financial statements, the related consolidated financial statements reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Holdings or such other Parent Entity are also delivered.
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Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in advance, all financial statements and certificates furnished pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to all Lenders and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as not containing any material nonpublic information.
9.2 Books, Records, and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary in whomsoevers possession to the extent that it is within such partys control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not within such partys control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books and records of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, (a) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more than one time in any calendar year, which such visit will be at the Borrowers expense, and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by law or any agreement binding on a third-party or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its respective representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowers independent public accountants.
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, promptly following written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried and (b) with respect to any improved Mortgaged Property located in a special flood hazard area, the Borrower will obtain flood insurance in such total amount as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and shall otherwise comply with the Flood Insurance Laws. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a lenders loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the lenders loss payee thereunder.
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9.4 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material Taxes imposed upon it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims in respect of any Taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon the Borrower properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, it can lawfully withhold such payment and the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.5 Preservation of Existence; Consolidated Corporate Franchises. Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, take all actions necessary (a) to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, organizational rights and authority and (b) to maintain its rights, privileges (including its good standing (if applicable)), permits, licenses and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Permitted Investments and Sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5.
9.6 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations in full force and effect, (b) comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws, and (c) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal, and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders and directives which are being timely contested in good faith by proper proceedings, except in each case of clauses (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 9.6, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.7 ERISA. Where applicable, (a) the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan to which a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to contribute; provided that if the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof; provided, further, that the rights granted to the Administrative Agent in this Section shall be exercised not more than once with respect to the same Multiemployer Plan during any applicable plan year, and (b) the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent promptly following the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Credit Party that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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9.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all tangible property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, and condemnation excepted, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $36 million and (y) 9.73% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Affiliate transaction, for any individual transaction or series of related transactions on terms that are at least substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the payment of fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement and customary investment banking fees paid to the Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith, (b) transactions permitted by Section 10.3 and Section 10.5, (c) consummation of the Transactions and the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by the Credit Documents, (e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrowers or a Subsidiarys ownership of Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10, (f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or consultants (including management and employee benefit plans or agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements) in the ordinary course of business (including loans and advances in connection therewith), (g) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such parent) and the Subsidiaries that are permitted under Section 10.5(b)(15); provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent of the amount received from Unrestricted Subsidiaries) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, U.S. federal, state and/or local taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) paid such taxes separately from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, (h) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) transactions undertaken pursuant to membership in a purchasing consortium, (j) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (k) customary payments by the Borrower (or any direct or
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indirect parent) and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, (l) the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable, (m) Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted hereunder and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated herein in respect thereof, (n) any customary transactions with a Receivables Subsidiary effected as part of a Receivables Facility and (o) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
9.10 End of Fiscal Years. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, fiscal years to end on dates consistent with past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent change the financial reporting convention specified above to (x) align the dates of such fiscal year and for any Restricted Subsidiary whose fiscal years end on dates different from those of the Borrower or (y) any other financial reporting convention (including a change of fiscal year) reasonably acceptable (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.
9.11 Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, Holdings will cause each direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC), and each other Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, within 60 days from the date of such formation, acquisition or cessation, as applicable (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree as instructed by the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion), and Holdings may at its option cause any other Domestic Subsidiary, to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement, in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee and a grantor under such Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, enter into a new Security Document substantially consistent with the analogous existing Security Documents and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders and take all other action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as created and perfected by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 9.14(d) in the case of such Credit Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to take any action outside the United States to perfect any security interest in the Collateral (including the execution of any agreement, document or other instrument governed by the law of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia).
9.12 Pledge of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the intercreditor Agreement and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the
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Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, Holdings will cause (i) all certificates representing Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents) held directly by Holdings or any other Credit Party, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4 received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any disposition of assets pursuant to Section 10.4, and (iii) any promissory notes executed after the Closing Date evidencing Indebtedness in excess of the greater of (a) $40 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time such promissory note is executed; of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is owing to Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations accompanied by undated instruments of transfer executed in blank pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing any promissory note among Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries need not be delivered to the Collateral Agent so long as (i) a global intercompany note superseding such promissory note has been delivered to the Collateral Agent, (ii) such promissory note is not delivered to any other party other than Holdings or any other Credit Party, in each case, owed money thereunder, and (iii) such promissory note indicates on its face that it is subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.
9.13 Use of Proceeds.
On the Closing Date, the Borrower will use (i) the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans, the First Lien Facilities (other than the Delayed Draw First Lien Term Loan Facility) and the Equity Investments to effect the Transactions and pay related fees, (ii) up to $20 million, in the aggregate, of the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) to fund certain Transaction Expenses and the proceeds of the borrowing of the Revolving Credit Facility (exclusive of Letter of Credit (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) usage) to fund working capital and (iii) cash on hand to effect the Transactions and pay related fees.
9.14 Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to the terms of Sections 9.11 and 9.12, this Section 9.14, the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, Holdings will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements, and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust, and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect, and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, all at the expense of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the terms, provisions and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement and other than (x) when in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences of doing so would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom (including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance) (it being understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, the determination of the First Lien Administrative Agent with respect to the matters described in this clause (x) shall be the basis for such direction by the Required Lenders with respect to such matters) or (y) to the extent doing so would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, if any assets (other than
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Excluded Property) (including any real estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein but excluding Capital Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary and excluding any real estate which the applicable Credit Party intends to dispose of pursuant to a Permitted Sale Leaseback so long as actually disposed of within 270 days of acquisition (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may reasonably agree)) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20 million (at the time of acquisition) are acquired by Holdings or any other Credit Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Document upon acquisition thereof) that are of a nature secured by a Security Document or that constitute a fee interest in real property in the United States, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), Holdings will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations (provided, however, that in the event any Mortgage delivered pursuant to this clause (b) shall incur any mortgage recording tax or similar charges in connection with the recording thereof, such Mortgage shall not secure an amount in excess of the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property) and will take, and cause the other applicable Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent as instructed by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, to grant and perfect such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 9.14.
(c) Any Mortgage delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the preceding clause (b) shall, if requested by the Collateral Agent, be received as soon as commercially reasonable but in no event later than 90 days (except as set forth in the preceding clause (b)), unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent acting reasonably and accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or an unconditional binding commitment therefor to be replaced by a final title policy) of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company (each such policy, a Title Policy), in such amounts as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) not to exceed the Fair Market Value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid second Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2 or as otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower, together with such endorsements, co-insurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request but only to the extent such endorsements are (i) available in the relevant jurisdiction (provided in no event shall the Administrative Agent request a creditors rights endorsement) and (ii) available at commercially reasonable rates, (y) an opinion of local counsel to the applicable Credit Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (z) a completed Life-of-Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination, and if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located in a special flood hazard area, (i) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the applicable Credit Parties and (ii) certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance required by Section 9.3 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, and (aa) an ALTA/NSPS survey in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders or such existing survey together with a no-change affidavit sufficient for the title company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the Title Policy related to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements required in (x) above. It is understood and agreed that prior to the First Lien Termination Date, to the extent that the First Lien Administrative Agent is satisfied with or agrees to any deliveries or documents required under this Section 9.14(c), the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent and/or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be satisfied with such deliveries or documents (to the extent substantially identical to the corresponding deliveries or documents accepted by the First Lien Administrative Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Facilities), as the case may be.
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(d) Post-Closing Covenant. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agree that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to, complete each of the actions described on Schedule 9.14 as soon as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth on Schedule 9.14 with respect to such action or such later date as the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may reasonably agree.
9.15 Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating and ratings in respect of the Term Loans provided pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, from each of S&P and Moodys.
9.16 Lines of Business. The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise incidental, synergistic, reasonably related, or ancillary to any of the foregoing (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Investment).
Section 10. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.8 only, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, incur and collectively, an incurrence) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or, in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, preferred stock; provided that (A) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of preferred stock, if, after giving effect thereto, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00:1.00 or (B) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), if, after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be less than or equal to 5.75:1.00; provided, further, that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing together with any amounts incurred under Sections 10.1(l)(ii) and (n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $180 million and (y) 48.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding.
The foregoing limitations will not apply to:
(a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness represented by the First Lien Facilities, Permitted First Lien Exchange Notes, and any guarantee thereof in an aggregate principal amount (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses) not to exceed, in the aggregate (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), without duplication, $1,987,500,000 and (ii) Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 10.1(x)(i) of the First Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all accrued interest, fees and expenses);
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(c) (i) Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness (including any unused commitment) outstanding on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 10.1 (other than intercompany Indebtedness owed by a Credit Party to another Credit Party);
(d) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease, construction, installation, maintenance, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any synthetic lease transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (d) and all Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (d), does not exceed the greater of (x) $156 million and (y) 42.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence; provided that Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (d) in connection with a Permitted Sale Leaseback shall not be subject to the foregoing limitation so long as the proceeds of such Permitted Sale Leaseback are used by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.2(a);
(e) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including letter of credit obligations consistent with past practice constituting Reimbursement Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business), in respect of workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement or indemnification type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, deferred compensation, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;
(f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earnout or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary or other Person, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the Borrowers Guarantee; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
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(h) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and to the Guarantee of such Guarantor as the case may be; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause;
(i) shares of preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock not permitted by this clause;
(j) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);
(k) (i) obligations in respect of self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(l) (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference (together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions, any Cure Amount or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with Sections 10.5(a)(iii)(B) and 10.5(a)(iii)(C) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 10.5(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition thereof) and (ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii), does not at any one time outstanding exceed sum of (A) the greater of (x) $222 million and (y) 60% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of incurrence and (B) an additional amount of Indebtedness in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.5 (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall be deemed a Restricted Payment for purposes of compliance with Section 10.5) (it being further understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (l)(ii) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (l)(ii) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 without reliance on this clause (l)(ii)); provided that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred
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stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(n)(x) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $180 million and (y) 48.65% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding;
(m) the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and clauses (b) and (c) above, clause (l)(i) and this clause (m) or clause (n) below or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refinance, replace, refund, extend, renew, defease, restructure, amend, restate or otherwise modify (collectively, refinance) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (the Refinancing Indebtedness) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness (1) has a weighted average life to maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced, (2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness that is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, as applicable, (ii) Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively, and (iii) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced, (3) shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or a Guarantor, and (4) shall have an aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) that does not exceed the aggregate principal amount (or liquidation preference, as applicable) of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refinanced (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith);
(n) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition, merger, or consolidation; provided that the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock that may be incurred pursuant to the foregoing, together with any amounts incurred under the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(l)(ii) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed the greater of (x) $180 million and (y) 48.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at any one time outstanding, or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof (including designating an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation described in this clause (n), (i) either (1) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in clause (A) of the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than that immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (ii) the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be either (1) less than or equal to the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediate prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or designation or (2) less than or equal to 5.75:1.00;
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(o) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(p) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit so long as such letter of credit is otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 10.1 or (ii) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;
(q) (1) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as in the case of a guarantee of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness could have been incurred directly by the Restricted Subsidiary providing such guarantee or (2) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower;
(r) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in the aggregate at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $102 million and (y) 27.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (r) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (r));
(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(t) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business, including with respect to financial accommodations of the type described in the definition of Cash Management Services and (ii) Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(u) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, managers and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 10.5(b);
(v) Indebtedness in respect of a Receivables Facility;
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(w) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness to the extent that all of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness;
(x) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Other Indebtedness; provided that either (a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Permitted Other Indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to this clause (i)(a) shall not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount or (b) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied no later than ten Business Days after the receipt thereof to repurchase, repay, redeem or otherwise defease Loans (provided, in the case of this clause (i)(b), such Permitted Other Indebtedness is unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness; and
(y) (i) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Debt Exchange Notes incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Exchange in accordance with Section 2.15 (and which does not generate any additional proceeds) and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided that (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (except for any original issue discount thereon and the amount of fees, expenses, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest in connection with such refinancing) and (y) such Indebtedness otherwise complies with the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1: (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (a) through (y) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 10.1, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, will classify and may reclassify (including within the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses or paragraphs; and (ii) at the time of incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 10.1; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien Facility on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred under clause (b)(i) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this covenant. Any Refinancing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (a) and (l)(i) above shall be deemed to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs, fees, and expenses in connection with such refinancing.
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For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in another currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in another currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, and other costs and expenses and accrued and unpaid interest incurred in connection with such refinancing.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
10.2 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets of any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a Subject Lien) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, except:
(i) if such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien;
(ii) any other Subject Lien if the obligations secured by such Subject Lien are junior to the Obligations; provided that at the Borrowers election, in the case of Liens securing Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations, the applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall enter into security documents with terms and conditions not materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Security Documents and shall (x) in the case of the first such issuance of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the representative of the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations shall have entered into intercreditor arrangements substantially consistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (but with Liens securing Obligations being senior Liens thereunder) and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and (y) in the case of subsequent issuances of such Permitted Other Indebtedness, the representative for the holders of such Permitted Other Indebtedness shall have become a party to such intercreditor arrangements in accordance with the terms thereof; and without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties the Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this clause (ii);
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(iii) in the case of any Subject Lien on assets or property not constituting Collateral, any Subject Lien if (i) the Obligations are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case such Subject Lien secures any Junior Debt) the obligations secured by such Subject Lien or (ii) such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iii) above shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally be released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Subject Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Obligations.
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its business units, assets or other properties (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division), except that:
(a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower; provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (such other Person, the Successor Borrower), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto or in a form otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (3) Holdings and each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to the Guarantee, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrowers obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have, by a supplement to any applicable Security Document, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Credit Document and that the provisions set forth in the preceding clauses (3) through (5) preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens created under the Security Documents (it being understood that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement);
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(b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and if the surviving Person is not already a Guarantor, such Person shall execute a supplement to the Guarantee and the relevant Security Documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in order to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable, thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to any Security Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents;
(c) the Transactions may be consummated;
(d) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Credit Party (other than the Borrower) may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to any other Credit Party;
(e) any Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or dissolution or otherwise) to a Credit Party; provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
(f) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;
(g) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, investment or conveyance, sale, lease, assignment or disposition, the purpose of which is to effect an Asset Sale (which for purposes of this Section 10.3(g), will include any disposition below the dollar threshold set forth in clause (ii)(d) of the definition of Asset Sale) permitted by Section 10.4 or an investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or an investment that constitutes a Permitted Investment; and
(h) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions.
10.4 Limitations on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
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(b) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, if the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of have a Fair Market Value in excess of the greater of (a) $60 million and (b) 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such disposition, either (A) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents or (B) at least 50% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that the Net Cash Proceeds received pursuant to this clause (B) must be used to repay the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a) within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as reflected on the Borrowers most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrowers consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such consolidated balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Borrower and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;
(iii) Indebtedness, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loans, that are of any Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released from any Guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale; and
(iv) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $245 million and 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (b) of this provision and for no other purpose.
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Within the Reinvestment Period after the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to prepay Loans or Permitted Other Indebtedness in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i); and/or
(2) to make investments in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with this clause (2) if and to the extent that, within the Reinvestment Period after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement or letter of intent to consummate any such investment described in this clause (2) with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment and, in the event any such commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary prepays the Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i).
(c) Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Cash Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) or any other revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
10.5 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiarys Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Borrower payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;
(3) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (g) and (h) of Section 10.1 or (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Junior Debt purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
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(4) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof);
(ii) [reserved]; and
(iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock pursuant to clause (b) thereof only) and 6(C) of Section 10.5(b) below, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 10.5(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication) (the sum of the amounts attributable to clauses (A) through (G) below is referred to herein as the Available Amount):
(A) | 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the Borrowers most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, plus |
(B) | 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date (other than (i) net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1 and (ii) proceeds from Cure Amounts and amounts received from a Restricted Subsidiary) from the issue or sale of (x) Equity Interests of the Borrower, including Retired Capital Stock, but excluding cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of (A) Equity Interests to any employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower and the Borrowers Subsidiaries after the Closing Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below, and (B) Designated Preferred Stock, and, to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Borrower, Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 10.5(b) below) or (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the |
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Borrower; provided that this clause (B) shall not include the proceeds from (a) Refunding Capital Stock, (b) Equity Interests or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower, as the case may be, (c) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock or (d) Excluded Contributions, plus |
(C) | 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Borrower following the Closing Date (other than net cash proceeds from Cure Amounts or to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock pursuant to clause (l)(i) of Section 10.1), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions), plus |
(D) | 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by means of (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Closing Date; or (B) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus |
(E) | in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) of Section 10.5(b) below at the time made or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the amount of the original Investment; plus |
(F) | the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Closing Date, plus |
(G) | an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $132 million and 35.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis). |
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(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 10.5(a) will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (Retired Capital Stock) or Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (Refunding Capital Stock) and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this Section 10.5(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that was declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(3) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 10.1 so long as: (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness, (B) if such Junior Debt is subordinated to the Obligations, such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, (C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, (D) if such Junior Debt so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value is (i) unsecured then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or (ii) Permitted Other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(x)(i)(b) and is secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations then such new Indebtedness shall be unsecured or secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, and (E) such new Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Junior Debt being so redeemed, defeased, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, or their estates, descendants,
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family, spouse or former spouse pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option or phantom equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) subsequent to the Closing Date do not exceed in any calendar year the greater of (a) $36 million and (b) 9.73% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (which subsequent to the consummation of an IPO shall increase to the greater of (a) $78 million and (b) 21.08% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed: (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower and, to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of Section 10.5(a)(iii), plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, less (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Borrower, any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle or any Restricted Subsidiary, or their estates, descendants, family, spouse or former spouse in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect Parent Entity or management investment vehicle will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 10.5 or any other provision of this Agreement;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any class or series of preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, issued in accordance with Section 10.1 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of Fixed Charges;
(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Borrower after the Closing Date; (B) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Borrower from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or (C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this Section 10.5(b); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.75:1.00;
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(7) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (x) $42 million and (y) 11.35% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(8) (i) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, manager, or consultant and repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) payments or other adjustments to outstanding Equity Interests in accordance with any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other similar employee benefit plan, agreement or arrangement in connection with any Restricted Payment;
(9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrowers common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such companys common stock), following consummation of an IPO, in an amount on an aggregate basis not to exceed the sum of (a) 6.00% per annum of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from such IPO, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrowers common stock registered on Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) an aggregate amount not to exceed 7.00% of the market capitalization of the Borrower;
(10) Restricted Payments in an amount that does not exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions made since the Closing Date;
(11) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $114 million and 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;
(13) any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto), in each case, with respect to the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to permit payment by such parent of such amount), to the extent permitted by Section 9.9 (other than clause (b) thereof), and Restricted Payments in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations under the Acquisition Agreement, any Permitted Acquisitions or other Permitted Investments;
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(14) other Restricted Payments; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payments the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 4.75:1.00, provided that, with respect to Investments and the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is equal to or less than 5.00:1.00;
(15) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Borrower to, or the making of loans to, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company to pay: (A) franchise and excise taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence or qualification to do business, (B) consolidated, combined or similar foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes, to the extent that such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments with respect to any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) would have been required to pay in respect of such foreign, federal, state and local income taxes for such fiscal year had the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (to the extent described above) been a stand-alone taxpayer or stand-alone group (separate from any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) for all fiscal years ending after the Closing Date, (C) customary salary, bonus, and other benefits payable to officers, employees, directors, and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses, and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (D) general corporate or other operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Borrowers proportionate share of such amount relating to such parent company being a public company, (E) amounts required for any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to pay fees and expenses incurred by any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower related to (i) the maintenance by such Parent Entity of its corporate or other entity existence and (ii) transactions of such parent company of the Borrower of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, (F) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, and (G) repurchases deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options;
(16) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Borrower, in each case, permitted under this Agreement;
(17) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);
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(18) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of Junior Debt in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (18) not to exceed the greater of (x) $114 million and (y) 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis);
(19) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions; and
(20) payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3 (other than Section 10.3(g));
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under the preceding clauses (11), (14) (except for an Investment where the standard shall be no Event of Default pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.5), and (18), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof (or in the case of a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof).
The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of Investment. Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time pursuant to Section 10.5(a) or under clauses (7), (10), or (11) of Section 10.5(b), or pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (18) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, the Borrower will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (18), Section 10.5(a) and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of Permitted Investments, in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.
(c) Prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, to the extent any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to Section 10.1(y) for the purpose of consummating a Permitted Debt Exchange, (i) the Borrower will not, and will not permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or acquire any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.1(a) on a pro rata basis among the Term Loans, in an amount not less than the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes that are proposed to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or acquired and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Permitted Debt Exchange Notes in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange then outstanding (prior to giving effect to such proposed prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or acquisition) and (b) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Borrower will not waive, amend or modify the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes or any indenture pursuant to which such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes have been issued in any manner inconsistent with the terms of Section 2.15(a), Section 10.1(y), or the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness or that would result in an Event of Default hereunder if such Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (as so amended or modified) were then being issued or incurred.
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10.6 Limitation on Subsidiary Distributions. The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions (x) which the Borrower has reasonably determined in good faith will not materially impair the Borrowers ability to make payments under this Agreement when due or (y) existing under or by reason of:
(i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to this Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;
(ii) the First Lien Credit Documents and the First Lien Loans;
(iii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (c) above on the property so acquired;
(iv) Requirements of Law or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any request of any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated;
(vi) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary and restrictions on transfer of assets subject to Permitted Liens;
(vii) (x) secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (y) restrictions on transfers of assets subject to Permitted Liens (but, with respect to any such Permitted Lien, only to the extent that such transfer restrictions apply solely to the assets that are the subject of such Permitted Lien);
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(viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.1;
(x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture and the Equity Interests issued thereby;
(xi) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and
(xiii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xii) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings (x) are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrowers boards of directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or (y) do not materially impair the Borrowers ability to pay their respective obligations under the Credit Documents as and when due (as determined in good faith by the Borrower).
10.7 Anti-Layering. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money (other than permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any Credit Party (including by being first loss or last out in any payment waterfall, but excluding any first loss or last out tranche under the First Lien Facilities) shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Credit Partys Obligations to the same extent and (y) no Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist secured Indebtedness that, by its express terms, is subordinated as to rights to receive, or subject to turnover of, payments or proceeds of collateral to any of the First Lien Facilities which shall be secured by the same collateral as the First Lien Facilities, unless such secured Indebtedness is pari passu without regard to control of remedies or junior in right of payment and secured on a pari passu without regard to control of remedies or junior basis with the Term Loans.
10.8 Permitted Activities. Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as owner of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and reporting related to such matters, (iv) the performance of its obligations
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under and in connection with the Credit Documents, the First Lien Credit Documents, any documentation governing Permitted Other Indebtedness, any refinancing thereof and the other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10 (or that would be permitted to the extent that Holdings was considered to be the Borrower and/or a Restricted Subsidiary), including the ability to incur costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting matters, (vii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted hereunder, (viii) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (ix) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of the Borrower and guaranteeing the obligations of the Borrower, (x) any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 10, (xi) undertaking or consummating any IPO Reorganization Transactions or any transaction related thereto or contemplated thereby and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) through (xi) of this Section 10.8.
Section 11. Events of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an Event of Default):
11.1 Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any Fees or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or
11.2 Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto (except those in the Credit Documents made or deemed made on the Closing Date that are not the Company Representations or the Specified Representations) shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made, and, to the extent capable of being cured, such incorrect representation or warranty shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to the Borrower; or
11.3 Covenants. Any Credit Party shall:
(a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5(a) (solely with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), Section 9.14(d) or Section 10; or
(b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any Security Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements. (a) Holdings, the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate, for Holdings, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace and following all required notices, if any, provided in
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the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (after giving effect to all applicable grace period and delivery of all required notices) (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (a) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement), or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of such Hedge Agreements (it being understood that clause (a)(i) above shall apply to any failure to make any payment in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate that is required as a result of any such termination or similar event and that is not otherwise being contested in good faith)) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness, (y) Indebtedness which is convertible into Qualified Stock and converts to Qualified Stock in accordance with its terms and such conversion is not prohibited hereunder, or (z) any breach or default that is (I) remedied by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (II) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans pursuant to this Section 11; provided, further, that with respect to the First Lien Facilities, a Default or Event of Default under the First Lien Facilities (other than as a result of failure to pay at scheduled maturity) shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder only if the holders of First Lien Facilities have caused the same to become due and payable prior to the scheduled maturity thereof.
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3, Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the Bankruptcy Code); or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not controverted within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary commences any other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, winding-up (whether voluntarily or by the courts), strike-off, administration or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the
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Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary is adjudicated bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar Person for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
11.6 ERISA. (a) An ERISA Event or a Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred, (b) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Pension Plan(s), (c) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan(s), or (d) any Credit Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner, and in each case in clauses (a) through (d) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
11.7 Guarantee. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, any Guarantee provided by any Credit Party or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee; or
11.8 Pledge Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent or any Lender or solely as a result of the Collateral Agents failure to maintain possession of any Capital Stock or Stock Equivalents that have been previously delivered to it) or any pledgor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgors obligations under the Security Agreement or any other any Security Document; or
11.9 Security Agreement. Other than as expressly permitted hereunder, the Security Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof, solely as a result of acts or omissions of the Collateral Agent in respect of certificates, promissory notes or instruments actually delivered to it) or any grantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantors obligations under any Security Document; or
11.10 Judgments. One or more final judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability in excess of the greater of (x) $66 million and (y) 17.84% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in the aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not covered by insurance or indemnities as to which the applicable insurance company or third party has not denied coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof; or
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11.11 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.12 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against Holdings and the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement: declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law; provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower or Holdings, the result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative Agent shall occur automatically without the giving of any such notice.
11.13 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of, the Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement, any exercise of remedies under the Credit Documents or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:
(i) first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with any collection or sale of the Collateral or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of Holdings (if applicable) or any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document to the extent reimbursable hereunder or thereunder;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all Obligations owing to them on the date of any distribution; and
(iii) third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
Section 12. The Agents.
12.1 Appointment.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than Section 12.1(c) with respect to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and Sections 12.1, 12.9, 12.11 and 12.12 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall have rights as third party beneficiary of any such provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly
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set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(b) The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and the Administrative Agent and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
(c) Each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners each in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.
12.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, subagents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
12.3 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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(a) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 13.1), provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law and (b) except as expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
12.4 Reliance by Agents. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it (in good faith) 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 (including counsel to Holdings and the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit Document or applicable law.
12.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders.
12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into
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the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly required to be furnished to each Lender by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
12.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to severally indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (or, if indemnification is sought after the Termination Date, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur (including at any time following the payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse each Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Credit Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower; provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrowers continuing Reimbursement Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lenders pro rata
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portion thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement resulting from such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that no action taken by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 12.7. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The indemnity provided to each Agent under this Section 12.7 shall also apply to such Agents respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, controlling persons, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents and successors.
12.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacities. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
12.9 Successor Agents.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States (other than any Disqualified Lender). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including receipt of the Borrowers consent) after consulting with the Lenders; provided that if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and the Required Lenders shall appoint a Lender to perform all of the duties of the Agent hereunder until such time as the Lenders shall appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
(b) At any time and from time to time, with or without cause, the Required Lenders may to the extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by notice in writing to the Borrower and the Person then acting as Administrative Agent (or Collateral Agent) remove such Person as the Administrative Agent (or Collateral Agent, as applicable) and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (1) the retiring or removed agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security
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as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph (and otherwise subject to the terms above). Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) or removed Agent. Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of WT as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.9 shall also constitute the resignation or removal of WT as the Collateral Agent. The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including Section 12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as an Agent.
12.10 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Credit Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective) or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Credit Party to do so), fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 12.10. The agreements in this Section 12.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
12.11 Agents Under Security Documents and Guarantee. Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral and the Security Documents. Subject to Section 13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any Lien, in whole or in part, on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) under any Credit Document (i) upon the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in
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connection with any sale, disposition or other transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Credit Document to a Person that is not a Credit Party or in connection with the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Credit Documents, (iv) as to the extent provided in the Security Documents, (v) that constitutes Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 13.1; (b) release any Guarantor (other than Holdings (except as otherwise permitted by Section 10.3)) from its obligations under the Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; (c) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien permitted under clause (iv) (solely with respect to Section 10.1(d)), and (vii) of the definition of Permitted Liens or if required under the terms of any lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement effecting the Mortgaged Property provided such lease, easement, right of way or similar agreement constitutes a Permitted Lien; and (d) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as being a party to such intercreditor or subordination agreement, including the Intercreditor Agreement.
The Collateral Agent shall have its own independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by the Borrower under this Section 12.11, irrespective of any discharge of the Borrowers obligations to pay those amounts to the other Lenders resulting from failure by them to take appropriate steps in insolvency proceedings affecting the Borrower to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts.
Any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under this Section 12.11 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Lenders have received (and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Credit Documents and any amount due and payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under those provisions shall be decreased to the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 12.11.
12.12 Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Agents, and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights, and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights, and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.
12.13 Intercreditor Agreements Govern(i). The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) hereby authorizes
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and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into each intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof, and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any intercreditor agreement that includes, or to amend any then-existing intercreditor agreement to provide for, the terms described in the definition of Permitted Other Indebtedness.
Each Lender hereunder (i) acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as Administrative Agent and on behalf of such Lender and (iv) hereby consents to the subordination of the Liens securing the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the lenders under the First Lien Credit Documents to extend credit to the Credit Parties and such lenders are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
12.14 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans or the Commitments,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
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(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto).
For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply to each of the capitalized terms below:
Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Section 13. Miscellaneous.
13.1 Amendments, Waivers, and Releases. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Credit Documents, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. Except as provided to the contrary in the Credit Documents (including under (I) Section 2.14 or 2.15 or (II) the sixth and seventh paragraphs hereof in respect of Replacement Term Loans or (III) the second proviso below), the Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with Holdings or the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of Holdings or the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided, further, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (x) (i) forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or amend Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion thereof, or extend the date for the payment, of any principal, interest or fee hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or amend or modify any provisions of Section 13.20, or make any Loan, interest, Fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory
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prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial covenant definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), or (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or (v) alter the ratable payments required by Section 5.3(a), Section 11.13(ii), Section 13.8(a) or Section 13.20 without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (vi) reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the term Required Lenders or amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 that has the effect of decreasing the number of Lenders that must approve any amendment, modification or waiver, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (y) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (x), (i) extend the final expiration date of any Lenders Commitment or (ii) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender, or (z) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a repricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of Term Loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting Term Loans bear) a lower Effective Yield (a Permitted Repricing Amendment), require the consent of any Lender other than the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon Holdings, the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In the case of any waiver, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder Agreement(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such New Term Loans.
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In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (Refinanced Term Loans) with a replacement term loan tranche (Replacement Term Loans) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid interest, fees, premiums, and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, unless any such Applicable Margin applies after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans), and (d) the covenants, events of default and guarantees shall be not materially more restrictive (taken as a whole) (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than the covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants, events of default and guarantees applicable to any period after the maturity date in respect of the Refinanced Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the Termination Date, (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Property or Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise no longer being required to be a Guarantor hereunder. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 13.1) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility or extension facility pursuant to Section 2.14 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to the Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Indebtedness as expressly contemplated by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; and (iv) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Holdings and the Credit Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by Holdings or the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (at the instruction of the Required Lenders in their respective sole discretion, except as otherwise specified below), to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (in each case as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, at the instruction of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, grant extensions of time for the satisfaction of any of the requirements under Sections 9.12, 9.13 and 9.14 or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if it determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.
13.2 Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
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(a) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(b) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers, and privileges provided by law.
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower, jointly and severally, agree (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower) and of Duane Morris LLP (or such other counsel as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), one counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each other Agent, and, to the extent required, one firm or local counsel for each Agent in each relevant local jurisdiction with the Borrowers consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender,
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each Agent and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the Indemnified Persons) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, disbursements or penalties of any kind or nature whatsoever (and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating or defending any of the foregoing (including the reasonable fees) has retained its own counsel, of another firm of counsel in each relevant jurisdiction for such affected Indemnified Person), and to the extent required, one firm or local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) of any such Indemnified Person arising out of or with respect to the Transactions or to the execution, enforcement, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or relating to any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (regardless of whether such Indemnified Person is a party thereto or whether or not such action, claim, litigation or proceeding was brought by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person), arising out of, or relating to the foregoing, including any of the foregoing relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials relating in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities); provided that Holdings and the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent arising from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement by such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any proceeding between and among Indemnified Persons that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the exception for bad faith set forth in clause (i) and the exceptions set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply to the Agents and shall not limit or impair the right of the Agents to indemnification and reimbursement; provided further, with respect to the forgoing clause (iii), the Agents, to the extent acting in their capacity as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such proceeding, to the extent that the exceptions set forth in clause (i) (other than bad faith, which is not applicable to the Agents) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such person at such time. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. This Section 13.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements arising from any non-Tax claim.
(b) No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit Holdings and the Borrowers indemnification obligations to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 13.5(a) in respect of damages incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party. No Indemnified Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that the foregoing exception for bad faith shall not apply to the Agents and shall not limit or impair any release or exculpation of the Agents.
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13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 13.6. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below and Section 13.7, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that the relevant Person shall have the right to withhold their consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:
(A) the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans to (X) a Lender, (Y) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (Z) an Approved Fund, (2) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to any assignee if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing or (3) with respect to the Term Loans only, unless the Borrower has already objected thereto by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of a written request for consent thereto; and
(B) the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to (i) a natural Person, or Disqualified Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which
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consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments by a Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above (and simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system or other method reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; provided, further, that such processing and recordation fee shall not be payable in the case of assignments by any Agent or any of its Affiliates;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the Administrative Questionnaire) and applicable tax forms (as required under Section 5.4(e)); and
(E) any assignment to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Institutional Lender) shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(h).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent bears no responsibility for tracking or monitoring assignments to or participations by any Affiliated Lender or any Disqualified Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(v) of this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 13.6. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of an assignment to a new Lender pursuant to this Section 13.6, (i) the Administrative Agent, the new Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the new Lender been an original Lender signatory to this Agreement with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the assignment and to the extent of the assignment the assigning Lender shall each be released from further obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) the benefit of each Security Document shall be maintained in favor of the new Lender.
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(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest amounts) owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 13.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than (x) a natural person, (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Disqualified Lender provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (z) hereof, participations may be sold to Disqualified Lenders unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders who so request) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or the sales of participations thereto at any time. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (i) and (vii) of the second proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.6, the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the participating Lender)). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the sale of such the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Each Lender that
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sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, or its other obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender and this Section 13.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lenders possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lenders credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
(f) The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) SPV Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an SPV), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the
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termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV, it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (as instructed by the Required Lenders)) other than a Disqualified Lender providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) subject to Section 13.16, disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to the following sentence, each SPV shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.6, including the requirements of clause (e) of Section 5.4 (it being agreed that any documentation required under Section 5.4(e) shall be provided to the Granting Lender)). Notwithstanding the prior sentence, an SPV shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the grant to such SPV, unless such grant to such SPV is made with the Borrowers prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (1) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (2) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Loans or Commitments acquired the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) by its acquisition of Loans or Commitments, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) | it shall not have any right to (i) attend or participate in (including, in each case, by telephone) any meeting (including Lender only meetings) or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders or any other material which is Lender only, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Section 2) or receive any advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or (iii) make any challenge to the Administrative Agents or any other Lenders attorney-client privilege on the basis of its status as a Lender; and |
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(B) | except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (I) in Section 13.1 requiring the consent of all Lenders, all Lenders directly and adversely affected or specifically such Lender, (II) that alters an Affiliated Lenders pro rata share of any payments given to all Lenders, or (III) affects the Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Lender in the same Class, the Loans held by an Affiliated Lender shall be disregarded in both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of any Lender vote (and, in the case of a plan of reorganization that does not affect the Affiliated Lender in a manner that is materially adverse to such Affiliated Lender relative to other Lenders, shall be deemed to have voted its interest in the Term Loans in the same proportion as the other Lenders) (and shall be deemed to have been voted in the same percentage as all other applicable Lenders voted if necessary to give legal effect to this paragraph); and |
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at the time of such purchase; and
(iv) any such Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time (and such Loans or Commitments shall be retired and cancelled promptly).
For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Affiliated Institutional Lenders. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliated Lender shall be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of information which is not publicly available and/or material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities laws.
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.
(a) The Borrower shall be permitted (x) to replace any Lender or (y) to terminate the Commitment of such Lender and repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 5.4 or (b) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken with a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirements of Law, (ii) no Event of Default under Sections 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4, as the case may be, owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Affiliated Lender or Approved Fund, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13.6(b), (vi) the replaced Lender shall
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be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.6 (provided that unless otherwise agreed the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), and (vii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
(b) If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of either (i) all of the Lenders directly and adversely affected or (ii) all of the Lenders, and, in each case, with respect to which the Required Lenders (or at least 50.1% of the directly and adversely affected Lenders) shall have granted their consent, then, the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to (x) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (to the extent such consent would be required under Section 13.6) and repay all Obligations of the Borrower due and owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date; provided that (a) all Obligations hereunder of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment including any amounts that such Lender may be owed pursuant to Section 2.11, and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (c) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender the amount, if any, owing to such Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(b). In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6.
13.8 Adjustments; Set-off.
(a) Except as contemplated in Section 13.6 or elsewhere herein (or in the Intercreditor Agreement), if any Lender (a Benefited Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lenders Loans, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenders Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Credit Parties but with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, any such notice being expressly waived by the Credit Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Credit Parties hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary, and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Credit Parties. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
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13.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
13.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that 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.
13.11 Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
13.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding shall be brought in such courts and waives any right to any other jurisdiction to which it may be entitled on account of its present or future place of residence or domicile or any other reason, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding shall be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party in any other jurisdiction; and
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(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that nothing in this clause (e) shall limit the Credit Parties indemnification obligations set forth in Section 13.5.
13.14 Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arms-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof);
(ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the Administrative Agent and the other Agents, is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, equity holders, creditors or employees, or any other Person;
(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents;
(iv) the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and
(v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and none will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Borrower has consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will not claim that any Agent owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Credit Parties in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby and waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and
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(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other hand.
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
13.16 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender (collectively, the Restricted Persons and, each a Restricted Person) shall treat confidentially all non-public information provided to any Restricted Person by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder in connection with such Restricted Persons evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Restricted Person pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (Confidential Information) and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such Confidential Information; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Restricted Person from disclosing any such Confidential Information (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, rule or regulation or compulsory legal process (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates (in which case such Restricted Person agrees (except with respect to any routine or ordinary course audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental or bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (c) to the extent that such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by such Restricted Person or any of its affiliates or any related parties thereto in violation of any confidentiality obligations owing under this Section 13.16, (d) to the extent that such Confidential Information is received by such Restricted Person from a third party that is not, to such Restricted Persons knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations owing to any Credit Party or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (e) to the extent that such Confidential Information was already in the possession of the Restricted Persons prior to any duty or other undertaking of confidentiality or is independently developed by the Restricted Persons without the use of such Confidential Information, (f) to such Restricted Persons affiliates and to its and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, and other experts or agents who need to know such Confidential Information in connection with providing the Loans or action as an Agent hereunder and who are informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and who are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) (with each such Restricted Person, to the extent within its control, responsible for such persons compliance with this paragraph), (g) to potential or prospective Lenders, hedge providers (or other derivative transaction counterparties) (any such person, a Derivative Counterparty), participants or assignees, in each case who agree (pursuant to customary syndication practice) to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16); provided that (i) the disclosure of any such Confidential Information to any potential or prospective Lenders, Derivative Counterparties, participants or assignees
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referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such potential or prospective Lender, Derivative Counterparty, participant or assignee that such Confidential Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16) in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Restricted Person or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which shall in any event require click through or other affirmative actions on the part of recipient to access such Confidential Information and (ii) no such disclosure shall be made by any Restricted Person to whom a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to any person that is at such time a Disqualified Lender, (h) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense, (i) to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Credit Facilities to the extent such rating agencies are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or agree to be bound by the terms of this Section 13.16 (or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 13.16), (j) to any other party to this Agreement or (k) to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Confidential Information shall not include, with respect to any Person, information available to it or its Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Holdings, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for compliance with this Section 13.16 by any other Restricted Person (other than its officers, directors or employees), (iii) in no event shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iv) each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
13.17 Direct Website Communications. Each of Holdings and the Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial, and other reports, certificates, and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto, (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent at an email address provided by the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided that (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.
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The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower further agrees that any Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the Platform), so long as the access to such Platform (i) is limited to the Agents, the Lenders and Transferees or prospective Transferees and (ii) remains subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.16.
(b) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES (THE BORROWER MATERIALS) OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties and each, an Agent Party) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Partys (or any of its Related Parties (other than any trustee or advisor)) gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Each of Holdings and the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be public-side Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings and the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document or notice that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available information with respect to Holdings or the Borrower may be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any document or notice contains only publicly available information; provided, however, that the following documents shall be deemed to be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material nonpublic information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facility and (3) all financial statements and certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), (b) and (d).
13.18 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act, including the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
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13.19 [Reserved].
13.20 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any
Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant
to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds
EffectiveOvernight Rate from time to time in
effect.
13.21 No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the Lenders), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their equity holders and/or their affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its equity holders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its equity holders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, equity holders or creditors. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
13.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties to any Credit Document, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
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(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(ii) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability
(iii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
(iv) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
13.23 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Credit Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Hedge Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, QFC Credit Support, and each such QFC, a Supported QFC), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Credit Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a Covered Party) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Credit Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Credit Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) As used in this Section 13.23, the following terms have the following meanings:
(i) BHC Act Affiliate of a party means an affiliate (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
(ii) Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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(iii) Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
(iv) QFC has the meaning assigned to the term qualified financial contract in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
Phoenix Intermediate Holdings Inc., as Holdings | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Phoenix Guarantor Inc.,as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P., as a Lender | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
MP III OFFSHORE MEZZANINE INVESTMENTS, L.P., as a Lender | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
AP MEZZANINE PARTNERS III, L.P., as a Lender | ||
By: HPS Mezzanine Management III, LLC, as Investment Manager | ||
By: HPS Investment Partners, LLC, its sole and Managing Member | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
MIRAE ASSET DAEWOO CO., LTD., as a Lender | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd. | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Manager | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA BCSS SSD, L.P. | ||
By: OHA BCSS SSD GenPar, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC, as managing member | ||
By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC, as managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA MPS SSD, L.P. | ||
By: OHA MPS SSD GenPar, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC, as managing member | ||
By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC, as managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY MASTER RETIREMENT TRUST | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA ENHANCED CREDIT STRATEGIES MASTER FUND, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Enhanced Credit Strategies GenPar, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Future Fund Board of Guardians | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as its Investment Advisor | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
INDIANA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as its Investment Manager | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
Lerner Enterprises, LLC | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as advisor and attorney-in-fact to Lerner Enterprises, LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA Centre Street Partnership, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Centre Street GenPar, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: OHA Centre Street MGP, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA FINLANDIA CREDIT FUND, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Finlandia Credit Fund GenPar, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
OHA Investment Corporation Sub, LLC | ||
By: OHA Investment Corporation as sole Member | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Advisor | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA STRUCTURED PRODUCTS MASTER FUND D, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Structured Products D GenPar, LLC, Its General Partner | ||
By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC, Its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC, Its managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
OHAT CREDIT FUND, L.P. | ||
By: OHAT Credit GenPar, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OHA DELAWARE CUSTOMIZED CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS, L.P. | ||
By: OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund GenPar, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: OHA Global MGP, LLC, its managing member | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Master SIF SICAV-SIF | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | ||
By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P., as Investment Manager | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Cardinal Second Lien Credit Agreement]
Exhibit 10.15
Execution Version
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc.
1901 Campus Place
Louisville, Kentucky 40299
March 5, 2019
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co L.P.
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Re: | Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On December 7, 2017, PharMerica Corporation, a Delaware corporation (PharMerica), entered into that certain monitoring agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 (the Original Agreement) with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA, together with KKR, each, a Manager and, collectively, the Managers) regarding consulting services to be provided to PharMerica and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and divisions, and parent holding companies and controlled affiliates. In connection with the acquisition of Onex ResCare Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (BrightSpring and the closing of such acquisition, the BrightSpring Closing) by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. on the date hereof, the parties to the Original Agreement desire to provide for the engagement of the Managers by the parent corporation of PharMerica and BrightSpring, Phoenix Guarantor Inc. (the Company) and to amend and restate the Original Agreement as follows:
1. The Company hereby engages each Manager, and each Manager hereby accepts such engagement, to provide to the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and divisions, and parent holding companies and controlled affiliates (collectively, the Company Group), when and if called upon, such consulting services as mutually agreed by each Manager and the Company, which consulting services may include, without limitation: (i) general management consulting services; (ii) assistance with the identification and analysis of acquisitions and dispositions by the Company Group; (iii) assistance with the identification and analysis of financing arrangements, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions, capital expenditures and indebtedness; (iv) assistance with the development and analysis of financial projections, the monitoring of compliance with financing agreements and other finance-related support; (v) assistance with the search for and recruiting of new executives, the evaluation of the performance of existing executives, and other human resources-related services, but in each case excluding the formulation, promulgation, monitoring or execution of personnel policies or personnel decision making; and (vi) other services for the Company Group upon which the Company and each Manager may expressly agree from time to time. Commencing on the date hereof (the Effective Date), the Company agrees to pay each Manager (or such affiliate(s) as such Manager may designate) its Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of an aggregate annual fee (the Fee) in an amount equal to 1% of the Consolidated EBITDA (as defined below) of the Company for the
preceding fiscal year; provided that the Fee for fiscal year 2019 shall be $3,680,000 subject to pro ration to reflect that the fee with respect to the period from January 1, 2019 through the day immediately preceding the BrightSpring Closing will be determined in accordance with the Original Agreement and the portion of the Fee with respect to the period from the date of the BrightSpring Closing through March 31, 2019 will be determined in accordance with this letter agreement. The Fee shall be payable in cash in quarterly installments in arrears as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company. The Managers shall split the Fee so that each Manager shall receive a portion of the Fee equal to its Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of such Fee. The final quarterly Fee shall be pro rated (if applicable) to reflect the portion of the fiscal quarter that has elapsed as of the termination of this letter agreement. For the purpose hereof, Pro Rata Share of a Manager shall mean a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement of Parent dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the Stockholders Agreement)) held by affiliates of such Manager and such affiliates Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock held by affiliates (or such affiliates Permitted Transferees) of all of the Managers outstanding at the time of the payment of the Fee. The Parties agree that as of the date of this letter agreement, the Pro Rata Share for KKR is 70% and the Pro Rata Share for WBA is 30%. The term Consolidated EBITDA shall have the meaning given to such term in that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Parent, the Company, as borrower, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. as administrative agent and collateral agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the First Lien Credit Agreement).
