AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 16, 2013 among AMC NETWORKS INC., as the Company and an initial Borrower, AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC, as an initial Borrower, CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY, as Restricted...
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of December 16, 2013
among
AMC NETWORKS INC.,
as the Company and an initial Borrower,
as the Company and an initial Borrower,
AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC,
as an initial Borrower,
as an initial Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY,
as Restricted Subsidiaries,
as Restricted Subsidiaries,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
and
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BNP PARIBAS,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK.
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
as Joint Bookrunners and Co‑Documentation Agents
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
as Joint Bookrunners and Co‑Documentation Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
as Syndication Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
Section 1.01 | Certain Defined Terms | 1 | |||
Section 1.02 | Other Interpretive Provisions | 41 | |||
Section 1.03 | Accounting Terms | 42 | |||
Rounding | 43 | ||||
Times of Day | 43 | ||||
Letter of Credit Amounts | 43 | ||||
Currency Equivalents and Calculations Generally | 43 |
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 2.01 | The Loans | 44 | |||
Section 2.02 | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | 45 | |||
Section 2.03 | Letters of Credit | 47 | |||
Section 2.04 | Prepayments | 54 | |||
Section 2.05 | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 57 | |||
Section 2.06 | Repayment of Loans | 58 | |||
Section 2.07 | Interest | 59 | |||
Section 2.08 | Fees | 60 | |||
Section 2.09 | Computation of Interest and Fees | 61 | |||
Section 2.10 | Evidence of Debt | 62 | |||
Section 2.11 | Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback | 62 | |||
Section 2.12 | Sharing of Payments by Lenders | 64 | |||
Section 2.13 | Increase in Commitments | 65 | |||
Section 2.14 | Incremental Term Facility | 67 | |||
Section 2.15 | Swingline Loans | 68 | |||
Section 2.16 | Cash Collateral; Defaulting Lenders | 71 | |||
Section 2.17 | Borrower Agent | 74 |
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 | Taxes | 74 | |||
Section 3.02 | Illegality | 77 | |||
Section 3.03 | Inability to Determine Rates | 77 | |||
Section 3.04 | Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans | 78 | |||
Section 3.05 | Compensation for Losses | 79 |
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Section 3.06 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 80 | |||
Section 3.07 | Survival | 80 |
Section 4.01 | Guaranty | 81 | |||
Section 4.02 | Rights of Lenders | 81 | |||
Section 4.03 | Certain Waivers | 81 | |||
Section 4.04 | Obligations Independent | 82 | |||
Section 4.05 | Subrogation | 82 | |||
Section 4.06 | Termination; Reinstatement | 82 | |||
Section 4.07 | Subordination | 82 | |||
Section 4.08 | Stay of Acceleration | 83 | |||
Section 4.09 | Condition of Borrower | 83 | |||
Section 4.10 | Limitation on Guaranty | 83 | |||
Section 4.11 | Guaranty Supplements | 83 | |||
Section 4.12 | Keepwell | 84 |
Section 5.01 | Conditions of Initial Credit Extension | 84 | |||
Section 5.02 | Conditions to all Credit Extensions | 87 | |||
Section 5.03 | Conditions to Subsequent Term A Borrowing | 88 |
Section 6.01 | Existence, Qualification and Power | 89 | |||
Section 6.02 | Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties | 89 | |||
Section 6.03 | Authority; No Conflict | 89 | |||
Section 6.04 | Financial Condition | 90 | |||
Section 6.05 | Litigation, Compliance with Laws | 90 | |||
Section 6.06 | Titles and Liens | 91 | |||
Section 6.07 | Regulation U; Investment Company Act | 91 | |||
Section 6.08 | Taxes | 91 | |||
Section 6.09 | Senior Debt | 91 | |||
Section 6.10 | Full Disclosure | 91 | |||
Section 6.11 | No Default | 92 | |||
Section 6.12 | Governmental and Third Party Approvals | 92 | |||
Section 6.13 | Binding Agreements | 92 | |||
Section 6.14 | Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions | 92 | |||
Section 6.15 | Investments | 92 |
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Section 6.16 | ERISA Compliance | 93 | |||
Section 6.17 | Solvency | 93 | |||
Section 6.18 | Casualty, Etc. | 93 | |||
Section 6.19 | Collateral Documents | 93 | |||
Section 6.20 | Environmental Compliance | 93 | |||
Section 6.21 | Other Debt | 94 |
Section 7.01 | Financial Statements and Other Information | 95 | |||
Section 7.02 | Taxes and Claims | 97 | |||
Section 7.03 | Insurance | 97 | |||
Section 7.04 | Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business | 98 | |||
Section 7.05 | Maintenance of and Access to Properties | 98 | |||
Section 7.06 | Compliance with Applicable Laws | 98 | |||
Section 7.07 | Litigation | 98 | |||
Section 7.08 | Subsidiaries | 98 | |||
Section 7.09 | Books and Records | 100 | |||
Section 7.10 | Use of Proceeds | 100 | |||
Section 7.11 | Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security | 100 | |||
Section 7.12 | Further Assurances | 102 | |||
Section 7.13 | Designation as Senior Debt | 103 | |||
Section 7.14 | Maintenance of Ratings | 103 | |||
Section 7.15 | Indebtedness | 103 | |||
Section 7.16 | Contingent Liabilities | 105 | |||
Section 7.17 | Liens | 108 | |||
Section 7.18 | Investments | 109 | |||
Section 7.19 | Restricted Payments | 112 | |||
Section 7.20 | Transactions with Affiliates | 113 | |||
Section 7.21 | Amendments of Certain Instruments | 113 | |||
Section 7.22 | Change in Nature of Business | 113 | |||
Section 7.23 | Fundamental Changes | 114 | |||
Section 7.24 | Dispositions | 115 | |||
Section 7.25 | Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions | 117 | |||
Section 7.26 | Operating Cash Flow to Total Interest Expense | 117 | |||
Section 7.27 | Cash Flow Ratio | 117 |
Section 8.01 | Events of Default | 117 | |||
Section 8.02 | Remedies upon Event of Default | 120 | |||
Section 8.03 | Application of Funds | 121 |
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Section 9.01 | Appointment and Authority | 122 | |||
Section 9.02 | Administrative Agent Individually | 123 | |||
Section 9.03 | Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions | 124 | |||
Section 9.04 | Reliance by Administrative Agent | 125 | |||
Section 9.05 | Delegation of Duties | 125 | |||
Section 9.06 | Resignation of Administrative Agent | 126 | |||
Section 9.07 | Non‑Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lender Parties | 127 | |||
Section 9.08 | No Other Duties, Etc. | 128 | |||
Section 9.09 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 128 | |||
Section 9.10 | Collateral and Guaranty Matters | 129 | |||
Section 9.11 | Removal of Administrative Agent | 130 |
Section 10.01 | Amendments, Etc. | 130 | |||
Section 10.02 | Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications | 132 | |||
Section 10.03 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 139 | |||
Section 10.04 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 139 | |||
Section 10.05 | Payments Set Aside | 141 | |||
Section 10.06 | Successors and Assigns | 141 | |||
Section 10.07 | Right of Setoff | 147 | |||
Section 10.08 | Interest Rate Limitation | 147 | |||
Section 10.09 | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 147 | |||
Section 10.10 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 148 | |||
Section 10.11 | Severability | 148 | |||
Section 10.12 | Replacement of Lenders | 148 | |||
Section 10.13 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. | 149 | |||
Section 10.14 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 150 | |||
Section 10.15 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | 150 | |||
Section 10.16 | USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 151 | |||
Section 10.17 | No Liability of Members, Partners and Other Persons | 151 | |||
Section 10.18 | Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information and Discuss Affairs | 151 | |||
Section 10.19 | Additional Borrowers | 151 | |||
Section 10.20 | Joint and Several Obligations; Express Waivers By Additional Borrowers In Respect of Cross Guaranties and Cross Collateralization | 152 | |||
Section 10.21 | Acknowledgments Relating to the Amendment and Restatement of the Original Credit Agreement | 153 |
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.01(i) | Restricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(ii) | Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(iii) | Guarantors |
Schedule 1.01(iv) | Distribution Transaction Agreements |
Schedule 1.01(v) | Secured Hedge Agreements as of the Closing Date |
Schedule 2.01 | Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
Schedule 6.02 | Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties |
Schedule 6.03 | Required Consents and Regulatory Approvals |
Schedule 6.05 | Existing Litigation |
Schedule 6.06 | Material Real Property |
Schedule 6.15 | Existing Investments |
Schedule 6.20 | Environmental Compliance |
Schedule 7.15 | Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 7.16 | Existing Guarantees |
Schedule 7.17 | Existing Liens |
Schedule 7.20 | Transactions with Affiliates |
EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT A‑1 | Form of Committed Loan Notice |
EXHIBIT A‑2 | Form of Committed Loan Notice for Conversion or Continuation of Loans |
EXHIBIT B‑1 | Form of Term A Note |
EXHIBIT B‑2 | [Reserved] |
EXHIBIT B‑3 | Form of Revolving Credit Note |
EXHIBIT B‑4 | Form of Swingline Note |
EXHIBIT C | Form of Compliance Certificate |
EXHIBIT D‑1 | Form of Certificate as to Quarterly Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT D‑2 | Form of Certificate as to Annual Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT E | Form of Opinion of General Counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties |
EXHIBIT F | Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties |
EXHIBIT G | [Reserved] |
EXHIBIT H | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
EXHIBIT I | Form of Incremental Term Supplement |
EXHIBIT J | Form of Loan Certificate |
EXHIBIT K | Form of Guaranty Supplement |
EXHIBIT L | Form of Mortgage |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of December 16, 2013 (this “Credit Agreement”), among AMC NETWORKS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT LLC (collectively with the Company and each Additional Borrower (as defined below), the “Borrower”), the Restricted Subsidiaries identified herein, the lenders which are parties hereto, together with their respective successors and assigns, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit and term loans for the purposes set forth in Section 7.10, including the refinancing of, and repayment of amounts outstanding under, the Original Credit Agreement (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined in these recitals having the meaning ascribed thereto in Article I of this Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility are to be made available by the Lenders in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement by the funding of the loans thereunder as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the making of the loans under the Facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement and to make available the loans under the Facilities on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement and covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Activities” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).
“Additional Borrower” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.19.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and its successors in such capacity.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 10.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided that, in any event, any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body of a corporation or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of any other Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person; and provided further that no individual shall be an Affiliate of a Person solely by reason of his or her being an officer, director, manager, member or partner of such Person, except in the case of a partner or member if his or her interests in such partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, shall qualify him or her as an Affiliate.
“Affiliation Agreement” means any agreement between the Company or any of its Affiliates and a distributor pursuant to which such distributor agrees, among other things, to distribute and exhibit to its subscribers programming of the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be.
“Agent’s Group” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“AMC” means AMC Network Entertainment LLC, a New York limited liability company.
“Annual Operating Cash Flow” means, as of any date, Operating Cash Flow for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).
“Annual Total Interest Expense” means, as of any date, Total Interest Expense for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all published laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Term A Facility, with respect to any Term A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term A Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term A Lender’s Term A
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Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such Term A Lender’s Term A Loans at such time, (b) in respect of any Incremental Term Facility, with respect to any Incremental Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Incremental Term Facility represented by the principal amount of such Incremental Term Lender’s Incremental Term Loans at such time, and (c) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 (or, in the case of any Incremental Term Lender, on Schedule I to an Incremental Term Supplement, if any) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means, (a) with respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, the applicable percentage per annum set forth in the table below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, that for the period of six months after the Closing Date, the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility shall be the greater of (i) 1.00% per annum for Base Rate Loans and 2.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans and (ii) the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(d):
Pricing Level | Cash Flow Ratio | Eurodollar Rate (Letters of Credit) | Base Rate |
1 | <4.00:1.00 | 1.50% | 0.50% |
2 | ≥4.00:1.00 but <5.00:1.00 | 1.75% | 0.75% |
3 | ≥5.00:1.00 but <5.75:1.00 | 2.00% | 1.00% |
4 | ≥5.75:1.00 | 2.25% | 1.25% |
and (b) with respect to an Incremental Term Facility, the rate specified as such in the applicable Incremental Term Supplement.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term A Facility and Revolving Credit Facility resulting from a change in the Cash Flow Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 4 shall apply in respect of the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered.
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“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term A Facility, Revolving Credit Facility or Incremental Term Facility, if any, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term A Loan, Revolving Credit Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, respectively, at such time, (b) with respect to the Swingline Sublimit, the Swingline Lender, and (c) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means, for purposes of identifying all Communications which may be made on the Approved Electronic Platform, each Communication that any Loan Party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement, financial or other report, notice, request, certificate or other information material; provided, however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either the Administrative Agent’s right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the Administrative Agent in connection with any such posting, “Approved Electronic Communication” shall exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, letter of credit request, swingline loan request, notice of conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and Section 2.04(b) and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under any Loan Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article V or any other condition to any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (provided that, for avoidance of doubt any such excluded Communication listed in clause (i) through clause (iv) may be made by electronic mail as provided in Section 10.02(b)(iv)).
“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.02(d).
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
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Section 10.06(b)(iii)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Atmedia POL” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Chello Acquisition” under this Section 1.01.
