FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2013, among DEX MEDIA, INC., R.H. DONNELLEY INC., as Borrower, The Lenders Party Hereto and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent JPMORGAN...
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 30, 2013,
among
X.X. XXXXXXXXX INC.,
as Borrower,
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Syndication Agent
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I | ||
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DEFINITIONS | ||
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Section 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
33 |
Section 1.03 |
Terms Generally |
33 |
Section 1.04 |
Accounting Terms; GAAP |
33 |
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ARTICLE II | ||
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THE CREDITS | ||
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Section 2.01 |
Loans |
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Section 2.02 |
Borrowings |
34 |
Section 2.03 |
Interest Elections |
34 |
Section 2.04 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
35 |
Section 2.05 |
Amortization of Loans |
36 |
Section 2.06 |
Prepayment of Loans |
36 |
Section 2.07 |
Fees |
39 |
Section 2.08 |
Interest |
39 |
Section 2.09 |
Alternate Rate of Interest |
39 |
Section 2.10 |
Increased Costs; Illegality |
40 |
Section 2.11 |
Break Funding Payments |
41 |
Section 2.12 |
Taxes |
41 |
Section 2.13 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs |
44 |
Section 2.14 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
46 |
Section 2.15 |
Voluntary Prepayments Below Par |
46 |
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ARTICLE III | ||
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||
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Section 3.01 |
Organization; Powers |
48 |
Section 3.02 |
Authorization; Enforceability |
48 |
Section 3.03 |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
48 |
Section 3.04 |
Financial Condition |
49 |
Section 3.05 |
Properties |
49 |
Section 3.06 |
Litigation and Environmental Matters |
49 |
Section 3.07 |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
49 |
Section 3.08 |
Investment Company Status |
49 |
Section 3.09 |
Taxes |
50 |
Section 3.10 |
ERISA |
50 |
Section 3.11 |
Margin Regulations |
50 |
Section 3.12 |
Disclosure |
50 |
Section 3.13 |
Subsidiaries |
50 |
Section 3.14 |
Insurance |
50 |
Section 3.15 |
Labor Matters |
51 |
Section 3.16 |
Senior Debt |
51 |
Section 3.17 |
Security Documents |
51 |
Section 3.18 |
Liens |
52 |
Section 3.19 |
[Bankruptcy Court Orders |
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ARTICLE IV | ||
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CONDITIONS | ||
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Section 4.01 |
Effectiveness of Agreement |
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ARTICLE V | ||
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | ||
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Section 5.01 |
Financial Statements and Other Information |
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Section 5.02 |
Notices of Material Events |
60 |
Section 5.03 |
Information Regarding Collateral |
60 |
Section 5.04 |
Existence; Conduct of Business |
61 |
Section 5.05 |
Payment of Obligations |
61 |
Section 5.06 |
Maintenance of Properties |
61 |
Section 5.07 |
Insurance |
61 |
Section 5.08 |
Casualty and Condemnation |
61 |
Section 5.09 |
Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights |
61 |
Section 5.10 |
Compliance with Laws |
62 |
Section 5.11 |
Additional Subsidiaries |
62 |
Section 5.12 |
Further Assurances |
62 |
Section 5.13 |
Credit Ratings |
63 |
Section 5.14 |
Intellectual Property |
63 |
Section 5.15 |
Independent Director |
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ARTICLE VI | ||
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS | ||
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Section 6.01 |
Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities |
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Section 6.02 |
Liens |
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Section 6.03 |
Fundamental Changes |
66 |
Section 6.04 |
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
66 |
Section 6.05 |
Asset Sales |
67 |
Section 6.06 |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
68 |
Section 6.07 |
Swap Agreements |
68 |
Section 6.08 |
Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
68 |
Section 6.09 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
70 |
Section 6.10 |
Restrictive Agreements |
71 |
Section 6.11 |
Change in Business |
71 |
Section 6.12 |
Fiscal Year |
71 |
Section 6.13 |
Amendment of Material Documents |
71 |
Section 6.14 |
Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio |
72 |
Section 6.15 |
Capital Expenditures |
72 |
Section 6.16 |
[Intentionally Omitted] |
72 |
Section 6.17 |
Ultimate Parent Covenants |
72 |
Section 6.18 |
Service Company Covenants |
74 |
Section 6.19 |
Dex Media Service Covenant |
76 |
Section 6.20 |
Limitation on Activities of the License Subsidiaries |
76 |
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ARTICLE VII | ||
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT | ||
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ARTICLE VIII | ||
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THE AGENT | ||
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ARTICLE IX | ||
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MISCELLANEOUS | ||
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Section 9.01 |
Notices |
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Section 9.02 |
Waivers; Amendments |
82 |
Section 9.03 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
84 |
Section 9.04 |
Successors and Assigns |
85 |
Section 9.05 |
Survival |
87 |