2. Following the Effective Date, from time to time the Company Group may engage each Manager or its affiliates to provide consulting services of the type described in paragraph 1 in connection with any acquisition, divestiture or other transaction by the Company Group, and such Manager or such affiliate may charge the Company a customary fee (a Transaction Fee) for services rendered in connection therewith or in connection with providing consulting services with respect to any acquisition, divestiture or other transaction, including but not limited to equity and debt financings and restructurings, in each case, by or involving the Company Group, provided that the Managers and the Company agree that any such Transaction Fee shall be payable to the Managers in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any Transaction Fee, the Company Group may enter into separate agreements pursuant to which each Manager or its affiliates may be entitled to receive its Pro Rata Share of such Transaction Fee. In addition to any fees that may be payable to each Manager under this letter agreement, the Company shall, or shall cause one or more of its affiliates to, on behalf of itself and the other members of the Company Group (subject to paragraph 3), reimburse each Manager and its affiliates (including without limitation any of its or such affiliates respective employees, representatives, agents and consultants), from time to time upon request, for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred, including unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses incurred to the date hereof, in connection with the retention and services provided hereunder, including travel expenses and other disbursements and expenses of any legal, tax, accounting or other professional advisors to such Manager or its affiliates. Each Manager may submit monthly expense statements to the Company or any other member of the Company Group for such out-of-pocket expenses, which statements shall be payable within thirty days.
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3. This letter agreement shall continue in effect from year to year unless amended or terminated by the consent of all of the parties hereto. In addition, (i) the Company may terminate this letter agreement with respect to any Manager by delivery of a written notice of termination to such Manager at any time after such Manager and its affiliates no longer hold any equity interests, directly or indirectly, in the Company and (ii) this letter agreement terminates with respect to any Manager and such Manager shall cease to be a party to and be bound by or have any rights under this letter agreement on the date such Manager provides written notice to the Company to terminate this letter agreement with respect to such Manager; provided, however, that in the event of such a termination, the Company shall pay in cash to such Manager its Pro Rata Share of the unpaid Fee (and its Pro Rata Share of any unpaid Transaction Fees, if applicable) payable to such Manager hereunder and all expenses due under this letter agreement to such Manager with respect to periods prior to the termination date. In addition, (i) in connection with the consummation of a Change in Control (as defined below), the Company may terminate this letter agreement by delivery of a written notice of termination to each Manager and (ii) immediately following the consummation of an Initial Public Offering (as defined below), this letter agreement shall automatically terminate unless the Company, by delivery of a written notice to each Manager prior to such consummation, otherwise elects to continue this letter agreement in full force and effect. In the event of a termination of this letter agreement pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall upon such termination pay in cash to each Manager (i) its Pro Rata Share of all unpaid Fees payable to such Manager hereunder and all expenses due under this letter agreement to such Manager with respect to periods prior to the termination date, plus (ii) if, following such termination, KKR continues to be a significant stock or equity holder (as described below) of the Company (or its acquirer or the surviving entity in a sale, merger or similar transaction), the net present value (using a discount rate equal to the yield as of such termination date on U.S. Treasury securities of like maturity based on the times such payments would have been due) of the Fees that would have been payable to both of the Managers, in the aggregate, with respect to the period from the termination date through the earlier of (x) the date that is three years and 182 days after the termination date and (y) December 31, 2028 (for such purposes assuming that the Pro Rata Share for such periods is the same as the Pro Rata Share as in effect at the date of termination and further assuming that the Fee for such periods is the Base Amount at the date of termination and increased on January 1 of each subsequent year after the termination date by the Per Annum Escalator. Base Amount means Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four financial quarter periods of the Company prior to the termination date (the Base Period), and Per Annum Escalator means the per annum percentage increase in Consolidated EBITDA, if any, of the Base Amount over the Consolidated EBITDA for the four financial quarter period immediately preceding the Base Period; provided that this per annum escalator shall not exceed 5%, provided, further, that if such percentage is negative, it shall be deemed to be 0%. KKR will be considered a significant stock or equity holder if (a) KKR, its affiliates, entities advised by KKR or its affiliates, and any co-investors of KKR in aggregate own or control 10% or more of the stock or other equity interests in the relevant entity and (b) at least one KKR Manager or co-investor employee or designee of KKR serves as or is expected to serve as a member of or observer at the board of directors or similar governing body (or, in the absence of such service or expected service, if KKR, an affiliate of KKR or a co-investor has the right to appoint or nominate such a director or observer). For the purposes hereof, Change in Control means (i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all (i.e., at least 80%) of the assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of the Company to any person (or group of persons acting in concert), including WBA and its affiliates, other than to (x) KKR and
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its affiliates, (y) any employee benefit plan (or trust forming a part thereof) maintained by any member of the Company Group or (z) any other person of which a majority of its voting power or other equity securities is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (any entity in clause (y) or (z), a Controlled Party), or (ii) a merger, recapitalization or other sale (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of the Company to a person (or group of persons acting in concert) that results in any person (or group of persons acting in concert), including WBA and its affiliates, (other than (x) KKR and its affiliates or (y) any Controlled Party), owning more than 50% of the stock of the Company (or the equity securities of any surviving or parent company after a merger). For the avoidance of doubt, none of an Initial Public Offering, a stock dividend or distribution, a stock split or any other similar change to the capital structure of the Company shall constitute a Change in Control. For the purpose hereof, Initial Public Offering means the first firm commitment underwritten sale of stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any similar or successor form) filed under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute thereto).
4. The Company (on behalf of itself and the other members of the Company Group) hereby acknowledges and agrees that the obligations of the Company under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be borne jointly and severally by each member of the Company Group.
5. Each party hereto represents and warrants that the execution and delivery of this letter agreement by such party has been duly authorized by all necessary action of such party.
6. The Company will, and will cause each member of the Company Group to, use its reasonable best efforts to furnish, or to cause their respective subsidiaries and agents to furnish, each Manager with such information (the Information) as such Manager reasonably believe appropriate to its engagement hereunder. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) each Manager will rely on the Information and on information available from generally recognized public sources in performing the services contemplated hereunder and (ii) neither Manager assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Information or such other information.
7. Each Manager will keep the Information confidential, provided that (i) each Manager may share the Information with its affiliates and with its and its affiliates members, partners, equityholders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, legal, tax and other professional advisors, agents and other representatives (in respect of each Manager, collectively, such Managers Representatives) (provided that, for the purpose of this paragraph, none of such persons shall be deemed a Representative unless such person has been furnished with Information pursuant to paragraph 6) and (ii) the Information must only remain confidential so long as, and to the extent that, such Information (a) is not or does not come into the public domain, other than as a result of a breach of this letter agreement by the such Manager, (b) was not in the possession of such Manager or any of its Representatives prior to disclosure by the Company Group to such Manager or such Representative or (c) was not otherwise disclosed to such Manager or any of its Representatives, provided that the source of such Information was not known by such Manager or such Representative to be bound by any confidentiality obligation to the Company in respect of such Information. In the event that either Manager or any of its Representatives are requested or required by law, regulation or other applicable legal, judicial, governmental or
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mandatory administrative process or pursuant to an audit or examination by a regulator, bank examiner of self-regulatory organization and, in the case of any such Representatives that are accounting firms, the applicable professional standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or state boards of accountancy or obligations thereunder to disclose any Information to any such authority, such Manager or such Managers Representative may disclose the portion of the Information that is requested or required by law, and the Company waives such Managers or such Representatives compliance with the terms hereof with respect to such disclosure.
8. The Company (on behalf of itself and the other members of the Company Group) hereby acknowledges and agrees that the services provided by any Manager hereunder are being provided subject to the terms of the Amended and Restated Indemnification Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Managers, Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., the Company, PharMerica, BrightSpring and such other persons party from time to time thereto (as the same may be amended from time to time, the Indemnification Agreement).
9. Any advice or opinions provided by either Manager may not be disclosed or referred to publicly or to any third party (other than the Company Groups legal, tax, financial or other advisors acting on the Company Groups behalf and who are bound by obligations of confidentiality), except with the prior written consent of such Manager.
10. The Company hereby grants each Manager and its affiliates a non-exclusive license to use the trademarks and logos of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with describing such Managers (or its affiliates) relationship with the Company and the other members of the Company Group.
11. The parties agree that, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement, each Manager is an independent contractor of the Company and is not acting as a fiduciary, partner, agent or joint venturer of the Company. The provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that (i) neither this letter agreement nor any right, interest or obligation hereunder may be assigned by any party, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the express written consent of the other parties hereto and (ii) any assignment by either Manager of its rights but not the obligations under this letter agreement to any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Manager shall be expressly permitted hereunder and shall not require the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. Nothing in this letter agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this letter agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that nothing in this letter agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any present or future holders of any securities of the Company or any other member of the Company Group, or any present or future creditor of the Company or any other member of the Company Group, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this letter agreement or any performance hereunder.
12. Neither of the Managers, its affiliates or any of its or such affiliates respective employees, officers, directors, managers, representatives, agents, consultants, partners, members,
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stockholders or their respective affiliates shall have any liability of any kind whatsoever to any member of the Company Group for any damages, losses or expenses (including, without limitation, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, lost profits and interest, penalties and fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors) with respect to the provision of services hereunder, unless such damages, losses or expenses result directly from the bad faith or willful misconduct of such Manager or from fraud of such Manager. The Company (on behalf of itself and the other members of the Company Group), by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no person other than the Managers shall have any obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith shall be had against, any former, current or future employee, officer, director, manager, representative, agent or consultant of either of the Managers (or any of their respective successors or permitted assignees), against any former, current or future general or limited partner, member or stockholder of either of the Managers (or any of their respective successors or permitted assignees) or any affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future employee, officer, director, manager, representative, agent, consultants, partner, member, stockholder or affiliate of any of the foregoing (in respect of each Manager, collectively, such Managers Managers Affiliates), whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of the Company or its affiliates against any of the Manager Affiliates, by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, or otherwise.
13. In recognition that each Manager and any of the Manager Affiliates (other than the Company Group) currently have, and will in the future have or will consider acquiring, investments in numerous companies with respect to which such Manager Affiliates (other than the Company Group) may serve as a manager, a director or in some other capacity, and in recognition that each Manager and any of the Manager Affiliates (other than the Company Group) have myriad duties to various investors and partners, and in anticipation that the Company, on the one hand and such Manager (or one or more of its Manager Affiliates (other than the Company Group), or, in the case of KKR, its associated investment funds or portfolio companies, or clients of KKR), on the other hand, may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company hereunder and in recognition of the difficulties that may confront such Manager in determining the full scope of its duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this paragraph 13 are set forth to regulate, define and guide the conduct of certain affairs of the Company as they may involve such Manager. Except as each Manager may otherwise agree in writing after the date hereof: (a) such Manager and its Manager Affiliates (other than the Company Group) will have the right: (i) to directly or indirectly engage in any business (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Company and its subsidiaries) or invest, own or deal in securities of any other person so engaged in any business, (ii) to directly or indirectly do business with any client or customer of the Company and its subsidiaries, (iii) to take any other action that such Manager believes in good faith is necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations as described in the first sentence of this paragraph 13, and (iv) not to present potential transactions, matters or business opportunities to the Company or any other member of the Company Group, and to pursue, directly or indirectly, any such opportunity for itself, and to direct any such opportunity to another person; and (b) such Manager and its Manager Affiliates (other than the Group) will have no duty
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(contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present any corporate opportunities to the Company or any of its affiliates or to refrain from any actions specified in this paragraph 13, and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliates, hereby renounces and waives any right to require either Manager or any of the Manager Affiliates (other than the Group) to act in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this paragraph 13.
14. This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereby agrees that any action or proceeding arising out of this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether in contract, tort, by statute, or otherwise) shall be brought in the federal or state courts sitting in the County of New York, in the State of New York, and each of the parties hereby consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding, and hereby waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought and waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto. Each party hereto waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) related to or arising out of the retention of the either Manager pursuant to, or the performance by such Manager of the services contemplated by, this letter agreement.
15. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by first class mail, telex, facsimile, electronic mail or hand delivery:
if to KKR:
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, California 94025
Attention: Jim Momtazee
E-mail:
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to KKR) to:
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Attention: David Sorkin
E-mail:
if to WBA:
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
104 Wilmot Road, MS#10438
Deerfield, IL 60015
Attention: Roger Phillips, Vice President, M&A
Joseph H. Greenberg, Vice President, Global M&A-Legal
Email:
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to WBA) to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: Michael J. Aiello
Facsimile No.:
E-mail:
if to the Company:
Phoenix Guarantor Inc.
1901 Campus Place
Louisville, Kentucky 40299
Attention: Tom Caneris
E-mail:
or to such other address as any of the above shall have designated in writing to the others listed above. All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been given or made (i) when delivered personally by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (ii) when sent by facsimile or e-mail (with written confirmation of transmission), (iii) when received by the addressee if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (iv) one business day following the day sent by reputable overnight courier (with written confirmation of receipt), in each case at the addresses and facsimile numbers set forth above (or to such other address or facsimile number or email address as a party may have specified by notice given to the other party pursuant to this provision).
16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that KKR and certain of its affiliates are authorized and regulated by certain regulatory authorities, such as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom and are subject to the supervision of such regulatory bodies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided elsewhere herein, none of the provisions of this letter agreement shall restrict the ability of KKR and its affiliates to comply and satisfy regulatory requests of a regulatory authority or otherwise prevent KKR or its affiliates from discharging their regulatory obligations as regulated entities.
17. If any term or provision of this letter agreement or the application thereof shall, in any jurisdiction and to any extent, be invalid and unenforceable, such term or provision shall be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, solely to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable any remaining terms or provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law that renders any term or provision of this letter agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect.
18. It is expressly understood that paragraphs 8 through 20 (inclusive), in their entirety, shall survive any termination of this letter agreement.
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19. This letter agreement and the Indemnification Agreement contain the complete and entire understanding and agreement between the Managers and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, conditions and agreements, whether written or oral, express or implied, in respect of the subject matter hereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that neither Manager makes any representation or warranty in connection with this letter agreement or with respect to any service or statement to be provided pursuant this letter agreement, except as may be specifically enumerated in a written document signed by an authorized officer of such Manager and delivered to the Company as provided herein. The Company agrees that any acknowledgment or agreement made by the Company in this letter agreement is made on behalf of the Company and the other members of the Company Group. This letter agreement may not be amended except with the prior written consent of the Company and each Manager. Any waiver of, or consent pursuant to, any provision of this letter agreement must be in writing and is effective only to the extent specifically set forth therein. No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or any other right hereunder. References to herein, hereto or words of similar import refer to the entire letter agreement (including all exhibits attached hereto) and not to only one provision. Any rule of construction based on the identity of the party who drafted this letter agreement shall be disregarded.
20. This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original letter agreement, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing sets forth the understanding between us, please so indicate on the enclosed signed copy of this letter in the space provided therefor and return it to us, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding letter agreement among us.
Very truly yours, | ||
PHOENIX GUARANTOR INC. |
By: |
/s/ Robert Dries |
Name: Robert Dries | ||
Title: Treasurer |
[Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement Signature Page]
If the foregoing sets forth the understanding between us, please so indicate on the enclosed signed copy of this letter in the space provided therefor and return it to us, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding letter agreement among us.
Very truly yours, | ||
PHARMERICA CORPORATION |
By: |
/s/ Robert Dries |
Name: Robert Dries | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement Signature Page]
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY: | ||
KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Max Lin | |
Name: Max Lin | ||
Title: Member |
[Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement Signature Page]
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY: | ||
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Vainisi | |
Name: Mark Vainisi | ||
Title: SR. VP. Global M&A |
[Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement Signature Page]
Exhibit 10.16
Execution Version
MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT
This MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of December 7, 2017, by and among (i) Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), (ii) KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and each other member of the Sponsor Group which may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a counterpart signature page hereto identifying such party as a member of the Sponsor Group and (iii) the parties identified on the signature pages hereto as Management Stockholders (the Management Stockholders) and the Permitted Transferees of such Management Stockholders identified on the signature pages to the supplementary agreements or documents referred to in Sections 13 and 23 hereof (such Management Stockholders and Permitted Transferees, together with the Company and the Sponsor Group, the Parties). All capitalized terms not immediately defined are hereinafter defined in Section 1 hereof.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Companys 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, including any successor or similar stock incentive plan, the Plan), the Company may from time to time grant Awards (as defined in the Plan) to the Management Stockholders;
WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 1, 2017, by and among PharMerica Corporation, the Company and Phoenix Merger Sub Inc. (the Merger Agreement), or otherwise in connection with their employment or service with the Service Recipient, certain Management Stockholders have been selected by the Company (i) to be permitted to subscribe for and/or rollover for shares of Stock pursuant to the terms of the Plan and/or a subscription and/or rollover agreement, as applicable; and/or (ii) to receive grants of Options or other Awards pursuant to the terms set forth herein and the terms of the Plan and any award agreement evidencing such Options or other Awards, as applicable, entered into by and between the Company and the Management Stockholder now or in the future; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to enter into certain agreements with respect to the holdings by the Sponsor Group and the Management Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees of Stock and Stock Equivalents.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties further acknowledge and agree to the following:
1. Definitions.
(a) Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such first Person. The term control (including, with correlative meaning, the terms controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise. With respect to the Company, an Affiliate shall include, to the extent provided by the Board, any Person in which the Company has a significant interest. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the Sponsor Group shall not be deemed an Affiliate of the Company for purposes hereof.
(b) Agreement has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(c) Award has the meaning set forth in the Plan.
(d) beneficially own has the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(e) Board means the board of directors of the Company.
(f) Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, federal or New York State holiday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.
(g) Callable Equity has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(h) Call Event has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(i) Call Exercise Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(j) Call Right has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(k) Call Right Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(l) Cause has the meaning set forth in the Plan.
(m) Change in Control means:
(i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all (i.e., at least 80%) of the assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of the Company to any Person (or group of Persons acting in concert), other than to (x) the Sponsor Group, (y) any employee benefit plan (or trust forming a part thereof) maintained by any member of the Company Group or (z) any other Person of which a majority of its voting power or other equity securities is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (any entity in clause (y) or (z), a Controlled Party); or
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(ii) a merger, recapitalization or other business combination (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of the Company to a Person (or group of Persons acting in concert) of Stock that results in any Person (or group of Persons acting in concert) (other than (x) the Sponsor Group or (y) any Controlled Party) owning more than 50% of the Stock (or the equity securities of any surviving or parent company after a merger, recapitalization or other business combination);
provided, however, a Walgreens Acquisition shall in no event constitute a Change in Control hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, an IPO, stock dividend or distribution, stock split or any other similar capital structure change shall not, in and of itself, constitute a Change in Control.
(n) Closing Date means the date of the consummation of the merger under the Merger Agreement.
(o) Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(p) Company has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(q) Company Group means, collectively, the Company, any of its direct and indirect subsidiaries and, as may be designated by the Board, any other of its Affiliates.
(r) Cost means the purchase price paid to the Company with respect to any Shares by the Management Stockholder to whom such Shares were originally issued, as proportionately adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, or recapitalizations and less the cumulative amount of any dividends or distributions paid or declared on such Shares; provided, that Cost may not be less than zero. For the avoidance of doubt, the initial Cost of any Shares acquired by exercise of Options (prior to adjustment, if any, pursuant to the foregoing) shall be the exercise price per Share of such Options.
(s) Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney has the meaning set forth in Section 3(g) hereof.
(t) Disability has the meaning set forth in the Plan.
(u) Drag-Along Notice Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
(v) Drag-Along Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
(w) Drag-Along Sale Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
(x) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute thereto.
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(y) Fair Market Value means the fair market value per share of Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board in accordance with Code Section 409A, and without any discount for minority interest or lack of marketability or control or similar discounts.
(z) Immediate Family Member means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, any Person who is a family member of such Management Stockholder, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act or any successor form of registration statement promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(aa) Initial Public Offering means the initial Public Offering.
(bb) IPO Corporation means the Company, as the entity which undertakes the Initial Public Offering, unless the Board otherwise determines that the IPO Corporation shall be any Subsidiary of the Company or another corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or any other entity, in which case the IPO Corporation shall be such other Person.
(cc) IPO Date means the date upon which the Company closes an Initial Public Offering.
(dd) Lapse Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i).
(ee) Management Stockholder has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(ff) Management Stockholder Group means, collectively, a Management Stockholder and any of his or her Permitted Transferees for so long as any of them holds Shares or Stock Equivalents.
(gg) Option has the meaning set forth in the Plan.
(hh) Participant has the meaning set forth in the Plan.
(ii) Parties has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(jj) Permitted Transferee means, with respect to any Management Stockholder, (A) a trust solely for the benefit of such Management Stockholder and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (B) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or members are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members.
(kk) Person means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
(ll) Piggyback Pro-Rata Portion has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
(mm) Piggyback Right has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
(nn) Plan has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
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(oo) Prime Rate shall mean the rate from time to time published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal as being the Prime Rate (or, if more than one rate is published as the Prime Rate, then the highest of such rates).
(pp) Public Offering means a sale of Stock to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any similar or successor form) filed under the Securities Act after the date hereof.
(qq) Register, registered and registration refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act, and the automatic effectiveness or the declaration or ordering of effectiveness by the Commission of such registration statement or document.
(rr) Registrable Shares means the Shares, provided, that such Shares shall cease to be Registrable Shares if and when (i) a registration statement with respect to the disposition of such Shares shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such Shares shall have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement, (ii) such Shares shall have been sold under Rule 144 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act, (iii) such Shares shall have been otherwise transferred, do not bear restrictive legends shall have been delivered by the Company in lieu thereof and further disposition thereof shall not require registration or qualification of them under the Securities Act or any state securities or blue sky laws, (iv) such Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act without any limitation as to volume or manner of sale, or (v) such Shares shall have ceased to be outstanding.
(ss) Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017, entered into by the Company, KKR Phoenix Aggregator L.P., Walgreens and certain other stockholders of the Company, as amended from time to time.
(tt) Regulation D has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii) hereof.
(uu) Regulation S has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii) hereof.
(vv) Restrictive Covenant Violation means a Management Stockholders breach of any agreement between such Management Stockholder and any member of the Company Group, which contains restrictions on competition, solicitation, interference and any other similar restriction upon such Management Stockholders activities, either during or following such Management Stockholders employment or service, as applicable, with the Service Recipient.
(ww) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute thereto.
(xx) Service Recipient means, with respect to a Management Stockholder, the member of the Company Group by which such Management Stockholder is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed or to which such Management Stockholder principally provides, or following a Termination was most recently principally providing, services, as applicable.
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(yy) Shares means, with respect to each Management Stockholder Group, any and all shares of Stock granted to the applicable Management Stockholder of such Management Stockholder Group pursuant to the Plan or issued to such Management Stockholder Group upon vesting or exercise, as applicable, of any Award granted pursuant to the Plan or otherwise acquired by such Management Stockholder Group in any other manner (including shares of Stock which may be issued or transferred hereafter to such Management Stockholder Group as the consequence of any additional issuance, purchase, transfer, exchange or reclassification, corporate reorganization, or any other form of recapitalization, consolidation, acquisition, share split or share dividend); provided, that the provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to any shares of Stock acquired by such Management Stockholder Group after the Initial Public Offering (except for shares of Stock issued upon the exercise of Stock Equivalents held by such Management Stockholder Group prior to such Initial Public Offering).
(zz) Sponsor Group shall mean (i) KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P. and (ii) with respect to KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P. (a) any Affiliate of such Person, (b) any successor entity of such Person and (c) any investment fund or vehicle with respect to which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. or an Affiliate thereof serves as the general partner, manager or advisor, in each case of this clause (ii), which Person at any time holds Stock or Stock Equivalents. For all purposes of this Agreement, whenever any decision or action is required or permitted to be taken by the Sponsor Group, such decision or action may be taken by a member or members of the Sponsor Group holding a majority of the Stock and Stock Equivalents held by the Sponsor Group.
(aaa) Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(bbb) Sponsor Group Call Right Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
(ccc) Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Stock has been converted or for which it has been exchanged).
(ddd) Stock Equivalent means any stock, warrants, rights, calls, options or other securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, Stock, including, but not limited to, Options granted under the Plan.
(eee) Tag-Along Allotment has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
(fff) Tag-Along Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) hereof.
(ggg) Tag-Along Notice Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.
(hhh) Tag-Along Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
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(iii) Tag-Along Sale Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.
(jjj) Tag-Along Sale Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.
(kkk) Tag-Along Stockholder or Tag-Along Stockholders has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
(lll) Termination means, with respect to a Management Stockholder Group, the Termination of the applicable Management Stockholders employment or services, as applicable, with the Service Recipient. For purposes of this Agreement, a Termination of any Management Stockholder will be considered with Good Reason only if it is also an effective Termination with Good Reason, as defined in any employment, consulting or similar agreement between the Management Stockholder and the Service Recipient in effect at the time of the Management Stockholders Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, in the absence of any such employment, consulting or similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of Good Reason contained therein), the term Good Reason shall not be applicable to such Management Stockholder.
(mmm)Third Party means any Person other than the Company, the Sponsor Group and their respective Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, prior to a Walgreens Acquisition, a member of the Walgreens Group shall be deemed a Third Party for purposes hereof.
(nnn) Transfer or transfer means a transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, incurrence or assumption of any encumbrance, hypothecation or other disposition, whether directly or indirectly, and whether pursuant to the creation of a derivative security, the transfer or grant of any beneficial ownership, the grant of an option or other right, the imposition of a restriction on disposition or voting by operation of law or otherwise. When used as a verb, transfer shall have the correlative meaning. In addition, transferred and transferee shall have the correlative meanings.
(ooo) Transferor has the meaning set forth in Annex II hereof.
(ppp) Walgreens means Walgreen Co.
(qqq) Walgreens Acquisition means the acquisition by Walgreens or its Affiliates of more than 50% of the equity interests or voting power of the Company (or any surviving or resulting entity after a merger, recapitalization or other business combination).
(rrr) Walgreens Group shall mean Walgreens, together with each of its Affiliates that at any time holds any Stock or Stock Equivalents.
2. Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Prohibition on Transfer.
(i) Until the earliest to occur of (A) the date on which a Change in Control occurs or (B) the date following the IPO Date on which the Sponsor Groups
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beneficial ownership in the IPO Corporation is less than ten percent (10%) after giving effect thereto (the earlier of (A) or (B), the Lapse Date), no member of the Management Stockholder Group shall transfer any Shares (other than a transfer pursuant to Section 2(b), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5 or Section 6 hereof, or any transfer to the Company or the Sponsor Group or its Affiliates), without the prior written consent of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the IPO Date and prior to the Lapse Date, as of any date on which the Sponsor Group sells any shares of Stock or Stock Equivalents in a Public Offering, the foregoing transfer restrictions shall be deemed waived for each Management Stockholder Group (other than any Management Stockholder Group of which the Management Stockholder is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act) with respect to and such Management Stockholder Group may sell up to a number of Shares then owned by such Management Stockholder Group (including any vested Stock Equivalents that are then exercisable) equal to the difference of (i) the product of (x) the aggregate number of Shares owned by such Management Stockholder Group immediately prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (including any Stock Equivalents that were then vested and exercisable or which subsequently have become vested and exercisable) multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate number of shares of Stock sold by the Sponsor Group on or after the IPO Date through the date of such sale and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents held by the Sponsor Group immediately prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, minus (ii) the aggregate number of Shares and vested Stock Equivalents sold by such Management Stockholder Group on or after the IPO Date prior to the date of such sale.
(ii) Any attempt to transfer any Shares or any rights hereunder in violation of this Section 2 shall be null and void ab initio. The Company shall not record on its stock transfer books or otherwise any transfer of Shares in violation of the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(b) Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject to Section 2(c) hereof and the terms of the Plan, at any time, each Management Stockholder may transfer all or a portion of his or her Shares to any of his or her Permitted Transferees. A Permitted Transferee of Shares pursuant to this Section 2(b) may transfer its Shares pursuant to this Section 2(b) only to the transferor Management Stockholder or to a Person that is a Permitted Transferee of such transferor Management Stockholder.
(c) Transfers in Compliance with Law; Substitution of Transferee. No transfer by any member of the Management Stockholder Group that would be permitted by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) may be made pursuant to this Agreement unless (i) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement pursuant to an instrument substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II (other than if (x) the transfer is conducted pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 3, 4, or 5 hereof or (y) the transfer is conducted following the Initial Public Offering pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act or Section 6 hereof), (ii) the transfer complies in all respects with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, (iii) the transfer complies in all respects with applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws, including,
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without limitation, the Securities Act and (iv) the transfer complies with all applicable Company policies and restrictions (including any trading window periods or other policies regulating insider trading). Unless such requirement is waived in writing by the Company, no transfer by any member of the Management Stockholder Group may be made during the term of this Agreement (except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act) unless and until such member has first delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable as to counsel and as to an opinion, in form and substance, to the Company (but which opinion delivery requirement may be waived as to any particular transfer in the discretion of the Board) that neither registration nor qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is required in connection with such transfer.
(d) This Agreement shall terminate and no longer have any force or effect solely with respect to a Management Stockholder and his or her Management Stockholder Group if such Management Stockholder and none of his or her Management Stockholder Group holds any Stock or Stock Equivalents; provided that such Management Stockholder shall remain liable for any breach of this Agreement prior to such termination and the provisions of Section 21 and Section 22 shall survive any such termination.
(e) Upon consummation of a Walgreens Acquisition (i) if, as a result of such Walgreens Acquisition, the Walgreens Group acquires all of the outstanding Stock and none of the Management Stockholders or any members of their respective Management Stockholder Groups then holds any Stock or Stock Equivalents, this Agreement shall terminate and shall no longer have any force or effect; or (ii) if, as a result of such Walgreens Acquisition, either the Walgreens Group acquires less than all of the outstanding Stock and/or any Management Stockholder or any members of his or her Management Stockholder Group then holds any Stock or Stock Equivalents and the Walgreens Group executes and delivers a counterpart signature page(s) hereto, then (x) automatically by virtue thereof, this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended such that each reference herein to the Sponsor Group (except such references, including in clause (y) below, where such deemed change would result in an absurdity) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Walgreens Group and, from and after such time, the Walgreens Group shall have the rights and be subject to the obligations of the Sponsor Group hereunder and (y) this Agreement shall terminate and no longer have any force or effect solely with respect to the Sponsor Group (for the avoidance of doubt, even if the Sponsor Group then holds any Stock or Stock Equivalents). In the case of clause (ii) above, each of the Parties (including the Sponsor Group) shall, if requested by the Walgreens Group, execute and deliver an amendment and/or restatement of this Agreement to effectuate the changes described in clause (ii) and, subject to the terms of Section 14, any other changes reasonably requested by the Walgreens Group.
3. Drag-Along Rights.
(a) If at any time the Sponsor Group receives an offer from a Third Party to effect or otherwise proposes to effect with a Third Party a transaction that would constitute a Change in Control or a Walgreens Acquisition (a Drag-Along Sale), then each member of the Management Stockholder Group hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Sponsor Group pursuant to a written notice (the Drag-Along Sale Notice) provided by the Sponsor Group at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the proposed consummation of such Drag-Along Sale (the Drag-Along Notice Date), such member shall sell a number of Shares owned by him, her or it
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to such Third Party in an amount (which amount shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor Group) up to the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of (i) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the total number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents that are proposed to be sold by the Sponsor Group to the Third Party purchaser in the contemplated Drag-Along Sale by (B) the total number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents owned by the Sponsor Group as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to the Drag-Along Notice Date, and (ii) the total number of Shares owned, or issuable upon exercise of any vested Stock Equivalents that are exercisable (or would become vested and exercisable as a result of the contemplated Drag-Along Sale, if any), by such member as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to the Drag-Along Notice Date, at the same price per share of Stock and upon substantially the same terms and conditions of the offer so accepted by the Sponsor Group, including representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities substantially similar to those to be made by the Sponsor Group (except that, (I) in the case of representations and warranties pertaining specifically to the Sponsor Group, each member of the Management Stockholder Group shall make comparable representations and warranties pertaining specifically to himself, herself or itself and (II) if the Drag-Along Sale involves any non-cash consideration, any rights or restrictions with respect to the non-cash consideration payable to each member of the Management Stockholder Group shall be proportionate to the relative size of ownership of such non-cash consideration, but shall not include any demand registration rights or board seats, consent rights or other governance rights); provided, that (x) all representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and indemnities shall be made by the Sponsor Group and the members of the Management Stockholder Group severally and not jointly, and (y) the maximum liability a member of the Management Stockholder Group shall have with respect to breaches thereof shall not exceed the value (at such time) of the aggregate proceeds received by such member in connection with the Drag-Along Sale; provided, further, that any such liability of such member shall be satisfied first by the return of any cash proceeds received by such member (including the cash proceeds from the sale of any securities or other non-cash consideration received by such member) and second by the return of any non-cash consideration (including securities) received by such member. Upon the Sponsor Group providing the Drag-Along Sale Notice, in the event that a member of the Management Stockholder Group does not hold a sufficient number of Shares to meet its obligations under this Section 3(a), then a sufficient number of Stock Equivalents (that are vested and exercisable at any time up to and including the date immediately prior to the consummation of the Drag-Along Sale) shall be exercised by such member (which may be performed by using a net exercise method if approved by the Board or a committee thereof) to cover any such shortfall and the Shares issued upon such exercise shall be subject to the drag-along rights set forth in this Section 3(a). Any such Stock Equivalents that are required to be exercised to cover such shortfall but are not so exercised pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall automatically be cancelled without any consideration paid therefor. In the event that a member of the Management Stockholder Group does not have a sufficient number of such Stock Equivalents to cover such shortfall, such member shall exercise all such Stock Equivalents then held by such member in full satisfaction of its obligations with respect to the Drag-Along Sale (which may be performed using a net exercise method if approved by the Board or a committee thereof).
(b) The provisions of this Section 3 shall apply regardless of the form of consideration received in the Drag-Along Sale; provided, that, in the event the consideration to be paid in exchange for shares of Stock in a proposed Drag-Along Sale includes any securities,
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and the receipt thereof by a member of the Management Stockholder Group required to sell Shares pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof would require (as determined by the Sponsor Group, upon the advice of its counsel) under applicable law (x) the registration or qualification of such securities or of any Person as a broker or dealer or agent with respect to such securities where such registration or qualification is not otherwise required by the receipt of such securities by the Sponsor Group, or (y) the provision to any such member of any specified information regarding such securities or the issuer thereof that is not otherwise required to be provided for in connection with the Drag-Along Sale, then, in either case of (x) or (y), in lieu of receiving such securities (as determined by the Sponsor Group in its sole discretion), such member may, receive cash consideration equal to the fair market value of such securities (as determined by the Sponsor Group in good faith).
(c) The members of the Management Stockholder Group shall cooperate reasonably with the Sponsor Group in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by Section 3(a) hereof and, in the event that the Drag-Along Sale is (i) a merger or other business combination of the Company with a Third Party (or an Affiliate thereof) or (ii) a purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (and/or its subsidiaries), then, upon the demand of the Sponsor Group, such members shall be required to vote all Shares they hold (or execute one or more written consents) in favor of (and not otherwise oppose) the merger or business combination or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (and/or its subsidiaries) as described in such offer, and otherwise to take all actions reasonably necessary or appropriate to facilitate the consummation of the proposed transaction, including waiving any and all dissenters or appraisal rights with respect thereto.
(d) Any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Company or all selling equityholders of the Company, and any indemnities, holdbacks, escrows and similar items relating to the Drag-Along Sale, that are not paid or established by the Company (other than those that relate solely to representations, warranties or indemnities concerning a member of the Management Stockholder Group or the ownership of his, her or its Stock or Stock Equivalents shall be paid or established by all selling stockholders pro rata based on the Stock being sold by each of them in the Drag-Along Sale (or, if Stock is not being sold in such Drag-Along Sale, pro rata based on the net transaction proceeds to be received by each of them in the transaction).
(e) The Sponsor Group shall have the sole right to decide (in its sole discretion) whether or not to pursue, consummate, postpone or abandon any Drag-Along Sale and the terms and conditions thereof.
(f) Prior to an Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor Group shall be entitled to require all members of the Management Stockholder Group to participate in any recapitalization or restructuring transaction in connection with which Stock is converted or exchanged, pro rata, for new equity securities (the terms and conditions of which shall not be materially and disproportionately adverse to any such member relative to any other holder of Stock), whether in preparation for an Initial Public Offering or otherwise. The other provisions of this Section 3 shall apply to any such transaction, mutatis mutandis.
(g) Upon written request by the Sponsor Group in connection with a Drag-Along Sale, each member of the Management Stockholder Group will execute and deliver a
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custody agreement and power of attorney in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Sponsor Group with respect to the Shares which are to be sold by such member of the Management Stockholder Group pursuant hereto, containing customary provisions and providing, among other things, that such member will deliver to and deposit in custody with the custodian and attorney-in-fact named therein a certificate or certificates (if such shares are certificated) representing such Shares (with undated stock powers duly endorsed in blank for transfer by the registered owner or owners thereof) and irrevocably appointing such custodian and attorney-in-fact as such members agent and attorney-in-fact with full power and authority to act on such members behalf with respect to the matters specified therein (a Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney).
(h) The rights set forth in this Section 3 shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of an Initial Public Offering.
4. Tag-Along Rights.
(a) If at any time the Sponsor Group proposes to enter into an agreement to sell or otherwise dispose of for value any shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents, other than (i) any transfer of Stock to the Company, the Sponsor Group or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, (ii) any customary syndications of equity by the Sponsor Group within the twelve months after the Closing Date or (iii) a Public Offering (including the Initial Public Offering) (such sale or other disposition for value being referred to as Tag-Along Sale), then the Sponsor Group shall afford each member of the Management Stockholder Group who holds Shares or vested Stock Equivalents (each, individually, a Tag-Along Stockholder and, collectively, the Tag-Along Stockholders) the opportunity to participate proportionately in such Tag-Along Sale in accordance with this Section 4. The maximum number of Shares that each Tag-Along Stockholder will be entitled to include in such Tag-Along Sale (such Tag-Along Stockholders Tag-Along Allotment) shall be equal to the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of (x) the number of Shares owned, or issuable upon exercise of any vested Stock Equivalents that are exercisable (or would become vested and exercisable as a result of the Tag-Along Sale, if any), by such Tag-Along Stockholder as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to the Tag-Along Notice Date (as defined in Section 4(b) hereof) and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents proposed by the Sponsor Group to be transferred pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents owned by the Sponsor Group as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to the Tag-Along Notice Date.
(b) The Sponsor Group shall provide each Tag-Along Stockholder with written notice (the Tag-Along Sale Notice). Each Tag-Along Sale Notice shall set forth: (i) the name and address of each proposed transferee in the Tag-Along Sale; (ii) the number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents that are proposed to be transferred by the Sponsor Group pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale; (iii) the proposed amount and form of consideration to be paid for such securities and the terms and conditions of payment offered by each proposed transferee; (iv) the aggregate number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents held of record by the Sponsor Group as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to the date of the Tag-Along Sale Notice (the Tag-Along Notice Date); (v) the Tag-Along Stockholders Tag-Along Allotment, assuming the Tag-Along Stockholder elected to sell the maximum number of Shares permissible;
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and (vi) the anticipated closing date of the Tag-Along Sale (the Tag-Along Sale Date). For the avoidance of doubt, a Tag-Along Stockholder shall participate in the Tag-Along Sale at the same price per share of Stock and upon the same terms and conditions of the offer so accepted by the Sponsor Group, including representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements substantially similar to those to be made by the Sponsor Group (except that, (A) in the case of representations and warranties pertaining specifically to the Sponsor Group, each member of the Management Stockholder Group shall make comparable representations and warranties pertaining specifically to himself, herself or itself and (B) if the Tag-Along Sale involves any non-cash consideration, any rights or restrictions with respect to the non-cash consideration payable to each such member of the Management Stockholder Group shall be proportionate to the relative size of ownership of such non-cash consideration, but shall not include any demand registration rights or board seats, consent rights or other governance rights); provided, that (x) all representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities shall be made by the Sponsor Group and such members transferring Shares pursuant to this Section 4 severally and not jointly, and (y) the maximum liability any such member shall have with respect to breaches thereof shall not exceed the value (at such time) of the aggregate proceeds received by such member in connection with the Tag-Along Sale; provided, further, that any such liability of such member shall be satisfied first by the return of any cash proceeds received by such member (including the cash proceeds from the sale of any securities or other non-cash consideration received by such member) and second by the return of any non-cash consideration (including securities) received by such member.
(c) Any Tag-Along Stockholder wishing to participate in the Tag-Along Sale shall provide written notice (the Tag-Along Notice) to the Sponsor Group and the Company no less than fifteen (15) days after the Tag-Along Notice Date irrevocably electing to participate in such Tag-Along Sale. The Tag-Along Notice shall set forth the number of Shares that such Tag-Along Stockholder elects to include in the Tag-Along Sale, which may be less than, but which shall not exceed, such Tag-Along Stockholders Tag-Along Allotment. The Tag-Along Notice given by any Tag-Along Stockholder shall constitute such Tag-Along Stockholders binding agreement to sell the Shares specified in the Tag-Along Notice on the terms and conditions applicable to the Tag-Along Sale; provided, that in the event that there is any material adverse change in the terms and conditions of such Tag-Along Sale applicable to the Tag-Along Stockholder (including, but not limited to, any decrease in the purchase price that occurs other than pursuant to an adjustment mechanism set forth in the agreement relating to the Tag-Along Sale or as a consequence of transaction expenses) after such Tag-Along Stockholder gives its Tag-Along Notice, then the Tag-Along Stockholder shall have the right to withdraw from participation in the Tag-Along Sale with respect to all of its Shares affected thereby. If the proposed transferee does not agree to consummate the acquisition of all of the Shares requested to be included in the Tag-Along Sale by any Tag-Along Stockholder on substantially similar material terms and conditions applicable to the Sponsor Group (and, in any event, at a per share price not less than that received by the Sponsor Group, except as the purchase price may be adjusted pursuant to any agreement relating to the relevant Tag-Along Sale and the purchase price may be reduced for transaction expenses), then the Sponsor Group shall not consummate the Tag-Along Sale of any of its shares of Stock to such transferee, unless the shares of Stock of the Sponsor Group and the Tag-Along Stockholders to be transferred are reduced or limited pro rata in proportion to the respective number of shares of Stock actually held, directly or indirectly, by the Sponsor Group and the Tag-Along Stockholders and all other material terms and
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conditions of the Tag-Along Sale are substantially similar for the Sponsor Group and the Tag-Along Stockholders (including the same price per share received by both the Sponsor Group and the Tag-Along Stockholders).
(d) If a Tag-Along Notice from any Tag-Along Stockholder is not received by the Sponsor Group prior to the lapse of the fifteen-day (15-day) period specified above, the Sponsor Group shall have the right to consummate the Tag-Along Sale without the participation of such Tag-Along Stockholder, who shall be deemed to have waived his, her or its rights hereunder, but only on terms and conditions which are no more favorable in any material respect to the Sponsor Group (and, in any event, at no greater a per share purchase price, except as the purchase price may be adjusted pursuant to any agreement relating to the relevant Tag-Along Sale or as a consequence of transaction expenses) than as stated in the Tag-Along Sale Notice, and only if such Tag-Along Sale occurs on a date within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Tag-Along Notice Date. If such Tag-Along Sale does not occur within such one hundred and eighty (180)-day period, the shares or interests that were to be subject to such Tag-Along Sale thereafter shall continue to be subject to all of the restrictions contained in this Section 4.
(e) On the Tag-Along Sale Date, each Tag-Along Stockholder shall deliver a certificate or certificates (if certificated) for the Shares to be sold by such Tag-Along Stockholder in connection with the Tag-Along Sale, with undated stock powers duly endorsed in blank for transfer by the registered owner or owners thereof, to the transferee free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and restrictions, in the manner and at the address indicated in the Tag-Along Sale Notice, against delivery of the purchase price for such Shares. Each Tag-Along Stockholder shall reimburse the Sponsor Group for its proportionate share (based on the consideration received) of the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Sponsor Group in connection with any such Tag-Along Sale.