“Availability Period” means in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, (ii) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05, and (iii) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate that would be payable on such day for a Eurodollar Rate Loan with a one month interest period plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by JPMCB based upon various factors including JPMCB’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by JPMCB shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan, Term A Loan, Swingline Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Borrower” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“Borrower Agent” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.17.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, Term A Borrowing, Swingline Borrowing or Incremental Term Borrowing, if any, as the context may require.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New York and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Cablevision” means Cablevision Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a Lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real
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and/or personal property, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes of this Credit Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Carriage Suspension Adjustment” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Operating Cash Flow”.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Collateral Documents and other Liens permitted hereunder):
(a) marketable, direct obligations of the United States of America maturing within 397 days of the date of purchase;
(b) commercial paper outstanding at any time issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, which Person shall have a consolidated net worth of at least $250,000,000 and shall conduct a substantial part of its business in the United States of America, maturing within 180 days from the date of the original issue thereof, and rated “P‑1” or better by Xxxxx’x or “A‑1” or better by S&P;
(c) fully collateralized repurchase agreements in such amounts and with such financial institutions having a rating of “Baa” or better from Xxxxx’x, or a rating of “A‑” or better from S&P, as the Company may select from time to time;
(d) certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 397 days after the date of purchase, which are issued by any Lender or by a United States national or state bank or foreign bank having capital, surplus and undivided profits totaling more than $100,000,000, and having a rating of “Baa” or better from Xxxxx’x or a rating of “A‑” or better from S&P;
(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a‑7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Xxxxx’x and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $3,000,000,000;
(f) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition, having a term of not more than thirty days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government;
(g) obligations of any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited the government obligations
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described in clause (a) of this definition maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment;
(h) auction preferred stock rated in the highest short‑term credit rating category by S&P or Xxxxx’x;
(i) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition); or
(j) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (i) of this definition.
In the case of Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (j) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from S&P, Xxxxx’x or Fitch Ratings Inc. and (ii) other short term investments utilized by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous in such country to the foregoing investments in clauses (a) through (j) and in this paragraph.
“Cash Flow Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Net Debt outstanding on such date (determined on a consolidated basis) plus (but without duplication of Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit) the aggregate undrawn face amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding on such date to (ii) Annual Operating Cash Flow (and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Indebtedness or Letters of Credit shall be effective as of the date such change shall occur and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow shall be effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d), reflecting such change). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of calculating the Cash Flow Ratio, there shall be excluded from Net Debt, to the extent otherwise included as Net Debt, (A) any deferred or contingent obligation of the Company to pay the consideration for an Investment not prohibited by Section 7.18 to the extent such obligation can be satisfied with the delivery of Equity Interests of the Company and the Company covenants and agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests; (B) any deferred purchase price in connection with any acquisition not prohibited by Section 7.18 to the extent that the Company’s obligations in respect of such deferred purchase price consist solely of an agreement to deliver Equity Interests of the Company and the Company covenants and agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests; (C) all obligations under any Secured Hedge Agreement or Monetization Indebtedness; and (D)(x) all obligations under any Guarantee permitted under subparagraph (x) of Section 7.16 and (y) all obligations under any Guarantee not prohibited by Section 7.16 so long as the obligations under such Guarantees referred to in this clause (y) are payable, solely at the option of the Company, in Equity Interests of the Company and the Company
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covenants and agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, (i) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement, or (ii) on the Closing Date is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and was also a “Lender” or an “Affiliate” of a “Lender,” under the Original Credit Agreement, and on the Closing Date is a party to a Cash Management Agreement that qualified as a “Cash Management Agreement” under the Original Credit Agreement, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx‑Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines 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, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Chello Acquisition” means the acquisition of all of the equity interests and certain related loan receivables of CZHL, Plator Holding BV, a Netherlands company (“Plator”), Chello Benelux Movieco Limited, an England and Wales company (“CBML”), Chello Latin America LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Chello Latam”), Chellomedia Services B.V., a Netherlands company (“CMS”), At Media Sp. z.o.o., a Polish company (“Atmedia POL”), Chello Central Europe Zrt, a Hungary company (“CCE HU”) and Chello Central Europe S.r.o., a Czech Republic company, all of the preferred equity interest in Chello MovieCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CMC Inc” and together with CZHL, Plator, CBML, Chello Latam, CMS, DXD POL, Atmedia POL and CCE HU, which, collectively together with their subsidiaries, are hereinafter referred to as the “Chello Company”).
“Chello Acquisition Agreement” means the Agreement for the Acquisition of The Chello Group dated October 28, 2013 for the acquisition by the Company, AMC Acquisition Company LLC, AMC Chello Zone Holdings Ltd, AMC Minority Holdings B.V. and AMC DMC Holdings B.V. of the Chello Company from Chellomedia Programming B.V., Chellomedia Programming Financing HoldCo II B.V., Chellomedia Direct Programming B.V., United Latin America Programming LLC, LMINT Holdings LLC, LGI Ventures B.V. and Chellomedia CEE HoldCo B.V (collectively, the “Sellers”).
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“Chello Company” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Chello Acquisition” under this Section 1.01.
“Chello Termination Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 5.01 (relating to the Initial Term A Borrowing) are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Agent” means JPMCB in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders under the Collateral Documents and its successors in such capacity.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement(s), the Mortgages and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term A Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c) a Swingline Borrowing, (d) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (e) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Commitment” means a Term A Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment or Incremental Term Commitment, if any, as the context may require.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.08(a).
“Communications” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise transmitted between the parties hereto relating to this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Loan Party or its Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic Communications.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a senior financial executive of the Company in substantially the form of Exhibit C.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is legally bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise
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voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Copyright Licenses” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to a Person of any right under any Copyright.
“Copyrights” means all copyrights in all works, now existing or hereafter created or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cumulative Interest Expense” means for the period from July 1, 2011 through the end of the most recently ended Quarter as to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, the aggregate of the interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Cumulative Operating Cash Flow” means an amount, determined on the date of any proposed Restricted Payment, as applicable, equal to Operating Cash Flow for the period from July 1, 2011 through the end of the most recently ended Quarter as to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01.
“CZHL” means Chello Zone Holdings Limited, an England and Wales company.
“Debt Instruments” means, collectively, the respective notes and debentures evidencing, and indentures and other agreements governing, any Indebtedness.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
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“Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender as to which the Administrative Agent has notified the Company that (i) such Lender has failed for three Business Days or more to comply with its obligations under this Credit Agreement to make a Loan or make a payment to the L/C Issuer in respect of an L/C Obligation or make a payment to the Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline Loan (each a “funding obligation”) unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s 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 such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with any such funding obligation, or (iii) a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender (provided that neither the reallocation of funding obligations provided for in Section 2.16(b) as a result of a Lender being a Defaulting Lender nor the performance by Non‑Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated funding obligations shall by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a Non‑Defaulting Lender). Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (iii) above shall be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion acting in good faith. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the Company referred to above.
“Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization” means amounts exchanged (monetary and non-monetary) with multichannel video programming distributors to obtain additional subscribers and/or guarantee carriage of certain programming services which are amortized as a reduction of revenue over the period of the related affiliation arrangement and determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Defined Percentage” means 66%, but, if a Change in Law provides for an increase or decrease in the percentage of the total combined voting power of all classes of voting stock of a Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Domestic Subsidiary that may be pledged without being treated as an indirect pledge of such Foreign Subsidiary’s assets, then such percentage as provided by such Change in Law rounded down to the nearest whole number of percentage points.
“Designated Borrower” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.19.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided that the term Disposition specifically excludes (i) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of receivables, inventory and other current assets in the ordinary course of business; (iii) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be the Borrower or a Guarantor; (iv) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property permitted by Section 7.24(i) through (vii) and (x) through (xvi); and (v) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property involving property or assets having a fair market value of less than $5,000,000.
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“Distribution Agreement” means the Distribution Agreement dated as of June 6, 2011, between the Borrower and CSC Holdings, LLC, relating to, inter alia, the contribution of the Programming Network Business to the Borrower.
“Distribution Transaction” means (i) the contribution to the Borrower of the Programming Network Business from CSC Holdings, LLC in exchange for the issuance or transfer to CSC Holdings, LLC of common stock of the Borrower, Senior Notes and Term B Notes, (ii) the distribution by CSC Holdings, LLC of the Borrower’s common stock to Cablevision, and (iii) the distribution by Cablevision of the Borrower’s common stock to the common shareholders of Cablevision, in each case pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.
“Distribution Transaction Agreements” means the agreements listed on Schedule 1.01(iv).
“Xxxxx” means Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx.
“Xxxxx Family Interests” means (i) any Xxxxx Family Member, (ii) any trusts for the benefit of any Xxxxx Family Members, (iii) any estate or testamentary trust of any Xxxxx Family Member for the benefit of any Xxxxx Family Members, (iv) any executor, administrator, conservator or legal or personal representative of any Person or Persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above to the extent acting in such capacity on behalf of any Xxxxx Family Member or Members and not individually, and (v) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other similar entity, in each case 80% of which is owned and controlled by any of the foregoing or combination of the foregoing.
“Xxxxx Family Members” means Xxxxx, his spouse, his descendants and any spouse of any of such descendants.
“Dollars” and “$”means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state or commonwealth thereof or under the laws of the District of Columbia, except that (1) no Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary shall be a Domestic Subsidiary, and (2) no Subsidiary of AMC Acquisition Company LLC (or its successor) shall be a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) with respect to any assignment of any Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan, (i) a Revolving Credit Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender, and (iii) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (A) the Administrative Agent, (B) in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer, and (C) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (b) with respect to any assignment of any Term Commitment or Term Loan, (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund, (iv) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (A) the Administrative Agent, and (B) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided,
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the Company shall be deemed to have approved of such Person unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within seven (7) Business Days after having received written notice thereof, and (v) with respect to any Term Loan, the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries; provided that, (1) none of the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries holding Term Loans shall have any right to (A) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Company are not then present or (B) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Company or its representatives, (2) any purchase of Term Loans by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 shall (x) be effected by an offer to purchase such Term Loans pro rata from each Term Lender of the applicable Term Facility in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (y) result in such Term Loans being retired upon such assignment and (z) not be funded with a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans purchased by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 and held at any one time by any of the Company’s Affiliates (which are not required to be retired pursuant to clause (2) above) may not exceed 10% of the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans under any Term Facility.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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“ERISA Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a Plan, ERISA, the PBGC or a provision of the Code pertaining to employee benefit plans, any Person that is a member of any group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which the Company is a member.
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA 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. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Base Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by JPMCB and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by JPMCB’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan, Term A Loan, or Incremental Term Loan, if any, that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“Event of Default” means any of the events described in Article VIII.
“Event of Loss” means, with respect to any property, (i) the actual or constructive total loss of such property or the use thereof, resulting from destruction, damage beyond repair, or the rendition of such property permanently unfit for normal use from any casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever, (ii) the destruction or damage of a material portion of such property from any casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever under circumstances in which such damage cannot reasonably be expected to be repaired, or such property cannot reasonably be expected to be restored
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to its condition immediately prior to such destruction or damage, within 180 days after the occurrence of such destruction or damage, (iii) the condemnation, confiscation or seizure of, or requisition of title to or use of, any property, or (iv) in the case of any property located upon a leasehold, the termination or expiration of such leasehold.
“Exchange” shall mean a Disposition constituting any exchange of assets or properties for consideration consisting solely of other assets or properties, subject to the last sentence of this definition, and of comparable value and use to those assets or properties being exchanged, and having a value equal to the fair market value of those assets or properties being exchanged, including exchanges involving the transfer or acquisition (or both transfer and acquisition) of Equity Interests of a Person so long as substantially all of the Equity Interests of such Person are transferred or acquired, as the case may be (and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor hereunder). It is understood that exchanges of the kind described above as to which a portion of the consideration paid or received is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents shall nevertheless constitute “Exchanges” for the purposes of this Credit Agreement so long as the aggregate consideration received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such exchange represents fair market value for the assets or properties and cash or Cash Equivalents being transferred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Excluded Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all the assets of which are Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, AMC Acquisition Company LLC (or its successor) shall be an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary.
“Excluded Indebtedness” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.01(e).
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal 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) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 4.12 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such related 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 Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal in accordance with this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) any taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), branch profits taxes, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), as a result of a present or former connection between such Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or
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any taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document), (b) any Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA, and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 10.12), any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).
“Existing RNS Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2006, as amended, among the Rainbow National Services, LLC, the Guarantors named therein, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, Credit Suisse (formerly Credit Suisse First Boston), Citicorp North America, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents, JPMCB, as administrative agent, and the other Loan Parties (as defined therein) party thereto.
“Existing RNS Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of August 20, 2004, among The Bank of New York, Rainbow National Services, LLC, RNS Co-Issuer Corporation and the “Guarantors” (as defined therein) with respect to the Existing RNS Notes.
“Existing RNS Notes” shall mean the 10-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Existing RNS Indenture in the aggregate original principal amount of $325,000,000.
“Facility” means the Term A Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility or an Incremental Term Facility, if any, as the context may require.
“Facility Fee Letter” means the fee letter dated October 27, 2013 entered into between the Company and the Lead Arranger.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Credit Agreement, including any regulations or official interpretations thereof, whether issued before or after the date of this Credit Agreement.
“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds 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 (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
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day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to JPMCB on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letters” means the Facility Fee Letter and the JPMCB Fee Letter.
“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants applicable to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time as set forth in Section 7.26 and 7.27.
“Flood Hazard Property” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a)(vi).
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, (1) any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary shall be a Foreign Subsidiary, and (2) any Subsidiary of AMC Acquisition Company LLC (or its successor) shall be a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied; provided, that, at any time after the Closing Date, the Company may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, except as otherwise provided in Section 1.03(b), references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (and equivalent pronouncements) as in effect at the date of such election, except as otherwise provided in this Credit Agreement; provided further, that any calculation or determination in this Credit Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include Quarters ended prior to the adoption of IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra‑national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(h).
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“Grantor” has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
“Guarantees” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.16.
“Guarantors” means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(iii) and each New Restricted Subsidiary required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.08. For the avoidance of doubt, no Foreign Subsidiary is required to be or to become a Guarantor under the Loan Documents.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors under Article IV in favor of the Secured Parties.
“Guaranty Supplement” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.11.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos‑containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, (i) at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Secured Hedge Agreement, or (ii) on the Closing Date, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and was also a “Lender” or an “Affiliate” of a “Lender,” under the Original Credit Agreement, and on the Closing Date is a party to an interest rate hedge under the Original Credit Agreement that qualified as a “Secured Hedge Agreement” under the Original Credit Agreement, in its capacity as a party to such interest rate hedge.
“Honor Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board.
“IFC” means IFC TV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.13(d).
“Incremental Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Incremental Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Incremental Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Incremental Term Commitments” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Facility” means, any additional tranche of Incremental Term Commitments and Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Term Supplement.
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“Incremental Term Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Term Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of an Incremental Term Lender, evidencing Incremental Term Loans made by such Incremental Term Lender, substantially in the form attached to the Incremental Term Supplement.
“Incremental Term Supplement” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.14(c).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and other indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of debt securities) or for the deferred purchase or acquisition price of property or services other than accounts payable and accrued expenses (other than for borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such term shall include (a) when applied to the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, all obligations of the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary under Swap Contracts and (b) when applied to the Borrower or any other Person, all Indebtedness of others Guaranteed by such Person provided that Indebtedness incurred using credit cards issued to the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective employees in an aggregate amount not in excess of $20,000,000 shall not constitute Indebtedness.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.02(f).
“Initial Term A Borrowing” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Intellectual Property” means the Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Software, Trade Secrets, Trade Secret Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses of the Loan Parties.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, between each Loan Party owning any Intellectual Property or applications for Intellectual Property and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and any similar security agreement or any security agreement supplement delivered pursuant to Section 7.08.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day
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of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or if made available by the Lenders twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Investments” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.18.
“ISP” means the International Standby Practices (ISP98) International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590, as the same may be amended and as in effect from time to time.
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC.
“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its successors.
“JPMCB Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated June 30, 2011, among the Company, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
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“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage.
“L/C Borrowing” means 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 Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means JPMCB in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder and any other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Company and Administrative Agent that has agreed to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Credit 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 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lead Arranger” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, in its capacity as the “left” lead arranger for the Facilities.
“Leases” means leases and subleases (excluding Capital Lease Obligations), licenses to use property, and easements.
“Lender” means the banks or other financial institutions which are parties hereto, including the Swingline Lender and any Incremental Term Lender, together with their respective successors and assigns.
“Lender Insolvency Event” means that (i) a Lender or its Lender Parent is insolvent or (ii) an event of the kind referred to in clause (g)(ii), (g)(v) or (h) of Section 8.01 occurs, excluding any Undisclosed Administration, with respect to such Lender or its Lender Parent (as if the references in such provisions to the Company or Significant Restricted Subsidiaries referred to such Lender or Lender Parent); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender 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) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
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“Lender Parent” means, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
“Lender Party” means any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender.
“Lender Party Appointment Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.06(a).
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(i).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Liens” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.17.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, Swingline Loan or Revolving Credit Loan.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Credit Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the Collateral Documents, (d) the Fee Letters, (e) each Issuer Document, (f) each Secured Hedge Agreement, (g) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, and (h) each Incremental Term Supplement, if any; provided that for purposes of the definition of “Materially Adverse Effect” and Articles V through IX and Section 10.01, “Loan Documents” shall not include Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Mandatory Borrowing” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U.
“Materially Adverse Effect” means a materially adverse effect upon (i) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
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taken as a whole on a combined basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the ability of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to perform the Obligations hereunder or (iii) the legality, validity, binding nature or enforceability of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the security interest created, or purported to be created, by any of the Collateral Documents.
“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, December 16, 2018, (b) with respect to the Term A Facility, December 16, 2019, (c) with respect to each Incremental Term Facility, if any, the date specified as such in the respective Incremental Term Supplement.
“Material Real Property” has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.08.
“Monetization Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof issued in connection with a Monetization Transaction; provided that, (i) on the date of its incurrence, the purchase price or principal amount of such Monetization Indebtedness does not exceed the fair market value of the securities that are the subject of such Monetization Transaction on such date and (ii) the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to the purchase price or principal amount of such Monetization Indebtedness (x) may be satisfied in full by delivery of the securities that are the subject of such Monetization Transaction and any related options on such securities or any proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof on account of such options; provided further, that if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary no longer owns sufficient securities that were the subject of such Monetization Transaction and/or related options on such securities to satisfy in full the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries under such Monetization Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall no longer be deemed to be Monetization Indebtedness, and (y) are not secured by any Liens on any of the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets other than the securities that are the subject of such Monetization Transaction and the related options on such securities.
“Monetization Transaction” means a transaction pursuant to which (i) securities received pursuant to a Disposition or Exchange are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed (including by way of a forward purchase agreement, prepaid forward sale agreement, secured borrowing or similar agreement) within 180 days of such Disposition or Exchange and (ii) the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive (including by way of borrowing under Monetization Indebtedness) not less than 75% of the fair market value of such securities in the form of cash.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgages” means the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages, substantially in the form of Exhibit L (with such changes as may be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel to account for local law matters) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and each other Mortgage delivered pursuant to Section 7.11
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from time to time), in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash from (x) any Disposition or the incurrence, issuance or sale of Indebtedness or capital stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after deduction of the underwriting discounts and commissions in, the costs of, and any income, franchise, transfer or other tax liability arising from, such sale, Disposition, incurrence or issuance, (y) a capital contribution in respect of the common stock of any class of the Company to the Company by the holder thereof, or (z) any insurance, condemnation awards or other payment with respect to an Event of Loss, after deduction of the costs of, and any income, franchise, transfer or other tax liability arising therefrom. If any amount payable to the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any such incurrence or issuance shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other negotiable or non‑negotiable instrument, the cash proceeds received on any such note or instrument shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
“Net Debt” means, as to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, less the aggregate amount of Qualified Cash of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed 33% of Operating Cash Flow for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).
“New Restricted Subsidiary” means any New Subsidiary designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(b) and any Unrestricted Subsidiary redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c).
“New Subsidiary” means any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company on or after the Closing Date.
“New Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any New Subsidiary deemed an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(a).
“Non‑Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Note” means a Term A Note, Revolving Credit Note, Swingline Note or Incremental Term Note, if any, as the context may require.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, 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 Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of
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any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“OID” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.10(a).
“Operating Cash Flow” means, for any period, the following for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: (i) aggregate operating revenues, minus (ii) aggregate operating expenses (including technical, programming, sales, selling, general administrative expenses and salaries and other compensation, in each case net of amounts allocated to Affiliates, but excluding depreciation and amortization (but, for the avoidance of doubt, depreciation and amortization will not include the amortization of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content), which is treated as an operating expense), charges and credits relating to employee stock plans, and restructuring charges and credits, and, to the extent otherwise included in operating expenses, any losses resulting from a write‑off or write‑down of Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Affiliates), plus (iii), without duplication, Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization; provided, however, that for purposes of determining Operating Cash Flow for any period (A) there shall be excluded all management fees paid to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period by any Unrestricted Subsidiary other than any such amounts settled in cash to the extent not in excess of 5% of Operating Cash Flow for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as determined without including any such fees, (B) there shall be excluded (I) operating expenses in connection with the Distribution Transaction in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, (II) operating expenses relating to the Chello Acquisition and the financing thereof, including this Credit Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 in the aggregate and (III) expenses related to transition services, systems integration, accounting, legal, tax and human resources integration in connection with the Chello Acquisition and incurred within 12 months of the closing date of the Chello Acquisition, in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000, (C) the amount of Operating Cash Flow attributable to any non‑wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the Company’s direct or indirect economic interest in the Equity Interests of such non‑wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that the amount of Operating Cash Flow attributable to all non‑wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries shall in no event exceed 10% of the total Operating Cash Flow for such period, and (D) Operating Cash Flow for such period shall be increased or reduced, as the case may be, by the Operating Cash Flow of assets or businesses acquired or disposed of (provided that in each case it has an impact on Annual Operating Cash Flow of at least $1,000,000) (including by means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Company, delivered in accordance with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose assets were acquired and may include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (a) that have been realized, (b) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (c) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or disposition), as though the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such assets on the first day of such
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period. For purposes of this definition, operating revenues and operating expenses shall exclude any non‑recurring, non‑cash items in excess of $2,500,000. Operating Cash Flow may also be adjusted to normalize an acceleration of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content) required to be recognized in accordance with GAAP when the program’s useful life is shortened or otherwise changed from the originally projected useful life. Furthermore, to the extent the programs are abandoned and, to the extent that the amortization of such programming expenses are, in accordance with GAAP, required to be accelerated into the year of such impairment, the Company may treat such costs as being amortized over a period equal to the original projected useful life. In the event of any suspension of carriage by any party to an Affiliation Agreement during renewal negotiations of such Affiliation Agreement or upon the expiration or termination of, or during disputes under, such Affiliation Agreement, the Operating Cash Flow calculation, for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants (but not for any other purpose), may be adjusted (the “Carriage Suspension Adjustment”) to include the Operating Cash Flow attributable to the affected Affiliation Agreement from the corresponding period one year prior to each period during which such suspension of carriage continues, but in any event not to exceed three months, provided that the Carriage Suspension Adjustment shall be limited only to the Operating Cash Flow attributable to one Affiliation Agreement during any three‑month period being tested.
“Original Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011 among AMC Networks Inc., as borrower, certain of its subsidiaries party thereto as guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent thereunder and the lenders from time to time party thereto.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise, property, mortgage recording or other similar taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments thereof occurring on such date and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Participant” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(d).
“Patent Licenses” means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to a Person of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent.
“Patents” means (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, now existing or hereafter arising, and all improvement patents, reissues, reexaminations, patents of additions, renewals and extensions thereof, and (b) all applications for letters patent of the United
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States or any other country, now existing or hereafter arising, and all provisions, division, continuations and continuations‑in‑part and substitutes thereof.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.16.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition (including by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other form of combination) of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or substantially all of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or division, line of business or other business unit of a Person who will become, or which assets will become property of, a Restricted Subsidiary so long as (a) there is no Default or Event of Default both before and after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith, (b) the Company would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the consummation of such acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith (such pro forma basis to include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition (i) that have been realized, (ii) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (iii) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition, in each case, certified by the Company), with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such acquisition was consummated and such Indebtedness was incurred on the first day of the 12‑month period then ended; provided, the Financial Covenants for purposes of determining such pro forma compliance, shall be determined in a manner to be more restrictive than the level otherwise applicable for the relevant test period by 0.25:1.00, (c) the acquired company or assets are in the same business as the Company and its subsidiaries or are in a line of business that is generally related to the lines of business conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries, (d) any acquired company and its subsidiaries (other than any subsidiary that shall be a Foreign Subsidiary) shall become Guarantors and pledge their assets to the Collateral Agent and (e) the Company shall have notified the Administrative Agent at least ten Business Days prior to the consummation of such proposed acquisition, and shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent documents related to the proposed acquisition reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Affiliate Payments” means (a) payments under equity and other compensation incentive programs to employees and directors of the Borrower or any of its current or former Affiliates in the ordinary course of business; provided that, in the case of employees or directors of former Affiliates, such payments relate to awards granted prior to the consummation of the Distribution Transaction, and (b) payments due and payable under the Distribution Transaction Agreements.
“Permitted Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred, issued or sold by the Company after the Closing Date, and any Guarantees thereof issued by the Guarantors permitted pursuant to Section 7.16(viii), provided that:
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(i) such Indebtedness (A) shall be unsecured, (B) shall have a commercially reasonable interest rate (which rate shall be deemed commercially reasonable if such Indebtedness is sold by a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in an underwritten offering, in a private placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, or on a “best efforts” basis), (C) shall be neither (1) redeemable, payable or required to be purchased or otherwise retired or extinguished in whole or in part at a fixed or determinable date (whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise), at the option of any Person other than the Company or upon the occurrence of a condition other than a change of control (as defined in the Debt Instruments governing such Indebtedness) not solely within the control of the Company (such as a redemption required to be made out of future earnings) nor (2) convertible into any other Indebtedness or capital stock of the Company that may be so retired, extinguished or converted, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, at any time before the date that is six months after the last Maturity Date applicable to the Facilities as in effect at the time of the incurrence, issuance or sale of such Indebtedness, (D) shall have a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of the Facilities (assuming each of the Facilities had been entered into with a six month additional weighted life), (E) shall be issued subject to the demonstration of pro forma compliance after giving effect to such Indebtedness with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if incurred on the first day of the 12‑month period then ended, and (F) shall have terms and conditions no more restrictive or burdensome, taken as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes (whether or not the Senior Notes are outstanding at the date of such determination); and
(ii) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence, issuance or sale of such Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Company shall have so certified to the Administrative Agent;
and provided further, that the Company shall (a) prior to the issuance of any such Indebtedness, provide notice to the Administrative Agent of the proposed issuance thereof and of the use of the proceeds thereof and (b) as soon as available, provide to the Administrative Agent copies of the Debt Instruments governing such Indebtedness.
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
(i) (a) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or other social security legislation, and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under related insurance or self‑insurance arrangements, (b) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business securing insurance premiums or reimbursement obligations under insurance policies related to the items specified in the foregoing clause (a), or (c) obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by such Person to support the payment of the items set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (i);
(ii) (a) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for borrowed money) or Leases to which such Person is a party, (b) deposits to secure public
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or statutory obligations of such Person, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, (c) deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, and (d) obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by such Person to support the payment of items set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (ii);
(iii) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities made by such Person as a condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued to it by, or to satisfy other similar requirements of, any applicable Governmental Authority;
(iv) Liens imposed by law, such as (a) carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ materialmen’s, landlords’, or repairmen’s Liens, or (b) other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations which are not overdue by more than 30 days or which if more than 30 days overdue, (1) the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been made therefor as appropriate in accordance with GAAP, or (2) the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $2,000,000;
(v) Liens arising out of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default;
(vi) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or other restrictions or 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 do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the ordinary operation of the business of such Person;
(vii) any zoning, building or similar laws or rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority;
(viii) Liens created in the ordinary course of business and customary in the relevant industry with respect to the creation of content, and the components thereof, securing the obligations of any of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries owing in respect of compensation or other payments owed for services rendered by creative or other personnel that do not constitute Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien shall attach solely to the content, or applicable component thereof, that are the subject to the arrangements giving rise to the underlying obligation;
(ix) Liens for (a) taxes (other than property taxes), assessments, charges or other governmental levies not overdue by more than 30 days or which if more than 30 days overdue, (1) the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been made therefor as appropriate in accordance with GAAP and (2) the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $4,000,000, and (b) property taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in
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good faith and by appropriate proceedings (and as to which all foreclosures and other enforcement proceedings shall have been fully bonded or otherwise effectively stayed);
(x) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set‑off or similar rights and remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto and pooling and netting arrangements) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or securities intermediary;
(xi) restrictions on transfers of securities imposed by applicable securities laws;
(xii) (a) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublessor under any Lease, license or sublease entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased, licensed or subleased and (b) the rights reserved or vested in any other Person by the terms of any Lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by such Person or by a statutory provision to terminate any such Lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xiii) assignments of insurance or condemnation proceeds provided to landlords (or their mortgagees) pursuant to the terms of any Lease and Liens or rights reserved in any Lease for rent or for compliance with the terms of such Lease;
(xiv) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding Leases entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business not prohibited by this Credit Agreement;
(xvi) 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; and
(xvii) additional Liens so long as the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $20,000,000 at any time.