(f) The Sponsor Group shall have the sole right to decide (in its sole discretion) whether or not to pursue, consummate, postpone or abandon any Tag-Along Sale and the terms and conditions thereof.
(g) The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply regardless of the form of consideration received in the Tag-Along Sale; provided, that, in the event the consideration to be paid in exchange for shares of Stock in a proposed Tag-Along Sale includes any securities, and the receipt thereof by a Tag-Along Stockholder would require (as determined by the Sponsor Group upon the advice of its counsel) under applicable law (x) the registration or qualification of such securities or of any Person as a broker or dealer or agent with respect to such securities where such registration or qualification is not otherwise required by the receipt of such securities by the Sponsor Group or (y) the provision to any such Tag-Along Stockholder of any specified information regarding such securities or the issuer thereof that is not otherwise required to be provided for in connection with the Tag-Along Sale, then, in either case of (x) or (y), in lieu of receiving such securities (as determined by the Sponsor Group, in its sole discretion), such member may, receive cash consideration equal to the fair market value of such securities (as determined by the Sponsor Group in good faith).
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(h) Upon written request by the Sponsor Group in connection with a Tag-Along Sale, each member of the Management Stockholder Group will execute and deliver a Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney.
(i) The rights set forth in this Section 4 shall terminate immediately prior to the earlier to occur of a Change in Control and the consummation of an Initial Public Offering.
5. Call Rights.
(a) Each Management Stockholder agrees that the Company and the Sponsor Group, collectively, will each have a call right (the Call Right) on the Shares (including without limitation, any Shares issued following a Termination pursuant to the exercise of Options or otherwise) (the Callable Equity) after either a Termination for any reason or a Restrictive Covenant Violation (any such event, a Call Event) as set forth in this Section 5. Upon a Call Event, the Company may exercise the Call Right with respect to all or any portion of the Callable Equity by one or more written notices (each, a Call Right Notice) delivered to the Management Stockholder at any time during the period commencing on the date of Termination or the date on which the Board acquires actual knowledge of the occurrence of the Restrictive Covenant Violation, as applicable, and ending on the first anniversary of the later of (x) the date of Termination or the date on which the Board acquires actual knowledge of the occurrence of the Restrictive Covenant Violation, as applicable, and (y) for each Share acquired upon the exercise of an Option or similar purchase right, the date on which such Share was acquired (the date such notice is given being, the Call Exercise Date). Upon the giving of a Call Right Notice, the Company will be obligated to purchase and the Management Stockholder Group will be obligated to sell all (or any lesser portion indicated in the Call Right Notice) of the Callable Equity for the consideration calculated as set forth below. If the Company fails to exercise the Call Right, then the Sponsor Group (or any Affiliate of the Sponsor Group as such may be assigned to by the Sponsor Group) may exercise the Call Right within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the aforesaid one-year period by giving one or more written notices (each, a Sponsor Group Call Right Notice) to the Management Stockholder that the Sponsor Group (or Affiliate thereof) is exercising the Call Right (the date such notice is given being, the Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date). Upon the giving of a Sponsor Group Call Right Notice, the Sponsor Group will be obligated to purchase and the Management Stockholder Group will be obligated to sell all (or any lesser portion indicated in the aforesaid notice) of the Callable Equity for the consideration calculated as set forth below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if determined to be necessary by the Company in order to avoid an additional compensation expense, in no event shall the Company or the Sponsor Group (or any Affiliate of the Sponsor Group) be entitled to deliver any Call Right Notice or Sponsor Group Call Right Notice, as applicable, with respect to any Shares (including any Shares issued upon the exercise of an Option or similar purchase right in respect of any other Award) unless and until such Shares have been issued, vested (if applicable) and outstanding for at least six (6) months.
(i) In the case of either (x) a Termination for Cause or (y) a Restrictive Covenant Violation, the consideration will be equal to the lesser of (1) the Cost of such Shares and (2) the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the Call Exercise Date or the Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date, as applicable; and
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(ii) In the case of a Termination for any reason other than for Cause, the consideration will be equal to the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the Call Exercise Date or the Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date, as applicable; provided, that if an Initial Public Offering or Change in Control occurs during the three (3) month period following the Call Exercise Date or Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date, as applicable, the Management Stockholder will be entitled to receive the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of such Shares as of the date of such Initial Public Offering or Change in Control over the Fair Market Value of such Shares paid by the Company or the Sponsor Group on the applicable Call Exercise Date or Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date.
(b) The closing for all purchases and sales of Callable Equity pursuant to this Section 5 will be at the principal executive offices of the Company within thirty (30) days after the Call Exercise Date or the Sponsor Group Call Exercise Date, as the case may be. The purchase price for the Callable Equity will be paid to the Management Stockholder (or his or her estate or beneficiary, as applicable) in cash, by cashiers check or by wire transfer of funds. The Management Stockholder Group will cause the Callable Equity to be delivered to the Company or the Sponsor Group, as the case may be, at the closing free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, other than those which continue to apply pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Management Stockholder Group will take all such actions and deliver all such documents and instruments as the Company or the Sponsor Group, as the case may be, reasonably requests to vest in the Company or the Sponsor Group, respectively, title to the Callable Equity free of any lien, claim, charge, restriction or encumbrance incurred by or through the Management Stockholder Group.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 to the contrary, if (i) there exists and is continuing a default or an event of default on the part of any member of the Company Group under any loan, guarantee or other agreement under which any member of the Company Group has borrowed money or if the repurchase of Callable Equity would result in a default or an event of default on the part of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company under any such agreement or if a repurchase would not be permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law (or if the Company reincorporates in another state, the business corporation law of such state) or any federal or state securities laws or regulations (each such occurrence being an Event) and (ii) the Sponsor Group has not elected to acquire all Callable Equity which the Company and the Sponsor Group have a right to purchase pursuant to this Section 5, the Company will, to the extent it has exercised its Call Right and subject to the rescission rights below, in order to complete the purchase of any Callable Equity pursuant to this Section 5, deliver to the Management Stockholder a promissory note with a principal amount equal to the amount payable under this Section 5, having terms acceptable to the Companys (and its Affiliates, as applicable) lenders and permitted under the Companys (and its Affiliates, as applicable) debt instruments but which in any event (x) shall be mandatorily payable in installments of up to five years, and (y) shall bear interest at a rate equal to the Prime Rate. In lieu thereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, may rescind the exercise of such Call Right, in which case, the period upon which the Call Right may be exercised by the Company shall be tolled until thirty (30) days following the date on which there ceases to be any Event, and the Company may exercise the Call Right at any time during such thirty (30) day period pursuant to this Section 5.
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(d) The rights set forth in this Section 5 shall terminate upon immediately prior to the earlier to occur of a Change in Control and the consummation of an Initial Public Offering.
6. Piggyback Registration Rights.
(a) Incidental Registration. After the closing of an Initial Public Offering, if the IPO Corporation files a registration statement under the Securities Act in connection with a proposed Public Offering and any of the Sponsor Group are registering shares of Stock in such proposed Public Offering, then each Management Stockholder Group, the Management Stockholder of which is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall have the right (the Piggyback Right) to include in such proposed Public Offering up to the number of Registrable Shares equal to (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Shares owned by such Management Stockholder Group multiplied by (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate number of shares of Stock held by the Sponsor Group to be included in such proposed Public Offering and (B) the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Stock and Stock Equivalents held by the Sponsor Group (the Piggyback Pro-Rata Portion). In the event that a proposed Public Offering gives rise to a Piggyback Right, the IPO Corporation will give written notice to the Management Stockholders. Upon written request of any Management Stockholder given within five (5) Business Days after mailing of any such notice from the IPO Corporation, the IPO Corporation will, except as herein provided, cause up to the Piggyback Pro-Rata Portion of such Management Stockholder Groups Registrable Shares that have been requested by such Management Stockholder to be included in the registration to be included in such registration statement; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the IPO Corporation from, at any time, abandoning or delaying any registration for any reason or no reason.
(b) Limitations. If any Public Offering pursuant to Section 6(a) shall be underwritten on a firm commitment basis, in whole or in part, the IPO Corporation may require that the Registrable Shares requested for inclusion pursuant to Section 6(a) be included in such Public Offering on the same terms and conditions as the securities otherwise being sold through the underwriters. If the underwriter of such Public Offering determines that marketing factors (including, without limitation, an adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation of the number of Registrable Shares to be underwritten in such Public Offering then, notwithstanding any contrary provision in Section 6(a), the underwriter may limit the number of shares that would otherwise be included in such Public Offering by excluding any or all Registrable Shares from such Public Offering. The number of Registrable Shares to be included in such Public Offering shall be allocated in the following manner: (i) if such registration has been initiated by one or more of the IPO Corporations stockholders holding demand registration rights with the IPO Corporation pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or any other registration rights agreement or any similar agreements, then (A) first, the number of shares of Stock requested to be registered by such initiating stockholder(s) and any other holder(s) of the IPO Corporations Securities which are entitled to sell pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or any other registration rights agreement or any similar agreements (including the Management Stockholder Groups hereunder), pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Stock owned by each such stockholder or other holder of Stock, and (B) second, the number of shares of Stock that are proposed to be sold by the IPO Corporation for its own account; or (ii)
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if such registration has been initiated by the IPO Corporation, then (A) first, the number of shares of Stock that are proposed to be sold by the IPO Corporation for its own account, and (B) second, the number of shares of Stock requested to be registered by any holder(s) of the IPO Corporations Securities which are entitled to sell pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or any other registration rights agreement or similar agreements (including the Management Stockholder Groups hereunder), pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Stock owned by each such stockholder or other holder of Stock; provided, that, in the case of either (A) or (B) in this Section 6(b), if the managing underwriter or underwriters require a different allocation, the amount of securities to be offered shall be allocated pursuant to the recommendation of such managing underwriter or underwriters.
(c) Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the IPO Corporation to take any action pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Registrable Shares which are to be registered at the request of any Management Stockholder that such Management Stockholder shall promptly furnish to the IPO Corporation such information regarding the Registrable Shares held by his or her Management Stockholder Group and the intended method of disposition thereof, and shall enter into such underwriting agreements (including customary representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and other agreements) and execute such other documents, in each case as the IPO Corporation shall reasonably request in connection with such registration.
(d) Suspension of Disposition. Each Management Stockholder Group agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the IPO Corporation that any prospectus required to be delivered to a Management Stockholder Group pursuant to the Securities Act contains an untrue statement of a material fact or fails to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, such Management Stockholder Group will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Shares pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Shares until such Management Stockholder Group receives from the IPO Corporation a corrected prospectus, and, if so directed by the IPO Corporation, such Management Stockholder Group will deliver to the IPO Corporation all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Management Stockholder Groups possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(e) Expenses. With respect to each inclusion of Registrable Shares in a registration statement pursuant to Section 6(a), the IPO Corporation shall bear the following fees, costs and expenses: all registration, filing and listing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the IPO Corporation, fees and disbursements of accountants for the IPO Corporation and all legal fees and disbursements and other expenses of complying with state securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions in which the securities to be offered are to be registered or qualified and any fees and expenses for any special audits incidental to or required by a registration contemplated by this Section 6 and any other fees and expenses required to be borne by the IPO Corporation in connection with such registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or any other registration rights agreement or similar agreements of the IPO Corporations Securities. Fees and disbursements of counsel for the transferring Management Stockholder Groups, fees and disbursements of accountants for the Management Stockholder Groups, underwriting discounts and selling commissions, transfer taxes and any other expenses incurred by the Management Stockholder Groups not expressly included above shall be borne by the applicable Management Stockholder Groups.
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(f) Transfer Restriction Waiver. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to the contrary, in lieu of the Piggyback Rights in connection with any Public Offering in which such rights would otherwise be available, the Board, in its sole discretion, may elect to waive the restrictions on Transfer contained in Section 2(a) with respect to all or any portion of the number of Registrable Shares that would have been subject to such Piggyback Rights in connection with such Public Offering.
(g) Lock-up Agreement. In connection with an underwritten Public Offering, each Management Stockholder Group, the Management Stockholder of which is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, agrees, if requested by the underwriter, to enter into an agreement not to, and shall use its best efforts to cause its Affiliates not to, effect any sale or distribution (except as a participant in such underwritten Public Offering), including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act, of any equity securities of the IPO Corporation, or of any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security of the IPO Corporation (in each case, except as a participant in such underwritten Public Offering), during the seven (7) days prior to, and during the one hundred eighty-day (180-day) period, in the case of the Initial Public Offering, or the ninety-day (90-day) period, in the case of other Public Offerings, or such shorter period as the managing underwriters may require or permit, beginning on the pricing date of such Public Offering.
7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
(a) Representations and Warranties of the Members of a Management Stockholder Group. Each member of a Management Stockholder Group hereby represents and warrants to the Company and Sponsor Group that:
(i) Capacity; Authorization; Due Execution. The member of the Management Stockholder Group, if an individual, has all legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out his or her obligations hereunder or, if an entity, is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, and has all necessary organizational power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and carry out its obligations hereunder. The member of the Management Stockholder Group has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and assuming due execution and delivery by the other Parties, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such member, terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(ii) Brokerage Arrangements. No broker has acted on behalf of the member of the Management Stockholder Group in connection with this Agreement, and there are no brokerage commissions, finders fees or commissions payable in connection therewith based on any agreement, arrangement or understanding with such member or any action taken by such member.
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(b) Representations and Warranties Regarding Investment. Each member of a Management Stockholder Group hereby further represents and warrants to the Company and Sponsor Group that:
(i) The member of the Management Stockholder Group acquired the Shares for investment purposes only, for its own account, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act;
(ii) The member of the Management Stockholder Group is aware that it may have to bear the economic risk of such investment for an indefinite period of time or to suffer a complete loss of its investment;
(iii) The member of the Management Stockholder Group understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Shares have not been registered under (and that the Company has no present intention to register the Shares under) the Securities Act or applicable state securities law and that the offering sale of such Shares may be made in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements provided by Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act and analogous provisions of certain state securities laws or in accordance with Regulation D of the Securities Act (as amended from time to time, Regulation D) or in accordance with Regulation S of the Securities Act (as amended from time to time, Regulation S), and that such Shares may not be transferred by such member unless the Shares have been registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or are transferred in a transaction exempt therefrom;
(iv) The member of the Management Stockholder Group, if an individual, represents that he or she has reached the age of 21 and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and has adequate means for providing for his or her current financial needs and anticipated future needs and possible contingencies and emergencies and has no need for liquidity in the investment in the Shares. The execution and delivery of this Agreement will not violate or be in conflict with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling document to which the undersigned is a party or by which it is bound;
(v) The member of the Management Stockholder Group further represents and warrants that such member is or is not an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D as indicated on such members signature page hereto;
(vi) The member of the Management Stockholder Group understands that no public market now exists for any of the securities issued by the Company; and
(vii) The member of the Management Stockholder Group acknowledges that he, she or it has been advised that (A) a restrictive legend in the form set forth below will be placed on any certificate representing the Shares and (B) a notation will be made
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in the appropriate records of the Company indicating that the Shares are subject to restrictions on transfer and appropriate stop transfer restrictions will be issued to the Companys transfer agent with respect to the Shares. Any certificate representing Shares issued to such member shall bear the following legends on the face thereof:
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND APPLICABLE FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR SOLD UNLESS (I) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT IS THEN IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT THERETO, (II) A WRITTEN OPINION FROM COUNSEL FOR THE ISSUER OR COUNSEL FOR THE MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDER GROUP REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER HAS BEEN OBTAINED TO THE EFFECT THAT NO SUCH REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED OR (III) A NO ACTION LETTER OR ITS THEN EQUIVALENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE STAFF OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO SUCH TRANSFER OR SALE.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 7, 2017, AMONG PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC., THE SPONSOR GROUP, AND THE OTHER PARTIES THERETO, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER. NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT.
8. Employment by or Service with the Company Group.
Nothing contained in this Agreement (a) obligates the Company Group to employ, continue to employ, obtain services from or continue to obtain services from the Management Stockholder or (b) prohibits or restricts the Company Group from terminating the employment or service relationship of the Management Stockholder at any time or for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, and the Management Stockholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company Group nor any other Person has made any representations or promises whatsoever to the Management Stockholder concerning the Management Stockholders employment, service, continued employment or continued service by the Company Group.
9. Taxes.
The Company will have the right to deduct from any payment made under this Agreement to any member of the Management Stockholder Group any federal, state or local income or other taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payment.
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10. Rights to Negotiate Repurchase Price.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit the Company or the Sponsor Group from purchasing, redeeming or otherwise acquiring for value Shares from any member of the Management Stockholder Group, at any time, upon such terms and conditions, and for such price, as may be mutually agreed upon in writing between such Parties, whether or not at the time of such purchase, redemption or acquisition circumstances exist which specifically grant the Company the right to purchase, or such member the right to sell, shares of Stock under the terms of this Agreement.
11. Recapitalization, Exchange, Etc.
The provisions of this Agreement shall apply, to the full extent set forth herein with respect to the Shares, to any and all shares of capital stock of the Company, Stock Equivalents or other securities of the Company that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of the Shares. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Shares or the Stock Equivalents, by way of any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, or reclassifications, or through acquisition, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization or by any other means occurring after the date of this Agreement, appropriate adjustment shall be made to the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Shares as so changed.
12. Notices.
All notices, demands or other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by registered or certified first class mail, return receipt requested, facsimile, electronic mail, courier service, or personal delivery:
if to the Company:
c/o Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc.
2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, California 94025
Attention: Jim Momtazee
Email:
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Mark Pflug
David Rubinsky
Facsimile:
Email:
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if to the Sponsor Group:
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
9 W. 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Attention: David J. Sorkin
Facsimile:
Email:
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Mark Pflug
David Rubinsky
Facsimile:
Emails:
if to a member of the Management Stockholder Group, to him, her or it at the mailing, facsimile number or email address set forth on their respective signature pages hereto.
Any notice or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (i) upon electronic confirmation of facsimile, (ii) one (1) Business Day following the date sent when sent by overnight delivery, (iii) on the date sent by electronic mail if a Business Day, otherwise the next Business Day, and (iv) five (5) Business Days following the date mailed when mailed by registered or certified mail return receipt requested and postage prepaid. Any Party may by notice given in accordance with this Section 12 designate another address or Person for receipts of notices hereunder.
13. Successors, Assigns and Transferees.
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto, their Permitted Transferees, including the Permitted Transferees under Section 2 hereof, and their respective successors, each of which such transferees shall agree, in a writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, to become a Party hereto and be bound (subject to Section 23 hereof) to the same extent as its transferor hereby (including, without limitation, Sections 2 through 7 hereof); provided, that no member of the Management Stockholder Group may assign any of his, her or its rights hereunder other than in connection with a transfer of Shares to a Permitted Transferee or other transferee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
14. Amendment and Waiver.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of any Party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
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exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to the Parties hereto at law, in equity or otherwise.
(b) Any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of or to any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only if it is made or given in writing and signed by the Company and the Sponsor Group; provided, that this Agreement shall not be amended, supplemented or modified or any provision waived in a manner that materially and adversely affects the members of Management Stockholder Group in their capacity as holders of Shares without the prior written consent of holders of a majority of the Shares then owned by such members of such Management Stockholder Group. Any aforementioned amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent shall be binding upon each of the Parties, including all members of such Management Stockholder Group.
15. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including via facsimile), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any counterpart or other signature hereupon delivered by facsimile shall be deemed for all purposes as constituting good and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Party.
16. Specific Performance.
The Parties hereto intend that each of the Parties hereto be given the right to seek damages or specific performance in the event that any other Party hereto fails to perform such Partys obligations hereunder. Therefore, if any Party shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions hereof, any Party against whom such action or proceeding is brought hereby waives any claim or defense therein that the plaintiff party has an adequate remedy at law.
17. Headings; Interpretation.
The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular number or in the plural number will each include the singular number and the plural number, words of the masculine gender will include the feminine and the neuter, and, when the sense so indicates, words of the neuter will refer to any gender.
18. Severability.
If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired, unless the provisions held invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall substantially impair the benefits of the remaining provisions hereof.
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19. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, the Plan, any award agreements thereunder entered into between the Company and the Management Stockholders and the other documents referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto contain the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof other than those expressly set forth herein and therein.
20. Further Assurances.
Each of the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, execute such documents and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out or to perform the provisions of this Agreement.
21. Governing Law.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
22. Consent to Jurisdiction; No Jury Trial.
Each of the Parties hereto submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in Delaware in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and agrees that all claims in respect of the action or proceedings may be heard and determined in any such court and hereby expressly submits to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such court for the purposes hereof and expressly waives any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum. Any and all service of process and any other notice in any such action, suit or proceeding will be effective against any Party if given as provided herein. Nothing herein contained will be deemed to affect the right of any Party to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY ANY OF THEM AGAINST THE OTHERS IN ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
23. Additional Management Stockholders.
Any Person that becomes party to a subscription agreement for Stock or Stock Equivalents or an Award Agreement (as defined in the Plan) after the date hereof may become a Party hereto and may become bound hereby by countersigning this Agreement (which shall not require the consent of the members of the Management Stockholder Group) or entering into a joinder agreement with the Company, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, agreeing to be bound by the terms hereof (or only specific sections hereof) in the same manner as the other members of the Management Stockholder Group. Each such joinder agreement shall
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become effective upon its execution by the Company and such Person, and it shall not require the signature or consent of any other Party. Such supplemental agreement may modify some of the terms hereof as they affect such Person.
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Annex I
FORM OF CONSENT OF SPOUSE1
Reference is made to the Management Stockholders Agreement, signed by (the Management Stockholder) and dated as of December 7, 2017 (the Agreement), among Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P. and the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto, as the same may be subsequently modified, supplemented or amended in accordance with its terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
The undersigned is the spouse of the Management Stockholder and hereby acknowledges that s/he has read the attached Agreement and knows its content. The undersigned is aware that, by its provisions, his or her spouse agrees to sell all or a portion of his or her Shares, whether now owned or later acquired through the exercise of stock options or otherwise, including his or her community property interest therein, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events. The undersigned hereby consents to the sale, approves the provisions of the Agreement, and agrees that those Shares and his or her interest in them, if any, are subject to the provisions of the Agreement and that s/he will take no action at any time to hinder operation of the Agreement on those securities or his or her interest, if any, in them, and, to the extent required, will take any further action that is necessary to effectuate the provisions of the Agreement.
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1 | Every Management Stockholder who is resident of one of the community property states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin) to have his or her spouse, if any, execute and deliver this consent as of the date of the Management Stockholders Agreement, or, if later, the date such Management Stockholder becomes a party to the Management Stockholders Agreement. |
Annex II
FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT
The undersigned wishes to receive from [ ] (Transferor) [certain shares or certain options, warrants or other rights to purchase] [ ] shares, par value $0.01 per share, of Stock (the Shares) of Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company).
The Shares are subject to the Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017 (the Agreement), among the Company, KKR Phoenix Aggregator, L.P. and the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto. The undersigned has been given a copy of the Agreement and afforded ample opportunity to read and to have counsel review it, and the undersigned is thoroughly familiar with its terms and conditions.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Transferor is prohibited from transferring such Shares and the Company is prohibited from registering the transfer of the Shares unless and until a transfer is made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and the recipient of such Shares acknowledges the terms and conditions of the Agreement and agrees to be bound thereby.
The undersigned wishes to receive such Shares and have the Company register the transfer of such Shares.
In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and to induce the Transferor to transfer such Shares to the undersigned and the Company to register such transfer, the undersigned does hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) he or she has been given a copy of the Agreement and afforded ample opportunity to read and to have counsel review it, and the undersigned is thoroughly familiar with its terms, (ii) the Shares are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and (iii) the undersigned does hereby agree fully to be bound thereby as a Management Stockholder under the Agreement and hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth therein (except to the extent that such representations do not, by their nature, apply to the undersigned).
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Exhibit 10.17
WALGREEN AMERISOURCEBERGEN
JOINDER AGREEMENT & EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE
PHARMACEUTICAL PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This Joinder Agreement & Eighth Amendment to the Pharmaceutical Purchase And Distribution Agreement (Eighth Amendment) is entered into as of December 7, 2017 by AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its affiliate, J.M. Blanco, Inc. (Blanco), a Delaware corporation (collectively, ABDC), on the one hand, and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (WBA), Walgreen Co., an Illinois corporation and its affiliates, Walgreen of San Patricio, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation, Walgreen of Puerto Rico, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation, Take Care Health Systems, LLC, Take Care Employer Solutions, LLC, and other affiliates of WBA designated by WBA (collectively with WBA, Walgreen), on the other hand, to amend that certain Pharmaceutical Purchase and Distribution Agreement entered into by and between ABDC and Walgreen as of March 18, 2013, as amended (the Agreement). Capitalized terms not defined in the body of this Eighth Amendment have the meaning provided in Exhibit 1 (Definitions) of the Agreement.
RECITALS
(1) ABDC is a national distributor of Products.
(2) ABDC and Walgreen entered into the Agreement as of March 18, 2013, as amended, pursuant to which ABDC sells and distributes Products to Walgreen, as ordered by Walgreen from time to time during the Term.
(3) WBA intends to acquire a 30% interest (excluding equity awards granted or to be granted to employees) in Phoenix Parent Holdings, Inc., the parent company of PharMerica Corporation (PharMerica), a long term care pharmacy. The parties previously entered into a Term Sheet dated August 1, 2017, which details the parties intentions as it relates to PharMerica. At such time that WBA acquires an interest in PharMerica (Closing), WBA wishes to add PharMerica to the Agreement.
(4) PharMerica is not a wholly-owned affiliate of WBA or Walgreen. Accordingly, Walgreen requested that PharMerica be permitted to participate in the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. JOINDER OF PHARMERICA AS AN ADDITIONAL PARTY.
PharMericas joinder to the Agreement shall become effective on the date it transitions from its existing wholesaler under the distribution agreement with such wholesaler to ABDC pursuant hereto (Eighth Amendment Effective Date), which shall be no later than June 30, 2018. Notwithstanding the previous, PharMericas existing wholesale agreement includes certain carve out rights for PharMerica to make purchases outside, including through wholesalers. The parties shall discuss whether it is possible for PharMerica to make use of ABDCs services prior to the Eight Amendment Effective Date. At least ninety (90) days prior to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, PharMerica shall provide written notice to WBA and ABDC of the Eight Amendment Effective Date. Except as noted below, the parties agree that all references to the term Walgreen in the Agreement shall refer to and include PharMerica (and PharMerica shall be entitled to exercise the rights of Walgreen thereunder). PharMerica agrees that by executing this Eighth Amendment, it hereby adopts the Agreement and agrees to be bound by all the applicable terms, conditions, responsibilities and provisions thereof. As of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, all facilities of PharMerica shall be deemed to be Long Term Care Facilities.
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2. PHARMERICA FACILITIES.
WBA represents and warrants that as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, it will own a minority interest in PharMerica, and regardless of whether such ownership by WBA continues after the date hereof, (a) PharMerica shall have the right to participate under the Agreement until the earlier of (i) September 30, 2026, (ii) termination of this Eighth Amendment pursuant to Section 7 below, or (iii) termination of the Agreement by its terms, and (b) WBA shall be jointly and severally liable to ABDC for any obligation of PharMerica under the Agreement as though PharMerica remained an affiliate of WBA designated by WBA to participate in the Agreement. If this Eighth Amendment is terminated, PharMerica shall have a period of three (3) months to transition away from ABDC after the date of termination.
A. Introductory Paragraph. The introductory paragraph to the Agreement is amended to add Pharmerica Corporation (PharMerica) after Take Care Employer Solutions, LLC.
B. Section 2(A) - Products. The following is added at the end of Section 2(A): The parties further acknowledge and agree that for purposes of Product sales and purchases pursuant to this Agreement, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the terms of this Agreement shall also apply to sales to and purchases by PharMerica, including any representations, warranties, and delivery and obligations, service levels, defense and indemnification obligations, Product return terms, or other applicable obligations of a party to the other party in connection therewith.
C. Section 2(C) - Orders. Walgreen and PharMerica confirm that, all orders placed under Section 2(C) for Product delivery by ABDC to the PharMerica Facilities will be placed by PharMerica, subject to all other terms and conditions of the Agreement.
D. Exhibit 4 - Payment and Related Terms. With respect to payment terms, the parties agree that payment terms for PharMerica shall be 13.0 days DSO. All payments will be remitted by PharMerica to ABDC in accordance with Exhibit 4 of the Agreement, provided that WBA agrees to be jointly and severally liable to ABDC for any payment obligation of PharMerica under the Agreement and, if payment is not by EFT, additional charges may apply.
3. GPO FEES. The third sentence of the opening paragraph of Exhibit 2 is amended to add the words or PharMerica after Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy Holdings in the parenthetical and WBA and PharMerica agree that the provisions of paragraph 11 of the Settlement Agreement & Fourth Amendment to the Agreement dated as of October 1, 2014 (Fourth Amendment) shall apply to PharMerica.
4. APPLICABLE TAXES. Applicable taxes (sales, use, business and occupation, gross receipts, excise, etc.) may be passed through to PharMerica and WBA and PharMerica agree that the provisions of paragraph 10 of the Fourth Amendment shall apply to PharMerica.
5. RETURNS. The parties agree that PharMerica shall receive 100% credit for salable product returned to ABDC by PharMerica within 180 days of the invoice date as provided in Exhibit 10 of the Agreement.
6. DELIVERY. Notwithstanding the terms of Exhibit 8, the parties agree that ABDC shall make deliveries to each PharMerica Facility five days a week, Monday through Friday, once a day, except holidays and ABDCs Distribution Center physical inventory days.
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7. CHANGE OF CONTROL. This Eighth Amendment will be subject to termination by ABDC or WBA and/or its affiliate(s) only if (a) PharMerica is acquired by a third party or (b) any third party acquires an investment interest in PharMerica, in each of clauses (a) and (b), through which such third party would have the ability to exercise significant influence over PharMerica, as such phrase is interpreted under US GAAP, and where such third party competes with WBA in the retail pharmaceutical dispensing business or is in the pharmacy benefit management business or the managed care business, including, but not limited to, any entity listed on Annex A to this Eighth Amendment (or their respective successors or affiliates) (clauses (a) or (b), a Change of Control); provided, however, that ABDC shall not have a termination right with respect to a Change of Control described in clause (b) if ABDC or any affiliate is the acquiring party.
8. GOVERNING TERMS. This Eighth Amendment supersedes the Term Sheet with respect to the provisions of the Term Sheet that are the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Eighth Amendment and the Agreement, this Eighth Amendment shall control. Except as otherwise set forth above, all terms and conditions of the Agreement are hereby restated and affirmed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have had a duly authorized officer, partner or principal execute this Joinder Agreement & Eighth Amendment as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., on behalf of itself and its affiliates, including Walgreen Co., Walgreen of San Patricio, Inc., Walgreen of Puerto Rico, Inc., Take Care Health Systems, LLC, Take Care Employer Solutions, LLC, and their affiliated professional corporations, and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy Holdings, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Marco Pagni | |
Name: | Marco Pagni | |
Title: | EVP, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer |
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AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, on behalf of itself and its affiliate, J.M. Blanco, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Robert Mauch | |
Name: | Robert Mauch | |
Title: | EVP and Group President, AmerisourceBergen |
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ACKNOWLEDGED, AGREED AND ACCEPTED: | ||
PharMerica Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Gregory Weishar | |
Name: | Gregory Weishar | |
Title: | CEO |
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ANNEX A
List of Identified Entities
Exhibit 10.18
WBAD - MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT
This WBAD - MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of May 30, 2018, is by and among, Walgreens Boots Alliance Development GmbH, a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, having its registered office at Bogenschützenstrasse 9A, CH 3008 Bern, Switzerland and registered in the Register of Commerce and Companies of the Canton of Bern under No CH-036.4.054.841-8 (WBAD), PharMerica Corporation (PharMerica). PharMerica and WBAD are collectively referred to herein as the Parties. Capitalized terms not defined in the body of this Agreement have the meaning provided in Exhibit 1 (Definitions). On the date this Agreement is fully executed, PharMerica shall become a member of WBAD and such date shall be considered the effective date of this Agreement (Effective Date).
RECITALS
(1) WBAD, among other activities, is an entity for the purpose of seeking to identify and pursue efficiencies for its members. WBAD has negotiated commercial terms and rebates for generic pharmaceutical products with manufacturers or manufacturers authorized exclusive distributors of Products (the Suppliers) under group purchasing arrangements.
(2) Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), as of the date of this Agreement, maintains a minority investment in PharMerica and wishes to extend generic pharmaceutical sourcing assistance to PharMerica as a member in WBAD.
(3) PharMerica along with the existing members of WBAD, desire to combine volumes of Products Purchased and collectively appoint WBAD to negotiate on the terms set forth herein to (i) ensure contract pricing, rebate and certain other mutually agreed upon terms (Specified Terms) are made available to them by offering to Suppliers increased committed volumes permitting such Suppliers to have more reliable forecasts and to improve such Suppliers production management, (ii) increase efficiency and eliminate wasteful administrative duplication and (iii) increase competition among the Suppliers and other pharmaceutical manufacturers and vendors.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings contained herein, and subject to and on the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. WBAD CONTRACTS
A. Guiding Principles. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Parties decisions and actions with respect to this Agreement shall be guided in accordance with the principles set forth on Exhibit 2 (as amended from time to time by mutual agreement of the Parties, the Guiding Principles).WBAD certifies to PharMerica that the Guiding Principles under this agreement are consistent in scope with the other members of WBAD.
B. WBAD Negotiations. (i) As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, the Parties shall engage in discussions to develop an orderly transition plan from PharMerica contracts. The Parties agree that they shall make commercially reasonable efforts to finalize and implement a transition plan in order to bring PharMerica volume under WBAD agreements as soon as is possible, subject to PharMericas existing wholesale agreement and WBADs notice requirements to Suppliers. Upon finalization of the implementation plan, WBAD shall provide notice to its Suppliers that PharMerica is joining WBAD in order to obtain Specified Terms on behalf of PharMerica. For purposes of clarity, the Parties acknowledge and agree that WBAD maintains separate formularies for its members, and as such PharMericas formulary may not be the same as any other member of WBAD. WBAD shall also be entitled to negotiate for itself Bona Fide GPO Fees.
(ii) WBAD is hereby authorized, subject to Sections 1.C and 1.D, to negotiate, on behalf of PharMerica, to obtain the most favorable Specified Terms reasonably available at the time. In negotiating the Specified Terms and Bona Fide GPO Fees applicable to each of the members of WBAD, WBAD shall not knowingly favor any of them over any other without the consent of each Party adversely affected (which consent may be withheld in such Partys sole discretion).
(iii) Except as otherwise set forth herein, PharMerica and, to the extent necessary, WBAD shall enter into agreements (or amend or modify existing agreements) with such Suppliers reflecting, or make such other arrangements as may be appropriate to reflect, the terms on which PharMerica will acquire the applicable Products, which terms shall include the Specified Terms negotiated by WBAD (any such PharMerica contract or other arrangement reflecting the Specified Terms negotiated by WBAD as contemplated by this Agreement, a WBAD Contract). All other local terms (failure to supply, returned goods, etc.) shall be addressed by PharMerica either directly with a Supplier or with its wholesaler.
C. Limitations on Negotiations.
(i) WBAD shall negotiate Specified Terms in accordance with the Guiding Principles. WBAD shall consult with PharMerica regarding, and obtain PharMericas consent (which may not be unreasonably withheld) prior to, deviating from any of the Guiding Principles.
(ii) PharMericas participation as a member of WBAD under this Agreement is subject to PharMericas treatment as an affiliate under the Pharmaceutical Purchase and Distribution Agreement (as amended to date, including pursuant to the Joinder Agreement and Eighth Amendment, dated December 7, 2017, and as may be amended from time to time hereafter, the ABC Distribution Agreement) between Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and certain of its affiliates, including Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and certain of its affiliates(collectively, ABC).
(iii) In the event that WBAD wishes to negotiate on behalf of another Person, WBAD may do so.
D. Equal Treatment. If, at any time, WBAD violates the Equal Treatment Guiding Principle with the result that another member of WBAD has been favored to the detriment of PharMerica, WBADs shall make PharMerica whole on a dollar for dollar basis equal to the difference in pricing that PharMerica would have received had WBAD not violated the Equal Treatment Guiding Principle (the Equal Treatment Adjustment).
2. PURCHASE OF GENERIC VOLUMES
A. Purchasing Commitments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and subject to Section 2.B, to the extent a Product is subject to a WBAD Contract (an Available Product), PharMerica hereby commits to Purchase such Product under such WBAD Contract, as applicable. Subject to the Guiding Principles, the Parties agree that efforts should be made to maximize the amount of Product purchases that are subject to WBAD Contracts.
B. Purchasing Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, PharMerica may Purchase Products under contracts, purchase orders or any other means other than any applicable WBAD Contract and/or from Suppliers other than those party to any applicable WBAD Contract (such purchases, Outside Purchases), provided that PharMericas annual Outside Purchases shall be subject to a maximum of ten percent (10%) of the total dollar amount of all PharMericas annual Product Purchases, under the following circumstances:
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(i) On an occasional basis, in order to meet an immediate short-term inventory need, when PharMerica cannot satisfy such need through Purchase of an equivalent Available Product (for example, if an Available Product is out of stock and there is not another equivalent Available Product in stock and available for purchase); provided, however, that in such circumstances the minimum amount necessary of the equivalent Product will be purchased to satisfy the immediate need, and PharMerica shall provide prompt written notice to WBAD of the Purchases including the Product, Supplier and quantity purchased, after and to the extent such information is received by PharMerica;
(ii) The Outside Purchase is made pursuant to any contract pharmacy arrangement with a covered entity (within the meaning of Section 340B of the Public Health Services Act) under which PharMerica provides services to such covered entitys patients;
(iii) During any period of time in which a Supplier does not, or is temporarily unable, to supply the Available Product and there is no other equivalent Product available through a WBAD Contract, provided that during such time, PharMerica will cooperate with WBAD to resolve the supply problem and/or contract for a mutually agreeable equivalent Product; and
(iv) Non-prescription medications, such as OTCs, medical/surgical products, IV solutions and DME.
C. Notification. To the extent PharMerica intends to make any Outside Purchases, PharMerica shall provide written notice of the terms and Product specific details of such purchases to WBAD (to the extent permitted under the terms of such purchase or applicable Law) no later than ten (10) days following such Purchase.
D. Chargebacks. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Contract Price made available to PharMerica will not be equivalent to the price PharMerica pays to ABC under the ABC Distribution Agreement. In order to protect WBADs net pricing, Walgreens, as an agent of PharMerica, will collect from each applicable Supplier a chargeback on PharMericas behalf on a monthly basis in order to collect the difference between PharMericas indirect contract price and the indirect net price that is set between such Supplier and WBAD. For purposes of clarity, Walgrcens will manage the contracting process for the chargeback agreements. Walgreens will use each Suppliers sales data to calculate the chargeback. Walgreens will pass on the chargeback for each Supplier in a lump sum payment to PharMerica the fifteenth (15th) day of the month after the month in which the chargeback funds are received from such Supplier for the given month.
E. Volume Incentive Rebates. With respect to volume incentive tier rebates where PharMericas volume is included and where such rebate is paid on the collective WBAD member volume, PharMerica shall be entitled to a pro rata share based on its volumes. Payments made on behalf of PharMericas volumes will be passed through to PharMerica by WBAD the fifteenth (15th) day of the month after the month in which said payment is received by WBAD . For purposes of clarity, PharMericas ability to achieve volume incentive rebates with respect to any particular Supplier will be subject to PharMericas purchases and such Suppliers willingness to enter into such volume incentive agreements.
F. PharMerica Procurement Liaisons. PharMerica shall designate one representative to act as the primary contact person with respect to all issues relating to WBAD (the PharMerica Procurement Liaison). PharMerica may replace its appointed PharMerica Procurement Liaison at any time upon written notice to WBAD; provided, however, that PharMerica shall use reasonable efforts to preserve continuity of its PharMerica Procurement Liaison.
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G. Cooperation. (i) WBAD and the PharMerica Procurement Liaison shall hold review meetings (Review Meetings) with each other by telephone or in person, as mutually agreed upon, at such frequency as WBAD and PharMerica determine is reasonably necessary to discuss (i) the status of and any issues relating to the negotiation of Specified Terms or other matters relating to contracts with Suppliers, (ii) potential deviations from the Guiding Principles, (iii) negotiation strategies, (iv) the Parties operational objectives and considerations and/or (v) any other matter contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) To facilitate WBADs negotiations with a Supplier, PharMerica shall, upon reasonable request, submit to WBAD its best estimates of its purchase requirements for all Products manufactured by the relevant Supplier for the 12 calendar month period (or such other period as WBAD and PharMerica may mutually agree) beginning on the date specified in WBADs request (which shall be no earlier than 30 days following the date of such request) (each, a Demand Forecast). Each Demand Forecast shall be made in good faith and shall constitute PharMericas best estimates of future orders of the applicable Product, but shall not be binding on PharMerica. PharMerica shall promptly notify WBAD of any material change to a then applicable Demand Forecast. Should WBAD require updates, PharMerica agrees to provide updated forecast information either directly or through its wholesaler.
H. Market Intelligence. From time to time, PharMerica and WBAD shall use their respective good faith efforts to provide each other with such information as may be in their respective possession regarding the market pricing or factors impacting market pricing for Products; provided, that neither WBAD nor PharMerica shall be obligated to provide any such information to the extent that doing so would violate any Law or contractual obligation to which such Party is subject. PharMerica shall not proactively solicit pricing offers for Products from Suppliers without first obtaining WBADs permission to do so (which WBAD may withhold, in its sole discretion), except to the extent covered by a purchasing exception set forth in Section B, provided however, that PharMericas negotiations and/or discussions with Suppliers pertaining to Outside Purchases shall not knowingly frustrate WBADs ability to achieve Specified Terms for its other members.
I. New Product Launches. WBAD will provide regular updates to PharMerica regarding timing of new generic product launches. WBAD shall make reasonable efforts to provide PharMerica with information that will allow PharMerica to understand the pipeline and participate in discussions regarding any new products or changes to existing Products.
J. Monthly Reporting. PharMerica shall provide a monthly report no later than 12 Business Days after the end of each calendar month setting forth the aggregate number of Purchased Units for each Product. The Parties recognize that this report will be based either on wholesaler information or on the best information that PharMerica has available at the time.
3. VALUE/CLEAN ROOM PROCESS
A. Value Attributable to Member Purchases. The Parties acknowledge and agree that WBAD shall be entitled to retain, without exception, the Bona Fide GPO Fees earned as a result of PharMericas Purchases of Products from Suppliers pursuant to WBAD Contracts.
(i) Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all costs and expenses associated with this Agreement and the transactions and activities contemplated hereby, including general operating expenses, overhead and the fees of counsel and accountants, shall be borne by the Party incurring such expenses.
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(ii) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Party may offset, deduct or withhold any amounts due to it pursuant to this Agreement or any other contract or agreement with the other Party against any amounts due to such other Party hereunder or under such other contract or agreement.
B. Annual Clean Room Process. (i) On an annual date to be determined by WBAD, the Parties shall provide the External Auditor such information as is necessary for the External Auditor to conduct the Clean Room Process and to deliver the resulting report (the Year-End Data). The Parties acknowledge and agree that the first Annual Clean Room Process for calendar year 2018 will occur during calendar year 2019. The Parties shall provide the Year-End Data in such format as the External Auditor and the Parties shall mutually agree. Each Party shall cooperate reasonably with the External Auditor and shall provide to the External Auditor all such supporting documentation as shall be reasonably requested.
(ii) Using the Year-End Data, the External Auditor shall confirm that the Specified Terms received by PharMerica under the WBAD Contracts are consistent with the applicable WBAD Contracts (the Clean Room Process). All fees and reimbursable expenses of the External Auditor shall be borne 50/50 by PharMerica and WBAD, who shall, if possible, pay such fees directly to the External Auditor. Absent manifest error, the calculations resulting from the Clean Room Process shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties. Should the Annual Clean Room Process show that either Party did not receive the full benefit of the Specified Terms under a WBAD Contract, or conversely that a Party received more than full benefit, then the Parties shall make all necessary credits/debits to the other Party in order to keep each Party whole, provided that there shall be no penalties and/or late fees assessed with respect to such adjustment.
(iii) Each Party shall maintain and provide reasonable access to the External Auditor to its books, records and accounts in sufficient detail to permit the External Auditor to confirm the accuracy of the Year-End Data in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.B. Each Party shall retain such books, records and accounts for the longest of (i) a period of three (3) years from the end of the calendar year in which they were prepared, (ii) the period consistent with such Partys retention policies then applicable to such books, records and accounts and (iii) the period required by applicable Law.
(iv) In connection with the Clean Room Process, Walgreens shall join the engagement letter with the External Auditor in order to confirm the amount of all applicable chargebacks from Suppliers (or, if there has been a shortfall, the amount thereof) and to confirm that Walgreen has paid to PharMerica all applicable chargeback funds received from Suppliers on behalf of PharMerica.
4. TERM AND TERMINATION
A. Term. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and will continue until the earlier of the following: (i) September 30, 2026; or (ii) the end of the ABC Distribution Agreement (the Initial Term), unless sooner terminated under the terms of this Agreement.
B. Termination With Cause. This Agreement may be terminated:
(i) by WBAD:
(a) upon any material breach of this Agreement by PharMerica, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice to PharMerica by WBAD;
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(b) immediately upon written notice to PharMerica in the event of PharMericas: (i) filing an application for or consenting to appointment of a trustee, receiver or custodian of its assets; (ii) having an order for relief entered in Bankruptcy Code proceedings; (iii) making a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iv) having a trustee, receiver or custodian of its assets appointed, unless proceedings and the person appointed are dismissed within 30 days; (v) insolvency within the meaning of Uniform Commercial Code § 1-201 or failing generally to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Bankruptcy Code § 303(h)(1), as amended; or (vi) certification in writing of its inability to pay its debts as they become due (each, a Bankruptcy Event);
(c) if (I) there is any Law that (x) makes the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited, (y) materially frustrates the Guiding Principles, taken as a whole, in a manner materially adverse to WBAD or (z) materially impairs the economic benefit of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to WBAD or (II) any Governmental Entity having competent jurisdiction has issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting any material component of the transactions hereunder, materially frustrating the Guiding Principles, taken as a whole, in a manner materially adverse to WBAD or materially impairing the economic benefit of the transactions to WBAD, and such order, decree, ruling or other action becomes final and non-appealable; or
(ii) by PharMerica
(a) upon any material breach of this Agreement by WBAD which breach is not cured within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice to WBAD;
(b) immediately upon written notice to WBAD in the event of WBADs Bankruptcy Event;
(c) (I) there is any Law that (x) makes the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement illegal or otherwise prohibited, (y) materially frustrates the Guiding Principles, taken as a whole, in a manner materially adverse to PharMerica or (z) materially impairs the economic benefit of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to PharMerica or (II) if any Governmental Entity having competent jurisdiction has issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting any material component of the transactions hereunder, materially frustrating the Guiding Principles, taken as a whole, in a manner materially adverse to PharMerica or materially impairing the economic benefit of the transactions to PharMerica, and such order, decree, ruling or other action becomes final and non-appealable;
(iii) In determining whether a breach is material, the Parties shall not only consider the financial impact of the breach but also whether the breach (or the conduct giving rise to the breach) is or has been of a frequent or recurring nature, and the efforts taken by the breaching Party to cure, rem ediate or mitigate the breach or the impact thereof or to reduce the likelihood of such breach occurring again in the future.
(iv) Each Party will provide immediate notice to the other Party upon a Bankruptcy Event and either Party may periodically require the other Party to certify its ability to pay its debts as they become due.
C. Termination Due to Competition/Strategic Deals/Violation of Laws.
(i) In the event the ABC Distribution Agreement is terminated as a result of a Change of Control (as defined in the ABC Distribution Agreement) of PharMerica (other than as a result of a Change of Control (as defined in the ABC Distribution Agreement) of Walgreens), WBAD shall have the right to terminate this Agreement. Such termination right shall be subject to PharMerica receiving transition
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assistance for a period of six (6) months after such termination becomes effective. Additionally, should PharMerica add volumes to its existing purchase volumes, either by a strategic relationship or by organic growth, and such additional volumes would not likely be permitted under applicable Laws, then the Parties shall agree on mutually acceptable exclusions from PharMericas commitments to WBAD so as not to frustrate WBADs abilities to provide services to its members.
(ii) In the event either Party or any of its Affiliates acquires an entity, or is under contract to acquire another entity, where any aspect of this Agreement is reasonably likely to materially delay or prevent the lawful consummation of such acquisition under applicable anti-trust Laws, then the Parties shall each use commercially reasonable efforts and work together in good faith to make accommodations that would permit the lawful consummation of such acquisition under applicable anti-trust Laws (including by agreeing to modify or change any terms of this Agreement). If, after exercising such commercially reasonable efforts, the Parties are unable to make accommodations that would permit the lawful consummation of such acquisition under applicable anti-trust Laws, then either Party shall be permitted to terminate PharMericas membership in the WBAD GPO (and thereby terminate this Agreement) without penalty to the other Party by giving written notice of such termination to the other Party, with such termination to be effective: (i) twelve (12) months after such termination notice has been delivered if the termination is due to an acquisition contemplated by WBAD or any of its Affiliates and PharMerica shall be entitled to receive transition assistance during such 12-month period; or (ii) six (6) months after such termination notice has been delivered if the termination is due to an acquisition contemplated by PharMerica or any of its Affiliates and PharMerica shall be entitled to receive transition assistance during such 6-month period. In furtherance of the above, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith in the event of an investigation by a Governmental Entity in order to avoid the entry into of a final and non-appealable order blocking any such acquisition.
(iii) In the event a Governmental Entity having proper jurisdiction initiates any action, including litigation, which alleges that the activities conducted by the WBAD GPO are not permitted under applicable anti-trust Law, other than in connection with a transaction as discussed in Section 4.C(ii) above, the Parties will work together in good faith to take such actions to comply with applicable anti-trust Law (including by agreeing to modify or change any terms of this Agreement). If, despite the Parties respective good faith efforts described herein, the Parties are unable to cause the WBAD GPO to comply with applicable anti-trust Law, then either Party shall be permitted to terminate PharMericas membership in the WBAD GPO (and thereby terminate this Agreement) without penalty by giving written notice of such termination to the other Party, provided; however, PharMerica shall be entitled to receive transition assistance from WBAD as set forth below for a period of 12 months after such termination becomes effective. The Parties acknowledge and agree that if compliance with applicable Law requires PharMerica to collectively make purchases outside of the WBAD GPO in excess of twenty-five (25%) of its annual purchases (as calculated in units) that would otherwise be required to be made under this Agreement, either Party shall be permitted to terminate PharMericas membership in accordance with this Section 6.C. In furtherance of the above, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith in the event of an investigation by a Governmental Entity in order to avoid the entry into a final and non-appealable order that the activities conducted by the WBAD GPO are not permitted under applicable anti-trust Law.
D. Effect of Termination. Upon any termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall work together in good faith to effect an orderly and equitable transition of PharMericas Product Purchases from the WBAD Contracts to any successor contracts designated by PharMerica to the extent reasonably requested by PharMerica. With respect to any termination pursuant to which PharMerica is entitled to receive transition assistance for a period of time, WBAD shall additionally, for such period of time (as set forth in the applicable termination provision) (x) provide to PharMerica the same services and on the same terms and conditions that WBAD is providing as of the date of termination of this Agreement (subject to PharMerica continuing to comply, in all material respects, with all of its representations, warranties and
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covenants under this Agreement) and (y) provide general transition services to PharMerica and shall cooperate with PharMerica in connection with PharMericas exit from the WBAD GPO, which services shall include, but shall not be limited to, assistance in negotiations out of or into contracts with pharmaceutical suppliers, and providing records and other information, as reasonably requested by PharMerica. For the avoidance of doubt, any transition assistance that PharMerica may receive or have the right to receive under this Agreement or otherwise shall not limit or otherwise affect any other rights or remedies that PharMerica or any of its Affiliates may have under any other agreement with WBAD or any of its Affiliates (including Walgreens) or any other Person.
E. Survival of Termination. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any Party of its accrued rights and incurred obligations under this Agreement prior to termination. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and all WBAD Contracts entered into prior to termination of this Agreement shall remain in effect and shall survive any termination of this Agreement in accordance with their terms for a period of time sufficient to permit the provision of transition assistance to PharMerica in accordance with this Agreement and an orderly transition to another contract; provided that PharMerica shall not have any liability to WBAD with respect to any contract that contemplates purchases by PharMerica beyond September 30, 2026. The following provisions shall also survive any termination of this Agreement: Section 4, Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7 hereof.
5. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLICITY
A. Confidential Information. (i) As used herein, Confidential Information means all confidential or proprietary information given to one Party by any other Party, or otherwise acquired by such Party in its performance of this Agreement, relating to the other Party or any of its Affiliates, including pricing data, the terms of contracts with or identity of Suppliers, information regarding its sales, advertising, distribution, marketing or strategic plans, or information regarding its costs, productivity or technological advances and the terms of this Agreement. No Party shall use or disclose to third parties any Confidential Information of any other Party (except to comply with its obligations under this Agreement), and each Party shall ensure that its and its Affiliates employees, officers, representatives and agents shall not use or disclose to third parties any Confidential Information and upon the expiration or any termination of this Agreement shall return to the others or destroy all Confidential Information in written form. Confidential Information shall not include information that (i) was already known to the receiving Party at the time of its receipt thereof or is independently developed by the receiving Party, as evidenced by its written records; provided that such information is reasonably believed by the receiving Party not to be subject to an obligation of confidentiality (whether by agreement or otherwise) to the disclosing Party or another Person; (ii) is disclosed to the receiving Party after its receipt thereof from a third party who, the receiving Party in good faith believes, has a right to make such disclosure without violating any obligation of confidentiality; or (iii) is or becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the receiving Party and not as a result of any breach of this Agreement.
(ii) Notwithstanding Section 5.A(i), any Party may disclose Confidential Information of any other Party solely:
(a) to its directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors to the extent reasonably necessary for the receiving Party to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; provided that such Persons shall be subject to obligations of confidentiality and non-use at least equivalent in scope to those set forth in this Section 5.A and the receiving Party shall be liable for any failure by any such Persons to comply with the terms hereof;
(b) pursuant to an order of a court or other Governmental Entity or as required by applicable Law or judicial, regulatory or other legal process;
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provided that, to the extent legally permissible and reasonably practicable under the circumstances, the receiving Party provides the disclosing Party with reasonable advance written notice thereof and uses diligent and commercially reasonable efforts and reasonably cooperates with the disclosing Party to obtain a protective order or other confidential treatment therefor, if applicable, and only furnishes that Confidential Information which it is advised by counsel that it is legally required to furnish; or
(c) to the External Auditor.
(iii) Notwithstanding Section 5.A(i), PharMerica may disclose Confidential Information of WBAD to its Affiliates (and, in the case of PharMerica, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.) and their directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors to the extent reasonably necessary for the receiving Party to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement; provided that such Persons shall be subject to obligations of confidentiality and non-use at least equivalent in scope to those set forth in this Section 5.A and PharMerica shall be liable for any failure by any such Persons to comply with the terms hereof.
B. Publicity. (i) The Parties acknowledge that the communication plan regarding the initial announcement of this Agreement to customers, suppliers, investors and employees and otherwise has been agreed by the Parties. No Party shall originate any publicity, news release or other public announcement, written or oral, relating to this Agreement, or the existence of any arrangement between the Parties, or make any other communication which is inconsistent with such agreed upon communication plan.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.B(i), no Party shall originate any publicity, news release or other public announcement, written or oral, whether relating to this Agreement or the existence of any arrangement between the Parties, without the prior written consent of the other Party whether named in such publicity, news release or other public announcement or not, except where such publicity, news release or other public announcement is required by Law, or any judicial, regulatory or other legal process, or any listing or trading agreement concerning its publicly traded securities; provided that in such event, to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances, the Party issuing the same shall still be required to consult with the other Party, whether named in such publicity, news release or public announcement or not, a reasonable time prior to its release to allow the other Party to review and comment thereon (which comments will be taken into consideration in good faith) and, after its release, shall provide the other Party with a copy thereof. If any Party, based on the advice of its counsel, determines that this Agreement must be publicly filed with a Governmental Entity, then, to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances, such Party, prior to making any such filing, shall provide the other Party and its counsel with a redacted version of this Agreement which it intends to file, and will give good faith consideration to any comments provided by such Party or its counsel and use reasonable efforts (at the cost of the other Party) to ensure the confidential treatment by such Governmental Entity of those sections specified by the other Party or their counsel.
6. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A. Dispute Resolution. (i) In the event that PharMerica and WBAD, after a period of thirty (30) days of discussion, are unable to resolve any disputed matter under this Agreement, such disputed matter shall be escalated through progressively senior levels of management at the Parties for an additional period of thirty (30) days.
(ii) In the event that the Parties are unable to reach a resolution of any referred disputed matter after the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, the Parties hereby retain all rights to pursue resolution of the matter pursuant to Section 6.B.
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B. Arbitration.
(i) Any dispute, claim or controversy arising from or related in any way to this Agreement or the execution, interpretation, application, performance, breach, termination or validity thereof, including any claim of inducement of this Agreement by fraud or otherwise, which remains unresolved after following the procedures set forth in Section 6.A, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) Global Rules for Accelerated Commercial Arbitration (the Rules). The arbitration hearing shall be held in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and shall commence with the delivery by any Party of a Notice of Arbitration, in accordance with the Rules.
(ii) The arbitration panel (the Tribunal) shall consist of three arbitrators chosen from the CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals (or, by agreement, from another provider of arbitrators), each of whom is either (i) a lawyer with at least 15 years experience with a law firm or corporate law department of over 25 lawyers or (ii) a former judge or a senior judge (as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 294) of a court of general jurisdiction. In the event the aggregate damages sought by the claimant are stated to be less than $5 million, and the aggregate damages sought by the counterclaimant are stated to be less than $5 million, and neither side seeks injunctive relief, then the Tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator, having the same qualifications and experience specified above. Each arbitrator shall be impartial and independent of the Parties and shall abide by the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes.
(iii) The Parties shall appoint the arbitrator(s) by agreement within 15 days of the commencement of arbitration. In the event the Parties fail to appoint the arbitrator(s) within 15 days of the commencement of arbitration, the arbitrator(s) shall be selected as follows:
(a) the CPR shall provide the Parties with a list of no fewer than 25 proposed arbitrators (or 15, if one arbitrator is to be selected) having the credentials referenced in paragraph (c) above;
(b) within 7 days of receiving such list, WBAD and PharMerica shall each exercise no more than five cause challenges each and then rank at least 65% of the proposed arbitrators remaining on the initial CPR list. WBAD and PharMerica may each exercise one peremptory challenge each on the five proposed arbitrators (or three, if one arbitrator is to be selected) with the highest combined rankings. The panel will consist of the remaining three proposed arbitrators (or one, if one arbitrator is to be selected) with the highest combined rankings; and
(c) in the event these procedures fail to result in the selection of three arbitrators (or one, if one arbitrator is to be selected), CPR shall select the remaining arbitrator(s) from among the members of the various CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals, allowing each side five challenges for cause and three peremptory challenges.
(iv) The Tribunal shall hold an initial pre-hearing conference for the planning and scheduling of the proceeding within 15 days of the constitution of the Tribunal. The Parties shall agree at such initial meeting or before upon procedures for discovery and as to the conduct of the hearing which will result in the award being rendered within six months of the commencement of arbitration. In the event the Parties cannot agree upon procedures for discovery and conduct of the hearing, then the Tribunal shall set dates for the hearing, any post-hearing briefing and the issuance of the award in accordance with the schedule set forth in the preceding sentence. The Tribunal shall provide for discovery according to those time limits, giving recognition to the understanding of the Parties that they contemplate reasonable discovery, including document demands and depositions, but that such discovery be limited so that the schedule set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph may be met. In no event will the Tribunal, absent agreement of the Parties, allow more than a total of 10 days for the hearing or permit either side to obtain
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more than 40 hours of total deposition testimony from all witnesses, including both fact and expert witnesses, or serve more than 20 individual requests for documents, counting subparts as separate requests, or 20 individual requests for admission or interrogatories, counting subparts as separate requests. Multiple hearing days will be scheduled consecutively to the greatest extent possible. A transcript of the evidence adduced at the hearing shall be made and shall, upon request, be made available to any Party.
(v) The award shall be rendered within six months of the commencement of arbitration. The Parties may agree to extend this time limit or the Tribunal may do so in its discretion if it determines that the interests of justice so require. Failure to adhere to these time limits shall not be a basis for challenging the award.
(vi) The Tribunal must render its award, which may include specific performance, by application of the substantive law of the State of New York without regard for its conflicts of law principles, and must not apply amiable compositeur or natural justice and equity or any other similar principle. The Tribunal shall render a written opinion setting forth findings of fact and conclusions of law with the reasons therefor stated. To the extent possible, the arbitration hearings and award will be maintained in confidence.
(vii) The Parties consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York for the enforcement of these provisions and the entry of judgment on any award rendered hereunder. Should such court for any reason lack jurisdiction, the Parties consent to the jurisdiction of any state court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York for the enforcement of these provisions and the entry of judgment on any award rendered hereunder. If, but only if, such Federal District Court and such state court lack jurisdiction, the Parties consent to the jurisdiction of any court with jurisdiction for the enforcement of these provisions and the entry of judgment on any award rendered hereunder.
(viii) Each Party has the right before or, if the Tribunal cannot hear the matter within an acceptable period, during the arbitration to seek and obtain from the appropriate court provisional remedies such as attachment, preliminary injunction, replevin, etc., to avoid irreparable harm, maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the arbitration.
(ix) EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL OF ANY ISSUE BY JURY.
C. Specific Performance. The Parties understand and agree that (a) the covenants and agreements on each of their parts herein contained are uniquely related to the desire of the Parties and their respective Affiliates to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are a unique business opportunity at a unique time for each of the Parties and their respective Affiliates, (c) irreparable damage could occur in the event that any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms, (d) although monetary damages may be available for the breach of such covenants and agreements, such monetary damages are not intended to and do not adequately compensate for the harm that would result from a breach of this Agreement, would be an inadequate remedy therefor and shall not be construed to diminish or otherwise impair in any respect any Partys right to specific performance and (e) the right of specific performance is an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without that right none of the Parties would have entered into this Agreement. It is accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it, including monetary damages, each of the Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Each of the Parties further agrees that no Party shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 6.C and each Party waives any objection to the imposition of such relief or any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument.
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D. Interim Relief. The procedures specified in this Section 6 shall be the sole and exclusive procedures for the resolution of disputes between the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement; provided, however, that a Party may file a complaint to seek a preliminary injunction or other injunctive judicial relief, if in its sole judgment such action is necessary, including to specifically enforce Section 5. Despite such action, the Parties will continue to participate in good faith in the procedures specified in this Section 6.
7. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other communication required to be given hereunder by any Party to the other Party shall be in writing and delivered personally, or sent by overnight mail or certified mail, or in specific cases, where agreed to by the Parties, via email:
if to WBAD, to:
Walgreens Boots Alliance Development GmbH
Bogenschtitzenstrasse 9A
CH3008 Bern, Switzerland
Attn: President
and if to PharMerica, to:
PharMerica
Attn: Robert E. Dries
Chief Financial Officer
1901 Campus Place
Louisville, KY 40299
or to such other address for any Party as such Party shall hereafter designate by like notice. Notice shall be effective upon receipt, or refusal of receipt.
B. Force Majeure. The Parties shall be relieved of their obligations hereunder, if and to the extent that any of the following events hinder, limit or make impracticable the performance by any Party of any of its obligations hereunder: war, terrorist act, riot, fire, explosion, accident, flood, sabotage, national defense requirements, or any other act of God or similar event beyond the reasonable control and without the fault or negligence of such Party. The Party thus hindered or whose performance is otherwise affected shall promptly give the other Party written notice thereof and shall use best efforts to remove or otherwise address the impediment to action and to resume performance of its affected obligations as soon as practicable.
C. Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto, their respective successors and permitted assigns, but this Agreement shall not be assignable by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party.
D. Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended by the mutual agreement of the Parties in writing executed by authorized officers thereof.
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E. Independent Contractors. Each Party acknowledges that it has entered into this Agreement for independent business reasons. The relationship of the Parties hereunder is that of independent contractors and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a joint venture or partnership. WBAD shall not have any power or authority to conclude any agreement, or to make any representation or to give any understanding on behalf of PharMerica in any way whatsoever save as provided for in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent required to further the objectives of this Agreement, PharMerica shall execute any documents reasonably requested by WBAD as evidencing authority for WBAD to represent PharMerica hereunder.
F. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to confer any rights or remedies to any Person, other than the Parties and such permitted successors and permitted assigns.
G. Compliance with Law. (i) Each Party will comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws, including the Controlled Substances Act and Laws applicable to purchasing, handling, sale and distribution of Products, as well as regulations regarding transportation of hazardous materials, provision of pedigrees, all applicable U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations and all applicable government reporting obligations. The Parties agree that this Agreement is intended to comply with the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute 42 U.S.C. 1320a -7b(b), as well as similar state Laws. In the event there is any change in Law, regulation or interpretation thereof that has the effect of prohibiting any right or obligation of a Party under the Agreement or materially affects such right or obligation, then the Parties shall immediately work together in good faith to amend the Agreement so as to be in compliance with Law.
(ii) Each Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party, its agents, servants, employees, officers, directors, attorneys, subsidiaries, affiliates, parents and assigns, in each case, from and against all claims to the extent arising out of such Partys or any of its Affiliates breach of this Section 7.G.
H. Severability. It is the desire and intent of the Parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement will be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the Laws in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be deemed amended to delete therefrom the portion thus determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such deletion to apply to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the remaining provisions hereof only with respect to the operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such determination is made.
I. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (which may be effectively delivered by facsimile or other electronic means), each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to constitute the same Agreement.
J. Interpretation. Unless otherwise provided herein, all monetary values stated herein are expressed in United States dollars. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Any reference to any Federal, state, local or foreign Law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Party or to a Section or Exhibit, such reference shall be to a Party to, a Section of, or an Exhibit to, this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated. The Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning and interpretation of this Agreement. All terms
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defined in this Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used in any Exhibit to this Agreement or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein. Whenever the words include, includes, including or such as are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The word or when used in this Agreement is not exclusive. The word extent in the phrase to the extent means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply if. Whenever used in this Agreement, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, including (i) (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and (ii) all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and permitted assigns.
K. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Exhibits hereto, constitutes and sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each of the Parties acknowledges and represents that in deciding to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby it has not relied upon any statements, promises, warranties or representations, written or oral, express or implied, other than those explicitly set forth herein.
L. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, without regard to the conflicts of law principles of such State.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the day and year first above written.
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE DEVELOPMENT GMBH, | ||
By: | /s/ John Donovan | |
Name: | John Donovan | |
Title: | President | |
PHARMERICA CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Robert E. Dries | |
Name: | Robert E. Dries | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page]
EXHIBITS
The following exhibits to this Agreement are attached:
1 Definitions
2 Guiding Principles
3 PharMerica Procurement Liaison(s)
4 Identified Persons
EXHIBIT 1
DEFINITIONS
1. | Affiliate with respect to any Party means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Party. For purposes of this definition, the term control, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, and the terms controlled and controlling have meanings correlative thereto. It is expressly agreed that no Party shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of another Party solely by reason of having one or more directors in common. For the avoidance of doubt, none of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR), any fund, investment vehicle or account managed or advised by KKR or any portfolio company of KKR or any such fund, investment vehicle or account shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of PharMerica for any purpose of this Agreement, provided that any information provided by PharMerica to KKR shall be subject to the confidentiality restrictions provided under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 5.A(iii) of this Agreement. |
2. | Annual True-Up Period means each full calendar year from January 1 through December 31 during the term of this Agreement; provided, however, that for the calendar year during which the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement occurs, the Annual True-Up Period shall be that portion of such calendar year during which this Agreement was in effect. |
3. | Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code, as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto. |
4. | Bona Fide GPO Fee means a bona fide administrative fee paid by a Supplier to WBAD in compensation for WBADs activities in administrating a group purchasing organization. |
5. | Bona Fide Service Fees means all distribution fees, financial management fees, information or data fees, sales and marketing fees, program administration fees and other bona fide service fees calculated as a percentage of Contract Price on Purchased Units or as otherwise agreed to by PharMerica and Suppliers. |
6. | Business Day means any day except Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized by Law or executive order to close. |
7. | Contract Price means the contract cost of a Product without taking into account any Bona Fide Service Fees, Rebates, Prompt Pay Discounts or Event-Based Reimbursements. |
8. | Event-Based Reimbursements means all failure to supply penalties, payments in respect of trade show registrations and sponsorships, payments in respect of price appreciation and reverse logistics (including returns and recalls) and other customary cost reimbursements. |
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9. | External Auditor means a mutually agreed upon internationally-recognized, independent accounting firm selected and retained on a joint basis from time to time during the Term by the Parties (acting reasonably and in good faith) to undertake the Clean Room Process after entering into PharMericas standard confidentiality agreement. |
10. | Governmental Entity means any domestic or foreign court, administrative or regulatory agency or other governmental authority (or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof). |
11. | Law or Laws means any statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation or other binding directive issued by any Governmental Entity. |
12. | Period means a calendar month, a Quarterly Installment Period (or portion thereof) or an Annual True-Up Period (or portion thereof), as applicable. |
13. | Person means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, any other business entity or a Governmental Entity. |
14. | Product means a generic pharmaceutical product, other than an over-the-counter product, defined by active ingredient, dose and form. |
15. | Prompt Pay Discounts means invoice payment reductions offered by Suppliers for payment prior to the due date. |
16. | Purchase means to buy a Product from a Supplier or wholesaler. For all purposes under this Agreement, the time at which a Product is purchased shall be the time at which such Product is received by PharMerica. The terms Purchased, Purchases and Purchasing have meanings correlative thereto. |
17. | Purchased Units means, for any Available Product, during any Period, the number of Units of such Product Purchased by PharMerica during such Period (net of any Units, not delivered, returned, recalled or otherwise credited during such Period). |
18. | Quarterly Installment Period means each full calendar quarter period from January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30 or October 1 through December 31 during the term of this Agreement; provided, however, that for the calendar quarter during which the Effective Date or the termination of this Agreement occurs, the Quarterly Installment Period shall be that portion of such calendar quarter period during which this Agreement was in effect. |
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19. | Rebates means any rebate (including any volume, functional or bundled rebate), discount (other than any Prompt Pay Discount), free or discounted good or service, allowance (including shelf-stock adjustments and slotting allowances) or pricing opportunity paid or provided by a Supplier on the acquisition of a Product, but in all events excluding all Bona Fide Service Fees and Event-Based Reimbursements. |
20. | Shortage means the event that the supply of a Product available from a Supplier under a WBAD Contract is insufficient to meet the volume requirements of PharMerica at a particular time. |
21. | Unit means, with respect to any Product, the smallest saleable unit of such Product. |
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EXHIBIT 2
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:
| Benefits in Pricing. The Parties intend to capture legitimate, bona fide improvements in pricing for both PharMerica and the other members of WBAD resulting from this arrangement and for PharMerica to retain the value that results from improvements to PharMerica pricing. |
| Equal Treatment. WBAD shall at all times (i) act in good faith considering the interests of each member individually and (ii) deal fairly with each member. At no time shall WBAD knowingly favor one member to the detriment of any other without such adversely affected members consent (which may be withheld in such members sole discretion). |
| Supplier Notification. WBAD recognizes that switching Suppliers can be disruptive to PharMerica, particularly if such switches occur within short periods of time and/or with respect to large portions of PharMericas Product portfolio, and shall take into consideration such potential disruption in deciding whether, how fast and how frequently to switch Products between Suppliers. |
| Negotiating Strategy. WBAD will negotiate with manufacturers to capture contract price and terms available for its members. WBAD shall be the primary point of contact to the generic manufacturing community on behalf of Walgreens, AmerisourceBergen, Innovative Product Alignment LLC, Alliance Boots and PharMerica, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. WBAD will negotiate terms that comply with its members standard supplier requirements, subject to reasonably agreeable modifications. WBAD will maintain ongoing strategic dialogues with its critical members, including Walgreens, AmerisourceBergen, Innovative Product Alignment LLC, Alliance Boots and PharMerica. Each of its members will agree to accept the terms negotiated by WBAD in accordance with the these Guiding Principles (except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement) and will provide ongoing market intelligence to WBAD to enable WBAD, as GPO, to use this information in negotiations with the manufacturers; provided that nothing contained herein shall require any member to provide market intelligence to or otherwise share information with WBAD in violation of any applicable Law or contractual commitment to confidentiality. |
| Organizational Commitment. The Parties commit (as Walgreens and Alliance Boots already have), from management down, to not engage in activities with the purpose of circumventing or frustrating the intention of this Agreement, nor impairing WBADs ability to negotiate Specified Terms. To that end, PharMerica will utilize WBAD as its exclusive procurement vehicle for generic pharmaceuticals, except where legal or regulatory impediments or other mutually agreed exceptions make doing so impractical. In such circumstances, the Parties will work in good faith to try to remove, as quickly and as efficiently as possible, the legal or regulatory impediments or other exceptions making non-use of WBAD impractical. |
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| Communications. Effective communication from WBAD to Walgreens, AmerisourceBergen, Innovative Product Alignment LLC, Alliance Boots and PharMerica and any other members of WBAD is critical to success. WBAD and PharMerica will work together to develop a process by which market strategies are developed and communicated by WBAD to its members in a manner that is reasonably acceptable to these customers; provided, however, that WBAD shall not share information of a member with any other member in a manner that violates any applicable Law. |
| Affiliates. In addition to Walgreens, AmerisourceBergen, Innovative Product Alignment LLC, Alliance Boots and PharMerica, WBAD will explore opportunities for acceptable affiliate entities to participate in this structure and increase the benefit for all Parties. |
| WBAD Expansion. It is not in the spirit of this WBAD/PharMerica relationship to undermine PharMerica with its direct competitors or customers, however, WBAD also needs to be free to generate business in the United States with new clients and as such will not be restricted from adding new members to WBAD. |
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EXHIBIT 3
PharMerica Procurement Liaison(s)
PharMerica
Attn: Michael J. Moyano
Vice President, Purchasing and Trade Relations
1901 Campus Place
Louisville, KY 40299
****
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EXHIBIT 4
Identified Persons
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Exhibit 10.19
April 20, 2022
PharMerica Corporation
1901 Campus Place
Louisville, KY 40299
Attn: Robert Dries
RE: | WBAD - Membership Agreement |
Dear Mr. Dries:
In connection with that WBAD - Membership Agreement, dated May 30, 2018 (Agreement) by and between PharMerica Corporation (PharMerica) and Walgreens Boots Alliance Development GmbH (WBAD), WBAD and PharMerica wish to amend the Agreement as follows. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning provided in the Agreement.
1. Pursuant to Section 7.D. of the Agreement, the Parties agree that Section 4.A. of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Term. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and will continue until the earlier of the following: (i) August 31, 2029; or (ii) the end of the ABC Distribution Agreement (the Initial Term), unless sooner terminated under the terms of this Agreement.
2. Except as expressly set forth herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect.
3. The provisions of Section 7.1. (Counterparts) and Section 7.L. (Governing Law) of the Agreement shall apply to this letter agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Agreed to and accepted this as of the first date written above.
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE DEVELOPMENT GMBH |
PHARMERICA CORPORATION | |||||||
By: | /s/ John Donovan |
By: | /s/ Robert E Dries | |||||
Name: | John Donovan | Name: | Robert E. Dries | |||||
Title: | President | Title: | President |
Exhibit 10.20
Final Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.
2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and other members of the Company Group may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants, and advisors of the Company and other members of the Company Group can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning their interests with those of the Companys stockholders.
2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein are defined on Appendix A, attached hereto, or, to the extent not defined therein, will have the meanings given them in the Stockholders Agreement.
3. Effective Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.
4. Administration.
(a) Subject to any proper allocations or delegations, as set forth below and approved by the Committee, the Committee shall administer the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in or exercised for cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards, or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in, and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (ix) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
(b) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its authority, responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any Person or Persons selected by it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company Group the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Committee herein, and which may be so delegated as a matter of law. Any such allocation or delegation of authority, responsibility and/or power may be revoked by the Committee at any time.
(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee , may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding, upon all Persons, including, without limitation, any member of the Company Group, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to any and all Awards granted thereunder. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.
(e) No member of the Board or the Committee, or any employee or agent of any member of the Company Group or any other Person to whom any authority, responsibility and/or power with respect to the administration of the Plan is allocated or delegated (each such Person, an Indemnifiable Person) shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or Person, or on his behalf, in his capacity as a member of the Committee or Board or otherwise in making administrative determinations under the Plan made in good faith or for any action taken or omitted to be taken or for any mistake of judgment, in each case made in good faith, with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit, or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Companys approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be determined as provided below that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit, or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Companys choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in
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either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Persons fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group, as applicable. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Person may be entitled under the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group, as a matter of law, under an individual indemnification agreement or contract, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Person or hold such Indemnifiable Person harmless.
(f) Each member of the Committee and the Board, and each other Person to whom any authority, responsibility or power has been delegated or allocated hereunder, shall take into account compliance with Section 409A of the Code in connection with any determination made or action taken, including the grant of any Award, under the Plan, to the extent applicable.
5. Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations.
(a) Subject to Section 9 of the Plan, 1,132,819 shares of Common Stock (the Plan Share Reserve) shall be available for grant of Awards under the Plan. Each Award granted under the Plan that provides for the possible issuance of shares of Common Stock will reduce the Plan Share Reserve by the number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Award. Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (Substitute Awards). Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the Plan Share Reserve.
(b) To the extent that an Award (other than a Substitute Award) expires or is canceled, forfeited, terminated, settled in cash, or otherwise is settled without delivery to the Participant of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related, the undelivered shares underlying any Award will be returned to the Plan Share Reserve for future grant under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock withheld in payment of the Exercise Price or taxes relating to an Award (other than a Substitute Award) and shares equal to the number of shares surrendered in payment of any Exercise Price or taxes relating to an Award (other than a Substitute Award) shall constitute shares issued to the Participant and shall reduce the Plan Share Reserve.
(c) Shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.
(d) In connection with the grant, vesting, and/or exercise of any Award, to the extent that a Participant is not already a party to the Stockholders Agreement, the Committee may require such Participant to execute and become a party to such Stockholders Agreement as a condition of such grant, vesting, and/or exercise of any Award by executing and delivering to the Company a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement in the form provided by the Company from time to time. To the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the Stockholders Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement shall govern and control.
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6. Eligibility. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Persons.
7. Options.
(a) The Committee may grant Options under the Plan, subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7 and Section 11(a) hereof.
(b) (b) Unless an Option is a Substitute Award, the exercise price per share of Common Stock (the Exercise Price) for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share, determined as of the Date of Grant. The Exercise Price for any Option that is a Substitute Award shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant.
(c) Vesting and Expiration; Termination.
(i) Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee; provided, however, that notwithstanding any such vesting dates or events, the Committee may in its sole discretion accelerate the vesting of any Options at any time and for any reason.
(ii) Options shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the Option Period); provided that if, following an Initial Public Offering, the Option Period would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Companys insider trading policy (or Company-imposed blackout period), the Option Period shall be automatically extended until the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of such prohibition
(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, or in an employment or similar agreement between the Company and the Participant, in the event of: (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant, whether vested or unvested, shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for one (1) year thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period); and (C) a Participants Termination for any other reason, each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for ninety (90) days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period).
(d) Method of Exercise and Form of Payment. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any federal, state, local, and non-U.S. income, employment, and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld. Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery
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of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company (or telephonic instructions to the extent permitted by the Committee) in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check and/or cash equivalent; or (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in its sole discretion. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
8. Other Stock-Based Awards. Subject to Section 11(a) hereof, the Committee may issue unrestricted or restricted shares of Common Stock or other Awards that are denominated in Common Stock or valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of, Common Stock (including, without limitation, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and phantom stock) under the Plan to Eligible Persons, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall from time to time, in its sole discretion, determine (including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof).
9. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted hereunder:
(a) In the event of (i) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, extraordinary sale or repurchase transactions, or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event that affects the shares of Common Stock (including a Change in Control), or (ii) any unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, including changes in applicable laws, rules or regulations, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, that the Committee determines, its sole discretion, warrants adjustment in order to maintain or satisfy the intended purpose of the Plan (any event in (i) or (ii), an Adjustment Event), the Committee shall, in respect of any such Adjustment Event, make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems equitable, to any or all of: (A) the Plan Share Reserve, (B) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) which may be issued in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan, and (C) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation: (I) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (II) the Exercise Price with respect to any Award, or (III) any applicable performance measures. Any adjustment under this Section 9 shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, except as may otherwise be provided in an Award Agreement, in connection with any Adjustment Event that is a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for any one or more of the following:
(i) Substitution or assumption of Awards, or acceleration of the vesting of, exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions on, Awards;
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(ii) Cancellation of any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders of such Awards that are vested as of such cancellation (including, without limitation, any Awards that would vest as a result of the occurrence of such Change in Control but for such cancellation) the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee, including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option, by providing payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option over the aggregate Exercise Price of such Option (it being understood that, in such event, any Option having a per share Exercise Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor); and
(iii) Conversion or replacement of any Award that is not vested as of the occurrence of such event into or with the right to receive a payment, based on the value of the Award at the time of such conversion or replacement, if any, as determined by the Committee, that is subject to continued vesting on the same basis as the vesting requirements applicable to such converted or replaced Award.
Payments to holders pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above shall be made in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of such other consideration necessary for a Participant to receive property, cash, or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of the transaction if the Participant had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Award at such time (less any applicable Exercise Price).
(c) Prior to any payment or adjustment contemplated under this Section 9, the Committee may require a Participant to: (i) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participants Awards; (ii) bear such Participants pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity obligations and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms, offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary transfer documentation as reasonably determined by the Committee.
(d) Any adjustment provided under this Section 9 may provide for the elimination of any fractional share that might otherwise become subject to an Award.
10. Amendments and Termination.
(a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the Participants, holders, or beneficiaries holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Awards of all such adversely affected Participants, holders, and beneficiaries.
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(b) Amendment of Award Agreements. The Committee may amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel, or terminate any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement; provided that, other than pursuant to Section 9, any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation, or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without either the consent of such affected Participant, holder or beneficiary or the consent of the Participants, holders, or beneficiaries holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Awards of all such adversely affected Participants, holders, and beneficiaries.
11. General.
(a) Award Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant to whom such Award was granted and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, and which agreement need not be the same for each Participant. For purposes of the Plan, an Award Agreement may be in any such form (written or electronic) as determined by the Committee (including, without limitation, a Board or Committee resolution, an employment agreement, a notice, a certificate, or a letter) evidencing the Award. The Committee need not require an Award Agreement to be signed by the Participant or a duly authorized representative of the Company.
(b) Transferability.
(i) Except as may be permitted by the Committee, no Award shall be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold, or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer, or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against any member of the Company Group; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer, or encumbrance.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt, to any Permitted Transferee; provided that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.
(iii) The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with clause (ii) above shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that: (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award (unless such transfer is specifically required pursuant to a domestic relations order or by applicable law) other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) neither the Committee nor the Company shall be required to provide any notice to a Permitted
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Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (C) the consequences of a Participants Termination under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Permitted Transferee, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, that a Participant would be able to exercise such Option as specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
(c) Stock Certificates and Book-Entry. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise, vesting, or settlement of Awards, as applicable, shall be held in book-entry form, rather than delivered to the Participant, until such time that applicable transfer restrictions under the Stockholders Agreement have lapsed. If certificates representing shares of Common Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Committee may require that: (i) such certificates bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such shares of Common Stock; (ii) the Company retain physical possession of such certificates; and (iii) the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to such shares of Common Stock.
(d) Tax Withholding.
(i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or, if directed by the Company, the Service Recipient, an amount in cash (by check or wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld in respect of an Award. Alternatively, the Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.
(ii) Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect to an Award by having the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate fair market value equal to an amount equal to the minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof), or such greater amount (up to the maximum statutory withholding liability) that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, would not result in adverse accounting consequences to the Company. Further, the Committee, after considering applicable accounting impact of any determination, shall have the full discretion to determine to allow a number of shares of Common Stock to be withheld to have a fair market value in excess of the minimum statutorily required withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participants relevant tax jurisdictions).
(e) Data Protection. By participating in the Plan or accepting any rights granted under it, each Participant consents to the collection and processing of personal data relating to
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the Participant so that the Company and other members of the Company Group can fulfill their obligations and exercise their rights under the Plan and generally administer and manage the Plan. This data will include, but may not be limited to, data about participation in the Plan and shares offered or received, purchased, or sold under the Plan from time to time and other appropriate financial and other data (such as the date on which the Awards were granted) about the Participant and the Participants participation in the Plan.
(f) No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment or Services; Waiver. No employee of the Company or any other member of the Company Group, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committees determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of any member of the Company Group, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, except to the extent of any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on, or after the Date of Grant.
(g) Termination.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, unless determined otherwise by the Committee in connection with such event: (A) neither a temporary absence from employment or services due to illness, vacation, or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or services with one Service Recipient to employment or services with another Service Recipient (or vice-versa) shall be considered a Termination; and (B) if a Participant undergoes a Termination of employment, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company Group in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be considered a Termination for purposes of the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that any Service Recipient ceases to be a member of the Company Group (by reason of sale, divestiture, spin-off, or other similar transaction), unless a Participants employment or services is or are transferred to another entity that would constitute a member of the Company Group immediately following such transaction, such Participant shall be deemed to have suffered a Termination hereunder as of the date of the consummation of such transaction.
(ii) For purposes of the Plan, no period of notice of Termination, if any, or payment in lieu of notice that is given or ought to have been given, pursuant to any employment or similar agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in
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effect at the time of such Termination or applicable law, that follows or is in respect of a period after the last date of a Participants actual and active employment with the Service Recipient will be considered as extending the Participants period of employment for purposes of determining the date of Termination.
(h) No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to such Person.
(i) Government and Other Regulations.
(i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in shares of Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel (if the Company has requested such an opinion), satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange, or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local, or non-U.S. laws, rules, regulations, and other requirements, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Companys instructions or subject to appropriate stop transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that the Committee in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.
(ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Companys acquisition of shares of
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Common Stock from the public markets, the Companys issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participants acquisition of Common Stock from the Company, and/or the Participants sale of Common Stock to the public markets illegal. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall provide the Participant with a cash payment subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Award.
(j) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any Person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for the Participants affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such Person or the Participants estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to the Participants spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such Person, or any other Person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such Person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(k) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of equity awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
(l) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company be obligated to maintain separate bank accounts, books, records, or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other service providers under general law.
(m) Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of any member of the Company Group and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself or herself.
(n) Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance, or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan or as required by applicable law.
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(o) Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT WHO ACCEPTS AN AWARD IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANTS RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
(p) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
(q) Obligations Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation, or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.
(r) Section 409A of the Code.
(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan and terms of Awards granted under the Plan either comply with or are exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to termination of employment (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as a separate payment.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are deferred compensation subject to Section
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409A of the Code and which would otherwise be payable upon the Participants separation from service (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of such Participants separation from service or, if earlier, the date of the Participants death. Following any applicable six (6) month delay, all such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.
(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award (that would otherwise be considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of disability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(s) Clawback/Repayment. All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback, forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or Committee and as in effect from time to time, and (ii) applicable law. Further, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company.
(t) Stockholders Agreement. All Awards and the shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the vesting, settlement or exercise of any Awards shall be subject to the Stockholders Agreement and all of its terms and conditions. To the extent requested by the Company, as a condition of the grant of an Award or the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in connection therewith, the Company may require a Participant to execute any documentation it reasonably requests, including a joinder or similar agreement to the Stockholders Agreement, reflecting the provisions of this subsection.
(u) Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company Group. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
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APPENDIX A
Definitions
(a) Adjustment Event has the meaning given to such term in Section 9(a) of the Plan.
(b) Award means, individually or collectively, any Option or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.
(c) Award Agreement means the document or documents by which each Award is evidenced.
(d) Cause means, in the absence of an employment agreement or other agreement between a Participant and the Company or any other member of the Company Group otherwise defining Cause, (i) a Participants conviction of or indictment for any crime (A) constituting a felony, or (B) that has, or could reasonably be expected to result in, an adverse impact on the performance of Participants duties to the Employer, or otherwise has, or could reasonably be expected to result in, an adverse impact to the business or reputation of the Company or any other member of the Company Group; (ii) conduct of a Participant, in connection with his or her employment or service, that has, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material injury to the business or reputation of the Company or any other member of the Company Group; (iii) any material violation by a Participant of the policies of the Company or other member of the Company Group, with respect to which such Participant is principally employed or principally provides services to, including, but not limited to those relating to sexual harassment, the disclosure or misuse of confidential information, or those set forth in the manuals or statements of policy of such member; or (iv) gross misconduct or neglect in the performance of a Participants duties for the Company or other member of the Company Group, with respect to which such Participant is principally employed or principally provides services to, or willful or repeated failure or refusal to perform such duties; provided, however, that if, subsequent to the Participants Termination (whether voluntary or involuntary) other than for Cause, it is discovered that the Participants employment could have been terminated for Cause, such Participants employment shall be deemed to have been terminated for Cause for all purposes under this Plan. In the event the Participant is party to an employment agreement or other agreement with the Company or any other member of the Company Group defining Cause, Cause shall have the meaning provided in such agreement.
(e) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.
(f) Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof, or, if no such Compensation Committee or subcommittee thereof exists, the Board.
(g) Company means Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(h) Company Group means, collectively, the Company, and any of its Affiliates.
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(i) Date of Grant means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
(j) Disability shall have the meaning set forth in the employment agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient, or if no such agreement exists or such term is not defined therein, Disability shall mean any physical or mental disability or infirmity of the Participant that prevents the performance of the Participants duties for a period of (i) ninety (90) consecutive days or (ii) one hundred twenty (120) non-consecutive days during any twelve (12)-month period. Any question as to the existence, extent or potentiality of Participants Disability upon which Participant and the Service Recipient cannot agree shall be determined by a qualified, independent physician selected by the Service Recipient and approved by Participant (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). The determination of any such physician shall be final and conclusive for all purposes.
(k) Effective Date means January 24, 2018.
(l) Eligible Person means any: (i) individual employed by any member of the Company Group; provided, however, that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director or officer of any member of the Company Group; or (iii) consultant or advisor to any member of the Company Group who may be offered securities under Rule 701(c)(i) under the Securities Act.
(m) Indemnifiable Person has the meaning given to such term in Section 4(e) of the Plan.
(n) Option means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan. Options granted under the Plan are not intended to qualify as incentive stock options as described in Section 422 of the Code.
(o) Option Period has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(c)(ii) of the Plan.