For the avoidance of doubt (and to supplement Section 1.07), Liens on property and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in a country outside the United States of America analogous in such country to the foregoing Permitted Liens described in clauses (i) through (xvii) of this definition shall also be Permitted Liens, subject to the foreign equivalent of the applicable Dollar limitation specified in the relevant clause.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or
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accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses), (b) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) the final maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date of the Term A Facility, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (e) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors than the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (f) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means, at any time, an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either (i) maintained by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate or (ii) a Multiemployer Plan to which the Company or an ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding six plan years made contributions.
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2013, among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
“Pledged Equity Interests” has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
“Pledgor” has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
“Prohibited Transaction” means a transaction that is prohibited under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 408 of ERISA.
“Qualified Cash” means, of any Person, all cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person in deposit or securities accounts.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guaranty or the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant”
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at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Quarter” means a fiscal quarterly period of the Company.
“Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b)(vi).
“Register” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(c).
“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning given to such term by the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Company as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means (i) any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) (other than a Reportable Event as to which the provision of 30 days’ notice to the PBGC is waived under applicable regulations), 4062(e) or 4063(a) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, (ii) a determination that any Plan is an “at risk” status within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA and the failure of such Plan to make the required funding to the Plan as provided by Section 303(i) of ERISA and (iii) any failure to make payments required by Section 430(j) of the Code if such failure continues for 30 days following the due date for any required installment.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
“Required Incremental Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination and as to any Incremental Term Facility, Incremental Term Lenders holding more than 50% of such Incremental Term Facility on such date; provided that the portion of such Incremental Term Facility held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Incremental Term Lenders.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by the Company or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
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“Required Prepayment Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.04(b)(vii).
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.
“Required Revolving/Term A Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders (other than Incremental Term Lenders, if any) holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) less the Outstanding Amount of the Incremental Term Loans, if any, and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender (other than any Incremental Term Lender, if any), and (ii) the Loans held by the Company or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving/Term A Lenders.
“Required Term A Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Term A Lenders holding more than 50% of the Term A Facility on such date; provided that (i) the portion of the Term A Facility held by any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by the Company or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Term A Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, senior vice president‑finance, chief accounting officer, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Group Reporting Period” means any Quarter or fiscal year of the Company if, as of the end of such period, either (i) the combined revenues of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries exceed 5% of the combined revenues of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the four Quarter period then ended, or (ii) the aggregate amount of the assets of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries as recorded on the balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries exceeds 5% of the aggregate amount of the assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on such balance sheet.
“Restricted Payments” means (i) direct or indirect distributions, dividends or other payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on account of (including, without limitation,
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sinking fund or other payments on account of the redemption, retirement, purchase or acquisition of) any general or limited partnership or joint venture interest in, or any capital stock of, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (whether made in cash, property or other obligations), other than any such distributions, dividends and other payments made by (a) a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Loan Party on account of any such Equity Interests of the former held by the latter and (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party on account of any such Equity Interests of the former held by the latter, and (ii) any prepayment of principal or interest on account of any Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness of the Company issued under the Senior Notes Indenture (other than (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any prepayment of interest on account of any Permitted Debt or the Senior Notes, (b) any prepayment of principal or interest on account of any Indebtedness under the Existing RNS Agreement and Existing RNS Notes, and (c) any prepayment of principal on any Indebtedness being Refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness).
“Restricted Subsidiaries” means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(i) , AMC, each Additional Borrower, and any New Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any Restricted Subsidiary redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 7.08(c) shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Restricting Information” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.02(g).
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c), and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption 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 Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(c); provided, that a Swingline Loan shall not constitute a Revolving Credit Loan.
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B‑3.
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“Revolving/Term A Event of Default” means any Event of Default contained in clause (c) of Section 8.01, but only with respect to Sections 7.26 and 7.27.
“RMH GE” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.23(vii).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw‑Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is the target of any Sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions‑related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person.
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means (i) any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between one or more Loan Parties and any Cash Management Bank and (ii) any Cash Management Agreement with a Cash Management Bank entered into under the Original Credit Agreement that remains outstanding on the Closing Date and that qualified as a Secured Cash Management Agreement under the Original Credit Agreement.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means (i) any Swap Contract permitted under Article VII that is entered into by and between the Borrower and any Hedge Bank and that has been designated to the Administrative Agent in writing by such Hedge Bank as being a Secured Hedge Agreement for the purposes of the Loan Documents and (ii) any interest rate hedge with a Hedge Bank entered into under the Original Credit Agreement that remains outstanding on the Closing Date and that qualified as a Secured Hedge Agreement under the Original Credit Agreement, provided that such interest rate hedge has been identified on Schedule 1.01(v) hereto as being a Secured Hedge Agreement for the purposes of the Loan Documents.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co‑agent or sub‑agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are stated to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
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“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2013, among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
“Senior Notes” means the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021, issued pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture in the aggregate original principal amount of $700,000,000.
“Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2011, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, with respect to the Senior Notes.
“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the Total Outstandings on such date to (ii) Annual Operating Cash Flow determined as of the last day of the month covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d), a copy of which has been delivered to the Administrative Agent (and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Total Outstandings shall be effective as of the date such change shall occur and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow shall be effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d) reflecting such change).
“Significant Company” means (i) each of AMC Acquisition Company LLC and its direct Subsidiaries, CZHL, AMC, IFC, WE and Sundance, and (ii) each other Restricted Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns a material programming network that had $100 million or more in gross operating revenues for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided that, AtMedia Pol shall not be a Significant Company.
“Significant Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary having (x) revenues in excess of $10,000,000 for the four Quarter period then ended or (y) assets in excess of $25,000,000 recorded on its most recent audited balance sheet.
“Software” means the intellectual property rights embodied in computer programs, computer applications, source code, object code and related documentation.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property
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would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Solvency Certificate” means a certificate of a senior financial executive of the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“SPC” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(h).
“Spot Rate” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.07.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is subordinated to the Obligations of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” means all agreements, indentures and instruments pursuant to which any Subordinated Debt is issued, in each case as amended to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents.
“Subsequent Term A Borrowing” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Sundance” means Sundance Channel L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
“Sundance Domestic Channels” means Sundance and Sundance Channel Originals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Sundance International” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.24(vii).
“Swap Contract” means (a) 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 (b) 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
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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.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swingline Borrowing” means a borrowing of Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.15(a).
“Swingline Lender” means any Lender or the Administrative Agent as agreed to at any time by the Company and such Lender or the Administrative Agent, in either case as designated in accordance with this Credit Agreement. The initial Swingline Lender shall be JPMCB.
“Swingline Loans” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(d).
“Swingline Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Swingline Lender evidencing Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B‑4.
“Swingline Sublimit” means $20,000,000. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, assessments or other charges (including withholdings) imposed by any Governmental Authority with authority to impose the same, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term A Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term A Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Term A Commitment” means, as to each Term A Lender, its obligation to make Term A Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term A Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term A Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit Agreement.
“Term A Facility” means at any time (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of the Term A Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the Term A Loans of all Term A Lenders outstanding at such time.
“Term A Lender” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that has a Term A Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that holds Term A Loans at such time.
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“Term A Loan” means an advance made by any Term A Lender under the Term A Facility.
“Term A Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term A Lender evidencing Term A Loans made by such Term A Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B‑1.
“Term Borrowing” means a Term A Borrowing or Incremental Term Borrowing, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Commitment” means a Term A Commitment or Incremental Term Commitment, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Facility” means, at any time, the Term A Facility or Incremental Term Facility, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, a Term A Lender or Incremental Term Lender, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Loan” means a Term A Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, as the context may require.
“Termination Event” means (i) a Reportable Event, (ii) the termination of a Plan, or the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan, or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA, (iii) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or (iv) the appointment of a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.
“Ticking Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b)(iii).
“Total Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness (including the interest component of rentals in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis), other than obligations under any Guarantee permitted under subparagraph (x) of Section 7.16, (ii) the aggregate amount of fees accrued in respect of the Letters of Credit hereunder during such period and (iii) the aggregate amount of Commitment Fees accrued hereunder during such period. For purposes of this definition, the amount of interest accrued in respect of Indebtedness for any period (A) shall be increased (to the extent not already treated as interest expense or income, as the case may be) by the excess, if any, of amounts payable by the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary arising under any interest rate Swap Contract during such period over amounts receivable by the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary thereunder (or reduced by the excess, if any, of such amounts receivable over such amounts payable) and interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP and (B) shall be increased or reduced, as the case may be, by the amount of interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of assets acquired or disposed of (including by means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary
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pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Company, delivered in accordance with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose assets were acquired and may include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisitions or dispositions, as though the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such assets on the first day of such period.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations.
“Trade Secrets” means all confidential and proprietary information, including, without limitation, know‑how, trade secrets, inventions, research and development information, databases and data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information.
“Trade Secret Licenses” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to a Person of any right under a Trade Secret.
“Trademark Licenses” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to a Person of any right to use any Trademark.
“Trademarks” means all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, service marks, elements of package or trade dress of goods or services, logos and other source or business identifiers, together with the goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all application in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof and all renewals thereof.
“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the entering into by the Loan Parties and their applicable Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which they are or are intended to be a party, (b) the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan Documents, and (c) the Chello Acquisition and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“UCC” has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
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“UCP” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 2007 revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time.
“Undisclosed Administration” means in relation to a Lender 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 is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(ii) and any New Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Unrestricted Subsidiary redesignated by the Company as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 7.08(c) shall cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Waivable Prepayment” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.04(b)(vii).
“WE” means WE: Women’s Entertainment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any organization document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and
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“property” (except when used as accounting terms, in which case GAAP shall apply) 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.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally. 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 Credit Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. (i) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or (x) in the case of any financial ratio applicable only to a Financial Covenant, the Applicable Rate or Section 2.08(a), the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other financial ratio, the Required Lenders, shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the applicable Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving/Term A Lenders, as applicable); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(ii) The Company may at any time elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP, but prior to any such change shall notify the Administrative Agent of any intended change to the manner in which any financial statements shall be prepared. Following such notification, if requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend any computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change from GAAP to IFRS. Unless the Required Lenders shall have objected to such required amendments within 10 Business Days after the Lenders shall have been notified thereof by the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that the Administrative Agent shall give such notice promptly via the Approved Electronic Platform after reaching agreement with the Company with respect to such required amendments), such amendments shall become effective and shall be binding on all parties hereto; provided that, until so amended, (i) each such ratio or requirement shall continue to
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be computed in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change to IFRS.
Section 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to this Credit 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 (with a rounding‑up if there is no nearest number).
Section 1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts. 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 in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Section 1.07 Currency Equivalents and Calculations Generally. Any amount specified in this Credit Agreement (other than in Articles II, IV and IX) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of this Section 1.07, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person 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 of such determination; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 2.01 The Loans. (a) The Term A Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Term A Lender’s Term A Commitment and in an aggregate amount for all Term A Lenders not to exceed $880,000,000 (the “Initial Term A Borrowing”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower after the Closing Date and on or prior to the earliest of (such date, the “Chello Termination Date”) (x) August 14, 2014, (y) the date of the termination of the Chello Acquisition Agreement and (z) the date of consummation of the Chello Acquisition in an amount not to exceed such Term A Lender’s Term A Commitment and in an aggregate amount for all Term A Lenders not to exceed $600,000,000 (the “Subsequent Term A Borrowing”), such amount, together with the amount of the Initial Term A Borrowing, not to exceed the aggregate amount of the Term A Commitments. Each Term A Borrowing shall consist of Term A Loans made simultaneously by the Term A Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the Term A Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(d) The Swingline Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, including Section 2.15, the Swingline Lender, in its individual capacity, may in its sole discretion make revolving loans (each a “Swingline Loan” and, collectively, the “Swingline Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Sublimit; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swingline Borrowing, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall
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not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(d) and repaid or prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement.
Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. (a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that notice of (x) the initial Borrowing of Base Rate Loans may be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Closing Date and (y) any conversion of such initial Borrowing to Eurodollar Rate Loans may be received by the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day prior to the requested date of conversion. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. In the case of any discrepancies between telephonic and written notices received by the Administrative Agent, the telephonic notice shall be effective as understood in good faith by the Administrative Agent. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term A Borrowing (and whether such borrowing is the Initial Term A Borrowing or Subsequent Term A Borrowing), a Revolving Credit Borrowing or an Incremental Term Borrowing, if available, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice or a request or a deemed request by the Swingline Lender for repayment of any outstanding Swingline Loans under Section 2.15(b), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Term A Loans, Revolving Credit Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation
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is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of a Term Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (i) one hour after receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date in the case of the initial Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (as long as such notice is received prior to 3:00 p.m. on such day) or (ii) 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, (x) if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01, (y) if such Borrowing is the Subsequent Term A Borrowing, the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.03 and (z) if such Borrowing is the Incremental Term Borrowing, the applicable conditions set forth in the Incremental Term Supplement), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of JPMCB with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower that Loans may only be converted into or continued as Loans of certain specified Types and, thereafter, until no Default shall continue to exist, Loans may not be converted into or continued as Loans of any Type other than one or more of such specified Types.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of any change in JPMCB’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term A Borrowings, all conversions of Term A Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term A Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 12 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term A Facility. After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 12 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
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Section 2.03 Letters of Credit. (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(C) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit
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any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer generally applicable to the issuance of letters of credit;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(E) a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Lender.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C 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.