(p) Other Stock-Based Award means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(q) Participant means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award thereunder.
(r) Plan Share Reserve has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(a) of the Plan.
(s) Service Recipient means, with respect to a Participant holding a given Award, the member of the Company Group by which the original recipient of such Award is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed or to which such original recipient provides, or following a Termination was most recently providing, services, as applicable.
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(t) Stockholders Agreement means the Management Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2017 by and among the Company and other parties set forth therein, as may be amended from time to time.
(u) Termination means the termination of a Participants employment or services, as applicable, with the Service Recipient for any reason.
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Exhibit 10.22
Execution Version
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Employment Agreement) is executed as of the Execution Date (as defined in Section 1 below) but made effective as of March 5, 2019, between PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and JON B. ROUSSEAU (the Employee).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Res-Care, Inc., a subsidiary of Onex ResCare Holdings Corp. (Holdings), entered into an employment agreement with the Employee, dated as of September 28, 2016 (the Prior Agreement), and pursuant to the terms of the Prior Agreement, the Employee served as Res-Care, Inc.s President and Chief Executive Officer;
WHEREAS, the Company entered into that Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 10, 2018, by and among the Company, Cardinal Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub), Holdings, and Onex Partners GP Inc., as the equity holder representative (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Holdings, with Holdings being the surviving corporation (the Merger);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company desires to employ the Employee as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and to enter into this Employment Agreement, which will embody the terms of the Employees employment, and the Employee desires to serve the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to the terms of this Employment Agreement; and
WHEREAS, should the closing of the Merger fail to occur for any reason, this Employment Agreement shall be null and void and have no effect, and any rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall automatically terminate.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
AGREEMENT:
1. Employment and Term. The Company hereby employs the Employee, and the Employee accepts such employment, upon the terms and conditions herein set forth for an initial term commencing effective March 5, 2019 (the Commencement Date), and ending on December 31, 2023, subject to earlier termination only in accordance with the express provisions of this Employment Agreement (Initial Term). This Employment Agreement shall be automatically extended for successive periods of one (1) year each (the Additional Term(s)) on the same terms and conditions unless not less than sixty (60) days prior to the last day of the Initial Term or the then effective Additional Term, as applicable, either the Company or the Employee gives written notice to the other of such partys intent to not so extend the Term. The Initial Term and any effective Additional Terms shall be collectively referred to as the Term. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, the term Execution Date shall mean the later of (i) the date this Employment Agreement is signed by the Employee and (ii) the date this Employment Agreement is signed on behalf of the Company.
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2. Duties.
(a) Employment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. During the Term, the Employee shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In addition, during the Term, the Employee shall be elected (or, following an initial public offering, shall be nominated to be) a director of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board). During the Term, subject to the supervision and control of the Board, the Employee shall have the responsibility for management and oversight of the Company, its subsidiaries and all of the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries and shall perform such additional duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board, including, without limitation, serving as an officer or director of the Company and/or one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of the Company, if elected to such positions, without any additional salary or other compensation.
(b) Time and Effort. The Employee shall devote his best efforts on a full-time basis and all of his business time, energies and talents exclusively to the business of the Company and to no other business during the Term; provided, however, that subject to the restrictions in Section 7 hereof, the Employee may (i) invest his personal assets in such form or manner as will not require his services in the operation of the affairs of the entities in which such investments are made, (ii) subject to satisfactory performance of the duties described in Section 2(a) hereof, devote such time as may be reasonably required for him to continue to maintain his current level of participation in various civic and charitable activities, and (iii) subject to satisfactory performance of the duties described in Section 2(a) of this Employment Agreement, devote such time as may be reasonably required for him to serve as a director on various non-profit boards of directors. Any service by the Employee during the Term on any for-profit boards of directors shall be subject to the prior approval of the Board, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(c) Employee Certification of Eligibility. If required by the Company, not less frequently than annually and upon the termination of the Employees employment hereunder for any reason other than the Employees death, the Employee shall execute and deliver to the Chairman of the Board (the Chairman) and/or any other authorized officer designated by the Company a certificate confirming, to the best of the Employees knowledge, that the Employee remains eligible for employment with the Company. If required, this same certificate will certify that the Employee has complied with applicable laws, regulations and Company policies and shall state that the Employee is not aware of any such violation by other employees, independent contractors, vendors, or other individuals performing services for the Company and its subsidiaries that they did not report as appropriate.
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3. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Employee during the Term an annual salary (the Base Salary), which initially shall be $800,000. The Base Salary shall be due and payable in substantially equal bi-weekly installments or in such other installments as may be necessary to comport with the Companys normal pay periods for all employees. The Base Salary may be adjusted from time to time for changes in the Employees responsibilities or for market adjustments. During the Term, the Company shall review the Base Salary for increase at least annually.
(b) Incentive Plan. During the Term, the Employee shall be eligible for incentive compensation in accordance with the bonus program established by the Board or the Compensation Committee thereof (the Compensation Committee) for the Employee (the Incentive Plan) each year. The target amount payable under the Incentive Plan to the Employee for each full calendar year during the Term shall equal one hundred percent (100%) of the Base Salary actually earned by the Employee for such calendar year (the Target Incentive Bonus). The maximum amount payable under the Incentive Plan to the Employee for each full calendar year during the Term shall equal two hundred percent (200%) of the Base Salary actually earned by the Employee for such calendar year. Any annual incentive earned by the Employee pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be paid by the Company in cash to the Employee in the year following the year for which it is earned, and not later than the later of (x) seventy-four (74) days after the end of the applicable calendar year or (y) the date of delivery to the Company of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for such calendar year, provided that the Employee remains employed through December 31 of the year for which the incentive bonus is earned. Any amounts earned by the Employee under the Incentive Plan shall be hereinafter referred to as the Incentive Bonus.
(c) Vacation; Participation in Benefit Plans. During the Term, the Employee shall be entitled annually to at least twenty-six (26) days of Paid Time Off (PTO) (paid vacation, paid holidays, personal leave and sick leave) in accordance with the Companys policies, plans and regular practices, as may be modified from time to time. Upon termination of the Employees employment for any reason, any accrued but unused PTO accumulated by the Employee shall be paid out to the Employee through the Date of Termination. During the Term, the Employee shall be entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans and programs (including but not limited to paid time off policies, retirement and profit sharing plans, health insurance, etc.) provided by the Company under which the Employee is eligible in accordance with the terms of such plans and programs. The Company reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate in their entirety any of such programs and plans.
(d) Out-of-Pocket Expenses. The Company shall promptly pay the ordinary, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the Employee in the performance of the Employees duties hereunder (or if such expenses are paid directly by the Employee shall promptly reimburse him for such payment), consistent with the reimbursement policies adopted by the Company from time to time and subject to the prior written approval by the Chairman. In addition, the Company shall reimburse the Employee for his annual Young
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Presidents Organization membership dues and for the Employees reasonable, documented attorneys fees incurred in connection with the review and negotiation of this Employment Agreement and any equity or equity-based arrangements entered into in connection with the Merger. In the event that the COBRA Subsidy (as hereinafter defined) or any payments under this paragraph (d) are taxable to the Employee, the Company shall pay the Employee such additional amounts as are necessary to cover such tax liability as well as the taxes on such additional amounts.
(e) Withholding of Taxes; Income Tax Treatment. If, upon the payment of any compensation or benefit to the Employee under this Employment Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the exercise, vesting or settlement of any equity-based awards or payment of any bonus or benefit), the Company determines in its discretion that it is required to withhold or provide for the payment in any manner of taxes, including but not limited to, federal income or social security taxes, state income taxes or local income taxes, the Employee agrees that the Company may satisfy such requirement by:
(i) withholding an amount necessary to satisfy such withholding requirement from the Employees compensation or benefit; or
(ii) conditioning the payment or transfer of such compensation or benefit upon the Employees payment to the Company of an amount sufficient to satisfy such withholding requirement.
The Employee agrees that he will treat all of the amounts payable pursuant to this Employment Agreement as compensation for income tax purposes.
(f) The Company and the Employee each acknowledge that amounts paid under this Section 3 are subject to any policy on the recovery of compensation (i.e., a so-called clawback policy), as it exists now or as later adopted, and as thereafter amended from time to time.
4. Termination. The Employees employment hereunder may be terminated under this Employment Agreement as follows, subject to the Employees rights pursuant to Section 5 hereof:
(a) Death. The Employees employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.
(b) Disability. The Employees employment shall terminate hereunder at the earlier of (i) immediately upon the Companys determination (conveyed by a Notice of Termination (as defined in paragraph (f) of this Section 4)) that the Employee is permanently disabled, and (ii) the Employees absence from his duties hereunder for one hundred and eighty (180) days. Permanent disability for purposes of this Employment Agreement shall mean the onset of a physical or mental disability which prevents the Employee from performing the essential functions of the Employees duties hereunder, which is expected to continue for one hundred and eighty (180) days or more, subject to any reasonable accommodation required by state and/or federal disability anti-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.
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(c) Cause. The Company may terminate the Employees employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, the Company shall have Cause to terminate the Employees employment because of the Employees (i) intentional personal dishonesty to the material detriment of the Company; (ii) intentional misconduct; (iii) breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; (iv) willful failure to perform his duties under this Employment Agreement; (v) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any (x) felony or (y) any other criminal charge that has, or could be reasonably expected to have, a material adverse impact on the performance of Executives duties to the Company or otherwise result in material injury to the reputation or business of the Company; or (vi) breach of any provision of this Employment Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the occurrence of an event set forth in clause (i), (iv) or (vi) specified above shall not constitute Cause unless the Company gives the Employee written notice that such event constitutes Cause, and the Employee thereafter fails to cure such event (to the extent that such event is curable) within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice.
(d) Without Cause. The Company may terminate the Employees employment under this Employment Agreement at any time without Cause (as defined in paragraph (c) of this Section 4) by delivery of a Notice of Termination specifying a date of termination at least thirty (30) days following delivery of such notice.
(e) Voluntary Termination. By not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Chairman, the Employee may voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder.
(f) Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Employees employment by the Company during the Term pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 4 shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination from the Company to the Employee. Any termination of the Employees employment by the Employee during the Term pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 4 shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination from the Employee to the Company. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, a Notice of Termination shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Employment Agreement relied upon and in the case of any termination for Cause shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Employees employment.
(g) Date of Termination. The Date of Termination shall, for purposes of this Employment Agreement, mean: (i) if the Employees employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death; (ii) if the Employees employment is terminated on account of disability pursuant to Section 4(b) above, thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the Employee shall not, during such thirty (30)-day period, have returned to the performance of his duties on a full-time basis); (iii) if the Employees employment is terminated by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 4(c) above, the date specified in the Notice of Termination; (iv) if the Employees employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, pursuant to Section 4(d) above, the date
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specified in the Notice of Termination; (v) if the Employees employment is terminated voluntarily pursuant to Section 4(e) above, the date specified in the Notice of Termination; and (vi) if the Employees employment is terminated by reason of an election by either party not to extend the Term, the last day of the then effective Term.
Provided that, for purposes of the timing of payments triggered by the Date of Termination under Section 5, Date of Termination shall not be considered to have occurred until the date the Employee and the Company reasonably anticipate that (i) the Employee will not perform any further services for the Company or any other entity considered a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code) (but substituting fifty percent (50%) for eighty percent (80%) in the application thereof) (the Employer Group), or (ii) the level of bona fide services the Employee will perform for the Employer Group after that date will permanently decrease to less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of bona fide services performed over the previous thirty-six (36) months (or if shorter over the duration of service). For this purpose, service performed as an employee or as an independent contractor is counted, except that service as a member of the board of directors of an Employer Group entity is not counted unless termination benefits under this Employment Agreement are aggregated for purposes of Section 409A of the Code with benefits under any other Employer Group plan or agreement in which the Employee also participates as a director. The Employee will not be treated as having a termination of the Employees employment while the Employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the leave does not exceed six (6) months or, if longer, the period during which the Employee has a reemployment right under statute or contract. If a bona fide leave of absence extends beyond six (6) months, the Employees employment will be considered to terminate on the first day after the end of such six (6)-month period, or on the day after the Employees statutory or contractual reemployment right lapses, if later. The Company will determine when the Employees Date of Termination occurs based on all relevant facts and circumstances, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).
5. Compensation upon Termination or During Disability.
(a) Death. If the Employees employment shall be terminated by reason of his death during the Term, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of his then current Base Salary until the date of his death and shall receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the date of his death and a pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the current calendar year for the period ending on the date of his death.
(b) Disability. During any period of disability and prior to termination pursuant to Section 4(b) by reason of disability, the Employee shall be compensated as provided in this paragraph (b). During any waiting period prior to receiving short or long-term disability payments, the Employee shall be required to use available PTO. After available PTO is exhausted, the Employee shall, if required by the Company, use such other leave time. Once the Employee has exhausted any available PTO and leave time, the Employee shall continue to be paid the Employees then current Base Salary until short-term disability payments to the Employee commence under any plan or program then provided and funded by the Company. If the benefits payable under any such disability plan or program do not
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provide one hundred percent (100%) replacement of the Employees installments of Base Salary during such period, the Employee shall be paid at regular payroll intervals the difference between the periodic installments of the Employees then current Base Salary that would have otherwise been payable and the disability benefit paid from such disability plan or program. Upon termination pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, the above provisions of this paragraph (b) shall no longer apply and the Employee shall be entitled to any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ended prior to the date the Employees period of disability commenced for the period ending on the date of disability and a prorated Incentive Bonus for the current calendar year for the period commencing on the date of disability and ending on the date of his termination.
(c) Cause. If the Employees employment shall be terminated for Cause, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of his then current Base Salary only through the Date of Termination and the Employee shall not be entitled to receive any Incentive Bonus (other than any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any prior calendar year) and shall not be eligible for any severance payment of any nature.
(d) Without Cause. If the Employees employment is terminated without Cause, the Employee shall receive an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of (i) his then current Base Salary and (ii) his Target Incentive Bonus, which amount shall be payable in equal monthly installments during the period commencing on the date specified in Section 5(i) below and ending two (2) years following the Date of Termination. The Employee shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the Date of Termination and a pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the current calendar year for the period ending on the Date of Termination. Additionally, if the Employee elects continuation health insurance coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), the Company shall pay for such health insurance coverage at the same rate as it pays for health insurance coverage for its active employees (with the Employee required to pay for any employee-paid portion of such coverage) for eighteen (18) months following the Date of Termination (the COBRA Subsidy), provided that the COBRA Subsidy will terminate if and when the Employee becomes eligible for health insurance coverage from a new employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Companys provision of the COBRA Subsidy would violate the nondiscrimination rules applicable to health plans or self-insured plans under Section 105(h) of the Code, or result in the imposition of penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the related regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (the PPACA), the parties agree to reform the COBRA Subsidy in a manner as is necessary to comply with the PPACA and the Code. Nothing herein provided, however, shall be construed to extend the period of time over which COBRA continuation coverage otherwise may be provided to the Employee and/or his dependents.
(e) Expiration of Term. If the Employees employment shall be terminated by reason of expiration of the Term by reason of the Employees election not to extend the Term, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of his then current Base Salary until the Date of Termination and shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for the last calendar year of the Term. If the Employees employment shall be terminated by reason of expiration of the Term by reason of the Companys election not
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to extend the Term, the Employee shall receive (i) an amount equal to twice his then current Base Salary which amount shall be payable in equal monthly installments during the period commencing on the date specified in Section 5(i) below and ending two (2) years following the Date of Termination, (ii) any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for last calendar year of the Term and (iii) the COBRA Subsidy.
(f) Voluntary Termination for Good Reason. If the Employee shall voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason (as defined below), the Employee shall receive an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of (i) his then current Base Salary and (ii) his Target Incentive Bonus, which amount shall be payable in equal monthly installments during the period commencing on the date specified in Section 5(i) below and ending two (2) years following the Date of Termination. The Employee shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the Date of Termination, a pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the current calendar year for the period ending on the Date of Termination and, subject to the terms set forth in Section 5(d) above, the COBRA Subsidy. Good Reason means: (i) the assignment to the Employee of any duties inconsistent with his status as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company or a material adverse alteration in the nature or status of his responsibilities from those provided herein or the transfer of a significant portion of such responsibilities to one or more other persons, in all such cases without the prior written consent of the Employee, which assignment, alteration or transfer is not rescinded within such thirty (30)-day period after such written notice; (ii) the failure by the Company to pay or provide to the Employee, within thirty (30) days of a written demand for the same, any amount of compensation or any benefit which is due, owing and payable pursuant to the terms hereof or of any applicable plan, program, arrangement or policy and which is then unpaid; (iii) a requirement, without the Employees consent, to move the Employees principal office location more than fifty (50) miles from the location of the Companys executive offices as of the Commencement Date; (iv) the adjustment of the Base Salary to an amount lower than was in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (other than pursuant to an across-the-board reduction applicable to all similarly situated executives); (v) the Board requests that the Employee take any action or omit to take any action, which action or omission the Employee reasonably believes in good faith is a violation of any law or binding governmental regulation; provided that the Employee notifies the Board of his objection prior to such action or omission; or (vi) the breach in any material respect by the Company of any of its other obligations or agreements set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee must provide the Company thirty (30) days prior written notice setting forth in reasonable specificity the event that constitutes Good Reason, which written notice, to be effective, must be provided to the Company within ninety (90) days following the initial existence of such condition. During such thirty (30)-day notice period, the Company shall have a cure right (if curable), and if not cured within such period, the Employees termination will be effective upon the sixtieth (60th) day following the date the Employee provided written notice to the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Employee and the Company.
(g) Voluntary Termination Other Than for Good Reason. If the Employee shall voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder for other than Good Reason, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of his then current Base Salary until the
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Date of Termination and the Employee shall not be entitled to receive any then unpaid Incentive Bonus (other than any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the date the Employee gives Notice of Termination) and shall not be entitled to any severance payment of any nature.
(h) No Further Obligations after Payment. After all payments, if any, have been made to the Employee pursuant to the applicable provisions of paragraphs (a) through (g) of this Section 5, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Employee under this Employment Agreement other than the provision of any employee benefit plan required to be continued under applicable law or by its terms.
(i) Release Requirement. Notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (d), (e) or (f) to the contrary, the Employee shall be entitled to receive the severance, any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus from the prior calendar year and pro-rated Incentive Bonus payments described in such paragraphs, if and as applicable, only if the Employee signs an agreement acceptable to the Company that (i) waives any rights he may otherwise have against the Company and its affiliates, (ii) releases the Company and its affiliates from actions, suits, claims, proceedings and demands related to the period of employment and/or the termination of employment, and (iii) contains certain other obligations which shall be set forth at the time of the termination. The Employee must sign and tender the release as described above not later than sixty (60) days following the Date of Termination, or such earlier date as required by the Company and if the Employee fails or refuses to do so, or if the Employee revokes the release within any applicable revocation period, the Employee shall forfeit the right to such severance and pro-rated Incentive Bonus payments as would otherwise be due and payable. If the severance payments are otherwise subject to Section 409A of the Code, they shall begin on the first pay period following the date that is sixty (60) days after the Date of Termination. If the severance payments are not otherwise subject to Section 409A of the Code, they shall begin on the first pay period after the release becomes effective. The initial salary continuation payment shall include any unpaid salary continuation payments from the date the Date of Termination, subject to the Employees executing and tendering the release on the terms as set forth above.
(j) Payment of Incentive Bonus. If the Employee will be paid an earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to his Date of Termination under the above provisions of this Section 5, the Incentive Bonus for the prior calendar year will be paid at the normal time as paid to employees whose employment has not terminated. If the Employee is due a pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the calendar year in which the Employees Date of Termination occurs, the pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the year of the Date of Termination shall be paid in the calendar year after year the Date of Termination occurs, and at the normal payment timing for Incentive Bonus payments (or, if later, following the effectiveness of the release described in Section 5(i) above), and such pro-rated Incentive Bonus shall be based on whether the actual performance measures for such Incentive Bonus period were met at the normal time for measuring such performance measures.
6. Duties Upon Termination. Upon the termination of the Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever (including but not limited to the failure of the parties hereto
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to agree to the extension of this Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 1 hereof), the Employee shall promptly (a) comply with his obligation to deliver an executed exit interview document as provided in accordance with Company policy, and (b) except as provided below, return to the Company any property of the Company or its subsidiaries then in the Employees possession or control, including without limitation, any Confidential Information (as defined in Section 7(d)(iii) hereof) and whether or not constituting Confidential Information, any technical data, performance information and reports, sales or marketing plans, documents or other records, and any manuals, drawings, tape recordings, computer programs, discs, and any other physical representations of any other information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates or to the Business (as defined in Section 7(d)(i) hereof) of the Company. The Employee hereby acknowledges that any and all of such documents, items, physical representations and information are and shall remain at all times the exclusive property of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon termination of employment for any reason other than Cause, the Employee shall be allowed to keep the laptop and tablet that he was using at termination, and the Employee shall thereafter be the owner of such devices. The Company shall be entitled to recover and wipe data related to the Employees employment with the Company from such devices prior to transferring them to the Employee.
7. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Acknowledgments. The Employee acknowledges that (i) his services hereunder are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and that his position with the Company places him in a position of confidence and trust with the operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the Company Group) and allows him access to Confidential Information, (ii) the Company has provided the Employee with a unique opportunity as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, (iii) the nature and periods of the restrictions imposed by the covenants contained in this Section 7 are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve for the Company the benefits of the Employees employment hereunder, (iv) the Company Group would sustain great and irreparable loss and damage if the Employee were to breach any of such covenants, (v) the Company Group conducts and is aggressively pursuing the conduct of its business actively in and throughout the entire Territory (as defined in paragraph (d)(vi) of this Section 7), and (vi) the Territory is reasonably sized because the current Business of the Company Group is conducted throughout such geographical area, the Company Group is aggressively pursuing expansion and new operations throughout such geographic area and the Company Group requires the entire Territory for profitable operations.
(b) Confidentiality and Non-disparagement Covenants. Having acknowledged the foregoing, the Employee covenants that, (i) commencing on the Commencement Date without limitation as to time, he will not directly or indirectly disclose or use or otherwise exploit for his own benefit, or the benefit of any other Person (as defined in paragraph (d)(iv) of this Section 7), except as may be necessary in the performance of his duties hereunder, any Confidential Information, and (ii) commencing on the Commencement Date without limitation as to time, he will not disparage or comment negatively about any member of the Company Group, or their respective officers, directors, employees, policies or practices, and he will not discourage anyone from doing business with any of the Company Group and will not encourage anyone to withdraw their employment with any
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of the Company Group. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Employee is hereby notified, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, that the Employee will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of Confidential Information or a trade secret that: (i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. The Employee is further notified that if he files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Employee may disclose the Companys Confidential Information to his attorney and use the Confidential Information in the court proceeding if the Company (x) files any document containing the Confidential Information under seal; and (y) does not disclose the Confidential Information, except pursuant to court order. Further, notwithstanding anything in this Employment Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained herein prohibits the Employee from reporting, without the prior authorization of the Company and without notifying the Company, possible violations of federal law or regulation to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Department of Justice, the United States Congress or other governmental agency having apparent supervisory authority over the business of the Company, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. The Company agrees that commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on the date that is the three year anniversary of the termination of the Employees employment with the Company, the Company Groups directors and executive officers will not make any disparaging comments concerning any aspect of the Employees relationship with the Company Group or any conduct or events which precipitated any termination of the Employees employment from any member of the Company Group, provided the foregoing shall not be violated by statements internal to the Company Group that are made in the good faith belief that such statements are necessary or appropriate to make in connection with the operation of the business of the Company. The obligations in this Section 7(b) shall not prevent the Employee, the Company or any of the Company Groups directors and executive officers from testifying or responding truthfully to any request for discovery or testimony in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding or any governmental inquiry, investigation or other proceeding.
(c) Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in Section 7(a) hereof, the Employee covenants and agrees with the Company Group that he will not, directly or indirectly, from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, and for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter, directly or indirectly (i) offer employment to, hire, solicit, divert or appropriate to himself or any other Person, or induce any business or services (substantially similar in nature to the Business) of, any Person who is an employee or an agent of any of the Company Group; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict the Employee or any other Person from conducting general solicitations or advertisement not directed specifically at employees of the Company Group, or from employing any employee who responds to any such general solicitation or advertisement; (ii) encourage, solicit or induce, or in any manner attempting to encourage, solicit or induce, to the detriment of the Company Group, any business or services of any Person who is a current or prospective client, customer, licensee, supplier or other business relation
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of the Company Group, or any such relation who was a client, customer, licensee or other business relation at any time during the last twelve (12) months of the Employees employment hereunder, or (iii) own, manage, operate, join, control, assist, participate in or be connected with, directly or indirectly, as an officer, director, shareholder, partner, proprietor, employee, agent, consultant, independent contractor or otherwise, any Person which is, at the time, directly or indirectly, engaged in a business that is Competitive with the Business of the Company Group within the Territory. The Employee further agrees that from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, he will not undertake any planning for or organization of any business activity that is substantially similar to, and would be Competitive with, the Business.
(d) Definitions. For purposes of this Employment Agreement:
(i) Business of the Company Group shall mean (a) the provision or distribution of pharmaceutical products and services to skilled nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes, drug treatment centers and other institutional settings; (b) the provision or distribution of pharmaceutical products and services for infusion in the home setting; (c) the provision or distribution of pharmaceutical products and services in the specialty pharmacy market; (d) the provision of training or job placement services as provided in the Company Groups Workforce Services and Youth Services segments, youth treatment or services; (e) home care services to the elderly; (f) services to persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, persons who have been dually diagnosed, services to persons with acquired brain injuries and pharmacy-related services or products with respect to individuals who are receiving support or services from the Company Group or other similar providers; (g) the provision of management and/or consulting services to third parties related to the above clauses (a) through (f); and (h) any other material business activity undertaken by the Company Group during the Term; provided, that clauses (a) through (c) are not intended to, and do not, include any manufacturer or other maker of goods and products that is engaged solely in the business of manufacturing or making pharmaceutical or medical devices.
(ii) Competitive shall mean a business that is primarily engaged in the provision of the same services as the Business.
(iii) Confidential Information shall mean any business information relating to the Company Group or to the Business (whether or not constituting a trade secret), which has been or is treated by the Company Group as proprietary and confidential and which is not generally known or ascertainable through proper means. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long as such information is not generally known or ascertainable by proper means and is treated by the Company Group as proprietary and confidential, Confidential Information shall include the following information regarding any member of the Company Group:
(1) any patent, patent application, copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, service name, know-how or trade secrets;
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(2) customer lists and information relating to (i) any client of any member of the Company Group or (ii) any client of the operations of any other Person for which operations any member of the Company Group provides management services;
(3) supplier lists, pricing policies, consulting contracts and competitive bid information;
(4) records, compliance and/or operational methods and Company policies and procedures, including manuals and forms;
(5) marketing data, plans and strategies;
(6) business acquisition, development, expansion or capital investment plan or activities;
(7) software and any other confidential technical programs;
(8) personnel information, employee payroll and benefits data;
(9) accounts receivable and accounts payable;
(10) other financial information, including financial statements, budgets, projections, earnings and any unpublished financial information; and
(11) correspondence and communications with outside parties.
(iv) Person shall mean an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or any other business entity or enterprise.
(v) Termination of the Employees employment shall include, for purposes of this Section 7, any termination pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Section 4 hereof, the termination of the Employees employment by reason of the failure of the parties hereto to agree to the extension of this Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 1 hereof or the voluntary termination of the Employees employment pursuant to paragraph 4(e) of Section 4 hereof.
(vi) Territory shall mean the fifty (50) states of the United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and all of the Provinces of Canada.
(e) Inventions.
(i) The Employee recognizes and agrees that any and all (1) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions, as well as any reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, revisions, extensions or reexaminations thereof; (2) copyrights, including copyrights in computer software
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and mask works and copyrightable designs; (3) trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service mark applications, trade dress, trade names and corporate names; (4) trade secrets, confidential information, processes, discoveries, enhancements, know-how and ideas; (5) software, source and object code, documentation, guides, manuals, instructions, specifications, catalogues, prints, business applications, plans, writings, data, reports, presentations, analysis, proposals, information, flow charts, file formats, drawings, diagrams, materials and any and all other work product; (6) Internet domain names, Internet protocol addresses and uniform resource locators; (7) registrations, issuances, filings and applications for any and all of the foregoing; (8) developments, enhancements, improvements to, and derivative works of, any or all of the foregoing; (9) intellectual property and proprietary rights on any or all of the foregoing; and (10) tangible embodiments of any or all the foregoing made, conceived, or completed by the Employee, alone or with others, during the Employees employment with the Company, whether or not during working hours, that are within the scope of the Company Groups business operations or that relate to the Company Groups work or projects (including any and all inventions based wholly or in part upon ideas conceived during the term of his employment) (the Inventions), are the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Employee (1) shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company; (2) hereby assigns to the Company all present and future rights he has or may have in those Inventions, including without limitation those relating to patent, copyright, trademark or trade secrets; and (3) agrees that all of the Inventions eligible under the copyright laws are works made for hire. If and to the extent any of the Inventions may not be deemed works made for hire, the Employee hereby unconditionally and irrevocably assigns to the Company all right, title and interest in and to the Inventions, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Employee waives any and all moral rights in the Inventions to which the Employee is now or may at any future time be entitled under applicable law and agrees not to institute, support, maintain or permit any action or claim to the effect that any treatment, exploitation or use of such Inventions or other materials infringes the Employees moral rights.
(ii) In the event that ownership in and to any Inventions does not automatically vest in the Company, the Employee will do all things deemed by the Company to be reasonably necessary to perfect title to the Inventions in the Company and to assist in obtaining for the Company such patents, copyrights or other protection as may be provided under law and desired by the Company, including but not limited to executing and signing any and all relevant applications, assignments or other instruments, without further consideration and free from any claim, lien or retention of rights. The Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as the Employees agents and attorneys-in-fact to act for and on the Employees behalf and instead of the Employee, to execute and file any documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the above purposes with the same legal force and effect as if executed by the Employee, and the Employee acknowledges that this designation and appointment constitutes an irrevocable power of attorney and is coupled with an interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby
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notifies the Employee that the provisions of this paragraph (e) shall not apply to any Inventions for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Company Group was used and which were developed entirely on the Employees own time, unless (A) the Invention relates (I) to the business of the Company Group, or (II) to actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Company Group or (B) the Invention results from any work performed by the Employee for the Company Group.
(f) Injunctive Relief; Invalidity of Any Provision. The Employee acknowledges that his breach of any covenant contained in this Section 7 will result in irreparable injury to the Company Group and that the remedy at law of such parties for such a breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Employee agrees and consents that each member of the Company Group, in addition to all other remedies available to them at law and in equity, shall be entitled to seek both preliminary and permanent injunctions to prevent and/or halt a breach or threatened breach by the Employee of any covenant contained in this Section 7 and no bond or other security shall be required in connection therewith. If any provision of this Section 7 is invalid in part or in whole, it shall be deemed to have been amended, whether as to time, area covered, or otherwise, as and to the extent required for its validity under applicable law and, as so amended, shall be enforceable. The parties further agree to execute all documents necessary to evidence such amendment.
(g) Advice to Future Employers. If the Employee, in the future, seeks or is offered employment by any other Person, he shall provide a copy of this Section 7 to the prospective employer prior to accepting employment with that prospective employer.
8. Entire Agreement; Modification; Waiver. This Employment Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in it and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings of the parties, including the Prior Agreement. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Employment Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by all parties hereto (other than as provided in the next to last sentence of Section 7(f) hereof). No waiver of any of the provisions of this Employment Agreement will be deemed, or will constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor will any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver.
9. Successors and Assigns; Assignment. This Employment Agreement shall be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that this Employment Agreement is intended to be personal to the Employee and the rights and obligations of the Employee hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by him.
10. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Employment Agreement, or any other agreement executed in connection therewith, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery personally or upon deposit in the United States mail postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the appropriate party or parties at the following addresses (or at such other address as shall hereafter be designated by any party to the other parties by notice given in accordance with this Section):
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To the Company:
Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc.
2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Attention: Max Lin
Facsimile:
Email:
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention: David Rubinsky, Esq.
Facsimile:
Email:
To the Employee:
At the last address on file with the Company.
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goulston & Storrs PC
400 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02110
Attention: Gene T. Barton, Jr., Esq.
Facsimile:
Email:
11. Indemnification and D&O Coverage. During the Term and thereafter, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Employee harmless (including the advancement of legal fees), to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, against any and all claims, damages, judgments, costs, liabilities, fines, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the Employee or to which the Employee is subject as a result of any claim, investigation or proceeding, or threatened claim, investigation or proceeding, that arises out of, relates to, or to which the Employee is otherwise subject by reason of, the Employees service or position as an officer, director or employee, as the case may be, of the Company, other than matters related to the Employees willful misconduct, including in connection with services prior to commencement of services under this Employment Agreement. During the Term and thereafter while liability continues to exist with regard to actions or inactions during the Term, the Company shall also provide the Employee with coverage under directors and officers liability policies to the same extent as it is provided to other current or former officers and directors. Following the Commencement Date, the Company will maintain the coverage under the directors and officers liability policies set forth in the Merger Agreement.
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12. Execution in Counterparts. This Employment Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.
13. Further Assurances. The parties each hereby agree to execute and deliver all of the agreements, documents and instruments required to be executed and delivered by them in this Employment Agreement and to execute and deliver such additional instruments and documents and to take such additional actions as may reasonably be required from time to time in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Employment Agreement.
14. Severability of Provisions. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Employment Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof and this Employment Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted.
15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue. This Employment Agreement is executed and delivered in, and shall be governed by, enforced and interpreted in accordance with the laws of, the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The parties hereto agree that the federal or state courts located in Kentucky shall have the exclusive jurisdiction with regard to any litigation relating to this Employment Agreement and that venue shall be proper only in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the location of the principal office of the Company.
16. Tense; Captions. In construing this Employment Agreement, whenever appropriate, the singular tense shall also be deemed to mean the plural, and vice versa, and the captions contained in this Employment Agreement shall be ignored.
17. Survival. The provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination, for any reason, of this Employment Agreement, in accordance with their terms.
18. Six Month Delay. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Employee is a specified employee within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) (or any successor thereto) on the Employees Date of Termination, any severance payment that is deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code shall not begin to be paid until six (6) months after the Employees Date of Termination. The Company shall determine, consistent with any guidance issued under Section 409A of the Code, the portion of severance payments that are required to be delayed, if any. The payment of the severance benefits to be made hereunder, if any, shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii).
19. 409A Compliance.
(a) Intent. The Employee and the Company agree and confirm that this Employment Agreement is intended by both parties to provide for compensation that is either exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code. This Employment Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, and administered in accordance with this agreed
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intent, provided that the Company does not promise or warrant any tax treatment of compensation hereunder. The Employee is responsible for obtaining advice regarding all questions to federal, state, or local income, estate, payroll, or other tax consequences arising from participation herein. This Employment Agreement shall not be amended or terminated in a manner that would accelerate or delay payment of severance pay or bonus pay except as permitted under Treasury Regulations under Section 409A of the Code.
(b) In-Kind Benefits and Reimbursements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Employment Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided under this Employment Agreement during any calendar year shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other calendar year, other than an arrangement providing for the reimbursement of medical expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Employment Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by the Employee and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be promptly made to the Employee following such submission, but in no event later than December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. In no event shall the Employee be entitled to any reimbursement payments after December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. This paragraph (b) shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to the Employee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Employment Agreement on the dates set forth below.
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC. | ||||||||
Date: |
10/28/19 |
By: |
/s/ Steven S. Reed | |||||
Name: Steven S. Reed | ||||||||
Title: Vice President / Secretary | ||||||||
Date: |
10/25/19 |
By: |
/s/ Jon B. Rousseau | |||||
Name: Jon B. Rousseau |
[Signature Page Employment Agreement (Rousseau)]
Exhibit 10.23
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Agreement) is made as of this 14th day of December, 2017, between Res-Care, Inc. (the Company) and James Mattingly (Employee).
WHEREAS, the Company and Employee previously entered into an Employment Agreement (EA); and
WHEREAS, the Company currently employs Employee; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to employ Employee and Employee desires to continue to be employed by the Company pursuant to amended employment terms and conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Employee desire to execute this Agreement to amend the EA.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree to reaffirm the terms of the EA subject to the following amendments to the following corresponding numerical paragraphs of the EA:
1. | Employment as Chief Financial Officer. As of the date hereof, the Employee shall serve as Chief Financial Officer for the Company. The Employee shall, subject to the supervision and control of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (President), or the Presidents designee (the Supervising Officer), serve as the Chief Financial Officer for the Company and perform such duties and exercise such powers over and with regard to the business of the Company, its affiliates and their operations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Supervising Officer. The Employees duties and responsibilities, post of duty, title and Supervising Officer may change from time to time by reason of changes in the needs of the Company. The Employee shall devote Employees best efforts and all of the Employees business time, energies and talents exclusively to the business of the Company and to no other business, except with the Companys written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
2. | Term. This Agreement shall have an initial term commencing on the date first listed above (the Commencement Date) and ending on December 31, 2018, subject to earlier termination only in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (Initial Term). This Agreement will automatically renew for successive periods of one (1) year each (the Additional Term(s)) on the same terms and conditions unless the Employee or the Company provides written notice of non-renewal no later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or any then-effective Additional Term. |
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3. | Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Employee an annual salary (the Base Salary), which shall be $325,000 as of the date of this Agreement, subject to applicable federal, state, and local tax withholding. Such Base Salary shall be paid to Employee in the same manner and on the same payroll schedule on which other Company employees receive payment. The Base Salary may be adjusted from time to time for changes in the Employees responsibilities or for market adjustments as determined by Company management. |
4. | Non-Equity Incentive Plan, Stock Option Plan, Other Benefit Plans. The Employee shall be eligible to participate in any non-equity incentive plan, stock option plan, or other benefit plan available to other executives or officers of the Company in substantially the same form, under the same terms, and to the same extent that such benefits or other programs are made available to other such executives or officers of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee specifically shall be eligible for all of the benefits or programs described in the e-mail and offer letter from Jon Rousseau to the Employee dated September 15, 2017 (copy attached). At the discretion of the Company, the Employee may be eligible for participation in any other non-equity incentive plan and/or a stock option plan with respect to the Company, or the Companys parent corporation, while employed by the Company. If eligible, the Employee will be notified by the Supervising Officer and participation in such plans will be governed not by this Agreement but by separate plan documents. Notwithstanding any provision of any non-equity incentive plan, stock option plan, or other equity plan to the contrary, the Employee shall become fully vested (to the extent not otherwise already vested) in any award(s) under such plans as of the date of a Change in Control. |
5. | Employment Status. The terms of the Employees employment with the Company shall be governed by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 hereof, the Company makes no express or implied commitment that the Employees employment will have a minimum or fixed term, or that the Company may take adverse employment action only for cause. The Employees employment is terminable at any time for any reason. Either the Employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason. However, the Employee agrees to give the Company not less than 30 days prior written notice of the Employees voluntary termination. The Employees duties and responsibilities and the Employees post of duty may change by reason of changes in the needs of the Company. |
6. | Disability. The Employees employment shall terminate hereunder at the earlier of (i) immediately upon the Companys determination (conveyed by a notice to the Employee) that the Employee is subject to a permanent disability, and (ii) the Employees absence from the Employees duties hereunder for 180 days. Permanent disability for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the onset of a physical or mental disability which prevents the Employee from performing the essential functions of the Employees duties hereunder, which is expected to continue for 180 days or more, subject to any reasonable accommodation required by state and/or federal disability |
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anti-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. During any period during which the Employee is subject to a short-term disability as determined by the Companys short-term disability program, and prior to termination by reason of permanent disability, the Employee shall be compensated as provided in this paragraph 6. During any waiting period prior to receiving short or long-term disability payments, Employee shall be required to use available Results Driven Time Off. Once the eligibility period has been met the Employee shall continue to be paid at the Employees then current Base Salary until short-term disability payments to the Employee commence under any plan or program then provided and funded by the Company. If the benefits payable under any such disability plan or program do not provide 100% replacement of the Employees installments of Base Salary during such period, the Employee shall be paid at regular payroll intervals the difference between the periodic installments of the Employees then current Base Salary that would have otherwise been payable and the disability benefit paid from such disability plan or program. Upon termination of employment, the above provisions of this paragraph 6 shall no longer apply. |
7. | Compensation upon Termination Without Cause. As additional consideration for the continuation of the noncompetition and confidentiality covenants of the Employee in this Agreement after the Date of Termination (as defined in paragraph 11(e)) and as separation pay, if the Employees employment is terminated without Cause (as defined in paragraph 11(f) of this Agreement) by the Company or for Good Reason (as defined in paragraph 11(g) of this Agreement) by the Employee and if Employee signs a standard separation agreement that includes a comprehensive waiver and release, the Employee shall receive the following: (i) the Employees then current Base Salary for twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination (as defined in paragraph 11(e) hereof), payable in equal installments on the same payroll schedule on which other Company employees receive payment; (ii) a portion of the Employees COBRA coverage premiums for twelve (12) months (or such shorter time if such coverage terminates earlier under section 4980B of the Code), provided that the Employee shall continue to pay the same amount toward the cost of such premiums as paid immediately prior to the last day of the Employees active employment and shall comply with applicable election and eligibility requirements; and (iii) payment of the Employees annual performance bonus for the year in which the Employees Date of Termination occurs at 100% of target, prorated based on the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of the Employees Date of Termination, payable at the same time such bonuses are paid to other executives, but in no event later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the Employees Date of Termination occurs. |
8. | Other Termination. No pay continuation will be payable to the Employee if the Employee voluntarily terminates the Employees employment with the Company, or the Company terminates Employees employment for Cause. |
9. | Employee Covenants. |
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(a) | Acknowledgments. The Employee acknowledges as follows: |
(1) | The Employees services hereunder are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and that the Employees position with the Company places the Employee in a position of confidence and trust with the operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the Affiliated Companies) and allows the Employee access to Confidential Information (as defined in paragraph 11(c) hereof). |
(2) | The Company has provided the Employee with a unique opportunity as set forth in paragraph 1 above. |
(3) | The nature and periods of the restrictions contained in this Agreement are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve for the Company the benefits of the Employees employment hereunder. |
(4) | The Affiliated Companies would sustain great and irreparable loss and damage if the Employee were to breach any of such covenants. |
(5) | The Affiliated Companies conduct and are aggressively pursuing the conduct of their Business (as defined in paragraph 11(b) of this Agreement) actively in and throughout the entire Territory (as defined in paragraph 11(a) of this Agreement). |
(6) | The Territory is reasonably sized because the current Business of the Affiliated Companies is conducted throughout various geographic areas. The Affiliated Companies are aggressively pursuing expansion and new operations throughout such geographic area and the Affiliated Companies require the entire Territory for profitable operations. |
(b) | Non-Compete Covenant. Having acknowledged the statements in subparagraph (a) above, the Employee covenants and agrees with the Affiliated Companies that Employee will not, directly or indirectly, from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, directly or indirectly (i) offer employment to, hire, solicit, divert or appropriate to Employee or any other Person (as defined in paragraph 11(d) hereof), any business or services (similar in nature to the Business) of any Person who was an employee or an agent of any of the Affiliated Companies at any time during the last twelve (12) months of the Employees employment hereunder; (ii) offer services to, solicit, divert or provide services to any Person that was a client or customer of any of the Affiliated Companies at any time during the last twelve (12) months of the Employees employment hereunder, or (iii) own, manage, operate, join, control, assist, participate in or be connected with, directly or |
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indirectly, as an officer, director, shareholder, partner, proprietor, employee, agent, consultant, independent contractor or otherwise, any Person which is, at the time, directly or indirectly, engaged in the Business of the Affiliated Companies within the Territory. The Employee further agrees that from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, the Employee will not undertake any planning for or organization of any business activity that would be competitive with the Business. |
(c) | Confidentiality and Non-disparagement Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in subparagraph (a) above, the Employee covenants that without limitation as to time, (i) commencing on the Commencement Date, Employee will not directly or indirectly disclose or use or otherwise exploit for Employees own benefit, or the benefit of any other Person, except as may be necessary in the performance of the Employees duties hereunder, any Confidential Information, and (ii) commencing on the Date of Termination, the Employee will not disparage or comment negatively about any of the Affiliated Companies, or their respective officers, directors, employees, policies or practices, and the Employee will not discourage anyone from doing business with any of the Affiliated Companies and will not encourage anyone to withdraw their employment with any of the Affiliated Companies. Commencing on the date of Termination, the Companys senior leadership (the CEO and the CEOs direct reports) will not disparage or comment negatively about the Employee and will not discourage anyone from doing business with the Employee or offering employment (or continued employment) to the Employee. |
(d) | Employee Certificates and Return of Company Property. Not less frequently than annually and upon the termination of the Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever, the Employee shall promptly comply with the Employees obligation to deliver a certificate (ResCare Annual Employment Re-Certification Eligibility Form), which certificate may be completed online in accordance with Company policy. Upon termination of the Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever, Employee shall promptly return to the Company any property of the Company Affiliates then in the Employees possession or control, including without limitation, any Confidential Information. |
(e) | Injunctive Relief and Invalidity of any Provision. The Employee acknowledges that the Employees breach of the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Agreement will result in irreparable injury to the Company and the Affiliated Companies and that the remedy at law of such parties for such a breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Employee agrees and consents that the Company and each of the Affiliated Companies in addition to all other remedies available to them at law and in equity, shall be entitled to seek both preliminary and permanent injunctions to prevent and/or halt a breach or threatened breach by Employee of |
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the Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid in part or in whole, it shall be deemed to have been amended, whether as to time, area covered, or otherwise, as and to the extent required for its validity under applicable law and, as so amended, shall be enforceable. The parties further agree to execute all documents necessary to evidence such amendment. |
10. | Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate. The Employee and the Company understand and agree that any existing or future dispute or claim arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Employees employment, or the termination of such employment, will be resolved by final and binding arbitration and that no other forum for dispute resolution will be available to either party, except as to those claims identified below. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and it shall be enforceable by any court having proper jurisdiction. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, and in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association or the Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures adopted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). Except as mutually agreed by the parties, the arbitration shall be conducted in Louisville, Kentucky, the location of the principal office of the Company. The arbitrator will have all the powers a judge would have in dealing with any question or dispute that may arise before, during and after the arbitration. Claims not covered by this agreement to arbitrate are: |
(a) | Claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention, and |
(b) | Claims for benefits under the workers compensation, unemployment insurance and state disability insurance laws. |
The parties expressly agree that in such cases where equitable relief is sought, any hearing or trial on the merits of the action will occur in front of, and will be decided by, the arbitrator, who will have the same ability to order legal or equitable remedies as could a court of general jurisdiction. The Company agrees to bear the costs of the arbitrators fee and all other costs related to the arbitration, assuming such costs are not expenses that the Employee would be required to bear if bringing or defending the action in a court of law. The Employee and the Company shall each bear the fees and costs of their own attorneys, experts or other representatives incurred in connection with the arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award fees and costs unless a statute at issue in the dispute or other appropriate law authorizes the award of attorneys fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys fees as permitted by the applicable statute or law.
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11. | Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: |
(a) | The Territory shall mean the states in which are located the operations for which Employee is responsible and all states contiguous to such states. |
(b) | The Business of the Affiliated Companies shall mean the business of providing training or job placement services, youth treatment or services, home care or periodic services to the elderly, services to persons with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities, including but not limited to persons who have been dually diagnosed, services to persons with acquired brain injuries, or providing management and/or consulting services to third parties relating to any of the foregoing. |
(c) | Confidential Information shall mean any business information relating to the Affiliated Companies or to the Business (whether or not constituting a trade secret), which has been or is treated by any of the Affiliated Companies as proprietary and confidential and which is not generally known or ascertainable through proper means. |
(d) | The term Person shall mean an individual, a client, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or any other business entity or enterprise. |
(e) | The Date of Termination shall mean the effective date of termination from employment with the Company, for any reason. |
(f) | As used herein, Cause shall mean any of the following: (i) the material misuse, embezzlement or misappropriation by Employee of the funds or property of any of the Affiliated Companies; (ii) the willful failure to disclose material financial or other material operational information relating to any of the Affiliated Companies; (iii) Employees breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; (iv) the Employee shall have (A) committed willful or repeated misconduct in, (B) failed to devote adequate time or diligence to, or (C) failed to effectively carry out or implement the performance of the Employees duties to the Company, and such misconduct or failure has a detrimental effect on the Company, its operations or financial conditions or goals, as reasonably determined by the Supervising Officer in good faith; (v) the material breach by the Employee of any provision of this Agreement or any written employment policy of the Affiliated Companies that is applicable to the Employee and has been previously made available to the Employee, if such breach remains uncured after notice to the Employee and a reasonable opportunity to cure (if curable); or (vi) the Employees conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses). |
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(g) | As used herein, Good Reason shall mean (i) any material diminution of the Employees position, authority and duties under this Agreement; (ii) the Employee is required to relocate to an employment location that is more than 50 miles from the Employees current employment location; (iii) the Employees Base Salary rate is reduced to a level that is less than the rate paid to the Employee during the immediately prior calendar year, unless the Employee has agreed to said reduction or unless the Company makes an across-the-board reduction that applies to all executives; or (iv) the Company materially breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a condition shall not be considered Good Reason unless (i) the Employee gives the Company written notice of such condition within thirty (30) days after the material facts regarding such condition become known to the Employee; (ii) the Company fails to cure such condition within twenty (20) days after receiving the Employees written notice; and (iii) the Employee terminates his employment within twenty (20) days after the expiration of the Companys cure period. |
(h) | A Change in Control shall mean (i) any person or entity becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than (50%) percent of the total voting power of all its then outstanding voting securities; (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company in which its voting securities immediately prior to the merger or consolidation do not represent, or are not converted into securities that represent, a majority of the voting power of all voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the merger or consolidation; (iii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company or a liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or (iv) individuals who, as of the date of the signing of this Agreement, constitute the Board of Directors (the Incumbent Board) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board; provided that any individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the date of the signing of this Agreement, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office shall be deemed a member of the Incumbent Board. |
(i) | Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. |
12. | Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the location of the Companys principal office. |
13. | Modification. This Agreement may be modified only in writing, expressly referencing this Agreement and Employee by name and signed by Employee and a Company representative. |
14. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings of the parties, including but not limited to any prior employment agreement. |
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15. | Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery personally or upon deposit in the United States mail postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the appropriate party or parties at the addresses shown (or at such other address as shall hereafter be designated by any party to the other parties by notice given in accordance with this paragraph). Notices addressed to the Company shall be sent to the attention of the Supervising Officer. |
16. | Section 409A of the Code. |
(a) General. All payments under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable, and this Agreement shall be interpreted to avoid any penalty sanctions under section 409A of the Code. Accordingly, all provisions herein, or incorporated by reference, shall be construed and interpreted to comply with section 409A of the Code and, if necessary, any such provision shall be deemed amended to comply with section 409A of the Code and regulations thereunder. All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement that are deferred compensation for purposes of section 409A of the Code may only be made upon a separation from service under section 409A of the Code. For purposes of section 409A of the Code, each payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment.
(b) Six Month Delay Rule. To the maximum extent permitted under section 409A of the Code, the benefits payable under this Agreement are intended to comply with the short-term deferral exception under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4), and any remaining amount is intended to comply with the separation pay exception under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii); provided, however, any amount payable to the Employee during the six (6) month period following the Employees separation from service that does not qualify within either of the foregoing exceptions and constitutes deferred compensation subject to the requirements of section 409A of the Code, then such amount(s) shall hereinafter be referred to as the Excess Amount. If at the time of the Employees separation from service, the Companys (or any entity required to be aggregated with the Company under section 409A of the Code) stock is publicly-traded on an established securities market or otherwise and the Employee is a specified employee (as defined in section 409A of the Code ), then the Company shall postpone the commencement of the payment of the portion of the Excess Amount that is payable within the six (6) month period following the Employees separation from service with the Company for six (6) months following the Employees separation from service with the Company. The delayed Excess Amount shall be paid in a lump sum to the Employee within ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months following the Employees separation from
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service with the Company. If the Employee dies during such six (6) month period and prior to the payment of the portion of the Excess Amount that is required to be delayed on account of section 409A of the Code, such Excess Amount shall be paid to the personal representative of Employees estate within sixty (60) days after the Employees death.
(c) Special Rule for Reimbursements. Any reimbursements provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of section 409A of the Code, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made on or before the last day of the taxable year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iii) the right to reimbursement is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the dates set forth below.
/s/ James F. Mattingly Jr. |
Employee Signature |
Res-Care, Inc. |
By: |
/s/ Jeffrey J. Chapuran |
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Exhibit 10.24
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Agreement) is made as of this 5th day of June, 2018, between Res-Care, Inc. (the Company) and Robert Barnes (Employee).
WHEREAS, the Employee accepts the position of EVP and President of Residential I/DD for the Company and the Company is desirous of having Employee assume such position; and
WHEREAS, The Company and the Employee desire to execute this Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. | Employment as EVP and President of Residential I/DD. As of the date hereof, the Employee shall serve as EVP and President of Residential I/DD for the Company. The Employee shall, subject to the supervision and control of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (President), or the Presidents designee (the Supervising Officer), serve as the EVP and President of Residential I/DD for the Company and perform such duties and exercise such powers over and with regard to the business of the Company, its affiliates and their operations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Supervising Officer. The Employees duties and responsibilities, post of duty, title and Supervising Officer may change from time to time by reason of changes in the needs of the Company. The Employee shall devote Employees best efforts and all of the Employees business time, energies and talents exclusively to the business of the Company and to no other business, except with the Companys written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
2. | Commencement Date. This Agreement shall commence on the date first listed above (the Commencement Date). |
3. | Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Employee an annual salary (the Base Salary), which shall be $400,000 as of the date of this Agreement, subject to applicable federal, state, and local tax withholding. Such Base Salary shall be paid to Employee in the same manner and on the same payroll schedule on which other Company employees receive payment. The Base Salary may be adjusted from time to time for changes in the Employees responsibilities or for market adjustments as determined by Company management. |
4. | Non-Equity Incentive Plan, Stock Option Plan, Other Benefit Plans. At the discretion of the Company, the Employee may be eligible for participation in any non-equity incentive plan and/or a stock option plan with respect to the Company, or the Companys parent corporation, while employed by the Company. If eligible, the Employee will be notified by the Supervising Officer and participation in such plans will be governed not by this Agreement but by separate plan documents. Notwithstanding any provision of any non-equity incentive plan, stock option plan, or other equity plan to the contrary, the Employee shall become fully vested (to the extent not otherwise already vested) in any award(s) under such plans as of the date of a Change in Control. |
5. | Employment Status. The terms of the Employees employment with the Company shall be governed by this Agreement. The Company makes no express or implied commitment that the Employees employment will have a minimum or fixed term, or that the Company may take adverse employment action only for cause. The Employees employment is terminable at any time for any reason. Either the Employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason. However, the Employee agrees to give the Company not less than 30 days prior written notice of the Employees voluntary termination. The Employees duties and responsibilities and the Employees post of duty may change by reason of changes in the needs of the Company. |
6. | Disability. The Employees employment shall terminate hereunder at the earlier of (i) immediately upon the Companys determination (conveyed by a notice to the Employee) that the Employee is subject to a permanent disability, and (ii) the Employees absence from the Employees duties hereunder for 180 days. Permanent disability for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the onset of a physical or mental disability which prevents the Employee from performing the essential functions of the Employees duties hereunder, which is expected to continue for 180 days or more, subject to any reasonable accommodation required by state and/or federal disability anti-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. During any period during which the Employee is subject to a short-term disability as determined by the Companys short-term disability program, and prior to termination by reason of permanent disability, the Employee shall be compensated as provided in this paragraph 6. During any waiting period prior to receiving short or long-term disability payments, Employee shall be required to use available Results Driven Time Off. Once the eligibility period has been met the Employee shall continue to be paid at the Employees then current Base Salary until short-term disability payments to the Employee commence under any plan or program then provided and funded by the Company. If the benefits payable under any such disability plan or program do not provide 100% replacement of the Employees installments of Base Salary during such period, the Employee shall be paid at regular payroll intervals the difference between the periodic installments of the Employees then current Base Salary that would have otherwise been payable and the disability benefit paid from such disability plan or program. Upon termination of employment, the above provisions of this paragraph 6 shall no longer apply. |
7. | Compensation upon Termination Without Cause. As additional consideration for the continuation of the noncompetition and confidentiality covenants of the Employee in this Agreement after the Date of Termination (as defined in paragraph 11(e)) and as separation pay, if the Employees employment is terminated without Cause (as defined in paragraph 11(f) of this Agreement) by the Company or for Good Reason (as defined in paragraph 11(g) of this Agreement) by the Employee and if Employee signs a standard separation agreement that includes a comprehensive waiver and release, the Employee shall receive the following: (i) the Employees then current Base Salary for twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination (as defined in paragraph 11 (e) hereof), payable in equal installments on the same payroll schedule on which other Company employees receive payment; (ii) a portion of the Employees COBRA coverage premiums for twelve (12) months (or such shorter time if such coverage terminates earlier under section 4980B of the Code), provided that the Employee shall continue to pay the same amount toward the cost of such premiums as paid immediately prior to the last day of the Employees active employment and shall comply with applicable election and eligibility requirements; and (iii) payment of the Employees annual performance bonus for the year in which the Employees Date of Termination occurs at 100% of target, prorated based on the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of the Employees Date of Termination, payable at the same time such bonuses are paid to other executives, but in no event later than April 1st of the year following the year in which the Employees Date of Termination occurs. |
8. | Other Termination. No pay continuation will be payable to the Employee if the Employee voluntarily terminates the Employees employment with the Company, or the Company terminates Employees employment for Cause. |
9. | Employee Covenants. |
(a) | Acknowledgments. Employee acknowledges as follows: |
(1) | Employees services hereunder are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and that Employees position with the Company places Employee in a position of confidence and trust with the operations of Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the Affiliated Companies) and allows Employee access to Confidential Information (as defined in paragraph 11(c) hereof) |
(2) | Company has provided Employee with a unique opportunity as set forth in paragraph 1 above. |
(3) | The nature and periods of the restrictions contained in this Agreement are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve for the Company the benefits of Employees employment hereunder. |
(4) | The Affiliated Companies would sustain great and irreparable loss and damage if Employee were to breach any of such covenants. |
(5) | The Affiliated Companies conduct and are aggressively pursuing the conduct of the Business (as defined in paragraph 11(b) of this Agreement) actively in and throughout the entire Territory (as defined in paragraph 11(a) of this Agreement). |
(6) | The Territory is reasonably sized because the current Business of the Affiliated Companies is conducted throughout various geographic areas. The Affiliated Companies are aggressively pursuing expansion and new operations throughout such geographic area and the Affiliated Companies require the entire Territory for profitable operations. |
(b) | Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in subparagraph (a) above, Employee covenants and agrees with the Company and the Affiliated Companies that: |
(i) | Non-Solicitation of Employees or Others. From the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination and for twelve (12) months thereafter, (a) Employee will not directly or indirectly encourage, solicit, induce, or attempt to encourage, solicit or induce any employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company and/or the Affiliated Companies to terminate his/her employment or contractual relationship with the Company or the Affiliated Companies (or devote less than full time efforts to Company business), and (b) Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or attempt to hire: (i) for any competitive position with any competitor any person who is an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at such time (or who has been an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at any time within the preceding 180 days) or (ii) for any position with any business any person who is an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at such time (or who has been an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at any time within the preceding 180 days) |
(ii) | Non-Solicitation of Clients/Customers. From the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination and for twelve (12) months thereafter, Employee will not, in a competitive capacity, on behalf of any person or entity other than the Company or the Affiliated Companies, directly or indirectly: |
a. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any client, patient or customer or referral source of the Company or the Affiliated Companies: |
b. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any client, patient or customer or referral source of the Company or the Affiliated Companies with whom Employee has had contact (either directly or indirectly) or over which Employee has had responsibility at any time in the one (1) year preceding Employees separation or about whom Employee has obtained Confidential Information; |
c. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any identified prospective client, patient or customer or prospective referral source of the Company or Affiliated Companies; or |
d. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any identified prospective client, patient or customer or prospective referral source of the Company or Affiliated Companies with whom Employee has had contact (either directly or indirectly) or over which Employee has had responsibility at any time in the one ( 1) year preceding Employees separation or about whom Employee has had obtained Confidential Information. |
(iii) | Non-competition within the Territory. From the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination and for twelve (12) months thereafter, Employee will not directly or indirectly, in a competitive capacity within the Territory, own, manage, finance, operate, control or participate in ownership, management, or operation of, act as an agent, consultant, or be employed with, any Person or entity that is engaged in the Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the term competitive capacity shall mean (i) performing tasks or duties similar to those Employee performed in Employees last year of employment at the Company or any Affiliated Company for a competitor of the Company or any Affiliated Company; (ii) managing/supervising those who, for a competitor of the Company or any Affiliated Company, perform tasks or duties similar to those which Employee performed in Employees last year of employment at the Company; or (iii) performing, on behalf of a competitor of the Company or any Affiliated Company, tasks or duties in which Employee utilizes any Confidential Information that Employee learned in the course of Employees relationship with the Company or any Affiliated Company. Employee further agrees that from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, Employee will not undertake any planning for or organization of any business activity that would be competitive with the Business. |
(iv) | Tolling. In the event of a breach by Employee of this Section entitled Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants, then the restrictive periods referenced herein shall be tolled and shall begin to run or recommence running only at such time as the breach is alleviated or remedied. |
(c) | Confidentiality and Non-disparagement Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in subparagraph (a) above, Employee covenants that without limitation as to time, (i) commencing on the Commencement Date and at all times thereafter, including after the Date of Termination, Employee will not directly or indirectly disclose or use or otherwise exploit for Employees own benefit, or the benefit of any other Person, except as may be necessary in the performance of Employees duties hereunder, any Confidential Information, and (ii) commencing on the Date of Termination, Employee will not disparage or comment negatively about any of the Affiliated Companies, or their respective officers, directors, employees, policies or practices, and Employee will not discourage anyone from doing business with any of the Affiliated Companies and will not encourage anyone to withdraw their employment with any of the Affiliated Companies. |
(d) | Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) Notice. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), Employee may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, should Employee pursue legal action against the Company for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law, Employee may disclose a trade secret to his/her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order. |
(e) | Employee Certificates and Return of Company Property. Not less frequently than annually and upon the termination of Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever, Employee shall promptly comply with Employees obligation to deliver a certificate, which certificate may be completed online in accordance with Company policy. Upon termination of Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever, Employee shall promptly return to the Company any property of the Affiliated Companies then in Employees possession or control, including without limitation, any Confidential Information. |
(f) | Injunctive Relief and Invalidity of any Provision. Employee acknowledges that Employees breach of the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Agreement will result in irreparable injury to the Company and the Affiliated Companies and that the remedy at law of such parties for such a breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, Employee agrees and consents that the Company and each of the Affiliated Companies in addition to all other remedies available to them at law and in equity, shall be entitled to seek both preliminary and permanent injunctions in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent and/or halt a breach or threatened breach by Employee of the Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid in part or in whole, it shall be deemed to have been amended, whether as to time, area covered, or otherwise, as and to the extent required for its validity under applicable law and, as so amended, shall be enforceable. The parties further agree to execute all documents necessary to evidence such amendment. A court with jurisdiction over the matters contained in this Agreement shall have the authority to revise the language hereof to the extent necessary to make any such section or covenant of this Agreement enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. |
(g) | Disclosure of Existence of Agreement. To preserve the Companys rights under this Agreement, the Company may advise any third party of the existence of this Agreement and its terms, and Employee specifically releases and agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any liability for doing so. |
10. | Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate. Employee and the Company understand and agree that any existing or future dispute or claim arising out of or related to this Agreement, Employees employment, or the termination of such employment, will be resolved by final and binding arbitration and that no other forum for dispute resolution will be available to either party, except as to those claims identified below. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and it shall be enforceable by any court having proper jurisdiction. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, and in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association or the Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures adopted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). Except as mutually agreed by the parties, the arbitration shall be conducted in Louisville, Kentucky. The arbitrator will have all the powers a judge would have in dealing with any question or dispute that may arise before, during and after the arbitration. Claims not covered by this agreement to arbitrate are: |
(a) | Claims under Title VTT of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention, and |
(b) | Claims for benefits under the workers compensation, unemployment insurance and state disability insurance laws. |
(c) | Claims arising out of the Companys efforts to enforce numerical paragraph 9 of this Agreement including, but not limited to claims for injunctive relief. |
The Company agrees to bear the costs of the arbitrators fee and all other costs related to the arbitration, assuming such costs are not expenses that Employee would be required to bear if bringing or defending the action in a court of law. Employee and the Company shall each bear the fees and costs of their own attorneys, experts or other representatives incurred in connection with the arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award fees and costs unless a statute at issue in the dispute or other appropriate law authorizes the award of attorneys fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys fees as permitted by the applicable statute or law.
11. | Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: |
(a) | The Territory shall mean the states in which are located the operations for which Employee is responsible and all states contiguous to such states. |
(b) | The Business of the Affiliated Companies shall mean the business of providing training or job placement services, youth treatment or services, home care or periodic services to the elderly, services to persons with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities, including but not limited to persons who have been dually diagnosed, services to persons with acquired brain injuries, or providing management and/or consulting services to third parties relating to any of the foregoing. |
(c) | Confidential Information shall mean any business information relating to the Affiliated Companies or to the Business (whether or not constituting a trade secret), which has been or is treated by any of the Affiliated Companies as proprietary and confidential and which is not generally known or ascertainable through proper means. |
(d) | The term Person shall mean an individual, a client, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or any other business entity or enterprise. |
(e) | The Date of Termination shall mean the effective date of termination from employment with the Company, for any reason. |
(f) | As used herein, Cause shall mean any of the following: (i) the material misuse, embezzlement or misappropriation by Employee of the funds or property of any of the Affiliated Companies; (ii) the willful failure to disclose material financial or other material operational information relating to any of the Affiliated Companies; (iii) Employees breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; (iv) the Employee shall have (A) committed willful or repeated misconduct in, (B) failed to devote adequate time or diligence to, or (C) failed to effectively carry out or implement the performance of the Employees duties to the Company, and such misconduct or failure has a detrimental effect on the Company, its operations or financial conditions or goals, as reasonably determined by the Supervising Officer in good faith; (v) the material breach by the Employee of any provision of this Agreement or any written employment policy of the Affiliated Companies that is applicable to the Employee and has been previously made available to the Employee, if such breach remains uncured after notice to the Employee and a reasonable opportunity to cure (if curable); or (vi) the Employees conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses). |
(g) | As used herein, Good Reason shall mean (i) any material diminution of the Employees position, authority and duties under this Agreement; (ii) the Employee is required to relocate to an employment location that is more than 50 miles from the Employees current employment location; (iii) the Employees Base Salary rate is reduced to a level that is less than the rate paid to the Employee during the immediately prior calendar year, unless the Employee has agreed to said reduction or unless the Company makes an across-the-board reduction that applies to all executives; or (iv) the Company materially breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a condition shall not be considered Good Reason unless (i) the Employee gives the Company written notice of such condition within thirty (30) days after the material facts regarding such condition become known to the Employee; (ii) the Company fails to cure such condition within twenty (20) days after receiving the Employees written notice; and (iii) the Employee terminates his employment within twenty (20) days after the expiration of the Companys cure period. |
(h) | A Change in Control shall mean (i) any person or entity becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than (50%) percent of the total voting power of all its then outstanding voting securities; (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company in which its voting securities immediately prior to the merger or consolidation do not represent, or are not converted into securities that represent, a majority of the voting power of all voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the merger or consolidation; (iii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company or a liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or (iv) individuals who, as of the date of the signing of this Agreement, constitute the Board of Directors (the Incumbent Board) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board; provided that any individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the date of the signing of this Agreement, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office shall be deemed a member of the Incumbent Board. |
(i) | Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. |
12. | Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the location of the Companys principal office. |
13. | Modification. This Agreement may be modified only in writing, expressly referencing this Agreement and Employee by name and signed by Employee and a Company representative. |
14. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement and Employees signed Offer Letter contain the entire agreement With respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings of the parties, including but not limited to any prior employment agreement. |
15. | Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery personally or upon deposit in the United States mail postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the appropriate party or parties at the addresses shown (or at such other address as shall hereafter be designated by any party to the other parties by notice given in accordance with this paragraph). Notices addressed to the Company shall be sent to the attention of the Supervising Officer. |
16. | Section 409A of the Code. |
(a) General. All payments under this Agreement arc intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable, and this Agreement shall be interpreted to avoid any penalty sanctions under section 409A of the Code Accordingly, all provisions herein, or incorporated by reference, shall be construed and interpreted to comply with section 409A of the Code and, if necessary, any such provision shall be deemed amended to comply with section 409A of the Code and regulations thereunder. All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement that arc deferred compensation for purposes of section 409A of the Code may only be made upon a separation from service under section 409A of the Code. For purposes of section 409 A of the Code, each payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment.
(b) Six Month Delay Rule. To the maximum extent permitted under section 409A of the Code, the benefits payable under this Agreement are intended to comply with the short-term deferral exception under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1 (b )(4), and any remaining amount is intended to comply with the separation pay exception under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-l(b)(9)(iii); provided, however, any amount payable to the Employee during the six (6) month period
following the Employees separation from service that does not qualify within either of the foregoing exceptions and constitutes deferred compensation subject to the requirements of section 409A of the Code, then such amount(s) shall hereinafter be referred to as the Excess Amount. If at the time of the Employees separation from service, the Companys (or any entity required to be aggregated with the Company under section 409A of the Code) stock is publicly-traded on an established securities market or otherwise and the Employee is a specified employee (as defined in section 409A of the Code ), then the Company shall postpone the commencement of the payment of the portion of the Excess Amount that is payable within the six (6) month period following the Employees separation from service with the Company for six (6) months following the Employees separation from service with the Company. The delayed Excess Amount shall be paid in a lump sum to the Employee within ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months following the Employees separation from service with the Company. If the Employee dies during such six (6) month period and prior to the payment of the portion of the Excess Amount that is required to be delayed on account of section 409A of the Code, such Excess Amount shall be paid to the personal representative of Employees estate within sixty (60) days after the Employees death.
(c) Special Rule for Reimbursements. Any reimbursements provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of section 409A of the Code, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made on or before the last day of the taxable year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iii) the right to reimbursement is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the dates set forth below.
/s/ Robert Barnes |
Robert Barnes (Jun 5, 2018) |
Employee Signature |
Res-Care, Inc. |
By: /s/ Sonny Terrill |
Sonny Terrill (Jun 7, 2018) |
Exhibit 10.25
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Employment Agreement) is made as of May 1, 2014, between RES-CARE, INC., a Kentucky corporation (the Company), and Steven S. Reed (the Employee).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company and Employee previously entered into that certain Employment Agreement effective April 15, 2013, as amended (the Prior Agreement);
WHEREAS, the initial term of the Prior Agreement is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to offer the Employee a new long-term employment agreement which will supersede the Prior Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of such agreement.
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. Employment and Term. The Company hereby employs the Employee, and the Employee accepts such employment, upon the terms and conditions herein set forth for an initial term commencing effective May 1, 2014 (the Commencement Date), and ending on May 1, 2019, subject to earlier termination only in accordance with the express provisions of this Employment Agreement (Initial Term). This Employment Agreement shall be automatically extended for successive periods of one (1) year each (the Additional Term(s)) on the same terms and conditions unless not less than sixty (60) days prior to the last day of the Initial Term or the then effective Additional Term, as applicable, either the Company or Employee gives written notice to the other of such partys intent to not so extend the Term. The Initial Term and any effective Additional Terms shall be collectively referred to as the Term. For purposes of this amended Employment Agreement, the term Execution Date shall mean the later of (i) the date this amended Employment Agreement is signed by the Employee and (ii) the date this amended Employment Agreement is signed on behalf of the Company.
2. Duties.
(a) Employment as Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary. During the Term, the Employee shall serve as the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of the Company and its subsidiaries. During the Term, subject to the supervision and control of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the President), or his designee, the Employee shall have the responsibility for and oversight of the corporate legal functions of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Employee shall perform such additional duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the President or his designee, including without limitation, serving as an officer or director of the Company, if elected to such positions, without any additional salary or compensation. The Employee shall
serve as a member of the Resource Centers Leadership Team and a named executive officer for the purpose of the Companys public filings under the securities laws. As such, Employee acknowledges and accepts responsibility, with other named executive officers of the Company and other officers and employees of the Company, to ensure the Companys public filings adequately satisfy all disclosure requirements. In addition, Employee acknowledges that Employees biography, qualifications and compensation will be disclosed in such public filings.
(b) Time and Effort. The Employee shall devote Employees best efforts on a full time basis and all of Employees business time, energies and talents exclusively to the business of the Company and to no other business during the Term; provided, however, that subject to the restrictions in Section 7 hereof, the Employee may (i) invest Employees personal assets in such form or manner as will not require Employees services in the operation of the affairs of the entities in which such investments are made and (ii) subject to satisfactory performance of the duties described in Section 2(a) hereof, devote such time as may be reasonably required for Employee to continue to maintain Employees current level of participation in various civic and charitable activities.
(c) Employee Certification of Eligibility. Not less frequently than annually and upon the termination of the Employees employment hereunder for any reason other than Employees death, the Employee shall execute and deliver to the President and/or any other authorized officer designated by the Company a certificate (ResCare Annual Employment Re-Certification Eligibility Form) confirming, to the best of the Employees knowledge, that the Employee remains eligible for employment with the Company. This same certificate will certify that the Employee has complied with applicable laws, regulations and Company policies regarding the provision of services to clients and billings to its paying agencies, Company policies on training, Drug and Alcohol-Free Program, Prohibition of Harassment, Affirmative Action Equal Employment Opportunity and Violence in the Workplace. This statement shall state that the Employee is not aware of any such violation by other employees, independent contractors, vendors, or other individuals performing services for the Company and its subsidiaries that they did not report as appropriate.
3. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Employee during the Term an annual salary (the Base Salary), which shall, beginning on the effective date of this amended Employment Agreement, be $295,000. The Base Salary shall be due and payable in substantially equal semi-monthly installments or in such other installments as may be necessary to comport with the Companys normal pay periods for all employees. The Base Salary may be adjusted for increases from time to time for changes in the Employees responsibilities or for market conditions.
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(b) Incentive Plan. During the Term, the Employee shall be eligible for incentive compensation in accordance with the Res-Care, Inc. Non-Equity Incentive Plan (the Incentive Plan). Shortly after the beginning of each calendar year, the Companys Board of Directors will establish a target of earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (EBITDA), for such calendar year (the Annual EBITDA Target). In no event shall Employee earn any amount under the Incentive Plan for any calendar year during the Term unless the actual Company EBITDA for such calendar year equals or exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Annual EBITDA Target for such calendar year. For all purposes of this Employment Agreement, in determining the actual EBITDA of the Company and its subsidiaries for each calendar year, the Talent Management Committee of the Board of Directors (the Talent Management Committee) may make such good faith adjustments to EBITDA as it determines in its sole discretion are appropriate to reflect non-recurring or unusual items, including, without limitation, to give effect on a pro forma basis to any acquisition of stock or assets of other persons by the Company or a subsidiary thereof. The target amount payable under the Incentive Plan to Employee for each full calendar year during the Term shall equal the Base Salary actually paid to the Employee for such calendar year multiplied by the sum of the Approved Professional Performance Percentage and the Approved Company Performance Percentage (as determined below) for such calendar year.
The maximum percentage of the Approved Professional Performance Percentage for Employee shall be thirty percent (30%). The Approved Company Performance Percentage shall be a target of seventy percent (70%) with a range of zero percent (0%) to two hundred percent (200%). Thus making the overall range of payment zero percent (0%) to one hundred-seventy percent (170%) of Base Salary.
The Company portion is earned as follows:
| Actual EBITDA 95%-99% of budget 10% for each point up to 50% of eligible incentive earned (example 95% budget = 10% incentive, 96%=20% etc.) |
| Actual EBITDA 100% of budget 100% of eligible incentive earned |
| Actual EBITDA over budget 5% incentive for each point up to a maximum 200% of eligible incentive award (example 101% of budget = 105% incentive, 102% = 110% etc., 120% of budget and above = 200% incentive) |
Not later than March 15 of each calendar year, the Talent Management Committee shall establish the professional performance criteria for Employee for such calendar year to be used in calculating the Approved Professional Performance Percentage. The Approved Professional Performance Percentage for each calendar year during the Term shall be equal to (A) thirty percent (30%) multiplied by (B) the ratio of the number of professional performance criteria satisfied by Employee for the calendar year to the total number of professional performance criteria for the calendar year. However, notwithstanding anything in this Employment Agreement to the contrary, the Approved Professional Performance Percentage shall be zero unless the actual Company EBITDA for the respective calendar year equals or exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Annual EBITDA Target for such calendar year.
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Any annual incentive earned by the Employee under the Incentive Plan for any calendar year during the Term shall be paid by the Company in cash to the Employee in the year following the year for which it is earned, and not later than the later of (x) seventy-four (74) days after the end of the applicable calendar year or (y) the date of delivery to the Company of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for such calendar year, provided that Employee remains employed through December 31 of the year for which the incentive bonus is earned. Any amounts earned by the Employee under the Incentive Plan shall be hereinafter referred to as the Incentive Bonus.
(c) Non-Equity Incentive Plan and/or Stock Option Plan. At the discretion of the Company, the Employee may be eligible for participation in a non-equity incentive plan and/or a stock option plan while employed by the Company. If eligible, the Employee will be notified by the Supervising Officer and participation in such plans will be governed not by this Agreement but by separate plan documents.
(d) Participation in Benefit Plans. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans and programs (including but not limited to paid time off policies, retirement and profit sharing plans, health insurance, etc.) provided by the Company under which the Employee is eligible in accordance with the terms of such plans and programs, subject to all applicable and customary waiting and vesting periods. As of the Commencement Date, Employee shall be credited with 160 hours of paid time off (PTO). The Company reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate in their entirety any of such programs and plans.
(e) Out-of-Pocket Expenses. The Company shall promptly pay the ordinary, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the Employee in the performance of the Employees duties hereunder (or if such expenses are paid directly by the Employee shall promptly reimburse Employee for such payment), consistent with the reimbursement policies adopted by the Company from time to time and subject to the prior written approval by the President. Any reimbursements made under this Section 3(e) will be paid no later than the last day of the Employees taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense is incurred.
(f) Withholding of Taxes; Income Tax Treatment. If, upon the payment of any compensation or benefit to the Employee under this Employment Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the grant of any stock options or payment of any bonus or benefit), the Company determines in its discretion that it is required to withhold or provide for the payment in any manner of taxes, including but not limited to, federal income or social security taxes, state income taxes or local income taxes, the Employee agrees that the Company may satisfy such requirement by:
(i) withholding an amount necessary to satisfy such withholding requirement from the Employees compensation or benefit; or
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(ii) conditioning the payment or transfer of such compensation or benefit upon the Employees payment to the Company of an amount sufficient to satisfy such withholding requirement.
The Employee agrees that Employee will treat all of the amounts payable pursuant to this Employment Agreement as compensation for income tax purposes.
4. Termination. The Employees employment hereunder may be terminated under this Employment Agreement as follows, subject to the Employees rights pursuant to Section 5 hereof:
(a) Death. The Employees employment hereunder shall terminate upon Employees death.
(b) Disability. The Employees employment shall terminate hereunder at the earlier of (i) immediately upon the Companys determination (conveyed by a Notice of Termination (as defined in paragraph (f) of this Section 4)) that the Employee is permanently disabled, and (ii) the Employees absence from Employees duties hereunder for 180 days. Permanent disability for purposes of this Employment Agreement shall mean the onset of a physical or mental disability which prevents the Employee from performing the essential functions of the Employees duties hereunder, which is expected to continue for 180 days or more, subject to any reasonable accommodation required by state and/or federal disability anti-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.
(c) Cause. The Company may terminate the Employees employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, the Company shall have Cause to terminate the Employees employment because of the Employees personal dishonesty, intentional misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, substantial failure to perform Employees duties hereunder, conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or breach of any provision of this Employment Agreement.
(d) Without Cause. The Company may terminate the Employees employment under this Employment Agreement at any time without Cause (as defined in paragraph (c) of this Section 4) by delivery of a Notice of Termination specifying a date of termination at least thirty (30) days following delivery of such notice.
(e) Voluntary Termination. By not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the President, Employee may voluntarily terminate Employees employment hereunder.
(f) Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Employees employment by the Company during the Term pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 4 shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination from the Company to the Employee. Any termination of the Employees employment by the Employee during the Term pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 4 shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination from Employee to the Company. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, a Notice of Termination shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Employment Agreement relied upon and in the case of any termination for Cause shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Employees employment.
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(g) Date of Termination. The Date of Termination shall, for purposes of this Employment Agreement, mean: (i) if the Employees employment is terminated by Employees death, the date of Employees death; (ii) if the Employees employment is terminated on account of disability pursuant to Section 4(b) above, thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the Employee shall not, during such 30-day period, have returned to the performance of Employees duties on a full-time basis), (iii) if the Employees employment is terminated by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 4(c) above, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, (iv) if the Employees employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, pursuant to Section 4(d) above, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, (v) if the Employees employment is terminated voluntarily pursuant to Section 4(e) above, the date specified in the Notice of Termination, and (vi) if the Employees employment is terminated by reason of an election by either party not to extend the Term, the last day of the then effective Term.
Provided that, for purposes of the timing of payments triggered by the Date of Termination under Section 5, Date of Termination shall not be considered to have occurred until the date the Employee and the Company reasonably anticipate that (i) Employee will not perform any further services for the Company or any other entity considered a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code) (but substituting fifty percent (50%) for eighty percent (80%) in the application thereof) (the Employer Group), or (ii) the level of bona fide services Employee will perform for the Employer Group after that date will permanently decrease to less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of bona fide services performed over the previous thirty-six (36) months (or if shorter over the duration of service). For this purpose, service performed as an employee or as an independent contractor is counted, except that service as a member of the board of directors of an Employer Group entity is not counted unless termination benefits under this Employment Agreement are aggregated for purposes of Section 409A of the Code with benefits under any other Employer Group plan or agreement in which Employee also participates as a director. Employee will not be treated as having a termination of Employees employment while Employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the leave does not exceed six (6) months or, if longer, the period during which Employee has a reemployment right under statute or contract. If a bona fide leave of absence extends beyond six (6) months, Employees employment will be considered to terminate on the first day after the end of such six (6) month period, or on the day after Employees statutory or contractual reemployment right lapses, if later. The Company will determine when Employees Date of Termination occurs based on all relevant facts and circumstances, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1 .409A-1(h).
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5. Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability; Change of Control.
(a) Death. If the Employees employment shall be terminated by reason of Employees death during the Term, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of Employees then current Base Salary until the date of Employees death, shall receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the date of Employees death.
(b) Disability. During any period of disability and prior to termination pursuant to Section 4(b) by reason of disability, Employee shall be compensated as provided in this paragraph (b). During any waiting period prior to receiving short or long-term disability payments, Employee shall be required to use available Paid Time Off (PTO). Once Employee has met the waiting period to receive short-term disability payments, Employee shall continue to be paid Employees then current Base Salary until short-term disability payments to Employee commence under any plan or program then provided and funded by the Company. If the benefits payable under any such disability plan or program do not provide 100% replacement of the Employees installments of Base Salary during such period, Employee shall be paid at regular payroll intervals the difference between the periodic installments of Employees then current Base Salary that would have otherwise been payable and the disability benefit paid from such disability plan or program. Upon termination pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, the above provisions of this paragraph (b) shall no longer apply and Employee shall be entitled to any earned but -unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ended prior to the date Employees period of disability commenced.
(c) Expiration of Term. If the Employees employment shall be terminated by reason of expiration of the Term by reason of Employees election not to extend the Term, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of his then current Base Salary until the Date of Termination and shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for the last calendar year of the Term. If the Employees employment shall be terminated by reason of expiration of the Term by reason of the Companys election not to extend the Term, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of his then current Base Salary until the Date of Termination and for twelve (24) months thereafter and shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for last calendar year of the Term.
(d) Without Cause. Subject to Section 5(j), if the Employees employment is terminated without Cause and paragraph (g) of this Section 5 shall not be applicable, the Employee shall receive an amount equal to twice his then current Base Salary which amount shall be payable in a lump sum no later than seventy-four (74) days after Employees Date of Termination. The Employee shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the Date of Termination.
(e) Voluntary Termination. If the Employees employment shall be terminated pursuant to Section 4(e) hereof, the Employee shall continue to receive installments of Employees then current Base Salary until the Date of Termination and the Employee shall not be entitled to receive any then unpaid Incentive Bonus (other than any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the date Employee gives Notice of Termination), and shall not be entitled to any severance payment of any nature.
(f) No Further Obligations after Payment. After all payments, if any, have been made to the Employee pursuant to the applicable provisions of paragraphs (a) through (f) of this Section 5, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Employee under this Employment Agreement other than the provision of any employee benefits required to be continued under applicable law.
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(g) Change of Control. Subject to Section 5(j), if a Change of Control (as defined below) has occurred with respect to the Company and within two (2) years after the occurrence of such Change of Control, the Employees employment shall be terminated by the Company without Cause, then Employee shall be entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to the Employees then current Base Salary multiplied by two (2). The Employee shall also be entitled to receive any earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to the Date of Termination and, subject to Section 5(j), a pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the current calendar year for the period ending on the Date of Termination. For purposes of this paragraph (g), Change of Control means (i) an event or series of events which have the effect of any person as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than (x) Onex Corporation, Onex Partners III LP or any of their respective affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) or any group including any of the foregoing and (y) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities of the Company under any employee benefit plan of the Company, becoming the beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding capital stock; (ii) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, recapitalization or other transaction in which any person other than Onex Corporation, Onex Partners III LP or any of the respective affiliates or any group including any of the foregoing becomes the beneficial owner of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding capital stock; (iii) all or substantially all of the business of the Company is disposed of pursuant to a partial or complete liquidation, sale of assets, or otherwise. Such lump sum payment will be paid to the Employee not later than seventy-four (74) days after Employees Date of Termination .
(h) No Further Obligations after Payment. After all payments, if any, have been made to the Employee pursuant to the applicable provisions of paragraphs (a) through (g) of this Section 5, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Employee under this Employment Agreement other than the provision of any employee benefit plan required to be continued under applicable law or by its terms.
(i) Payment of Incentive Bonus. If Employee will be paid an earned but unpaid Incentive Bonus for any calendar year ending prior to Employees Date of Termination under the above provisions of this Section 5, the Incentive Bonus for the prior calendar year will be paid at the normal time as paid to employees whose employment has not terminated. If Employee is due a pro-rated Incentive Bonus for the calendar year in which Employees Date of Termination occurs, the pro-rated bonus for the year of the Date of Termination shall be paid in the calendar year after year the Date of Termination occurs, and at the normal payment timing for Incentive Bonus payments, and such pro-rata bonus shall be based on whether the actual performance measures for such Incentive Bonus period were met at the normal time for measuring such performance measures.
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(j) General Release of Claims. Employees right to receive payment under Section 5(d) or 5(g) above is expressly conditioned on Employees execution and nonrevocation of a general release, in form and substance acceptable to the Company, of all claims or other causes of actions against the Company, its affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, and agents. The release must be executed and delivered to the Company on or before the date set by the Company, which may be no later than 60 days following Employees Date of Termination, and the release will be delivered to Employee at least 21 days before the deadline set for its return. Payments will begin after Employee executes the release and the release is no longer subject to revocation. Payments will be made on the dates specified in Section 5(d) or 5(g), as applicable, and will terminate if Employee violates any of the restrictive covenants contained in Section 7 of this Agreement. Any payments that are delayed due to the release requirement will be paid as soon as administratively practical following receipt of the release and lapse of any applicable revocation period; provided that payments may in no event be made later than March 15 of the calendar year following Employees Date of Termination. If Employee does not return the signed release by the date set by the Company, he will forfeit all rights to payment under Section 5(d) or 5(g), as applicable. Installment payments will be treated as a series of separate payments.
6. Duties Upon Termination. Upon the termination of Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever (including but not limited to the failure of the parties hereto to agree to the extension of this Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 1 hereof), Employee shall promptly (a) comply with Employees obligation to deliver an executed exit interview document as provided in accordance with Company policy, and (b) return to the Company any property of the Company or its subsidiaries then in Employees possession or control, including without limitation, any Confidential Information (as defined in Section 7(d)(iii) hereof) and whether or not constituting Confidential Information, any technical data, performance information and reports, sales or marketing plans, documents or other records, and any manuals, drawings, tape recordings, computer programs, discs, and any other physical representations of any other information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates or to the Business (as defined in Section 7(d)(iv) hereof) of the Company. Employee hereby acknowledges that any and all of such documents, items, physical representations and information are and shall remain at all times the exclusive property of the Company.
7. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Acknowledgments. Employee acknowledges that (i) Employees services hereunder are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and that Employees position with the Company places Employee in a position of confidence and trust with the operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the Res-Care Companies) and allows Employee access to Confidential Information, (ii) the Company has provided Employee with a unique opportunity as Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of the Company, (iii) the nature and periods of the restrictions imposed by the covenants contained in this Section 7 are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve for the Company the benefits of Employees employment hereunder, (iv) the Res-Care Companies would sustain great and irreparable loss and damage if Employee were to breach any of such covenants, (v) the Res-Care Companies conduct and are aggressively
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pursuing the conduct of their business actively in and throughout the entire Territory (as defined in paragraph (d)(ii) of this Section 7), and (vi) the Territory is reasonably sized because the current Business of the Res-Care Companies is conducted throughout such geographical area, the Res-Care Companies are aggressively pursuing expansion and new operations throughout such geographic area and the Res-Care Companies require the entire Territory for profitable operations.
(b) Confidentiality and Non-disparagement Covenants. Having acknowledged the foregoing, Employee covenants that without limitation as to time, (i) commencing on the Commencement Date, Employee will not directly or indirectly disclose or use or otherwise exploit for Employees own benefit, or the benefit of any other Person (as defined in paragraph (d)(v) of this Section 7), except as may be necessary in the performance of Employees duties hereunder, any Confidential Information, and (ii) commencing on the Date of Termination, Employee will not disparage or comment negatively about any of the Res-Care Companies, or their respective officers, directors, employees, policies or practices, and Employee will not discourage anyone from doing business with any of the Res-Care Companies and will not encourage anyone to withdraw their employment with any of the Res-Care Companies.