(vi) The L/C 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 L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C 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 Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
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satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the 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; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C 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 L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) 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 L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without
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regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
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(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations. (a) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(i) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit 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 Federal Funds 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 Credit Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C 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 Credit Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with
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this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(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) any payment by the L/C 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 L/C 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 any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) 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 any of its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C 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 L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C 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 Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; 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, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent,
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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 the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C 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 L/C 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.
(g) Cash Collateral. Section 2.04, Section 2.16 and Section 8.02 set forth certain requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.04, Section 2.16, Section 8.02 and Section 8.03, “Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral (“Cash Collateral”) in Dollars, at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any L/C Obligations to be Cash Collateralized, the L/C Issuer. Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non‑interest bearing deposit accounts at JPMCB. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse the L/C Issuer.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C 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 UCP, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit Fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (A) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (B) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on
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demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any Quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such Quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at a rate per annum of 0.125%, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently‑ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) 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.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C 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 Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
Section 2.04 Prepayments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (I) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (II) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant
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Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof as directed by the Company (and if not so directed, on a pro‑rata basis), and each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of the applicable Facility.
(b) Mandatory. (i) If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) Disposes of any property (other than any deemed Disposition referred to in Section 7.08(c)) or (B) suffers an Event of Loss, in each case, which results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall prepay (or, in the case of the Incremental Term Facility, if any, offer to purchase at par), immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person, an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds which, in the aggregate with any other Net Cash Proceeds described in this Section 2.04(b)(i) that have not been used to prepay the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(i) or reinvested pursuant to the proviso set forth below, exceeds $75,000,000; provided, that, the foregoing requirement to offer to purchase Incremental Term Loans, if any, shall only apply in the case of a Disposition of any Significant Company or substantially all the assets of any Significant Company; provided, further, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds described in this Section 2.04(b)(i), at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds), and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets so long as within 365 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such reinvestment shall have been consummated (as certified by the Company in writing to the Administrative Agent); and provided, however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.04(b)(i).
(ii) Upon the incurrence or issuance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.15), the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
(iii) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) shall be applied, first, ratably to the Term A Facility and, to the extent such prepayment is to be made from the Net Cash Proceeds of a Disposition of a Significant Company, but subject to Section 2.04(b)(vii), the Incremental Term Facility, if any, and to the principal repayment of installments thereof on a pro‑rata basis and, second, to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause (vi) of this Section 2.04(b).
(iv) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii) shall be applied, first, to the Term A Facility and to the principal repayment of installments thereof
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on a pro‑rata basis and, second, to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause (vi) of this Section 2.04(b).
(v) If for any reason the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans or L/C Borrowings or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(vi) Prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), first, shall be applied ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the Swingline Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and, third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations; and, in the case of prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility required pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.04(b), the amount remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of all L/C Borrowings, Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at such time and the Cash Collateralization of the remaining L/C Obligations in full (the sum of such prepayment amounts, cash collateralization amounts and remaining amount being, collectively, the “Reduction Amount”) may be retained by the Borrower for use in the ordinary course of its business. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable.
(vii) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event the Borrower is required to make, in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(i), an offer to purchase at par the outstanding Incremental Term Loans, if any (a “Waivable Prepayment”), not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date”) on which the Borrower is required to make such Waivable Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding outstanding Incremental Term Loans of the amount of such Incremental Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Waivable Prepayment and such Incremental Term Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Incremental Term Lender may exercise such option to refuse such amount by giving written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Incremental Term Lender which does not notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Prepayment, which amount shall be applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Incremental Term Loans held by such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Incremental Term Loans as specified by the Incremental Term Supplement), and (ii) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment that otherwise would have been payable to those Incremental
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Term Lenders that have elected to exercise such option, to prepay the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, which prepayment shall be further applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(iv).
Section 2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) Optional. The Company may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent at any time, terminate the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, in each case without premium or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the Swingline Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of the Swingline Loans would exceed the Swingline Sublimit or (C) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(b) Mandatory. (i) The aggregate Term A Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced by $880,000,000 on the Closing Date and by $600,000,000 on the Chello Termination Date.
(ii) If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section 2.05, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(iii) The Revolving Credit Facility shall be automatically and permanently reduced on each date on which the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans outstanding thereunder is required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) or (ii) by an amount equal to the applicable Reduction Amount.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swingline Sublimit or the Revolving Credit Commitment under this Section 2.05. Upon any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, unless otherwise permitted under this Section 2.05, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(d) Termination of Defaulting Lender. The Company may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender upon not less than five Business Days’ prior
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notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.16(c) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Credit Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts), provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) such termination shall not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.06 Repayment of Loans. (a) Term A Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term A Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.04):
Date | Principal Amortization Payment (shown as a % of Original Principal Amount) | Date | Principal Amortization Payment (shown as a % of Original Principal Amount) |
March 31, 2014 | 0.00% | March 31, 2017 | 3.75% |
June 30, 2014 | 0.00% | June 30, 2017 | 3.75% |
Sept. 30, 2014 | 0.00% | Sept. 30, 2017 | 3.75% |
Dec. 31, 2014 | 0.00% | Dec. 31, 2017 | 3.75% |
March 31, 2015 | 1.25% | March 31, 2018 | 5.00% |
June 30, 2015 | 1.25% | June 30, 2018 | 5.00% |
Sept. 30, 2015 | 1.25% | Sept. 30, 2018 | 5.00% |
Dec. 31, 2015 | 1.25% | Dec. 31, 2018 | 5.00% |
March 31, 2016 | 2.50% | March 31, 2019 | 5.00% |
June 30, 2016 | 2.50% | June 30, 2019 | 5.00% |
Sept. 30, 2016 | 2.50% | Sept. 30, 2019 | 5.00% |
Dec. 31, 2016 | 2.50% | December 16, 2019 | Outstanding Principal Amount |
Total: | 100% |
provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term A Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term A Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on such date; and provided further, that with the prior written consent of the Term A Lenders holding at least 10% of the outstanding Term A Loans, such consenting Term A Lenders can extend the amortization schedule and the maturity of their Term A Loans as agreed upon among such consenting Term A Lenders and the Company (with the new amortization schedule and Maturity Date thereafter applying to such Term A Loans), and the Borrower may pay additional interest or an extension fee to, and as agreed with, such consenting Term A Lenders with respect to such extension, without having any obligation to make any additional payments with respect to such extension to non‑consenting Term A Lenders (and the
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pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section).
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date. All L/C Borrowings and Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility; provided, that with the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Lenders holding at least 10% of the sum of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (ii) the aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments, such consenting Revolving Credit Lenders may extend the maturity of their Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans as agreed upon among such consenting Revolving Credit Lenders and the Company (with such new Maturity Date thereafter applying to such Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans), and the Borrower may pay an extension fee to, and as agreed with, such Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to such extension without having any obligation to make any additional payments with respect to such extension to non‑consenting Revolving Credit Lenders, (and the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section).
(d) Incremental Term Loans. Any unpaid principal and interest of the Incremental Term Loans and any other outstanding Obligations under any of the Incremental Term Commitments shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date applicable thereto.
Section 2.07 Interest. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(b), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of (x) in the case of any amount payable only to the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Term A Lenders, the Required Revolver/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other amount, the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
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(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
Section 2.08 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Section 2.03(i) and (j):
(a) Commitment Fee. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) on the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings, at the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided that, for the period of six months after the Closing Date, the Commitment Fee shall be the greater of (x) 0.375% per annum and (y) the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d):
Cash Flow Ratio | Commitment Fee |
<4.00:1.00 | 0.25% |
≥4.00:1.00 but <5.00:1.00 | 0.25% |
≥5.00:1.00 but <5.75:1.00 | 0.375% |
≥5.75:1.00 | 0.50% |
The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.
(b) Other Fees. (i) The Company shall pay fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Facility Fee Letter. Such fees shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii) The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the JPMCB Fee Letter and/or as mutually agreed in writing. Such fees shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
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(iii) If the Chello Termination Date occurs after March 1, 2014, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Term A Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a fee (the “Ticking Fee”) for the period from and including March 1, 2014, to and excluding the Chello Termination Date, at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of such Term A Lender’s Term A Commitment in respect of the Subsequent Term A Borrowing. The Ticking Fee shall accrue from March 1, 2014, and be due and payable on the Chello Termination Date.
(iv) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders) such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing, to the Lenders and in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to any fees accruing during such period pursuant to Section 2.03(i) and this Section 2.08 (without prejudice to the rights of the Non‑Defaulting Lenders in respect of such fees), provided that (a) to the extent that a portion of the L/C Obligations or the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated to the Non‑Defaulting Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16(b), such fees that would have accrued for the benefit of such Defaulting Lender shall instead accrue for the benefit of and be payable to such Non‑Defaulting Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments, and (b) to the extent of any portion of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans that cannot be so reallocated such fees shall instead accrue for the benefit of and be payable to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender as their interests appear (and the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section); provided that if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 2.16(b), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fees with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations are Cash Collateralized.
Section 2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by JPMCB’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360‑day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365‑day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt. (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. In the event such Note is issued with more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount (“OID”) as defined in the Code, the Borrower shall legend the Note by stating on its face that it was issued with OID in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275‑3(b). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.10(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.11 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to the time funds are due in accordance with Section 2.02(b)) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
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assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Company prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Company with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to
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make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(f) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations in respect of any of such Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of the Facilities then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
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(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Credit Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant.
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
Section 2.13 Increase in Commitments. (a) Request for Increase. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or would result therefrom, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Term A Lenders, as applicable), the Company may request, from time to time, without the consent of any Lender, an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Loans or both by an aggregate amount not exceeding, when taken together with all previous increases in the Revolving Credit Facility and Term A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.13 and all Incremental Term Facilities pursuant to Section 2.14, the greater of (i) $400,000,000 and (ii) an amount which, after giving effect to such increase (and assuming such increased Revolving Credit Facility is fully drawn on the date of, and after giving effect to, such increase), would not cause the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the date of the incurrence of the increase; provided, any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender, as applicable, is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than 10 Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders by the Administrative Agent).
(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Revolving Credit Lender and Term A Lender, as applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment or Term A Commitment, respectively, and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its ratable portion (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Facility, respectively) of such requested increase. Any Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit Commitments or Term A Loans, respectively.
(c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Revolving Credit Lender and Term A Lender, as applicable, of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ and Term A Lenders’ responses, as the case may be, to each request made hereunder. If the aggregate increase participated in by the existing Lenders is less than the requested increase, then to achieve the full amount of the requested increase, and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Revolving Credit Lenders or Term A Lenders, as applicable, pursuant
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to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Loans or both are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Term A Lenders, including the proposed new lenders, as applicable, of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date. Such amendment may be signed by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.
(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, (1) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (b) and (a), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (B) no Default exists or would result from such increase; (2) all fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with such increase shall have been paid on or prior to the Increase Effective Date; and (3) on such Increase Effective Date, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such increase in Loans, including any acquisitions consummated or payments of Indebtedness made with the proceeds thereof, and any acquisitions or dispositions after the first day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 (such pro forma basis to include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (A) that have been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or disposition, in each case, certified by the Company) but prior to or simultaneous with the borrowing of any such increased Loans, the Company would be in compliance with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such transaction occurred on the first day of the 12‑month period then ended.
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(f) In the event of an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with this Section, on the Increase Effective Date, the Borrower shall borrow Revolving Credit Loans and prepay any outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from each Revolving Credit Lender (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section. Any additional Term A Loans shall be made by the Term A Lenders participating therein pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.02.
(g) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.12 to the contrary.
Section 2.14 Incremental Term Facility. (a) Request for Incremental Term Facility. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or would result therefrom, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company may request, on one or more occasions, without the consent of any Lender, a separate tranche of commitments (“Incremental Term Commitments”) and loans (“Incremental Term Loans”) to be established under this Credit Agreement in an amount not exceeding, when taken together with the amount of any increase in the Revolving Credit Facilities (as if fully drawn on the date of determination of compliance hereunder) and Term A Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.13, the greater of (i) $400,000,000 and (ii) an amount which, after giving effect to such increase, would not cause the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the date of the incurrence of the increase; provided that any such request for an Incremental Term Facility shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000.
(b) Incremental Term Lenders. The Company shall be entitled to elect, in its own discretion, Incremental Term Lenders from among the existing Lenders and any additional banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders or investors, subject to the consent of (i) such proposed Incremental Term Lender and (ii) the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), if such consent would be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii), for an assignment of loans or commitments, as applicable, to such Incremental Term Lender.
(c) Conditions to Effectiveness of Incremental Term Facility. As a condition precedent to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility, (1) the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders party thereto shall enter into a supplement to this Credit Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I (an “Incremental Term Supplement”) duly completed such that such Incremental Term Supplement shall set forth the terms and conditions relating to such Incremental Term Facility, which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (except to the extent that they are consistent with the provisos to this clause (c)); provided that, in any event, such Incremental Term Facility shall (i) not have a final maturity date earlier than the Maturity Date applicable to the Term A Facility or a weighted average life to maturity shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Term A Facility, (ii) be guaranteed only by the Guarantors hereunder, (iii) rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and of security with the Term A Facility and (iv) except as to pricing and amortization, shall have terms and documentation no more restrictive than the terms of the Term A Loans unless such terms are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (2) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate
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of each Loan Party dated as of the effective date of an Incremental Term Facility (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such Incremental Term Facility, and (ii) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such Incremental Term Facility, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of such effective date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (b) and (a), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (B) no Default exists, and (3) all fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders in connection with such Incremental Term Facility shall have been paid on or prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Term Facility. Upon the effective date of an Incremental Term Supplement, each lender thereunder shall become an Incremental Term Lender hereunder and such Incremental Term Supplement shall be deemed part of this Credit Agreement for all purposes thereafter.