(c) Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in Section 7(a) hereof, Employee covenants and agrees with the Res-Care Companies that Employee will not, directly or indirectly, from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter, directly or indirectly (i) offer employment to, hire, solicit, divert or appropriate to Employee or any other Person, any business or services (similar in nature to the Business) of any Person who was an employee or an agent of any of the Res-Care Companies at any time during the last twelve (12) months of Employees employment hereunder; or (ii) own, manage, operate, join, control, assist, participate in or be connected with, directly or indirectly, as an officer, director, shareholder, partner, proprietor, employee, agent, consultant, independent contractor or otherwise, any Person which is, at the time, directly or indirectly, engaged in the Business of the Res-Care Companies within the Territory. The Employee further agrees that from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, Employee will not undertake any planning for or organization of any business activity that would be competitive with the Business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee agyees that if this Employment Agreement shall be terminated by reason of expiration of the Term (irrespective of which party elected not to extend the Term), the covenants in this paragraph (c) shall survive the expiration thereof until twelve (12) months after the last day of employment of Employee by any Res-Care Company. Nothing in this paragraph (c) shall prohibit or restrict Employees right to practice as an attorney or the provision of legal services to any Person, whether in private practice, for an employer, or otherwise.
(d) Definitions. For purposes of this Employment Agreement:
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(i) For purposes of this Section 7, termination of Employees employment shall include any termination pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and ( ) of Section 4 hereof, the termination of such Employees employment by reason of the failure of the parties hereto to agree to the extension of this Agreement pursuant to Section 1 hereof or the voluntary termination of Employees employment hereunder.
(ii) The Territory shall mean the fifty (50) states of the United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, all of the Provinces of Canada, all of the countries of the European Union, Switzerland and Norway.
(iii) Confidential Information shall mean any business information relating to the Res-Care Companies or to the Business (whether or not constituting a trade secret), which has been or is treated by any of the Res-Care Companies as proprietary and confidential and which is not generally known or ascertainable through proper means. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long as such information is not generally known or ascertainable by proper means and is treated by the Res-Care Companies as proprietary and confidential, Confidential Information shall include the following information regarding any of the Res-Care Companies:
(1) any patent, patent application, copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, service name, know-how or trade secrets;
(2) customer lists and information relating to (i) any client of any of the Res-Care Companies or (ii) any client of the operations of any other Person for which operations any of the Res-Care Companies provides management services;
(3) supplier lists, pricing policies, consulting contracts and competitive bid information;
(4) records, compliance and/or operational methods and Company policies and procedures, including manuals and forms;
(5) marketing data, plans and strategies;
(6) business acquisition, development, expansion or capital investment plan or activities;
(7) software and any other confidential technical programs;
(8) personnel information, employee payroll and benefits data;
(9) accounts receivable and accounts payable;
(10) other financial information, including financial statements, budgets, projections, earnings and any unpublished financial information; and
(11) correspondence and communications with outside parties.
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(iv) The Business of the Res-Care Companies shall mean the business of providing training or job placement services as provided in the Companys Workforce Services and Youth Services Segments, youth treatment or services, home care or periodic services to the elderly, services to persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, including but not limited to persons who have been dually diagnosed, services to persons with acquired brain injuries, or providing management and/or consulting services to third parties relating to any of the foregoing.
(v) The term Person shall mean an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or any other business entity or enterprise.
(e) Injunctive Relief, Invalidity of any Provision. Employee acknowledges that Employees breach of any covenant contained in this Section 7 will result in irreparable injury to the Res-Care Companies and that the remedy at law of such parties for such a breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, Employee agrees and consents that each of the Res-Care Companies in addition to all other remedies available to them at law and in equity, shall be entitled to seek both preliminary and permanent injunctions to prevent and/or halt a breach or threatened breach by Employee of any covenant contained in this Section 7. If any provision of this Section 7 is invalid in part or in whole, it shall be deemed to have been amended, whether as to time, area covered, or otherwise, as and to the extent required for its validity under applicable law and, as so amended, shall be enforceable. The parties further agree to execute all documents necessary to evidence such amendment.
(f) Advice to Future Employers. If Employee, in the future, seeks or is offered employment by any other Person, Employee shall provide a copy of this Section 7 to the prospective employer prior to accepting employment with that prospective employer.
8. Entire Agreement; Modification; Waiver. This Employment Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in it and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings of the parties. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Employment Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by all parties hereto (other than as provided in the next to last sentence of Section 7(e) hereof). No waiver of any of the provisions of this Employment Agreement will be deemed, or will constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor will any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver.
9. Successors and Assigns; Assignment. This Employment Agreement shall be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that this Employment Agreement is intended to be personal to the Employee and the rights and obligations of the Employee hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by Employee.
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10. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Employment Agreement, or any other agreement executed in connection therewith, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery personally or upon deposit in the United States mail postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the appropriate party or parties at the following addresses. (or at such other address as shall hereafter be designated by any party to the other parties by notice given in accordance with this Section):
To the Company:
Res-Care, Inc.
9901 Linn Station Road
Louisville, Kentucky 40223
Attn: Ralph G. Gronefeld, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
To the Employee:
Steven S. Reed
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11. Execution in Counterparts. This Employment Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.
12. Further Assurances. The parties each hereby agree to execute and deliver all of the agreements, documents and instruments required to be executed and delivered by them in this Employment Agreement and to execute and deliver such additional instruments and documents and to take such additional actions as may reasonably be required from time to time in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Employment Agreement.
13. Severability of Provisions. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Employment Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof and this Employment Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted.
14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue. This Employment Agreement is executed and delivered in, and shall be governed by, enforced and interpreted in accordance with the laws of, the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The parties hereto agree that the federal or state courts located in Kentucky shall have the exclusive jurisdiction with regard to any litigation relating to this Employment Agreement and that venue shall be proper only in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the location of the principal office of the Company.
15. Tense; Captions. In construing this Employment Agreement, whenever appropriate, the singular tense shall also be deemed to mean the plural, and vice versa, and the captions contained in this Employment Agreement shall be ignored.
16. Survival. The provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination, for any reason, of this Employment Agreement, in accordance with their terms.
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17. Six Month Delay. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Employee is a specified employee within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) (or any successor thereto) on Employees Date of Termination, any severance payment that is in excess of the amount that qualifies as separation pay under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9), or that does not qualify as separation pay, shall not begin to be paid until six (6) months after Employees Date of Termination. The Company shall determine, consistent with any guidance issued under Section 409A of the Code, the portion of severance payments that are required to be delayed, if any.
18. 409A Compliance. The Employee and the Company agree and confirm that this Employment Agreement is intended by both parties to provide for compensation that is either exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code . This Employment Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, and administered in accordance with this agreed intent, provided that the Company does not promise or warrant any tax treatment of compensation hereunder. Employee is responsible for obtaining advice regarding all questions to federal, state, or local income, estate, payroll, or other tax consequences arising from participation herein. This Employment Agreement shall not be amended or terminated in a manner that would accelerate or delay payment of any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) except as permitted under Treasury Regulations under Section 409A of the Code.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Employment Agreement as of the dates set forth below.
RES-CARE, INC. | ||||||
Date: | 5/4/14 | By: /s/ Ralph G. Gronefeld, Jr. | ||||
Ralph G. Gronefeld, Jr. | ||||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
Date: | 5/6/14 | /s/ Steven S. Reed | ||||
Steven S. Reed |
Exhibit 10.26
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Agreement) is made as of this 4th day of May, 2019, between PharMerica Corporation (the Company) and Jennifer Yowler (Employee).
WHEREAS, the Employee accepts the position of Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (at PharMerica) for the Company and the Company is desirous of having Employee assume such position; and WHEREAS, The Company and the Employee desire to execute this Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. | Employment as June 24, 2019. As of the date hereof, the Employee shall serve as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (at PharMerica) for the Company. The Employee shall, subject to the supervision and control of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (President), or the Presidents designee (the Supervising Officer), serve as the Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (at PharMerica) for the Company and perform such duties and exercise such powers over and with regard to the business of the Company, its affiliates and their operations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Supervising Officer. The Employees duties and responsibilities, post of duty, title and Supervising Officer may change from time to time by reason of changes in the needs of the Company. The Employee shall devote Employees best efforts and all of the Employees business time, energies and talents exclusively to the business of the Company and to no other business, except with the Companys written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
2. | Commencement Date. This Agreement shall commence on the date first listed above (the Commencement Date). |
3. | Base Salary. The Company shall pay to the Employee an annual salary (the Base Salary), which shall be $360,000.00 as of the date of this Agreement, subject to applicable federal, state, and local tax withholding. Such Base Salary shall be paid to Employee in the same manner and on the same payroll schedule on which other Company employees receive payment. The Base Salary may be adjusted from time to time for changes in the Employees responsibilities or for market adjustments as determined by Company management. |
4. | Non-Equity Incentive Plan, Stock Option Plan, Other Benefit Plans. At the discretion of the Company, the Employee may be eligible for participation in any non-equity incentive plan and/or a stock option plan with respect to the Company, or the Companys parent corporation, while employed by the Company. If eligible, the Employee will be notified by the Supervising Officer and participation in such plans will be governed not by this Agreement but by separate plan documents. |
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5. | Employment Status. The terms of the Employees employment with the Company shall be governed by this Agreement. The Company makes no express or implied commitment that the Employees employment will have a minimum or fixed term, or that the Company may take adverse employment action only for cause. The Employees employment is terminable at any time for any reason. Either the Employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason. However, the Employee agrees to give the Company not less than 30 days prior written notice of the Employees voluntary termination. The Employees duties and responsibilities and the Employees post of duty may change by reason of changes in the needs of the Company. |
6. | Disability. The Employees employment shall terminate hereunder at the earlier of (i) immediately upon the Companys determination (conveyed by a notice to the Employee) that the Employee is subject to a permanent disability, and (ii) the Employees absence from the Employees duties hereunder for 180 days. Permanent disability for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the onset of a physical or mental disability which prevents the Employee from performing the essential functions of the Employees duties hereunder, which is expected to continue for 180 days or more, subject to any reasonable accommodation required by state and/or federal disability anti-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. During any period during which the Employee is subject to a short-term disability as determined by the Companys short-term disability program, and prior to termination by reason of permanent disability, the Employee shall be compensated as provided in this paragraph 6. During any waiting period prior to receiving short or long-term disability payments, Employee shall be required to use available Results Driven Time Off. Once the eligibility period has been met the Employee shall continue to be paid at the Employees then current Base Salary until short-term disability payments to the Employee commence under any plan or program then provided and funded by the Company. If the benefits payable under any such disability plan or program do not provide 100% replacement of the Employees installments of Base Salary during such period, the Employee shall be paid at regular payroll intervals the difference between the periodic installments of the Employees then current Base Salary that would have otherwise been payable and the disability benefit paid from such disability plan or program. Upon termination of employment, the above provisions of this paragraph 6 shall no longer apply. |
7. | Compensation upon Termination Without Cause. As additional consideration for the continuation of the noncompetition and confidentiality covenants of the Employee in this Agreement after the Date of Termination (as defined in paragraph 11(e)) and as separation pay, if the Employees employment is terminated without Cause (as defined in paragraph 11(f) of this Agreement) by the Company or for Good Reason (as defined in paragraph 11(g) of this Agreement) by the Employee and if Employee signs a standard separation agreement that includes a comprehensive waiver and release, the Employee shall receive Employees then current Base Salary for twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination (as defined in paragraph 11(e) hereof), payable in equal installments on the same payroll schedule on which other Company employees receive payment. |
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8. | Other Termination. No pay continuation will be payable to the Employee if the Employee voluntarily terminates the Employees employment with the Company, or the Company terminates Employees employment for Cause. |
9. | Employee Covenants. |
(a) | Acknowledgments. Employee acknowledges as follows: |
(1) | Employees services hereunder are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and that Employees position with the Company places Employee in a position of confidence and trust with the operations of Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Res-Care, Inc. (collectively, the Affiliated Companies) and allows Employee access to Confidential Information (as defined in paragraph 11(c) hereof). |
(2) | Company has provided Employee with a unique opportunity as set forth in paragraph 1 above. |
(3) | The nature and periods of the restrictions contained in this Agreement are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve for the Company the benefits of Employees employment hereunder. |
(4) | The Affiliated Companies would sustain great and irreparable loss and damage if Employee were to breach any of such covenants. |
(5) | The Affiliated Companies conduct and are aggressively pursuing the conduct of the Business (as defined in paragraph 11(b) of this Agreement) actively in and throughout the entire Territory (as defined in paragraph 11(a) of this Agreement). |
(6) | The Territory is reasonably sized because the current Business of the Affiliated Companies is conducted throughout various geographic areas. The Affiliated Companies are aggressively pursuing expansion and new operations throughout such geographic area and the Affiliated Companies require the entire Territory for profitable operations. |
(b) | Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in subparagraph (a) above, Employee covenants and agrees with the Company and the Affiliated Companies that: |
(i) | Non-Solicitation of Employees or Others. From the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination and for twelve (12) months thereafter, (a) Employee will not directly or indirectly encourage, solicit, induce, or attempt to encourage, solicit or induce any employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company and/or the Affiliated Companies to terminate his/her employment or contractual relationship with the Company or the |
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Affiliated Companies (or devote less than full time efforts to Company business), and (b) Employee will not directly or indirectly hire or attempt to hire: (i) for any competitive position with any competitor any person who is an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at such time (or who has been an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at any time within the preceding 180 days) or (ii) for any position with any business any person who is an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at such time (or who has been an employee, agent, contractor or representative of the Company or Affiliated Companies at any time within the preceding 180 days) |
(ii) | Non-Solicitation of Clients/Customers. From the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination and for twelve (12) months thereafter, Employee will not, in a competitive capacity, on behalf of any person or entity other than the Company or the Affiliated Companies, directly or indirectly: |
a. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any client, patient or customer or referral source of the Company or the Affiliated Companies; |
b. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any client, patient or customer or referral source of the Company or the Affiliated Companies with whom Employee has had contact (either directly or indirectly) or over which Employee has had responsibility at any time in the one (1) year preceding Employees separation or about whom Employee has obtained Confidential Information; |
c. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any identified prospective client, patient or customer or prospective referral source of the Company or Affiliated Companies; or |
d. | solicit, divert (or attempt to solicit or divert) or accept competitive business from any identified prospective client, patient or customer or prospective referral source of the Company or Affiliated Companies with whom Employee has had contact (either directly or indirectly) or over which Employee has had responsibility at any time in the one (1) year preceding Employees separation or about whom Employee has had obtained Confidential Information. |
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(iii) | Non-competition within the Territory. From the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination and for twelve (12) months thereafter, Employee will not directly or indirectly, in a competitive capacity within the Territory, own, manage, finance, operate, control or participate in ownership, management, or operation of, act as an agent, consultant, or be employed with, any Person or entity that is engaged in the Business. For purposes of this Agreement, the term competitive capacity shall mean (i) performing tasks or duties similar to those Employee performed in Employees last year of employment at the Company or any Affiliated Company for a competitor of the Company or any Affiliated Company; (ii) managing/supervising those who, for a competitor of the Company or any Affiliated Company, perform tasks or duties similar to those which Employee performed in Employees last year of employment at the Company; or (iii) performing, on behalf of a competitor of the Company or any Affiliated Company, tasks or duties in which Employee utilizes any Confidential Information that Employee learned in the course of Employees relationship with the Company or any Affiliated Company. Employee further agrees that from the Commencement Date until the Date of Termination, Employee will not undertake any planning for or organization of any business activity that would be competitive with the Business. |
(iv) | Tolling. In the event of a breach by Employee of this Section entitled Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants, then the restrictive periods referenced herein shall be tolled and shall begin to run or recommence running only at such time as the breach is alleviated or remedied. |
(c) | Confidentiality and Non-disparagement Covenants. Having acknowledged the statements in subparagraph (a) above, Employee covenants that without limitation as to time, (i) commencing on the Commencement Date and at all times thereafter, including after the Date of Termination, Employee will not directly or indirectly disclose or use or otherwise exploit for Employees own benefit, or the benefit of any other Person, except as may be necessary in the performance of Employees duties hereunder, any Confidential Information, and (ii) commencing on the Date of Termination, Employee will not disparage or comment negatively about any of the Affiliated Companies, or their respective officers, directors, employees, policies or practices, and Employee will not discourage anyone from doing business with any of the Affiliated Companies and will not encourage anyone to withdraw their employment with any of the Affiliated Companies. |
(d) | Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) Notice. Pursuant to 18 USC § 1833(b), Employee may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i) made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, should Employee pursue legal action against the Company for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law, Employee may disclose a trade secret to his/her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order. |
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(e) | Employee Certificates and Return of Company Property. Not less frequently than annually and upon the termination of Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever, Employee shall promptly comply with Employees obligation to deliver a certificate, which certificate may be completed online in accordance with Company policy. Upon termination of Employees employment hereunder for any reason whatsoever, Employee shall promptly return to the Company any property of the Affiliated Companies then in Employees possession or control, including without limitation, any Confidential Information. |
(f) | Injunctive Relief and Invalidity of any Provision. Employee acknowledges that Employees breach of the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Agreement will result in irreparable injury to the Company and the Affiliated Companies and that the remedy at law of such parties for such a breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, Employee agrees and consents that the Company and each of the Affiliated Companies in addition to all other remedies available to them at law and in equity, shall be entitled to seek both preliminary and permanent injunctions in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent and/or halt a breach or threatened breach by Employee of the Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid in part or in whole, it shall be deemed to have been amended, whether as to time, area covered, or otherwise, as and to the extent required for its validity under applicable law and, as so amended, shall be enforceable. The parties further agree to execute all documents necessary to evidence such amendment. A court with jurisdiction over the matters contained in this Agreement shall have the authority to revise the language hereof to the extent necessary to make any such section or covenant of this Agreement enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. |
(g) | Disclosure of Existence of Agreement. To preserve the Companys rights under this Agreement, the Company may advise any third party of the existence of this Agreement and its terms, and Employee specifically releases and agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any liability for doing so. |
10. | Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate. Employee and the Company understand and agree that any existing or future dispute or claim arising out of or related to this Agreement, Employees employment, or the termination of such employment, will be resolved by final and binding arbitration and that no other forum for dispute resolution will be available to either party, except as to those claims identified below. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and it shall be enforceable by any court having proper jurisdiction. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, and in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association or the Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures |
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adopted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). Except as mutually agreed by the parties, the arbitration shall be conducted in Louisville, Kentucky. The arbitrator will have all the powers a judge would have in dealing with any question or dispute that may arise before, during and after the arbitration. Claims not covered by this agreement to arbitrate are: |
(a) | Claims for benefits under the workers compensation, unemployment insurance and state disability insurance laws, and |
(b) | Claims arising out of the Companys efforts to enforce numerical paragraph 9 of this Agreement including, but not limited to claims for injunctive relief. |
The Company agrees to bear the costs of the arbitrators fee and all other costs related to the arbitration, assuming such costs are not expenses that Employee would be required to bear if bringing or defending the action in a court of law. Employee and the Company shall each bear the fees and costs of their own attorneys, experts or other representatives incurred in connection with the arbitration, and the arbitrator will not have authority to award fees and costs unless a statute at issue in the dispute or other appropriate law authorizes the award of attorneys fees to the prevailing party, in which case the arbitrator shall have the authority to make an award of attorneys fees as permitted by the applicable statute or law.
11. | Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: |
(a) | The Territory shall mean the states in which are located the operations for which Employee is responsible and all states contiguous to such states. |
(b) | The Business of the Affiliated Companies shall mean the business of providing training or job placement services; youth treatment or services; institutional, senior living, home infusion, specialty, and hospital pharmacy services; home care or periodic services to the elderly; services to persons with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities, including but not limited to persons who have been dually diagnosed; services to persons with acquired brain injuries; and any other service or business performed by the Company and the Affiliated Companies as of the Date of Termination. |
(c) | Confidential Information shall mean any business information relating to the Affiliated Companies or to the Business (whether or not constituting a trade secret), which has been or is treated by any of the Affiliated Companies as proprietary and confidential and which is not generally known or ascertainable through proper means. |
(d) | The term Person shall mean an individual, a client, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or any other business entity or enterprise. |
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(e) | The Date of Termination shall mean the effective date of termination from employment with the Company, for any reason. |
(f) | As used herein, Cause shall mean any of the following: (i) the material misuse, embezzlement or misappropriation by Employee of the funds or property of any of the Affiliated Companies; (ii) the willful failure to disclose material financial or other material operational information relating to any of the Affiliated Companies; (iii) Employees breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit; (iv) the Employee shall have (A) committed willful or repeated misconduct in, (B) failed to devote adequate time or diligence to, or (C) failed to effectively carry out or implement the performance of the Employees duties to the Company, and such misconduct or failure has a detrimental effect on the Company, its operations or financial conditions or goals, as reasonably determined by the Supervising Officer in good faith; (v) the material breach by the Employee of any provision of this Agreement or any written employment policy of the Affiliated Companies that is applicable to the Employee and has been previously made available to the Employee, if such breach remains uncured after notice to the Employee and a reasonable opportunity to cure (if curable); or (vi) the Employees conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses). |
(g) | As used herein, Good Reason shall mean (i) any material diminution of the Employees position, authority and duties under this Agreement; (ii) the Employee is required to relocate to an employment location that is more than 50 miles from the Employees current employment location; (iii) the Employees Base Salary rate is reduced to a level that is less than the rate paid to the Employee during the immediately prior calendar year, unless the Employee has agreed to said reduction or unless the Company makes an across-the-board reduction that applies to all executives; or (iv) the Company materially breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a condition shall not be considered Good Reason unless (i) the Employee gives the Company written notice of such condition within thirty (30) days after the material facts regarding such condition become known to the Employee; (ii) the Company fails to cure such condition within twenty (20) days after receiving the Employees written notice; and (iii) the Employee terminates his employment within twenty (20) days after the expiration of the Companys cure period. |
(h) | Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. |
12. | Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the location of the Companys principal office. |
13. | Modification. This Agreement may be modified only in writing, expressly referencing this Agreement and Employee by name and signed by Employee and a Company representative. |
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14. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement and Employees signed Offer Letter contain the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings of the parties, including but not limited to any prior employment agreement. |
15. | Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery personally or upon deposit in the United States mail postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the appropriate party or parties at the addresses shown (or at such other address as shall hereafter be designated by any party to the other parties by notice given in accordance with this paragraph). Notices addressed to the Company shall be sent to the attention of the Supervising Officer. |
16. | Section 409A of the Code. |
(a) | General. All payments under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable, and this Agreement shall be interpreted to avoid any penalty sanctions under section 409A of the Code. Accordingly, all provisions herein, or incorporated by reference, shall be construed and interpreted to comply with section 409A of the Code and, if necessary, any such provision shall be deemed amended to comply with section 409A of the Code and regulations thereunder. All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement that are deferred compensation for purposes of section 409A of the Code may only be made upon a separation from service under section 409A of the Code. For purposes of section 409A of the Code, each payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment. |
(b) | Six Month Delay Rule. To the maximum extent permitted under section 409A of the Code, the benefits payable under this Agreement are intended to comply with the short-term deferral exception under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4), and any remaining amount is intended to comply with the separation pay exception under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii); provided, however, any amount payable to the Employee during the six (6) month period following the Employees separation from service that does not qualify within either of the foregoing exceptions and constitutes deferred compensation subject to the requirements of section 409A of the Code, then such amount(s) shall hereinafter be referred to as the Excess Amount. If at the time of the Employees separation from service, the Companys (or any entity required to be aggregated with the Company under section 409A of the Code) stock is publicly-traded on an established securities market or otherwise and the Employee is a specified employee (as defined in section 409A of the Code ), then the Company shall postpone the commencement of the payment of the portion of the Excess Amount that is payable within the six (6) month period following the Employees separation from service with the Company for six (6) |
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months following the Employees separation from service with the Company. The delayed Excess Amount shall be paid in a lump sum to the Employee within ten (10) days following the date that is six (6) months following the Employees separation from service with the Company. If the Employee dies during such six (6) month period and prior to the payment of the portion of the Excess Amount that is required to be delayed on account of section 409A of the Code, such Excess Amount shall be paid to the personal representative of Employees estate within sixty (60) days after the Employees death. |
(c) | Special Rule for Reimbursements. Any reimbursements provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of section 409A of the Code, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year, (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made on or before the last day of the taxable year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iii) the right to reimbursement is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the dates set forth below.
/s/ Jennifer Yowler | ||
Employee Signature | ||
By: | /s/ Robert E. Dries | |
PharMerica Corporation |
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Exhibit 10.27
Execution
OPTION GRANT NOTICE
UNDER THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.
2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (the Company), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the Plan), hereby grants to the Participant set forth below the number of Options (each Option representing the right to purchase one (1) share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (Stock)) set forth below, at an Exercise Price per share of Stock set forth below. The Options are subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein, in the Option Agreement attached hereto, and in the Plan, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable.
Participant: | Jon B. Rousseau | |
Date of Grant: | October 16, 2019 | |
Vesting Commencement Date: | March 5, 2019 | |
Total Number of Options: | 243,480 | |
Time Options: |
121,740 | |
Performance Options: |
121,740 | |
Exercise Price per Share: | $100.00 | |
Option Period: | Ten (10) years from the Date of Grant | |
Vesting Schedule: | Time Options:
Provided the Participant has not undergone a Termination prior to each applicable vesting date, (i) 20% of the Time Options shall vest, and thereby become exercisable, on the first (1st) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date and (ii) an additional 5% of the Time Options shall vest, and thereby become exercisable, on each quarterly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date occurring after the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (such that in the ordinary course, assuming no Termination, the Time Options shall fully vest on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date) (each such anniversary, a Time Vesting Date). |
Upon a Change in Control, all unvested Time Options then outstanding shall immediately vest. | ||
Upon an (i) Initial Public Offering and (ii) each date following an Initial Public Offering upon which the Sponsor Group and/or the Walgreens Group (collectively, the Investor Group) sells equity securities of the Company (each of (i) and (ii), a Selldown Date), a number of the Participants then-unvested Time Options shall vest so that the percentage of the Participants total Time Options that will be vested upon such Selldown Date (to the extent such percentage has not previously vested prior to the Selldown Date) will equal the percentage of the total equity securities of the Company held by the Investor Group prior to the Initial Public Offering sold by the Investor Group on such Selldown Date. | ||
Performance Options:
Provided the Participant has not undergone a Termination (other than a Qualified Termination, as provided below) on or prior to each applicable Measurement Date, the Performance Options shall vest as follows: | ||
(a) 50% of the Performance Options will vest upon the attainment of a Sponsor MoM of at least 2.0 or greater; | ||
(b) 50% of the Performance Options will vest upon the attainment of a Sponsor MoM of at least 2.5 or greater ((a) and (b), as applicable, the Sponsor MoM Hurdle); and | ||
(c) with respect to a Final Measurement Date only, to the extent such Final Measurement Date occurs prior to the second anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (an Early Exit), all Performance Options that remain outstanding will vest in full upon the attainment of a Sponsor IRR of at least thirty-five percent (35%) (the Sponsor IRR Hurdle). | ||
Any Performance Options that do not vest prior to or upon the Final Measurement Date will be forfeited upon such date (except in the case of a Part-Stock CIC). | ||
Part-Stock CIC: | In the event of a Change in Control that results in the Sponsor Group receiving any non-cash (or cash equivalent) proceeds as consideration for such Change in Control (including, without limitation, equity securities of an |
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acquiror) or otherwise retains equity securities of the Company in connection with such Change in Control (such Change in Control, a Part-Stock CIC, and the non-cash proceeds together with any retained equity securities, the Non-Cash Consideration), to the extent that any Performance Options do not otherwise vest in connection with such Part-Stock CIC (such unvested Performance Options, the Unvested Performance Options), then a portion of the consideration received by the Sponsor Group in connection with such Part-Stock CIC equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of consideration that such Unvested Performance Options would have received had such Unvested Performance Options been fully vested and exercisable upon such Part-Stock CIC over (ii) the Exercise Price per Share and (y) the number of Unvested Performance Options (the Performance Option Escrow Amount) shall be placed into escrow. The Performance Option Escrow Amount shall be subject to the original vesting terms of the Unvested Performance Options to which such Performance Option Escrow Amount relates, such that upon any Measurement Date with respect to any Non-Cash Consideration, the Performance Option Escrow Amount will be eligible to vest and a portion of such Performance Option Escrow Amount will be released to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable following such Measurement Date, subject to the achievement of the applicable Sponsor MoM Hurdle, or with respect to an Early Exit, the Sponsor IRR Hurdle, that relates to such Unvested Performance Options. | ||
Termination: | In the event of the Participants Termination for any reason, (except as otherwise provided below with respect to a Qualified Termination (including In Contemplation of a Change in Control) or a Part-Stock CIC), any unvested Options shall immediately terminate and expire (without payment of any consideration therefore), and any vested Options shall remain exercisable as provided in Section 3 of the Option Agreement. | |
Certain Terminations. In the event of the Participants Qualified Termination, including a Qualified Termination In Contemplation of a Change in Control, the following provisions shall apply. | ||
(a) Time Options. Upon a Qualified Termination, (i) a pro rata portion of the Time Options eligible to vest in |
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the fiscal year (if such Qualified Termination occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date) or fiscal quarter (if such Qualified Termination occurs on or after the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date), as applicable, in which the Qualified Termination occurs, based on the number of days the Participant was employed by a Service Recipient from the immediately preceding Time Vesting Date to the date of such Qualified Termination, will vest as of the date of the Qualified Termination, and (ii) the remaining unvested Time Options shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest in full solely upon the occurrence of a Change in Control within the Tail Period or, in the case of any Qualified Termination In Contemplation of a Change in Control, upon the closing of such Change in Control to which such Qualified Termination relates even if outside the Tail Period. For the avoidance of doubt, any Time Options that have not otherwise vested on or prior to the end of the Tail Period shall be forfeited on the last day of the Tail Period, or, in the case of any Qualified Termination In Contemplation of a Change in Control, shall be forfeited on the date following the expiration of the Tail Period upon which the applicable definitive agreement with the acquiror terminates without closing of such Change in Control transaction. | ||
(b) Performance Options. Upon a Qualified Termination, all Performance Options shall remain outstanding during the Tail Period, and shall be eligible to vest to the extent that the applicable Sponsor MoM Hurdle, or with respect to an Early Exit, the Sponsor IRR Hurdle, that relates to such Performance Options is achieved during the Tail Period, in each case as if Executive had remained employed through the applicable Measurement Date; provided, however, if such Qualified Termination is In Contemplation of a Change in Control, the Performance Options shall remain outstanding beyond the Tail Period, and shall be eligible to vest to the extent that the applicable Sponsor MoM Hurdle, or with respect to an Early Exit, the Sponsor IRR Hurdle, that relates to such Performance Options is achieved solely upon the closing of such Change in Control to which such Qualified Termination relates, in each case as if the Participant had remained employed through the applicable Measurement Date. For the avoidance of doubt, any Performance Options that have not otherwise vested on or prior to the end of the Tail Period shall be forfeited on the last day of the Tail Period, or, in |
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the case of any Qualified Termination In Contemplation of a Change in Control, shall be forfeited on the date following the expiration of the Tail Period upon which the applicable definitive agreement with the acquiror terminates without closing of such Change in Control transaction. | ||
Defined Terms: | Additional Capital Investment means any additional capital invested in the Company by the Sponsor Group following the Closing and through the applicable Measurement Date. | |
Change in Control has the meaning set forth in the Stockholders Agreement; provided, that a WBA Acquisition shall constitute a Change in Control. | ||
Closing means the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the ResCare Merger Agreement. | ||
Final Measurement Date means a Change in Control, or with respect to any Non-Cash Consideration, the date upon which all available Non-Cash Consideration is converted into Sponsor Cash Amounts, or if no Change in Control has occurred prior, the date following an Initial Public Offering upon which the Sponsor Group no longer holds equity securities of the Company. | ||
In Contemplation of a Change in Control means, with respect to any Qualifying Termination, such termination occurring at the request or suggestion of a potential acquirer, or from and after any date between the entry into a binding letter of intent granting the buyer exclusivity for a period of time for which the consummation of the transaction(s) contemplated thereby would constitute a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control. | ||
Measurement Date means each date upon which the Sponsor Group receives Sponsor Cash Amounts (including, without limitation, as a result of a Change in Control, extraordinary dividends or distributions, and sell-downs into the public market, as well as, following a Part-Stock CIC, any sale, conversion or exchange of any portion of the Non-Cash Consideration into Sponsor Cash Amounts). | ||
Part-Stock CIC means a Change in Control (i) which results in the Sponsor Group receiving non-cash (or cash equivalent) proceeds in connection with such Change in |
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Control (including, without limitation, equity securities of an acquirer) and/or (ii) following which the Sponsor Group retains one or more equity securities of the Company. | ||
Qualified Termination means a Termination (i) by the Service Recipient without Cause, (ii) by the Participant for Good Reason, or (iii) due to the Participants death or Disability termination. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, Cause and Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the employment agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient. | ||
ResCare Merger Agreement means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 10, 2018, by and among the Company, Cardinal Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Holdings, and Onex Partners GP Inc., as the equityholder representative. | ||
Sponsor Cash Amounts means, as of any Measurement Date, without duplication, the cumulative amount of all cash (including cash dividends, cash distributions and cash proceeds) actually received on or before such Measurement Date with respect to or in exchange for equity securities of the Company, including monitoring fees, termination fees and deal fees under any advisory services, monitoring or similar services agreement, or any other agreement between the Sponsor Group and the Company; provided, for purposes of calculating Sponsor MoM, any cash actually received in respect of any Additional Capital Investment during the 12-month period prior to the applicable Measurement Date shall be excluded from Sponsor Cash Amounts. | ||
Sponsor Cash Invested means, as of any Measurement Date, without duplication, all cash invested by the Sponsor Group in equity securities of the Company on or before such Measurement Date, including as a result of an Additional Capital Investment; provided, for purposes of calculating Sponsor MoM, any Additional Capital Investment during the 12-month period prior to the applicable Measurement Date shall be excluded from Sponsor Cash Invested. | ||
Sponsor IRR means, as of the Final Measurement Date, the gross internal rate of return (expressed as a percentage) on the Sponsor Cash Invested, compounded annually. |
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Sponsor IRR shall take into account the amount and timing of Sponsor Cash Invested and Sponsor Cash Amounts actually received by the Sponsor Group on or before such date of calculation. | ||
Sponsor MoM means, as of any Measurement Date, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) Sponsor Cash Amounts by (ii) Sponsor Cash Invested. | ||
Tail Period means the nine-month period following a Qualified Termination during which Performance Options may continue to vest. | ||
WBA means Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | ||
WBA Acquisition means the acquisition by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. or its Affiliates of more than 50% of the equity interests or voting power of the Company (or any resulting entity after a merger or recapitalization). |
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN, AND, AS AN EXPRESS CONDITION TO THE GRANT OF OPTIONS HEREUNDER, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN.
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC. | PARTICIPANT1 | |||
/s/ Steven S. Reed |
/s/ Jon B. Rousseau | |||
By: Steven S. Reed | Jon B. Rousseau | |||
Title: Vice President/Secretary |
1 | To the extent that the Company has established, either itself or through a third-party plan administrator, the ability to accept this award electronically, such acceptance shall constitute the Participants signature hereof. |
OPTION AGREEMENT
UNDER THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.
2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Pursuant to the Option Grant Notice (the Grant Notice) delivered to the Participant (as defined in the Grant Notice), and subject to the terms of this Option Agreement (this Option Agreement) and the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (the Company) and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Grant Notice, the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable.
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant the number of Time Options and Performance Options (collectively, Options) provided in the Grant Notice (with each Option representing the right to purchase one (1) share of common stock of the Company (the Common Stock), at an Exercise Price per Share as provided in the Grant Notice. The Company may make one or more additional grants of Options to the Participant under this Option Agreement by providing the Participant with a new Grant Notice, which may also include any terms and conditions differing from this Option Agreement to the extent provided therein. The Company reserves all rights with respect to the granting of additional Options hereunder and makes no implied promise to grant additional Options.
2. Vesting. Subject to the conditions contained herein and the Plan, the Options shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice.
3. Expiration. The Participant may not exercise any vested and exercisable Options to any extent after the first to occur of the following events, and, upon the first to occur of the following events, such vested Options shall immediately terminate and expire (without payment of any consideration therefor):
(a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant;
(b) in the event of the Participants Termination due to death or Disability, (i) the first (1st) anniversary of the date of such Termination and (ii) solely with respect to Options which have not vested prior to or on the date of such Termination, the first (1st) anniversary of the date, if any, such Options vested during the Tail Period;
(c) in the event of the Participants Termination by the Service Recipient without Cause or the Participants voluntary resignation for Good Reason (i) one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of such Termination and (ii) solely with respect to Options which have not vested prior to or on the date of such Termination, one hundred and eighty (180) days following the date, if any, such Options vested during the Tail Period;
(d) in the event of the Participants voluntary resignation without Good Reason, ninety (90) days after the date of such Termination; and
(e) immediately upon either (i) the date of the Participants Termination for Cause or (ii) the date of a Restrictive Covenant Violation.
4. Method of Exercising Options.
(a) The Options may be exercised by the delivery of a notice of the number of Options that are being exercised accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price applicable to the Options so exercised. Such notice shall be delivered either: (x) in writing to the Company at its principal office or at such other address as may be established by the Committee, to the attention of the Company Secretary; or (y) to a third-party plan administrator as may be arranged for by the Company or the Committee from time to time for purposes of the administration of outstanding Options under the Plan, in the case of either (x) or (y), as communicated to the Participant by the Company from time to time.
(b) The Exercise Price shall be payable, at the election of the Participant: (i) in cash or check; (ii) solely in connection with an exercise of an Option by the Participant following the Participants Qualified Termination, by a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to such Exercise Price; (iii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in its sole discretion under Section 7(d) of the Plan; or (iv) any combination of cash and such other available method of exercise.
(c) Except as expressly provided for herein or in the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, during the lifetime of the Participant, only the Participant (or such Participants duly authorized legal representative) may exercise the Option or any portion thereof. After the death of the Participant, any exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option expires under Section 3 hereof, be exercised by the Participants personal representative or by any Person empowered to do so under the Participants will or the laws of descent and distribution.
5. Issuance of Shares. Following the exercise of an Option hereunder, as promptly as practical after receipt of such notification and full payment of such Exercise Price and any required income or other tax withholding amount (as provided in Section 11 hereof), and subject to the Participants execution and delivery of a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement (if the Participant is not already a party to the Stockholders Agreement), the Company shall issue or transfer, or cause such issue or transfer, to the Participant the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Options have been so exercised, subject to Section 11(c) of the Plan.
6. Restrictive Covenants. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company and the Participant have agreed to certain covenants regarding non-competition, non-solicitation, no-hire, non-disparagement and confidentiality restrictions, which are set forth in the employment agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient, and which are hereby incorporated by reference. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has read and understands such covenants, including, specifically, the scope and duration thereof.
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7. Participant. Whenever the word Participant is used in any provision of this Option Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the Person or Persons to whom the Options may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, the word Participant shall be deemed to include such Person or Persons.
8. Non-transferability. The Options are not transferable by the Participant except to Permitted Transferees in accordance with the Plan and subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, no assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.
9. Rights as Stockholder. Except as set forth in Section 10, the Participant or a Permitted Transferee of the Options shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any share of Common Stock covered by an Option until the Participant shall have become the holder of record or the beneficial owner of such Stock, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such share of Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date upon which the Participant shall become the holder of record or the beneficial owner thereof.
10. Distributions.
(a) In the event of any dividend (other than a regular cash dividend) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, or other property) in respect of shares of Common Stock (a Distribution), in lieu of any other adjustment under Section 9 of the Plan, with respect to each Option that is then-outstanding and in-the-money, in lieu of any other permissible adjustment to such Option pursuant to the Plan, the Participant shall receive a dividend equivalent in respect of each such Option in an amount equal to the amount received in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in connection with such Distribution (the Distribution Amount), with (i) any dividend equivalent payable in respect of a then-vested Option paid, less applicable withholdings, no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date occurring immediately following the date of such Distribution, and (ii) any dividend equivalent payment payable in respect of a then-unvested Option, shall be deposited in a mutually agreed third party escrow account to be paid, less applicable withholdings, no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date occurring immediately following the date such unvested Option vests by its terms; provided, however, if the Distribution Amount exceeds the in-the-money value of any such Option, the dividend equivalent payment shall be limited to the in-the-money value, and the Option, whether or not vested, shall remain subject to adjustment under the Plan as to the excess amount.
(b) Solely for purposes of this Section 10, in the event of (i) the acquisition by any Person of all or substantially all of the assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of the pharmacy services business of the Company (a Pharmacy Sale) and (ii) a subsequent Distribution arising from and in connection with the Pharmacy Sale (such Distribution, a Pharmacy Sale Distribution), (x) 50% of the Participants then-unvested
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Performance Options shall be deemed vested for purposes of any such Pharmacy Sale Distribution and Section 10(a) if and to the extent that the Fair Market Value (after taking into account the Pharmacy Sale but prior to reflecting the Pharmacy Sale Distribution) on the date of a Pharmacy Sale Distribution, if any, (the Pharmacy Sale FMV) would result in an implied Sponsor MoM of 2.0 or greater and (y) the remaining 50% of the Participants then-unvested Performance Options shall be deemed vested for purposes of any such Pharmacy Sale Distribution and Section 10(a) if and to the extent that the Pharmacy Sale FMV would result in an implied Sponsor MoM of 2.5 or greater. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) this Section 10(b) shall apply solely in the event of a Pharmacy Sale Distribution, if any, and shall not apply for purposes of any Distribution that is not a Pharmacy Sale Distribution and (ii) any then-unvested Options shall remain unvested for all other purposes under the Grant Notice and the Option Agreement.
11. Tax Withholding. The provisions of Section 11(d) of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof; provided, that, subject to the proviso set forth below and solely in connection with the withholding obligation arising in connection with the exercise of an Option by the Participant following the Participants Qualified Termination, the Participant may elect, by providing the Company written notice of exercise having an exercise date that is not less than ten business days following receipt of such notice by the Company (such notice period, the Withholding Notice Period), that any withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company withholding from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant that number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to such withholding tax obligation (but in no event more than the minimum required tax withholding); provided, further, that if, at any time during the Withholding Notice Period, the Board determines, in its sole and good faith discretion, that the Company has insufficient liquidity to pay the entire amount of such withholding obligation to the Internal Revenue Service or other applicable governmental agency or that such payment would otherwise materially impair the cash flow position of the Company Group, satisfaction of the withholding obligation in the manner set forth in the preceding proviso shall not be available to the Participant. In the event the preceding proviso operates to limit the Participants ability to satisfy the withholding obligation using shares of Common Stock, the Participant will be permitted to rescind the notice of exercise applicable to the Options in the Participants sole discretion, and in such case, the expiration date applicable to the Option shall be extended (but in no event beyond the date set forth in Section 3(a) hereof) until such time as the Company determines there is sufficient liquidity and/or no further material impairment. For purposes of this Section 11, sufficient liquidity will be deemed to exist if the Company Group is less than 5 times levered.
12. Notice. Every notice or other communication relating to this Option Agreement between the Company and the Participant shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided, that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices or communications by the Participant to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, to the attention of the Company Secretary, and all notices or communications by the Company to the Participant may be given to the Participant personally or may be mailed to the Participant at the Participants last known address, as reflected in the Companys records.
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Notwithstanding the above, all notices and communications between the Participant and any third-party plan administrator shall be mailed, delivered, transmitted or sent in accordance with any reasonable procedures established by such third-party plan administrator and communicated to the Participant from time to time.
13. No Right to Continued Employment or Service. This Option Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of any member of the Company Group.
14. Binding Effect. This Option Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto.
15. Waiver and Amendments. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 10(b) of the Plan, any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any of the terms of this Option Agreement shall be valid only if made in writing and signed by the parties hereto; provided, that any such waiver, alteration, amendment or modification is consented to on the Companys behalf by the Committee. No waiver by either of the parties hereto of their rights hereunder shall be deemed to constitute a waiver with respect to any subsequent occurrences or transactions hereunder unless such waiver specifically states that such waiver is to be construed as a continuing waiver.
16. Governing Law. This Option Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Option Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan to the contrary, if any suit or claim is instituted by the Participant or the Company relating to this Option Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan, the Participant hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the courts of the State of Delaware.
17. Options Subject to Plan and Stockholders Agreement. The Option, and the shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Option, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Stockholders Agreement and all such terms and provisions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and this Option Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement shall govern and control. This Option Agreement also remains subject to the terms of the Plan, and, in the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Option Grant Notice and this Option Agreement, this Option Agreement and the Option Grant Notice shall govern and control.
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Exhibit 10.28
EXECUTION VERSION
OPTION CANCELLATION AGREEMENT
THIS OPTION CANCELLATION AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into this 22nd day of November, 2023 (the Effective Date), by and between BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Jon B. Rousseau (JBR), and The Margaret Rousseau Children Trust (the Children Trust, and together with JBR, the Equityholders, and each an Equityholder). The Equityholders and the Company are collectively referred to herein as the Parties.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, JBR was previously granted Options (as defined in the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the Plan)) pursuant to the (a) Plan and (b) option grant notice and option agreement thereunder, dated October 16, 2019, by and between the Company and JBR (such option grant notice and option agreement together, and as may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the Option Agreement); and
WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof, in connection with JBRs estate planning, JBR transferred certain Options to Margaret Rousseau who then transferred and assigned 60,300 of such Options to the Children Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Equityholders desire to set forth in this Agreement the terms, provisions, and conditions of the cancellation of a portion of each Equityholders Options in exchange for a cash payment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing promises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuation consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows.
1. Option Cancellation Payment. As of the Effective Date, 109,566 of the Options granted to JBR pursuant to the Option Agreement are vested (the Vested Options), and 60,300 of the Vested Options have been transferred and assigned to the Children Trust, and 133,914 of the Options granted to JBR pursuant to the Option Agreement are unvested (the Unvested Options). The Company and the Equityholders agree that effective as of the Effective Date, 26,250 of the Vested Options held by the Children Trust and 13,750 of the Vested Options held by JBR (collectively, the Cancelled Options) will be cancelled in exchange for the right of the Equityholders to receive from the Company (or its applicable subsidiary) the respective lump-sum cash pre-tax payment provided below (in the aggregate, the Option Cancellation Payments), which is to be paid to the Children Trust within ten (10) days following the date hereof to an account designated in writing by JBR, and to JBR on the first normally occurring Company payroll cycle on or after the date hereof, in each case by wire transfer of immediately available funds. For the avoidance of doubt, effective as of immediately following the cancellation of the Cancelled Options on the Effective Date, 69,566 of the Vested Options and all of the Unvested Options will remain outstanding in accordance with the terms of the Option Agreement.
Equityholder |
Option Cancellation Payment | |
The Children Trust |
$6,562,500 | |
JBR |
$3,437,500 |
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2. Additional Consideration. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent an Initial Public Offering (as defined in that certain Management Stockholders Agreement dated as of December 7, 2017 by and among the Company and the other parties thereto, as may be amended from time to time) of the Company occurs within 6 months following the Effective Date and the per share price sold by the Company to institutional investors in connection with such Initial Public Offering is higher than $350, the Company shall pay to each Equityholder, as additional consideration for the respective Cancelled Options, an amount equal to the product of any increase over and above $350 per share of the Company multiplied by 40,000, to be paid to the Children Trust within ten (10) days following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering to an account designated in writing by JBR, and to JBR on the first normally occurring Company payroll cycle on or after the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, in each case by wire transfer of immediately available funds. For the avoidance of doubt, the per share price to be calculated pursuant to this Section 2 and the payments to be made in connection herewith, if applicable, shall be made based upon the capitalization and share and option count of the Company after any proportionate adjustments necessary to be equal to the fully-diluted capitalization and share and option count of the Company as of the date hereof.
3. Full Settlement. Each Equityholder acknowledges and agrees that, upon the delivery of the Option Cancellation Payments, the Company shall have satisfied all obligations it may have to the Equityholders in respect of the Cancelled Options and, except as provided in Section 2 hereof, the Equityholders will be entitled to no other or further compensation, remuneration, payments, or benefits of any kind in connection with the Cancelled Options.
4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Further Assurances. Each Equityholder agrees to execute and/or cause to be delivered to the Company such instruments and other documents, and shall take such other actions, as the Company may reasonably request for the purpose of carrying out or evidencing the cancellation of the Cancelled Options.
(b) Acknowledgement. Each Equityholder hereby acknowledges and represents that (i) the Equityholder has carefully read the provisions of this Agreement and the Equityholder is voluntarily executing this Agreement, (ii) the respective Cancelled Options are owned beneficially and of record by the Equityholder free and clear of any and all liens and encumbrances, (iii) the Equityholder has the full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and (iv) this Agreement will constitute the Equityholders valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(c) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, and successors of the Parties, as applicable.
(d) Waiver and Amendments. Any waiver, alteration, amendment, or modification of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid only if made in writing and signed by the Parties. No waiver by any Party of their rights hereunder shall be deemed to constitute a waiver with respect to any subsequent occurrences or transactions hereunder unless such waiver specifically states that such waiver is to be construed as a continuing waiver.
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(e) Withholding. The Company (or its applicable subsidiary) shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from the Option Cancellation Payments the amount of any required withholding or any other applicable taxes in respect of such payment and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company (or its applicable subsidiary) to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding or any other applicable taxes.
(f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if any suit or claim is instituted by any Party relating to this Agreement, each Equityholder submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the courts of the State of Delaware.
(g) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement together with the documents referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto contain the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings of the Parties with respect to such subject matter. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable and any illegal or invalid term shall not affect the legality or validity of the remaining terms.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Pages Follow]
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
/s/ Jennifer Phipps 11/22/23 | ||
By: | Jennifer Phipps | |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer |
[Signature Page to Option Cancellation Agreement]
EQUITYHOLDERS: |
/s/ Jon Rousseau 11/22/23 |
Jon B. Rousseau |
THE MARGARET ROUSSEAU CHILDREN TRUST | ||
/s/ Jon Rousseau 11/22/23 | ||
By: | Jon B. Rousseau | |
Title: | Trustee |
[Signature Page to Option Cancellation Agreement]
Exhibit 10.29
EXECUTION VERSION
OPTION GRANT NOTICE
UNDER THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.
2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (the Company), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the Plan), hereby grants to the Participant set forth below the number of Options (each Option representing the right to purchase one (1) share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (Stock)) set forth below, at an Exercise Price per share of Stock set forth below. The Options are subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein, in the Option Agreement attached as an exhibit to the Participants initial grant of Options under the Plan, and in the Plan, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable.
Participant: | Jon B. Rousseau | |
Date of Grant: | November 22, 2023 | |
Vesting Commencement Date: | November 22, 2023 | |
Total Number of Options: | 40,000 | |
Exercise Price per Share: | $350.00; provided, that, to the extent that an Initial Public Offering of the Company occurs within six (6) months following the Date of Grant and the per share price at which the Stock is offered to the public in connection with such Initial Public Offering is higher than the Exercise Price per Share set forth herein, the Exercise Price per Share shall automatically increase on the pricing date of such Initial Public Offering to the per share price at which the Stock is offered to the public in connection with such Initial Public Offering. | |
Option Period: | Ten (10) years from the Date of Grant | |
Vesting Schedule: | If the Company has not completed an Initial Public Offering within six (6) months of the Date of Grant, then upon such six (6) month anniversary all of the Options shall vest immediately, and thereby become exercisable, and if the Company has completed an Initial Public Offering within six (6) months of the Date of Grant, then, upon the six (6) month anniversary of the Date of Grant, one-third (1/3) of the Options shall vest immediately, and thereby become exercisable, and the then remaining |
unvested Options shall vest, and thereby become exercisable, ratably and monthly over the next two (2) years subsequent to the Date of Grant and; provided, however, that, in the event of the Participants Qualified Termination, all then-unvested Options shall become fully vested upon such Qualified Termination. | ||
Provided that the Participant has not undergone a Termination (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include a Qualified Termination) at the time of such event, all then-unvested Options shall become fully vested upon a Change in Control after taking into account any vesting that occurs upon any Qualified Termination. | ||
Defined Terms: | Change in Control has the meaning set forth in the Stockholders Agreement; provided, that a WBA Acquisition shall constitute a Change in Control. | |
Qualified Termination means a Termination (i) by the Company without Cause, (ii) by the Participant for Good Reason, or (iii) due to the Participants death or Disability termination. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, Cause and Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the employment agreement between the Participant and the Company. |
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN, AND, AS AN EXPRESS CONDITION TO THE GRANT OF OPTIONS HEREUNDER, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | PARTICIPANT1 | |||||
/s/ Jennifer Phipps 11/22/23 |
/s/ Jon Rousseau 11/22/23 | |||||
By: Jennifer Phipps | ||||||
Title: Chief Accounting Officer |
1 | To the extent that the Company has established, either itself or through a third-party plan administrator, the ability to accept this award electronically, such acceptance shall constitute the Participants signature hereof. |
[Signature Page to Option Grant Notice]
Exhibit 10.30
OPTION GRANT NOTICE
UNDER THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.
2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (the Company), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the Plan), hereby grants to the Participant set forth below the number of Options (each Option representing the right to purchase one (1) share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (Stock)) set forth below, at an Exercise Price per share of Stock set forth below. The Options are subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein, in the Option Agreement attached hereto, and in the Plan, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable.
Participant:
Date of Grant:
Vesting Commencement Date:
Total Number of Options:
Time Options:
Performance Options:
Exercise Price per Share: |
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Option Period: | Ten (10) years from the Date of Grant | |
Vesting Schedule: | Time Options: | |
Provided the Participant has not undergone a Termination prior to each applicable vesting date, twenty percent (20%) of the Time Options shall vest, and thereby become exercisable, on each of the first five (5) anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date.
Provided that the Participant has not undergone a Termination at the time of such event, all then-unvested Time Options shall become fully vested upon a Change in Control. |
Performance Options: | ||
Provided the Participant has not undergone a Termination on or prior to each applicable Measurement Date, the Performance Options shall vest as follows:
(a) 50% of the Performance Options will vest upon the attainment of a Sponsor MoM of at least 2.0 or greater; and
(b) 50% of the Performance Options will vest upon the attainment of a Sponsor MoM of at least 2.5 or greater.
Performance Options that do not vest prior to or upon a Final Measurement Date will be forfeited upon such date (except in the case of a Part-Stock CIC). | ||
Part-Stock CIC: | In the event of a Change in Control that results in the Sponsor Group receiving any non-cash (or cash equivalent) proceeds as consideration for such Change in Control (including, without limitation, equity securities of an acquiror) or otherwise retains equity securities of the Company in connection with such Change in Control (such Change in Control, a Part-Stock CIC, and the non-cash proceeds together with any retained equity securities, the Non-Cash Consideration), to the extent that any Performance Options do not otherwise vest in connection with such Part-Stock CIC (such unvested Performance Options, the Unvested Performance Options), then a portion of the consideration received by the Sponsor Group in connection with such Part-Stock CIC equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of consideration that such Unvested Performance Options would have received had such Unvested Performance Options been fully vested and exercisable upon such Part- Stock CIC over (ii) the Exercise Price per Share and (y) the number of Unvested Performance Options (the Performance Option Escrow Amount) shall be placed into escrow. The Performance Option Escrow Amount shall be subject to the original vesting terms of the Unvested Performance Options to which such Performance Option Escrow Amount relates, such that upon any Measurement Date with respect to any Non-Cash Consideration, the Performance Option Escrow Amount will be eligible to vest and a portion of such Performance Option Escrow Amount will be released to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable following such Measurement Date, subject to the achievement of the applicable Sponsor MoM that relates to such Unvested Performance Options. |
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Termination: | In the event of the Participants Termination for any reason, any unvested Options (and, if applicable, any Performance Option Escrow Amount related to Unvested Performance Options) shall immediately terminate and expire (without payment of any consideration therefor), and any vested Options shall remain exercisable as provided in Section 3 of the Option Agreement. | |
Defined Terms: | Additional Capital Investment means any additional capital invested in the Company by the Sponsor Group following the Closing and through the applicable Measurement Date. | |
Change in Control has the meaning set forth in the Stockholders Agreement; provided, that a WBA Acquisition shall constitute a Change in Control. | ||
Closing means the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the ResCare Merger Agreement. | ||
Final Measurement Date means a Change in Control or, with respect to any Non-Cash Consideration, the date upon which all available Non-Cash Consideration is converted into Sponsor Cash Amounts or, if no Change in Control has occurred prior, the date following an Initial Public Offering upon which the Sponsor Group no longer holds equity securities of the Company. | ||
Measurement Date means each date upon which the Sponsor Group receives Sponsor Cash Amounts (including, without limitation, as a result of a Change in Control, extraordinary dividends or distributions, and sell-downs into the public market, as well as, following a Part-Stock CIC, any sale, conversion or exchange of any portion of the Non-Cash Consideration into Sponsor Cash Amounts). | ||
Part-Stock CIC means a Change in Control (i) which results in the Sponsor Group receiving non-cash (or cash equivalent) proceeds in connection with such Change in Control (including, without limitation, equity securities of an acquirer) and/or (ii) following which the Sponsor Group retains one or more equity securities of the Company. |
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Qualified Termination means a Termination (i) by the Service Recipient without Cause, or (ii) due to the Participants death or Disability. To the extent that the Participant is party to any employment, consulting or similar agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time of the Participants Termination that defines Good Reason, any effective Termination with Good Reason under such agreement shall be deemed a Termination by the Service Recipient without Cause for all purposes under this Grant Notice and the Option Agreement. ResCare Merger Agreement means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 10, 2018, by and among the Company, Cardinal Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Holdings, and Onex Partners GP Inc., as the equityholder representative. | ||
Sponsor Cash Amounts means, as of any Measurement Date, without duplication, the cumulative amount of all cash (including cash dividends, cash distributions and cash proceeds) actually received on or before such Measurement Date with respect to or in exchange for equity securities of the Company, including monitoring fees, termination fees and deal fees under any advisory services, monitoring or similar services agreement, or any other agreement between the Sponsor Group and the Company; provided , for purposes of calculating Sponsor MoM, any cash actually received in respect of any Additional Capital Investment during the twelve (12)-month period prior to the applicable Measurement Date shall be excluded from Sponsor Cash Amounts. | ||
Sponsor Cash Invested means, as of any Measurement Date, without duplication, all cash invested by the Sponsor Group in equity securities of the Company on or before such Measurement Date, including as a result of an Additional Capital Investment; provided , for purposes of calculating Sponsor MoM, any Additional Capital Investment during the twelve (12)-month period prior to the applicable Measurement Date shall be excluded from Sponsor Cash Invested. | ||
Sponsor MoM means, as of any Measurement Date, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) Sponsor Cash Amounts by (ii) Sponsor Cash Invested. |
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WBA means Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | ||
WBA Acquisition means the acquisition by WBA or its Affiliates of more than 50% of the equity interests or voting power of the Company (or any resulting entity after a merger or recapitalization). |
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THE UNDERSIGNED PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN, AND, AS AN EXPRESS CONDITION TO THE GRANT OF OPTIONS HEREUNDER, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS OPTION GRANT NOTICE, THE OPTION AGREEMENT AND THE PLAN.
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC. | PARTICIPANT1 | |||||
By: |
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Title: |
1 | To the extent that the Company has established, either itself or through a third-party plan administrator, the ability to accept this award electronically, such acceptance shall constitute the Participants signature hereof. |
[Signature Page to Option Grant Notice]
OPTION AGREEMENT
UNDER THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
PHOENIX PARENT HOLDINGS INC.
2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Pursuant to the Option Grant Notice (the Grant Notice) delivered to the Participant (as defined in the Grant Notice), and subject to the terms of this Option Agreement (this Option Agreement) and the Amended and Restated Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan), Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. (the Company) and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Grant Notice, the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable.
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant the number of Time Options and Performance Options (collectively, Options) provided in the Grant Notice (with each Option representing the right to purchase one (1) share of common stock of the Company (the Common Stock)), at an Exercise Price per Share as provided in the Grant Notice. The Company may make one or more additional grants of Options to the Participant under this Option Agreement by providing the Participant with a new Grant Notice, which may also include any terms and conditions differing from this Option Agreement to the extent provided therein. The Company reserves all rights with respect to the granting of additional Options hereunder and makes no implied promise to grant additional Options.
2. Vesting. Subject to the conditions contained herein and the Plan, the Options shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice.
3. Expiration. The Participant may not exercise any vested and exercisable Options to any extent after the first to occur of the following events, and, upon the first to occur of the following events, such vested Options shall immediately terminate and expire (without payment of any consideration therefor):
(a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant;
(b) in the event of the Participants Termination due to death or Disability, the first (1st) anniversary of the date of such Termination;
(c) in the event of the Participants Termination by the Service Recipient without Cause or Participants voluntary resignation, ninety (90) days after the date of such Termination;
(d) immediately upon either (i) the date of the Participants Termination for Cause or (ii) the date of a Restrictive Covenant Violation.
4. Method of Exercising Options.
(a) The Options may be exercised by the delivery of a notice of the number of Options that are being exercised accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price applicable to the Options so exercised. Such notice shall be delivered either: (x) in writing to the Company at its principal office or at such other address as may be established by the Committee, to the attention of the Company Secretary; or (y) to a third-party plan administrator as may be arranged for by the Company or the Committee from time to time for purposes of the administration of outstanding Options under the Plan, in the case of either (x) or (y), as communicated to the Participant by the Company from time to time.
(b) The Exercise Price shall be payable, at the election of the Participant: (i) in cash or check; (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in its sole discretion under Section 7(d) of the Plan; or (iii) any combination of cash and such other available method of exercise.
(c) Except as expressly provided for herein or in the Plan or the Stockholders Agreement, during the lifetime of the Participant, only the Participant (or such Participants duly authorized legal representative) may exercise the Option or any portion thereof. After the death of the Participant, any exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option expires under Section 3 hereof, be exercised by the Participants personal representative or by any Person empowered to do so under the Participants will or the laws of descent and distribution.
5. Issuance of Shares. Following the exercise of an Option hereunder, as promptly as practical after receipt of such notification and full payment of such Exercise Price and any required income or other tax withholding amount (as provided in Section 10 hereof), and subject to the Participants execution and delivery of a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement (if the Participant is not already a party to the Stockholders Agreement), the Company shall issue or transfer, or cause such issue or transfer, to the Participant the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Options have been so exercised, subject to Section 11(c) of the Plan.
6. Restrictive Covenants. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Company and the Participant have agreed to certain covenants regarding non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement and confidentiality restrictions and (b) as a condition of receipt of the grant of the Options and the ability to exercise such Options, the Participant shall execute and deliver to the Company a Confidentiality, Non-Interference and Invention Assignment Agreement between the Service Recipient and the Participant, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Restrictive Covenant Agreement), the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has read and understands such restrictive covenants, including, specifically, the scope and duration thereof. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that the terms of such restrictive covenants are in consideration for the Participants receipt of the grant of the Options under this Option Agreement, the Participants right to benefits upon certain Terminations as provided in this Option Agreement and the Plan, the Participants receipt of other benefits provided in this Option Agreement and elsewhere, and the Participants access to Confidential Information (as defined in the Restrictive Covenant Agreement).
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7. Participant. Whenever the word Participant is used in any provision of this Option Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the Person or Persons to whom the Options may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, the word Participant shall be deemed to include such Person or Persons.
8. Non-transferability. The Options are not transferable by the Participant except to Permitted Transferees in accordance with the Plan and subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, no assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.
9. Rights as Stockholder. Except as set forth in Section 10, the Participant or a Permitted Transferee of the Options shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any share of Common Stock covered by an Option until the Participant shall have become the holder of record or the beneficial owner of such Stock, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such share of Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date upon which the Participant shall become the holder of record or the beneficial owner thereof.
10. Distributions. In the event of any dividend (other than a regular cash dividend) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, or other property) in respect of shares of Common Stock (a Distribution), in lieu of any other adjustment under Section 9 of the Plan, with respect to each Option that is then-outstanding and in-the-money, in lieu of any other permissible adjustment to such Option pursuant to the Plan, the Participant shall receive a dividend equivalent in respect of each such Option in an amount equal to the amount received in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in connection with such Distribution (the Distribution Amount), with any dividend equivalent payable in respect of a then-vested Option paid, less applicable withholdings, no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date occurring immediately following the date of such Distribution, and any dividend equivalent payment payable in respect of a then-unvested Option, paid, less applicable withholdings, no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date occurring immediately following the date such unvested Option vests by its terms; provided, however, if the Distribution Amount exceeds the in-the-money value of any such Option, the dividend equivalent payment shall be limited to the in-the-money value, and the Option, whether or not vested, shall remain subject to adjustment under the Plan as to the excess amount.
11. Tax Withholding. The provisions of Section 11(d) of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
12. Notice. Every notice or other communication relating to this Option Agreement between the Company and the Participant shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided, that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices or communications by the
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Participant to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, to the attention of the Company Secretary, and all notices or communications by the Company to the Participant may be given to the Participant personally or may be mailed to the Participant at the Participants last known address, as reflected in the Companys records. Notwithstanding the above, all notices and communications between the Participant and any third-party plan administrator shall be mailed, delivered, transmitted or sent in accordance with any reasonable procedures established by such third-party plan administrator and communicated to the Participant from time to time.
13. No Right to Continued Employment or Service. This Option Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of any member of the Company Group.
14. Binding Effect. This Option Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto.
15. Waiver and Amendments. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 10(b) of the Plan, any waiver, alteration, amendment or modification of any of the terms of this Option Agreement shall be valid only if made in writing and signed by the parties hereto; provided, that any such waiver, alteration, amendment or modification is consented to on the Companys behalf by the Committee. No waiver by either of the parties hereto of their rights hereunder shall be deemed to constitute a waiver with respect to any subsequent occurrences or transactions hereunder unless such waiver specifically states that such waiver is to be construed as a continuing waiver.
16. Governing Law. This Option Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Option Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan to the contrary, if any suit or claim is instituted by the Participant or the Company relating to this Option Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan, the Participant hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the courts of the State of Delaware.
17. Options Subject to Plan and Stockholders Agreement. The Option, and the shares of Stock issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Option, shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Stockholders Agreement and all such terms and provisions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and this Option Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement shall govern and control. This Option Agreement also remains subject to the terms of the Plan, and, in the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, the Plan shall govern and control.
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Exhibit A
Restrictive Covenant Agreement
[See attached]
Exhibit 10.31
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement is effective as of [], 20[] (this Agreement) and is between BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the undersigned director/officer of the Company (the Indemnitee).
Background
The Company believes that, in order to attract and retain highly competent persons to serve as directors or in other capacities, including as officers, it must provide such persons with adequate protection through indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their services to and activities on behalf of the Company.
The Company desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company and, in order to induce Indemnitee to serve in such capacity, the Company is willing to grant Indemnitee the indemnification provided for herein. Indemnitee is willing to so serve on the basis that such indemnification be provided.
The parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and the advancement of expenses.
In consideration of Indemnitees service to the Company, the covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Indemnification.
To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), but subject to Section 6:
(a) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity.
(b) The indemnification provided by this Section 1 shall be from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals.
Section 2. Advance Payment of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit or proceeding or in connection with an enforcement action as contemplated by Section 3(e), shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance
or advances from time to time. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled under this Agreement to be indemnified by the Company in respect thereof. No other form of undertaking shall be required of Indemnitee other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 2 shall be subject to Section 3(b) and shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Sections 6 and 7.
Section 3. Procedure for Indemnification; Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company hereunder, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof. The failure to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding, or of Indemnitees request for indemnification, will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder, except to the extent the Company is actually and materially prejudiced in its defense of such action, suit or proceeding as a result of such failure. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to enable the Company to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.
(b) With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Company is so notified as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the last two sentences of this paragraph, be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any subsequently-incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Indemnitee, based on the advice of his or her counsel, shall have reasonably concluded (with written notice being given to the Company setting forth the basis for such conclusion) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is or is reasonably likely to be a conflict of interest or position between the Company and Indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, then the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume such defense, and, if the Company has already assumed such defense prior to receipt of such notice, Indemnitee will be entitled to take over such defense from the Company. In addition, the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim against Indemnitee brought by or in the right of the Company.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, unless Indemnitee is ineligible for indemnification pursuant to Section 6, the Companys assumption of the defense of an action, suit or proceeding in accordance with paragraph (b) above will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the Company that any loss and liability suffered by Indemnitee and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Company under Section 1, absent a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification.
(d) The determination whether to grant Indemnitees indemnification request shall be made promptly and in any event within 30 days following the Companys receipt of a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 3(a). If the Company determines that Indemnitee is entitled to such indemnification or, as contemplated by paragraph (c) above, the Company has acknowledged such
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entitlement, the Company will make payment to Indemnitee of the indemnifiable amount within such 30 day period. If the Company is not deemed to have so acknowledged such entitlement or the Companys determination of whether to grant Indemnitees indemnification request shall not have been made within such 30 day period, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, subject to Section 6, nonetheless be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitees statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under the DGCL.
(e) In the event that (i) the Company determines in accordance with this Section 3 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) the Company denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within 30 days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made within such 30 day period, (iv) advancement of expenses is not timely made in accordance with Section 2, or (v) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. Indemnitees expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitees right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding or otherwise shall also be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
(f) Subject to Sections 6 and 7, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement upon submission of a request therefor in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, as the case may be. The Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming such presumption, and such presumption shall be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification and advancement of expenses unless the Company overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence.
Section 4. Insurance and Subrogation.
(a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies, providing Indemnitee with coverage for any liability asserted against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitees behalf by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or arising out of Indemnitees status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. Such insurance policies shall have coverage terms and policy limits at least as favorable to Indemnitee as the insurance coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain such insurance if the Company determines in good faith that such insurance is not reasonably available, if the premium costs for such insurance are disproportionate to the amount of the coverage provided, if the coverage provided by such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to provide an insufficient benefit or if the Company otherwise determines in good faith that obtaining or maintaining such insurance is not in the best interests of the Company. If the Company has such insurance in effect at the time the Company receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy.
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(b) Subject to Section 9(b), in the event of any payment by the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy maintained by the Company. Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.
(c) Subject to Section 9(b), the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and excise taxes or penalties relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Agreement or any insurance policy other than an insurance policy maintained by an Indemnitee-related entity, contract, agreement or otherwise.
Section 5. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) The term action, suit or proceeding shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, inquiry, hearing, preparation, prosecution, defense, mediation, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law.
(b) The term by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any actual or alleged act or omission to act.
(c) The term expenses shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys fees and related disbursements, appeal bonds, other out-of-pocket costs and reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with either the investigation, defense or appeal of an action, suit or proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise incurred in connection with a claim that is indemnifiable hereunder. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amounts of judgments and fines or amounts paid in settlement.
(d) The term judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever, as well as any penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan).
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Section 6. Limitation on Indemnification.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Agreement:
(a) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee, except with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by Indemnitee in response to an action, suit or proceeding otherwise indemnifiable under this Agreement or an action, suit or proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement (which shall be governed by the provisions of Section 6(b)), unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) Action for Indemnification. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, unless Indemnitee is successful in such action, suit or proceeding in establishing Indemnitees right, in whole or in part, to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder (in which case such indemnification or advancement shall be provided to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL), or unless and to the extent that the court in such action, suit or proceeding shall determine that, despite Indemnitees failure to establish his or her right to indemnification, Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification for such expenses; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6(b) is intended to limit the Companys obligations with respect to the advancement of expenses to Indemnitee in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, as provided in Section 2.
(c) Certain Exchange Act Claims. To indemnify Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding made against Indemnitee for (i) disgorgement of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act.
(d) Fraud or Willful Misconduct. To indemnify Indemnitee on account of conduct by Indemnitee where such conduct has been determined by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing to have been knowingly fraudulent or constitute willful misconduct.
(e) Prohibited by Law. To indemnify Indemnitee in any circumstance where such indemnification has been determined by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal, or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing having been made, to be prohibited by law.
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Section 7. Certain Settlement Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit or proceeding without the Companys prior written consent. The Company shall not settle any action, suit or proceeding in any manner that would impose any fine or other obligation on Indemnitee without Indemnitees prior written consent. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold his, her, its or their consent to any proposed settlement.
Section 8. Savings Clause. If any provision or provisions (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated.
Section 9. Contribution/Jointly Indemnifiable Claims.
(a) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for herein is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part, it is agreed that, in such event, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, contribute to the payment of all of Indemnitees loss and liability suffered and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, in an amount that is just and equitable in the circumstances; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such contribution shall not be required where such holding by the court is due to any limitation on indemnification set forth in Sections 4(c), 6 or 7.
(b) Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims may arise due to the service of Indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Company at the request of Indemnitee-related entities, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claim, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, irrespective of any right of recovery Indemnitee may have from Indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company be entitled to any right of subrogation against or contribution by Indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement, indemnification or recovery Indemnitee may have from Indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company hereunder. In the event that any of Indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the Indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company, and Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable Indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. The Company and Indemnitee agree that each of
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Indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 9(b), entitled to enforce this Section 9(b) as though each such Indemnitee-related entity were a party to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 9(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i) The term Indemnitee-related entities means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which Indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Company or at the Companys request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described in this Agreement) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).
(ii) The term jointly indemnifiable claims shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both Indemnitee-related entities and the Company pursuant to the DGCL or other comparable governing law, or any agreement or the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other comparable organizational documents of the Company or Indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.
Section 10. Form and Delivery of Communications. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand, upon receipt by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier, one day after deposit with such courier and with written verification of receipt, or (d) sent by email transmission, with receipt of oral or written confirmation that such transmission has been received. Notice to the Company shall be directed to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., Attention: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, email: ****. Notice to Indemnitee shall be directed to Indemnitees contact information on file with the Company.
Section 11. Nonexclusivity. The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which Indemnitee may have under the certificate of incorporation of the Company, the bylaws of the Company, any provision of law, in any court in which a proceeding is brought, other agreements or otherwise, and Indemnitees rights hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee. No amendment or alteration of the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any other agreement shall adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement.
Section 12. No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained as a director of the Company or in the employ of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee even though he or she may have ceased to be a director or officer of the Company.
Section 13. Interpretation of Agreement. It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide indemnification to Indemnitee to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL.
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Section 14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered hereby are expressly superseded by this Agreement.
Section 15. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, waiver or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement may not be terminated by the Company without Indemnitees prior written consent.
Section 16. Successor and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of its business, equity or assets, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
Section 17. Service of Process and Venue. The Company and Indemnitee hereby (i) irrevocably and unconditionally agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Court), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, [Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, County of New Castle, Wilmington, DE 19808,] or another agent, as its agent in the State of Delaware as such partys agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) irrevocably and unconditionally waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Section 18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Company of Indemnitee, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement shall in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.
Section 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart. Signatures transmitted electronically, including in portable document format (.pdf), shall be accepted as originals for all purposes of this Agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
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Section 20. Headings; Section References. The section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated, section references herein refer to sections of this Agreement.
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This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date stated above.
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
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INDEMNITEE: | ||
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[BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]
Exhibit 21.1
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY |
Jurisdiction of Organization or | |
Abode Healthcare, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Alternative Youth Services, Inc. |
Delaware | |
BrightSpring Health Holdings Corp. |
Delaware | |
Capital TX Investments, Inc. |
Delaware | |
CATX Properties, Inc. |
Delaware | |
CNC / Access, Inc. |
Rhode Island | |
Community Advantage, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Alternatives Illinois, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Alternatives Indiana, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Alternatives Kentucky, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Alternatives Missouri, Inc. |
Missouri | |
Community Alternatives Nebraska, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Alternatives Texas Partner, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Alternatives Virginia, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Community Living, LLC |
Delaware | |
Creative Networks LLC |
Arizona | |
ILS Pharmacy, LLC(1) |
California | |
Normal Life, Inc. |
Kentucky | |
Pharmacy Corporation of America |
California | |
PharMerica Corporation |
Delaware | |
PharMerica Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Phoenix Intermediate Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Relative Assist, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Connecticut, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Finance, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare International, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Minnesota, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Pennsylvania Health Management Services, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Pennsylvania Home Health Associates, Inc. |
Delaware | |
ResCare Wyoming, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care, Inc. |
Kentucky | |
Res-Care Alabama, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Arizona, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Arkansas, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care California, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Idaho, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Illinois, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Iowa, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Kansas, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care New Jersey, Inc. |
Delaware |
Res-Care Ohio, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Oklahoma, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Premier, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Washington, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Res-Care Wisconsin, Inc. |
Delaware | |
RSCR California, Inc. |
Delaware | |
RSCR West Virginia, Inc. |
West Virginia | |
RWW Home & Community Rehab Services, Inc. |
Delaware | |
RWW Outpatient Rehab Services, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Silverton Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Southern Home Care Services, Inc. |
Delaware | |
SpringHealth Integrated Care, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Tangram Rehabilitation Network, Inc. |
Texas | |
Texas Home Management, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Youthtrack, Inc. |
Delaware |
(1) | 51% Pharmacy Corporation of America; 49% non-affiliate |
Exhibit 25.1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
☐ | Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) |
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)
91-1821036
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
800 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota |
55402 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Donald T. Hurrelbrink
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
(651) 466-6308
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
(Issuer with respect to the Securities)
Delaware | 82-2956404 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
805 N. Whittington Parkway Louisville, Kentucky |
40222 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Senior Securities
(Title of the Indenture Securities)
FORM T-1
Item 1. | GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee. |
a) | Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D.C.
b) | Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes
Item 2. | AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None
Items 3-15 | Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustees knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee. |
Item 16. | LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification. |
1. | A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 1. |
2. | A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2. |
3. | A copy of the authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, included as Exhibit 2. |
4. | A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 4. |
5. | A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable. |
6. | The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6. |
7. | Report of Condition of the Trustee as of September 30, 2023, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of St. Paul, State of Minnesota on the 5th of January, 2024.
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | |
Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Vice President |
Exhibit 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
U. S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
For the purpose of organizing an association (the Association) to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned enter into the following Articles of Association:
FIRST. The title of this Association shall be U. S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
SECOND. The main office of the Association shall be in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, state of Oregon. The business of the Association will be limited to fiduciary powers and the support of activities incidental to the exercise of those powers. The Association may not expand or alter its business beyond that stated in this article without the prior approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.
THIRD. The board of directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the Association or of a holding company owning the Association, with an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of not less than $1,000, as of either (i) the date of purchase, (ii) the date the person became a director, or (iii) the date of that persons most recent election to the board of directors, whichever is more recent. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the Association or holding company may be used.
Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may increase the number of directors up to the maximum permitted by law. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a directors term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.
Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the Association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determined the number of directors of the Association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.
FOURTH. There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, or if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the
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Association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases, at least 10 days advance notice of the meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.
In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares he or she owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.
A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the Association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
A director may be removed by the shareholders at a meeting called to remove him or her, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove him or her is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal.
FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of the Association shall be 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of ten dollars ($10) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States. The Association shall have only one class of capital stock.
No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the Association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the Association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix.
Transfers of the Associations stock are subject to the prior written approval of a federal depository institution regulatory agency. If no other agency approval is required, the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency must be obtained prior to any such transfers.
Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the Articles of Association must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.
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Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval.
Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.
The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether subordinated, which may be issued by the Association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.
SIXTH. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this Association and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors and shareholders meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the Association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the Bylaws.
The board of directors shall have the power to:
(1) | Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the Association. |
(2) | Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers, employees, and agents of the Association. |
(3) | Fix the compensation and enter employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms and conditions consistent with applicable law. |
(4) | Dismiss officers and employees. |
(5) | Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof. |
(6) | Ratify written policies authorized by the Associations management or committees of the board. |
(7) | Regulate the manner any increase or decrease of the capital of the Association shall be made; provided that nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the Association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital. |
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(8) | Manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. |
(9) | Adopt initial Bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the Association. |
(10) | Amend or repeal Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or in part to the shareholders. |
(11) | Make contracts. |
(12) | Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform. |
SEVENTH. The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any authorized branch within the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the Association for a location outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, but not more than thirty miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any office or offices of the Association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.
EIGHTH. The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.
NINTH. The board of directors of the Association, or any shareholder owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of the Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the laws of the United States, or waived by shareholders, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least 10, and no more than 60, days prior to the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record at his/her address as shown upon the books of the Association. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.
TENTH. These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount; provided, that the scope of the Associations activities and services may not be expanded without the prior written approval of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Associations board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the Articles of Association for submission to the shareholders.
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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 11th of June, 1997.
Exhibit 2
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | ||
Washington, DC 20219 |
CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS
I, Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:
1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1 , et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.
2. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, Portland, Oregon (Charter No. 23412), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, September 29, 2023, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.
2024-00003-C
Exhibit 4
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
Meetings of Shareholders
Section 1.1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of directors and the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held at a time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days or more than sixty (60) days prior to the date thereof, to each shareholder of the Association, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) determines that an emergency circumstance exists. In accordance with applicable law, the sole shareholder of the Association is permitted to waive notice of the meeting. If, for any reason, an election of directors is not made on the designated day, the election shall be held on some subsequent day, as soon thereafter as practicable, with prior notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these Bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Association.
Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose, at any time by a majority of the board of directors (the Board), or by any shareholder or group of shareholders owning at least ten percent of the outstanding stock.
Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called upon not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice stating the purpose of the meeting.
Section 1.3. Nominations for Directors. Nominations for election to the Board may be made by the Board or by any shareholder.
Section 1.4. Proxies. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting and any adjournments of such meeting and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.
Section 1.5. Record Date. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting will be thirty days before the date of such meeting, unless otherwise determined by the Board.
Section 1.6. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.
Section 1.7. Inspectors. The Board may, and in the event of its failure so to do, the Chairman of the Board may appoint Inspectors of Election who shall determine the presence of quorum, the validity of proxies, and the results of all elections and all other matters voted upon by shareholders at all annual and special meetings of shareholders.
Section 1.8. Waiver and Consent. The shareholders may act without notice or a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all shareholders.
Section 1.9. Remote Meetings. The Board shall have the right to determine that a shareholder meeting not be held at a place, but instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner and to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE II
Directors
Section 2.1. Board of Directors. The Board shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.
Section 2.2. Term of Office. The directors of this Association shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
Section 2.3. Powers. In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall have and may exercise all of the powers granted to or conferred upon it by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws and by law.
Section 2.4. Number. As provided in the Articles of Association, the Board of this Association shall consist of no less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the Association from the twenty-five- member limit. The Board shall consist of a number of members to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or the shareholders at any meeting thereof, in accordance with the Articles of Association. Between meetings of the shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors, the Board
by a majority vote of the full Board may increase the size of the Board but not to more than a total of twenty-five directors, and fill any vacancy so created in the Board; provided that the Board may increase the number of directors only by up to two directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or fewer, and by up to four directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was sixteen or more. Each director shall own a qualifying equity interest in the Association or a company that has control of the Association in each case as required by applicable law. Each director shall own such qualifying equity interest in his or her own right and meet any minimum threshold ownership required by applicable law.
Section 2.5. Organization Meeting. The newly elected Board shall meet for the purpose of organizing the new Board and electing and appointing such officers of the Association as may be appropriate. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within thirty days thereafter, at such time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.
Section 2.6. Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held, without notice, as the Chairman or President may designate and deem suitable.
Section 2.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Association, or upon the request of a majority of the entire Board. Notice of every special meeting of the Board shall be given to the directors at their usual places of business, or at such other addresses as shall have been furnished by them for the purpose. Such notice shall be given at least twelve hours (three hours if meeting is to be conducted by conference telephone) before the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered, mailed, or electronically delivered. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.
Section 2.8. Quorum and Necessary Vote. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except when otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles or Bylaws of this Association, once a quorum is established, any act by a majority of those directors present and voting shall be the act of the Board.
Section 2.9. Written Consent. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, the Board may act without a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all directors, to be filed with the Secretary of the Association as part of the corporate records.
Section 2.10. Remote Meetings. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone, video or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.11. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 3.1. Advisory Board of Directors. The Board may appoint persons, who need not be directors, to serve as advisory directors on an advisory board of directors established with respect to the business affairs of either this Association alone or the business affairs of a group of affiliated organizations of which this Association is one. Advisory directors shall have such powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, provided, that the Boards responsibility for the business and affairs of this Association shall in no respect be delegated or diminished.
Section 3.2. Trust Audit Committee. At least once during each calendar year, the Association shall arrange for a suitable audit (by internal or external auditors) of all significant fiduciary activities under the direction of its trust audit committee, a function that will be fulfilled by the Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association. The Association shall note the results of the audit (including significant actions taken as a result of the audit) in the minutes of the Board. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 9.9(b).
The Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association, fulfilling the function of the trust audit committee:
(1) Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Associations fiduciary activities; and
(2) Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the Board has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association.
Section 3.3. Executive Committee. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee which shall consist of at least three directors and which shall have, and may exercise, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all the powers of the Board between meetings of the Board or otherwise when the Board is not meeting.
Section 3.4. Trust Management Committee. The Board of this Association shall appoint a Trust Management Committee to provide oversight of the fiduciary activities of the Association. The Trust Management Committee shall determine policies governing fiduciary activities. The Trust Management Committee or such sub-committees, officers or others as may be duly designated by the Trust Management Committee shall oversee the processes related to fiduciary activities to assure conformity with fiduciary policies it establishes, including ratifying the acceptance and the closing out or relinquishment of all trusts. The Trust Management Committee will provide regular reports of its activities to the Board.
Section 3.5. Other Committees. The Board may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more persons who need not be directors, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine; however, the Board will not delegate to any committee any powers or responsibilities that it is prohibited from delegating under any law or regulation. In addition, either the Chairman or the President may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more officers, employees, agents or other persons, for such purposes and with such powers as either the Chairman or the President deems appropriate and proper. Whether appointed by the Board, the Chairman, or the President, any such committee shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board.
Section 3.6. Meetings, Minutes and Rules. An advisory board of directors and/or committee shall meet as necessary in consideration of the purpose of the advisory board of directors or committee, and shall maintain minutes in sufficient detail to indicate actions taken or recommendations made; unless required by the members, discussions, votes or other specific details need not be reported. An advisory board of directors or a committee may, in consideration of its purpose, adopt its own rules for the exercise of any of its functions or authority.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 4.1. Chairman of the Board. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Chairman shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the Board.
Section 4.2. President. The Board may appoint one of its members to be President of the Association. In the absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at any meeting of the Board. The President shall have general executive powers, and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of President, or imposed by these Bylaws. The President shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the Board.
Section 4.3. Vice President. The Board may appoint one or more Vice Presidents who shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the Board and to perform the duties of the President on those occasions when the President is absent, including presiding at any meeting of the Board in the absence of both the Chairman and President.
Section 4.4. Secretary. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board and of the Association, and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these Bylaws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall, upon request, authenticate any records of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the Secretary, or imposed by these Bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries with such powers and duties as the Board, the President or the Secretary shall from time to time determine.
Section 4.5. Other Officers. The Board may appoint, and may authorize the Chairman, the President or any other officer to appoint, any officer as from time to time may appear to the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other officer to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association. Such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by these Bylaws, the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other authorized officer. Any person may hold two offices.
Section 4.6. Tenure of Office. The Chairman or the President and all other officers shall hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, subject to the right of the Board or authorized officer to discharge any officer at any time.
ARTICLE V
Stock
Section 5.1. The Board may authorize the issuance of stock either in certificated or in uncertificated form. Certificates for shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If the Board issues certificated stock, the certificate shall be signed by the President, Secretary or any other such officer as the Board so determines. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to such persons shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. Each certificate of stock shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed. The Board may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the Association for stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings, and related matters, and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.
ARTICLE VI
Corporate Seal
Section 6.1. The Association shall have no corporate seal; provided, however, that if the use of a seal is required by, or is otherwise convenient or advisable pursuant to, the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the following seal may be used, and the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix such seal:
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.1. Execution of Instruments. All agreements, checks, drafts, orders, indentures, notes, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, endorsements, assignments, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, guarantees, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, countersigned, executed, acknowledged, endorsed, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Association, whether in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise, by any officer of the Association, or such employee or agent as may be designated from time to time by the Board by resolution, or by the Chairman or the President by written instrument, which resolution or instrument shall be certified as in effect by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Association. The provisions of this section are supplementary to any other provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws.
Section 7.2. Records. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws as revised or amended from time to time and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board, and standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Secretary, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting.
Section 7.3. Trust Files. There shall be maintained in the Association files all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.
Section 7.4. Trust Investments. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and according to law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class of investments to be made and does not vest in the Association a discretion in the matter, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under law.
Section 7.5. Notice. Whenever notice is required by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws or law, such notice shall be by mail, postage prepaid, e- mail, in person, or by any other means by which such notice can reasonably be expected to be received, using the address of the person to receive such notice, or such other personal data, as may appear on the records of the Association.
Except where specified otherwise in these Bylaws, prior notice shall be proper if given not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the event for which notice is given.
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
Section 8.1. The Association shall indemnify such persons for such liabilities in such manner under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Association shall advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.1. Such insurance shall be consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 7.2014 and shall exclude coverage of liability for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u).
Section 8.2. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, however, (a) any indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder; and (b) any indemnification payments and advancement of costs and expenses to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law and consistent with safe and sound banking practices.
ARTICLE IX
Bylaws: Interpretation and Amendment
Section 9.1. These Bylaws shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to appropriate provisions of law, and may be added to, altered, amended, or repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.
Section 9.2. A copy of the Bylaws and all amendments shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the principal office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during Association hours.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.
Section 10.2. Governing Law. This Association designates the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, as the governing law for its corporate governance procedures, to the extent not inconsistent with Federal banking statutes and regulations or bank safety and soundness.
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(February 8, 2021)
Exhibit 6
CONSENT
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Dated: January 5, 2024 |
By: | /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink | |
Donald T. Hurrelbrink | ||
Vice President |
Exhibit 7
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
Statement of Financial Condition
as of 09/30/2023
($000s)
09/30/2023 | ||||
Assets |
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Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions |
$ | 971,860 | ||
Securities |
4,247 | |||
Federal Funds |
0 | |||
Loans & Lease Financing Receivables |
0 | |||
Fixed Assets |
1,548 | |||
Intangible Assets |
579,147 | |||
Other Assets |
165,346 | |||
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|
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Total Assets |
$ | 1,722,148 | ||
Liabilities |
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Deposits |
$ | 0 | ||
Fed Funds |
0 | |||
Treasury Demand Notes |
0 | |||
Trading Liabilities |
0 | |||
Other Borrowed Money |
0 | |||
Acceptances |
0 | |||
Subordinated Notes and Debentures |
0 | |||
Other Liabilities |
226,499 | |||
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|
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Total Liabilities |
$ | 226,499 | ||
Equity |
||||
Common and Preferred Stock |
200 | |||
Surplus |
1,171,635 | |||
Undivided Profits |
323,814 | |||
Minority Interest in Subsidiaries |
0 | |||
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Total Equity Capital |
$ | 1,495,649 | ||
Total Liabilities and Equity Capital |
$1,722,148 |