(d) Any Incremental Term Loans shall be made available to the Borrower as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Supplement; provided that, on such date, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such increase in Loans, including any acquisitions consummated or payments of Indebtedness made with the proceeds thereof, and any acquisitions or dispositions after the first day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 (such pro forma basis to include, in the Company’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (A) that have been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or disposition, in each case, certified by the Company) but prior to or simultaneous with the borrowing of any Incremental Term Loans, the Company would be in compliance with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such transaction occurred on the first day of the 12‑month period then ended.
Section 2.15 Swingline Loans.
(a) Swingline Borrowings.
(i) Notices; Disbursement. Whenever the Borrower desires a Swingline Borrowing hereunder it shall give irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the requested Swingline Borrowing in the form of a Committed Loan Notice. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender shall initiate the transfer of funds representing such Borrowing to the Borrower by 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified by the Borrower in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.
(ii) Minimum Amounts. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $250,000, in excess thereof.
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(b) Repayment of Swingline Loans. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) 10 days from the date of such Borrowing, (ii) the date of the next succeeding Revolving Credit Borrowing, or (iii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility; provided, however, the Borrower may prepay any Swingline Borrowing prior to the date it is due upon notice to the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment of such Borrowing. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. If, and to the extent, any Swingline Loans shall be outstanding on the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing, such Swingline Loans shall be repaid from the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing prior to any distribution of such proceeds to the Borrower. If, and to the extent, a Revolving Credit Borrowing is not requested prior to earlier of (A) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility or (B) the last day of any such 10 day period from the date of any Swingline Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Loan on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility or the last day of such 10 day period, as applicable, in the amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, the proceeds of which shall be used to repay the Swingline Lender for such Swingline Loans. In addition, the Swingline Lender may, at any time, in its sole discretion by written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent, require repayment of its Swingline Loans by way of a Revolving Credit Loan, in which case the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Loan of the Revolving Credit Loans in the amount of such Swingline Loans; provided, however, that any such demand shall be deemed to have been given one Business Day prior to the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility and upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) and also upon acceleration of the Obligations, whether on account of an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) or any other Event of Default, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 following an Event of Default (each such Revolving Credit Loan made on account of any such deemed request therefor as provided herein being hereinafter referred to as a “Mandatory Borrowing”). Each Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make its Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans promptly upon any such request or deemed request on account of each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the same such date, notwithstanding (I) the amount of Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for advances of Revolving Credit Loans otherwise required hereunder, (II) whether any conditions specified in Article V are then satisfied, (III) whether a Default then exists, (IV) failure for any such request or deemed request for Revolving Credit Loans to be made by the time otherwise required in Section 2.02, (V) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing, or (VI) any reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitment or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment relating thereto immediately prior to such Mandatory Borrowing or contemporaneously therewith; provided, however, that no Lender shall be required to make such Revolving Credit Loans if, at the time that the Swingline Lender agreed to fund any requested Swingline Borrowing, the Swingline Lender had knowledge of the existence of a Default or such Mandatory Borrowing would cause a Lender to exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment. In the event that any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including, without limitation, as a result of the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws with respect to the Borrower or any other obligor hereunder), then each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments
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received from the Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swingline Lender such participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each such Revolving Credit Lender to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon its respective Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility (determined before giving effect to any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 8.02), provided that (A) all interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date as of which the respective participation is purchased, and (B) at the time any purchase of participations pursuant to this sentence is actually made, the purchasing Lender shall be required to pay (to the extent not paid by the Borrower) to the Swingline Lender interest on the principal amount of participation purchased for each day from and including the day upon which the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred but excluding the date of payment for such participation, at the rate equal to, if paid within two Business Days of the date of the Mandatory Borrowing, the Federal Funds Rate, and thereafter at a rate equal to the Base Rate.
(c) Interest on Swingline Loans. Swingline Loans shall bear interest at the simple per annum interest rate equal to the sum of (x) the Base Rate and (y) the Applicable Rate then in effect with respect to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, computed on the basis of a year of 365/366 days for the actual number of days elapsed; provided, however, that (i) from and after any failure to make any payment of principal or interest in respect of any of the Loans hereunder when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), whether at scheduled or accelerated maturity or on account of any mandatory prepayment or (ii) while any Swingline Loans in which the Lenders have acquired participations pursuant to Section 2.15(b) remain outstanding, the principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on, Swingline Loans shall bear interest, payable on demand, at the Default Rate. Interest on each Swingline Loan shall be payable in arrears on the date payment of such Swingline Loan is due pursuant to Section 2.15(b).
(d) Reporting. Unless the Swingline Lender is the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent, on Friday of each week and on each date the Administrative Agent notifies the Swingline Lender that the Borrower has delivered a Committed Loan Notice or the Administrative Agent otherwise requests the same, an accounting for the outstanding Swingline Loans in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Termination of Swingline Loans; Designation of Swingline Lender. Unless a Default then exists, the Swingline Lender shall give the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at least seven days’ prior written notice before exercising its discretion herein not to make Swingline Loans. The Borrower must give ten days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any change in designation of the Swingline Lender. The replaced Swingline Lender shall continue to be a “Swingline Lender” for purposes of repayment of any Swingline Loans made prior to such replacement and outstanding after such replacement.
Section 2.16 Cash Collateral; Defaulting Lenders. (a) If any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, if any Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan is at the time outstanding, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, may (except, in the case of a Defaulting Lender, to the extent the Commitments have been reallocated pursuant to Section 2.16(b)), by notice to the Company and such Defaulting Lender through the Administrative Agent, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer
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and the Swingline Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan, as the case may be, in amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender in respect thereof, or to make other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of non‑payment by such Defaulting Lender.
(b) In addition to the other conditions precedent herein set forth, if any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, the L/C Issuer will not be required to issue any Letter of Credit or to amend any outstanding Letter of Credit, and the Swingline Lender will not be required to make any Swingline Loan, unless:
(i) in the case of a Defaulting Lender, the L/C Obligations and the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated, as to outstanding and future Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, to the Non‑Defaulting Lenders as provided in clause (i) of Section 2.16(c), and
(ii) to the extent full reallocation does not occur as provided in clause (i) above, the Borrower Cash Collateralizes the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan, or makes other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of non‑payment by such Defaulting Lender, or
(iii) to the extent that neither reallocation nor Cash Collateralization occurs pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii), then in the case of a proposed issuance of a Letter of Credit or making of a Swingline Loan, by an instrument or instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, (i) the Borrower agrees that the face amount of such requested Letter of Credit or the principal amount of such requested Swingline Loan will be reduced by an amount equal to the unallocated, non Cash‑Collateralized portion thereof as to which such Defaulting Lender would otherwise be liable, and (ii) the Non‑Defaulting Lenders confirm, in their discretion, that their obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan shall be reduced on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Commitments of the Non‑Defaulting Lenders, and that the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 will be deemed adjusted to reflect this provision (provided that nothing in this clause (iii) will be deemed to increase the Commitment of any Lender, nor to constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, nor to cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non‑Defaulting Lender).
(c) If a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, the following provisions shall apply with respect to any outstanding L/C Obligations and any Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender:
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(i) the L/C Obligations and the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender will, upon notice by the Administrative Agent, and subject in any event to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non‑Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; provided that (a) the conditions set forth in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (with such reallocation being deemed a Credit Extension for purposes of such conditions), (b) the sum of the total outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans owed to each Non‑Defaulting Lender and its total L/C Obligations may not in any event exceed the Commitment of such Non‑Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation, (c) such reallocation will not constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, and (d) neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non‑Defaulting Lender as a result thereof will cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non‑Defaulting Lender;
(ii) to the extent that any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations and Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans cannot be so reallocated, whether by reason of the proviso in clause (i) above or otherwise, the Borrower will, not later than three Business Days after demand by the Administrative Agent, (a) Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender in respect of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans, as the case may be, in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unreallocated portion of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans, (b) in the case of such Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans prepay in full the unreallocated portion thereof, or (c) make other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of non‑payment by such Defaulting Lender; and
(iii) any amount paid by the Borrower for the account of a Defaulting Lender under this Credit Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity payments or other amounts) will not be paid or distributed to such Defaulting Lender, but shall instead be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated escrow account until (subject to Section 2.16(e)) the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all obligations of the Borrower hereunder and will be applied by the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the making of payments from time to time in the following order of priority:
first to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement,
second to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender (pro rata as to the respective amounts owing to each of them) under this Credit Agreement,
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third to the payment of post‑default interest and then current interest due and payable to the Non‑Defaulting Lenders hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such interest then due and payable to them,
fourth to the payment of fees then due and payable to the Non‑Defaulting Lenders hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such fees then due and payable to them,
fifth to pay principal and unreimbursed L/C Borrowings then due and payable to the Non‑Defaulting Lenders hereunder ratably in accordance with the amounts thereof then due and payable to them,
sixth to the ratable payment of other amounts then due and payable to the Non‑Defaulting Lenders, and
seventh after the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all obligations of the Borrower hereunder, to pay amounts owing under this Credit Agreement to such Defaulting Lender or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(d) In furtherance of the foregoing, if any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, each of the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower (which authorization is irrevocable and coupled with an interest) to give, through the Administrative Agent, Committed Loan Notices pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(v) in such amounts and in such times as may be required to (i) reimburse an outstanding L/C Borrowing, (ii) repay an outstanding Swingline Loans, or (iii) Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan.
(e) If the Company, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender agree in writing that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be 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 amounts then held in the segregated escrow account referred to in Section 2.16(c)), such Lender shall purchase at par such portions of the outstanding Loans of the other Lenders, and/or make such other adjustments, as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Lenders to hold Loans on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments, whereupon such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non‑Defaulting Lender (and the L/C Obligations and Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of each Lender shall automatically be adjusted on a prospective basis to reflect the foregoing); provided that no adjustments shall be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower and applied as set forth in Section 2.16(c)(iii) while such 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 Non‑Defaulting Lender shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
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(f) If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Company may, upon at least five Business Days’ written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall then give prompt notice thereof to the relevant Lender), replace such Lender with an Eligible Assignee selected by the Company in accordance with Section 10.12; provided, however, that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such request and at the time of such assignment; provided, further, that the assigning Lender’s rights under Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 10.04, and its obligations under Section 10.04, shall survive such assignment as to matters occurring prior to the date of assignment.
Section 2.17 Borrower Agent. Each Additional Borrower hereby designates the Company as its representative and agent (in such capacity, the “Borrower Agent”) for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including requests for Loans and Letters of Credit, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of financial reports, receipt and payment of Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender. The Borrower Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any notice of borrowing) delivered by Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders may give any notice or communication with a Borrower hereunder to the Borrower Agent on behalf of such Borrower. Each of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with the Borrower Agent for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by the Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) in the case of Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(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.
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(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and 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; provided that the Borrower shall not indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer for any penalties or interest that are imposed solely as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. If, in the reasonable discretion of the Borrower, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are incorrectly or not legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority, the Administrative Agent, each Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, shall, at the expense of the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to recover and promptly remit such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes to the Borrower in accordance with subsection (f) of this Section. Nothing contained herein shall derogate from the right of any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it sees fit nor shall require any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs that it deems confidential other than as required under Section 3.01(e). For the avoidance of doubt, neither a Lender nor the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover more than once with respect to the same amount of Taxes to which the Lender or L/C Issuer is entitled to indemnification under this Section.
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, the Borrower 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 the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
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Agent (in such number of copies as shall be reasonably requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Credit Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W‑8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W‑8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W‑8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made (including, for the avoidance of doubt, documentation necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine whether any recipient of amounts arising under this Agreement has or has not complied with such recipient’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and/or withhold from such amounts under FATCA).
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines, in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall 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 Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out‑of‑pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, 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, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, 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, such Lender or the L/C Issuer if the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
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Section 3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Company and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
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Section 3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurodollar Rate contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or the L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of Taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Credit Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender or the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to request compensation for increased costs or expenses described in this Section 3.04(a) only to the extent it is the general practice or policy of such Lender or the L/C Issuer to request such compensation from other borrowers under comparable facilities under similar circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Lender or the L/C Issuer recovers an amount under this Section, such Lender or L/C Issuer may not recover the same amount under Section 3.01; similarly, if a Lender or the L/C Issuer recovers an amount under Section 3.01, such Lender or L/C Issuer may not recover the same amount under this Section.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Credit Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company
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could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine‑month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.
Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
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(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.12;
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, the Company may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.12.
Section 3.07 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
GUARANTY
Section 4.01 Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations (but, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, excluding all Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor at such time), whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the Borrower to the Secured Parties, arising hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof). The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon each Guarantor, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Obligations, absent manifest error. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non‑perfection or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing (but, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, excluding all Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor at such time).
Section 4.02 Rights of Lenders. Each Guarantor consents and agrees that the Secured Parties may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold, exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Secured Parties in their sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of such Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of such Guarantor.
Section 4.03 Certain Waivers. Each Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability, change in corporate existence or structure or other defense of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Secured Party) of the liability of the Borrower or any other Guarantor; (b) any defense based on any claim that such Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Borrower or any other Guarantor; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder; (d) any right to proceed against the Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (e) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses
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or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties. Each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations.
Section 4.04 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Obligations and the obligations of any other Guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against such Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty whether or not the Borrower or any other Person is joined as a party.
Section 4.05 Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall not exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until all of the Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and the Commitments and the Facilities are terminated. If any amounts are paid to any Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Parties to reduce the amount of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
Section 4.06 Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the Facilities with respect to the Obligations are terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor is made, or any of the Secured Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the Obligations 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 any of the Secured Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Secured Parties are in possession of or have released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction. The obligations of each Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Guaranty.
Section 4.07 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrower owing to such Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation of the Borrower to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Secured Parties or resulting from such Guarantor’s performance under this Guaranty, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations. If the Secured Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by such Guarantor as trustee for the Secured Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the Secured Parties on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty.
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Section 4.08 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against any Guarantor or the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by such Guarantor immediately upon demand by the Secured Parties.
Section 4.09 Condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other Guarantor such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the Borrower and any such other Guarantor as such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty, and such Guarantor is not relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to disclose to such Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any other Guarantor (such Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).
Section 4.10 Limitation on Guaranty. It is the intention of the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Borrower that the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be in, but not in excess of, the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. To that end, but only to the extent such obligations would otherwise be avoidable, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, would not render such Guarantor insolvent or unable to make payments in respect of any of its indebtedness as such indebtedness matures or leave such Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital. The need for any such limitation shall be determined, and any such needed limitation shall be effective, at the time or times that such Guarantor is deemed, under applicable law, to incur the Obligations hereunder. Any such limitation shall be apportioned amongst the Obligations (excluding all Excluded Swap Obligations) pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts thereof. This paragraph is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Lenders under this Credit Agreement to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and neither the Guarantors, the Borrower nor any other Person shall have any right under this paragraph that it would not otherwise have under applicable law. The Borrower and each Guarantor agree not to commence any proceeding or action seeking to limit the amount of the obligation of such Guarantor under this Article IV by reason of this paragraph. For the purposes of this paragraph, “insolvency”, “unreasonably small capital” and “unable to make payments in respect of any of its indebtedness as such indebtedness matures” shall be determined in accordance with applicable law.
Section 4.11 Guaranty Supplements. Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a guaranty supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit K hereto (each, a “Guaranty Supplement”), (i) such Person shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in the Loan Documents to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Person, and each reference in any other Loan Document to a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Person, and (ii) each reference in the Loan Documents to “the Guaranty”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to this Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty Supplement.
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Section 4.12 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Obligations that are Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 4.12 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 4.12, or otherwise under this Guaranty, as it relates to such other Loan Party, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with Section 4.06. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 4.12 constitute, and this Section 4.12 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the date of such initial Credit Extension:
(a) Execution of Loan Documents and Notes. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) this Credit Agreement duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders named on the signature pages hereof, the Swingline Lender, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note; and
(iii) the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Intellectual Property Security Agreement(s), each duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent, together with:
(A) to the extent not previously provided to the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Pledge Agreement, certificates representing the Pledged Equity Interests referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank;
(B) proper UCC‑1 Financing Statements filed or in form appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions, if any, that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under each of the Collateral Documents, covering the Collateral described in the Collateral Documents; and
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(C) evidence that all other action that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under the Collateral Documents has been taken (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters and UCC‑3 termination statements, if any).
(b) Signatures. Each of the Loan Parties shall have certified to the Administrative Agent (with copies to be provided for each Lender) the name and signature of each of the persons authorized (i) to sign on its respective behalf this Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, to borrow under this Credit Agreement. The Lenders may conclusively rely on such certifications until they receive notice in writing from such Loan Party, as the case may be, to the contrary.
(c) Loan Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a loan certificate of each Loan Party, in substantially the form of Exhibit J, together with appropriate attachments which shall include, without limitation, the following items: (i) a true, complete and correct copy of the articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation or organization of such Loan Party, certified by the Secretary of State of such Loan Party’s organization, (ii) a true, complete and correct copy of the by‑laws, partnership agreement or limited liability company or operating agreement of such Loan Party, (iii) a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate entity of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and, with respect to the Borrower, authorizing the borrowings hereunder, and (iv) certificates of existence of such Loan Party issued by the Secretary of State or similar state official for the state of such Loan Party’s organization.
(d) Opinions of Counsel to the Borrower and the Other Loan Parties. The Lenders shall have received favorable opinions of:
(i) the general counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E; and
(ii) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F;
and covering such other matters as any Lender or Lenders or special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent, Shearman & Sterling LLP, may reasonably request (and for purposes of such opinions such counsel may rely upon opinions of counsel in other jurisdictions, provided that such other counsel are reasonably satisfactory to special counsel to the Administrative Agent and such other opinions state that the Lenders are entitled to rely thereon).
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Compliance Certificate. The Lenders shall have received a Compliance Certificate showing that (i) the Borrower is in compliance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date and that (ii) as of September 30, 2013 and without giving effect to the Chello Acquisition, the Cash Flow Ratio shall not exceed 6.50 to 1.00.
(g) Other Documents. Such other documents, filings, instruments and papers relating to the documents referred to herein and the transactions contemplated hereby as any Lender or special
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counsel to the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require shall have been received by the Administrative Agent, including information reasonably requested as described in Section 10.16.
(h) Certain Fees. All fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the other Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid. Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent properly invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
(i) Regulatory Approvals. The Borrower shall have obtained all consents and approvals of, and made all filings and registrations with, any Governmental Authority set forth on Schedule 6.03 required with respect to this Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (other than as specified in Schedule 6.03).
(j) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, and (b) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (subject to year‑end and audit adjustments) for any interim quarterly periods that have ended since the most recent of such audited financial statements and at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date.
(k) Solvency Certificate. A Solvency Certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the incurrence of indebtedness related thereto, from the chief financial officer of the Company.
(l) Chello Acquisition Agreement. The Lenders shall have received a certified copy of the Chello Acquisition Agreement with all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto.
(m) Original Credit Agreement. The Lenders shall have received satisfactory evidence that all commitments under the Original Credit Agreement concurrently with the Closing Date are being terminated.
(n) [Reserved].
(o) No Materially Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred since December 31, 2012 any Materially Adverse Effect.
(p) Request for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Credit 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 5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make each Credit Extension hereunder (which shall not include any conversion or continuation of any outstanding Loan or any Credit Extension the proceeds of which are to reimburse (i) the Swingline Lender for Swingline Loans or (ii) the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit) is subject to the additional conditions precedent that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of proceeds thereof;
(b) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party in Article VI hereof or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the date of the making of, and after giving effect to, such Credit Extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct, in all material respects, as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.04(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(b) and (a), respectively;
(c) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, a senior executive of the Company shall have certified compliance with clauses (a) and (b) above to the Administrative Agent; and
(d) the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
The Borrower shall be deemed to have made a representation and warranty hereunder as of the time of each Credit Extension hereunder that the conditions specified in such clauses have been fulfilled as of such time.
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Section 5.03 Conditions to Subsequent Term A Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender to the Credit Extension constituting the Subsequent Term A Borrowing shall be subject to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) the Chello Acquisition shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially concurrently with the Subsequent Term A Borrowing, in accordance with the terms of the Chello Acquisition Agreement (which shall not have been amended, waived or otherwise modified in any material respect by the Company in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Lead Arranger (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);
(b) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5.02;
(c) a Solvency Certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of indebtedness related thereto, from the chief financial officer of the Company;
(d) the Lead Arranger shall have received Management Accounts (as defined in the Chello Acquisition Agreement) or other financial information of the Chello Company delivered under the Chello Acquisition Agreement for the trailing twelve‑month period ending on the last day of the Chello Company’s most recent fiscal quarter ended prior to October 27, 2013 and for the trailing twelve-month period ending on the last day of any subsequent fiscal quarter thereafter ended at least 45 days prior to the closing date of the Chello Acquisition;
(e) all fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lenders and the Lead Arranger on or prior to the date of the Subsequent Term A Borrowing shall have been paid;
(f) AMC Acquisition Company LLC shall have executed and delivered a supplement to the Pledge Agreement; and
(g) the receipt by the Administrative Agent from the Company of a notice which notice shall designate most of the New Subsidiaries being acquired in the Chello Acquisition initially as Restricted Subsidiaries under this Credit Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:
Section 6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries is a limited or general partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent applicable under the laws of the jurisdiction that such entity is formed under) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which such qualification is necessary in view of the properties and assets owned and presently intended to be owned and the business transacted and presently intended to be transacted by it except for qualifications the lack of which, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect, and each Loan Party and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries has full power, authority and legal right to perform its obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Section 6.02 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties. Schedules 1.01(i) and 1.01(ii) contain a complete and correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company, respectively, and a description of the legal nature of such Subsidiaries (including, with respect to each Restricted Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, the address of its principal place of business and its U.S. taxpayer identification number), the nature of the ownership interests (shares of stock or general or limited partnership or other interests) in such Subsidiaries and the holders of such interests and, except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns all of the ownership interests of its Subsidiaries indicated in such schedules as being owned by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens except those created under the Collateral Documents, and all such ownership interests are validly issued and, in the case of shares of stock, fully paid and non‑assessable. Schedule 6.02 contains a complete and correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all Controlled Affiliates of the Company that are not Subsidiaries of the Company, the nature of the respective ownership interests in each such Affiliate, and the holder of each such interest.
Section 6.03 Authority; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Loan Parties of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and each Credit Extension hereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and do not and will not: (a) subject to the consummation of the action described in Section 6.12 hereof, violate any Law currently in effect (other than violations that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect), or any provision of any of the Company’s or the Restricted Subsidiaries’ respective organizational documents presently in effect; (b) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any consent (except for the consents described on Schedule 6.03, each of which has been duly obtained) under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or their respective properties may be bound or affected or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective properties are subject (in each case, other than any conflict, breach, default or required consent that, singly or in the aggregate,
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have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect); or (c) except as provided under any Loan Document, result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 6.04 Financial Condition. The Company has furnished to each Lender:
(a) The consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations and members’ capital or deficiency for the fiscal year ended on said date, said financial statements having been certified by a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; and
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations for the Quarter then ended.
All financial statements referred to above (i) are complete and correct in all material respects (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements referred to above, to year‑end and audit adjustments), (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (iii) fairly present the financial condition of the respective entity or groups of entities which is or are the subject of such financial statements (as stated above), on a consolidated basis, as of the respective dates of the balance sheets included in such financial statements and the results of operations of such entity or groups of entities for the respective periods ended on said dates.
None of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries had on any of said dates any material contingent liabilities, liabilities for Taxes, unusual forward or long‑term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments or operations which are substantial in amount, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in said financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of said respective dates or as disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date. Except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date, since December 31, 2012, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition (from that shown by the respective balance sheet as of December 31, 2012 included in said financial statements) or the businesses or operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole on a pro forma combined basis (after giving effect to the Indebtedness contemplated to be incurred on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof).
Section 6.05 Litigation, Compliance with Laws. Except as disclosed to the Lenders on Schedule 6.05, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending, or to the knowledge of any Loan Party threatened, against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, before any court or arbitrator or by or before any Governmental Authority that, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. None of the Loan Parties or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under or in violation of or with respect to any Laws or any writ, injunction or decree of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, except for (a) defaults or violations that have been cured or remedied on or prior to the date of this Credit Agreement and (b) defaults or violations which, if continued unremedied, would not be reasonably expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
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Section 6.06 Titles and Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.17, each of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good title to its properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens, except those permitted by Section 7.17. To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, each of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has the right to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for each of them to conduct its business substantially in the same manner as currently conducted, except to the extent that the failure to own or have such right would not be reasonably expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.06 sets forth a complete and accurate list in all material respects as of the Closing Date of the locations of all Material Real Property owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries showing the street address or other relevant information and state.
Section 6.07 Regulation U; Investment Company Act. (a) None of the proceeds of any of the Credit Extensions shall be used to purchase or carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. If requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent or such Lender statements in conformity with the requirements of Regulation U.
(b) None of the Company, any Person Controlling the Company, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 6.08 Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed under any law applicable thereto except such returns as to which the failure to file, singly or in the aggregate, has not had and will not have a Materially Adverse Effect, and has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes shown to be due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by any of the Loan Parties or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, except such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or as to which the failure to pay, singly or in the aggregate, has not had and is not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.09 Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent term) as such term is defined in each Subordinated Debt Document to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party and that contains such a definition or any similar definition.
Section 6.10 Full Disclosure. None of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.04, certificates or any other written statements delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender contains, as of the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact nor do such financial statements, certificates and such other written statements, taken as a whole, omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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Section 6.11 No Default. None of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in the payment or performance or observance of any material Contractual Obligation, which default, either alone or in conjunction with all other such defaults, has had or is likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.12 Governmental and Third Party Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.03, no approval or consent of, or filing or registration with, any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) any other third party, in the case of this clause (y) pursuant to any Contractual Obligation that is material to the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, is required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery and performance by, or enforcement against, any of the Loan Parties of any Loan Document to which it is a party, (b) the grant by any of the Loan Parties of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the first priority nature thereof) or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents. All approvals, consents, filings, registrations or other actions described in Schedule 6.03 have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect (other than as set forth in Schedule 6.03).
Section 6.13 Binding Agreements. This Credit Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Loan Parties that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except for limitations on enforceability under bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by the application of general equitable principles).
Section 6.14 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, their respective officers and employees its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Company, any Subsidiary or to the knowledge of the Company or such Subsidiary any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement will result in a violation by the Loan Parties of Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
Section 6.15 Investments. Schedule 6.15 contains a complete and correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all Investments of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Investments in other Restricted Subsidiaries) in excess of $5,000,000, showing the respective amounts of each such Investment and the respective entity (or group thereof) in which each such Investment has been made.
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Section 6.16 ERISA Compliance. Except that would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has, as a result of maintaining or terminating a Plan or withdrawing from a Multiemployer Plan, (A) incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan, (B) incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Section 4201 or 4203 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, or (C) engaged in a transaction during the past five years that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (ii) no Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan; (iii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) or has been determined to be in “endangered” or “critical” status within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA, and no such Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization, insolvent or in “endangered” or “critical” status.
Section 6.17 Solvency. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents, are Solvent.
Section 6.18 Casualty, Etc. Except as would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2012, neither the businesses nor the properties of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is or has been affected by any fire, explosion, accident or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance).
Section 6.19 Collateral Documents. The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.17) on all right, title and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Collateral described therein. Except for filings completed prior to the Closing Date or as otherwise contemplated hereby or by the Collateral Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect such Liens.
Section 6.20 Environmental Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20 and with such exceptions as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect:
(i) (A) the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; and (B) all real property owned by the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii) (A) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there are no underground storage tanks on any of the real property owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, and (B) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Hazardous Materials have been spilled or released in, on or under any of the real property owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount that would trigger a reporting or remediation obligation under current Environmental Laws;
(iii) none of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries have received any written notice, order, directive, claim or demand from any Governmental Authority with respect to any actual or potential liability under Environmental Laws on the part of any Loan
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Party or Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries that remains outstanding;
(iv) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of the Loan Parties, their Restricted Subsidiaries nor any of their respective predecessors is currently in any negotiations with any person that would require, and agreements or undertakings with any Person that require, the cleanup of Hazardous Materials on the real property or any third party site by the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries;
(v) no Hazardous Materials generated by the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the business of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries are the subject of a written claim or demand from any third party;
(vi) no actions or proceedings are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, to revoke, modify or terminate any permit issued to the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws; and
(vii) with respect to the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, neither the Borrower nor the Loan Parties nor their Restricted Subsidiaries are the subject of any outstanding written notice, order or claim with any Governmental Authority or other Person relating to the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries regarding Environmental Laws.
Section 6.21 Other Debt. Schedule 7.15 (Existing Indebtedness), Schedule 7.16 (Existing Guarantees) and Schedule 7.17 (Existing Liens) contain complete and correct lists, as of the Closing Date, of all credit agreements, indentures, purchase agreements, obligations in respect of letters of credit, guarantees and other instruments (including Capital Lease Obligations) in effect on the Closing Date providing for, evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal or face amount equal to $5,000,000 or more and such lists correctly set forth the names of the debtor or lessee and creditor or lessor with respect to the Indebtedness outstanding or to be outstanding thereunder, the rate of interest or rentals, a description of any security given or to be given therefor, and the maturity or maturities or expiration date or dates thereof.
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ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
From the Closing Date and so long as the Commitments of the Lenders shall be in effect and until the payment in full of all Obligations hereunder, the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and the performance of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, each of the Loan Parties agrees that, unless (x) in the case of a Financial Covenant, the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other covenant, the Required Lenders, shall otherwise consent in writing:
A. Informational Covenants:
Section 7.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three Quarters of each fiscal year of the Company: (A) consolidated statements of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, for such Quarter and for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such Quarter and (B) the related consolidated balance sheets and consolidated cash flow statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, as of the end of such Quarter (which financial statements (other than statements of cash flows) shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding Quarter in the preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable detail and accompanied by a certificate in the form of Exhibit D‑1 of a senior financial executive of the Company certifying such financial statements as fairly presenting the financial condition and results of operations of the respective entities covered thereby in accordance with GAAP, excluding accompanying footnotes to the consolidated financial statements and subject, however, to year‑end and audit adjustments, which certificate shall include a statement that the senior financial executive signing the same has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, that any Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company: (A) consolidated statements of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, for such fiscal year, and (B) the related consolidated balance sheets and cash flow statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, as of the end of such fiscal year (which financial statements (other than cash flow statements), beginning with the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012, shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by (x) an opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders as to said consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and a certificate of
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such accountants stating that, in making the examination necessary for said opinion, they obtained no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries to perform or observe any of its covenants relating to financial matters in this Credit Agreement, and (y) a certificate in the form of Exhibit D‑2 of a senior financial executive of the Company stating that such financial statements are correct and complete and fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the respective entities covered thereby as of the end of and for such fiscal year and that the executive signing the same has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, that any Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Promptly after their becoming available, to the extent not provided pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), copies of all financial statements and reports which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have sent to the holders of the Senior Notes, any Permitted Debt and any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15, to the extent such statements and reports contain information relating to the designation of the Company’s Subsidiaries as “restricted subsidiaries” under the Debt Instruments governing any such Indebtedness, and to the calculation of financial ratios thereunder and copies of all regular and periodic reports, if any, which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have filed with the SEC or with any national securities exchange.
(d) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a) and (b), a Compliance Certificate, duly completed signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
(e) As soon as possible and in any event within ten days after any senior executive of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of any general partner of any Restricted Subsidiary shall have obtained knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, a statement describing such Default and the action which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
(f) From time to time, with reasonable promptness, such further information regarding the business, affairs and financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request.
(g) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a) and (b), a list of any new, or redesignation with respect to, Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(h) As soon as available, but in any event within the time period in which the Company must deliver its annual audited financials under Section 7.01(a), a report supplementing Schedule 6.06, identifying all Material Real Property acquired or disposed of by any Loan Party during such fiscal year.
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Documents or information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 7.01 (to the extent any such documents or information are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which (i) the Company files quarterly reports on Form 10‑Q and annual reports on Form 10‑K, as applicable, with the SEC, or on the date on which the Company provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website address listed in Section 10.02 or (ii) such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet 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); provided that: (A) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Company to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) 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. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Company shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.01(d) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
B. Affirmative Covenants:
Section 7.02 Taxes and Claims. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge all material Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties or assets belonging to it, and all material fees or other charges for all lawful claims which, if unpaid, could be reasonably expected to become a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon the property of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that none of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax, fee or other claim as to which the such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary has a good faith basis to believe is not due and owing and, to the extent then appropriate, the payment thereof is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, provided that such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.
Section 7.03 Insurance. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance issued by financially sound and reputable insurance companies with respect to its properties and business in such amounts and against such risks as is usually carried by owners of similar businesses and properties in the same general areas in which such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary operates. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, require that each insurance policy on its assets and properties name the Administrative Agent, as administrative agent for the Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee to the extent of the Obligations. The Company will furnish (or cause to be furnished) to any Lender, upon the request of such Lender from time to time, full information as to the insurance maintained in accordance with this Section 7.03.
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Section 7.04 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and all of its rights, privileges, licenses and franchises, except (i) where a failure to do so, singly or in the aggregate, is not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement.
Section 7.05 Maintenance of and Access to Properties. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve and protect its properties and assets necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and except where a failure to do so, singly or in the aggregate, is not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect, and will permit representatives of the Administrative Agent (and solely during the continuance of an Event of Default, the respective Revolving Credit Lenders and Term A Lenders) to visit and inspect such properties, and to examine and make extracts from its books and records, during normal business hours.
Section 7.06 Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of all applicable Laws (including but not limited to Environmental Laws) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees of any Governmental Authority a breach of which is likely to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect, except where contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.
Section 7.07 Litigation. Each of the Loan Parties will promptly give to the Administrative Agent notice in writing (and the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender) of all actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes before any courts, arbitrators or Governmental Authority against it or its Restricted Subsidiaries or, to its knowledge, otherwise affecting it or any of its respective properties or assets, except actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes which are not reasonably likely to, singly or in the aggregate, have a Materially Adverse Effect. Following the initial notice of each such action, suit, proceeding, claim or dispute, supplementary notices of all material developments in respect thereof shall be given from time to time in like manner. The parties hereby acknowledge that the prompt notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender required by this Section 7.07 shall be satisfied by public reporting of such actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes by the Company with the SEC in a filing made pursuant to Securities Laws.
(a) The Company will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Section 7.08 Subsidiaries. (a) Any New Subsidiary acquired or formed by the Company shall be deemed an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless the provisions of Section 7.18 would not permit the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of its acquisition or formation; provided that, within 60 days after the consummation of the Chello Acquisition, subject to local law, constituent document restrictions and compliance with the Company’s other debt instruments the Company shall designate as a Restricted Subsidiary each New Subsidiary acquired in the Chello Acquisition that was not designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.03(g) other than (i) any joint venture entities or (ii) any such New Subsidiaries to the extent such designation would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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(b) The Company may designate, so long as (i) no Default exists or would result therefrom and (ii) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, any New Subsidiary, including a New Subsidiary deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (a) above, as a Restricted Subsidiary by giving a notice captioned “Designation of Restricted Subsidiary” to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the acquisition or formation of such New Subsidiary, such notice to specify whether such New Subsidiary has been designated as a “restricted subsidiary” for purposes of any Debt Instruments governing any Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15. Upon such designation, subject to the time periods set forth in Section 7.11, the Company will cause such New Restricted Subsidiary to undertake all of the obligations of (i) a “Restricted Subsidiary” under this Credit Agreement, and (ii) in the event that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary (x) a “Guarantor” under this Credit Agreement, (y) a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement and Intellectual Property Security Agreement, and (z) if applicable, a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement. Each such New Restricted Subsidiary shall thereafter be a “Restricted Subsidiary” and, in the event that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary, a “Guarantor” for all purposes of this Credit Agreement, a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement, and (if applicable) a “Pledgor” for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may cause, at its election, in order to meet the conditions applicable to an Exchange or a Permitted Acquisition hereunder, a New Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary to undertake all of the obligations of (I) a “Guarantor” under this Agreement, (II) a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement, and (III) if applicable, a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement. Each such New Restricted Subsidiary so designated shall thereafter be a “Guarantor” for all purposes of this Agreement, a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement and (if applicable) a “Pledgor” for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement.
(c) (i) The Company may redesignate, so long as (i) no Default exists or would result therefrom and (ii) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by giving a notice to the Administrative Agent captioned “Redesignation of Restricted Subsidiary” or “Redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiary”, as the case may be. In the case of any redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, promptly upon such redesignation, the Company will cause (by documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders) such New Restricted Subsidiary to undertake all of the obligations of (A) a “Restricted Subsidiary” under this Credit Agreement, (B) in the event that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary, (x) a “Guarantor” under this Credit Agreement, (y) a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement and Intellectual Property Security Agreement, and (z) if applicable, a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement. Each such New Restricted Subsidiary shall thereafter be a “Restricted Subsidiary” and, in the event that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, a “Guarantor” for all purposes of this Credit Agreement, a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement, and (if applicable) a “Pledgor” for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement. In the case of any redesignation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition permitted by Section 7.24(vii)(b) or Section 7.24(vii)(c), promptly upon such redesignation and upon request by the Company or applicable Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent shall release such redesignated entities from all of their obligations as (i) a Guarantor under this Credit Agreement, (ii) a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement and (iii) a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.08, in no event shall (i) any Significant Company be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (ii) any New Subsidiary be designated, or any Unrestricted Subsidiary be redesignated, as a Restricted Subsidiary if not owned directly by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 7.09 Books and Records. (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and material matters involving the assets and business of the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be; and (b) except to the extent failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, maintain such books of record and account in conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions to (i) refinance certain Indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries, (ii) make permitted investments, acquisitions and distributions, and (iii) fund working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document, including the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transaction, and the transactions contemplated hereby. The proceeds of the Subsequent Term A Borrowing shall be used to finance in part the Chello Acquisition and to pay fees and expenses related thereto.
Section 7.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security.
(a) Upon (x) the formation or acquisition of any New Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary or a Subsidiary that is held directly or indirectly by a Foreign Subsidiary) by any Loan Party that is required to become a Guarantor, Grantor and, if applicable, Pledgor under Section 7.08, or (y) the acquisition of any property by any Loan Party if such property, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, then the Company shall, at the Company’s expense:
(i) within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if it has not already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty Supplement;
(ii) within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal property of such Subsidiary or such newly‑acquired property, in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iii) within 45 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary or Loan Party (if it has not already done so) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent supplemental Collateral Documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (or in substantially the form attached to the Security Agreement, if applicable) (including delivery of all certificates representing Pledged Equity Interests in and of such Subsidiary, and other instruments of the type specified in Section 5.01(a)(iii));
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(iv) within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary or Loan Party (if it has not already done so) to take any actions required under the Security Agreement (including the recording of mortgages with respect to any Material Real Property so acquired, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices on title documents) as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties subject to the supplemental Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section 7.11; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such pledge shall be limited to (i) in the case of Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary, no more than the Defined Percentage of any class of Equity Interest of a Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Domestic Subsidiary, and (ii) in the case of any Indebtedness owed by a Foreign Subsidiary to a Loan Party, no more than the Defined Percentage of each such Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Domestic Subsidiary; and
(v) within 60 days after such formation or acquisition in the case of any Material Real Property, deliver, (i) upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Material Real Property owned by each Loan Party or newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, the Mortgages, title reports and surveys, each in scope, form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) to the extent received by the Company, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Material Real Property owned by each Loan Party or newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental assessment reports and (iii) to the Administrative Agent, all other items set forth on Schedule 7.16, each in scope, form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document,
(i) no Loan Party shall be required to pledge any Equity Interest under any Loan Document other than (x) Equity Interests of a Domestic Subsidiary, not including any Excluded Domestic Subsidiary, and (y) no more than the Defined Percentage of any class of Equity Interest of (i) AMC Acquisition Company LLC (or its successor), (ii) any Excluded Domestic Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary directly owned by AMC Acquisition Company LLC (or its successor), or (iv) any Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Domestic Subsidiary;
(ii) the Secured Parties shall have recourse against, and shall be entitled to recover from, AMC Acquisition Company LLC (or its successor) or any Excluded Domestic Subsidiary pursuant to its Guaranty only to the extent of (x) the Defined Percentage of each class of Equity Interests in each of its directly-owned Foreign Subsidiaries and the Defined Percentage of each Indebtedness owed by its directly-owned Foreign Subsidiaries to it, or the proceeds from the disposal of the Defined Percentage of such class of Equity Interests or of the Defined Percentage of such Indebtedness, and (y) its assets other than Equity Interests and Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (or proceeds from the disposal thereof); and
(iii) no Foreign Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, on or prior to the date on which any Mortgage is delivered pursuant to this Section 7.11, (i) evidence as to whether the Material Real Property to be encumbered by such Mortgage includes any building located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards (such a Material Real Property, a “Flood Hazard Property”) pursuant to a standard flood hazard determination form ordered and received by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) if such Material Real Property is a Flood Hazard Property, (A) evidence as to whether the community in which such Material Real Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (B) the Borrower’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Administrative Agent as to the fact that such Material Real Property is a Flood Hazard Property and as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (C) if the community is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, a declaration page confirming that flood insurance has been issued thereunder, or such other evidence of flood insurance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and naming the Collateral Agent as an additional insured and sole loss payee/mortgagee on behalf of the Secured Parties.
Section 7.12 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, each Loan Party shall (a) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re‑record, file, re‑file, register and re‑register any and all such further