Section 9.06 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
87 |
Section 9.07 |
Severability |
88 |
Section 9.08 |
Right of Setoff |
88 |
Section 9.09 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 9.10 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 9.11 |
Headings |
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Section 9.12 |
Confidentiality |
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Section 9.13 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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Section 9.14 |
Termination or Release |
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Section 9.15 |
USA Patriot Act |
91 |
Section 9.16 |
Intercreditor Agreement |
91 |
Section 9.17 |
Amendment and Restatement |
91 |
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.01A |
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Directory Consolidation Project | |||
Schedule 1.01B |
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Mortgaged Property | |||
Schedule 3.05 |
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Properties | |||
Schedule 3.09 |
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Taxes | |||
Schedule 3.13 |
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Subsidiaries | |||
Schedule 3.14 |
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Insurance | |||
Schedule 3.17 |
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UCC Filing Jurisdictions | |||
Schedule 6.01 |
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Existing Indebtedness | |||
Schedule 6.02 |
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Existing Liens | |||
Schedule 6.04 |
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Existing Investments | |||
Schedule 6.10 |
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Existing Restrictions | |||
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EXHIBITS: |
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Exhibit A |
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Form of Assignment and Assumption | |||
Exhibit B |
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Form of Acknowledgment and Confirmation | |||
Exhibit C |
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Form of Amended and Restated Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement | |||
Exhibit D |
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Form of Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement | |||
Exhibit E |
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Form of Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement | |||
Exhibit F |
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Form of Newco Subordinated Guarantee | |||
Exhibit G |
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Form of Subordinated Guarantee Agreement | |||
Exhibit H |
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Form of License Agreement | |||
Exhibit I |
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Form of Master IP License Agreement | |||
Exhibit J |
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Form of Election Notice | |||
Exhibit K |
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Form of Dex Tax Sharing Agreement | |||
Exhibit L |
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Form of SuperMedia Tax Sharing Agreement | |||
Exhibit M |
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Form of Tax Certificates | |||
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 30, 2013 (this “Agreement”), among DEX MEDIA, INC., a Delaware corporation, X.X. XXXXXXXXX INC., a Delaware corporation, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party hereto (the “Lenders”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as administrative agent and collateral agent for such lenders.
Recitals
WHEREAS, the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower (as each term is defined below) are parties to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), the “Existing Credit Agreement”), dated as of January 29, 2010 (the “Original Restatement Date”), among the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower, the Lenders and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent and collateral agent;
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2013 (the “Petition Date”), the Ultimate Parent (as defined below) and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) each commenced bankruptcy cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) by filing voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined below) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”);
WHEREAS, on the Petition Date, the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries filed with the Bankruptcy Court the Reorganization Plan (as defined below) and the Disclosure Statement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, on April 29, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Confirmation Order (as defined below) confirming the Reorganization Plan;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Reorganization Plan, the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries have implemented (or substantially simultaneously with the Closing Date will implement) the Amendments (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Ultimate Parent and SuperMedia Inc. (“SuperMedia”) have entered into a Merger Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2012, as amended and restated as of December 5, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Dex One, NewDex, Inc., Spruce Acquisition Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) and SuperMedia, pursuant to which Dex One merged with Newdex, Inc. with Newdex, Inc. as the surviving corporation and changing its name to Dex Media, Inc. (the “Dex Merger”), and SuperMedia merged with Merger Sub, with SuperMedia as the surviving corporation (the “SuperMedia Merger” and together with the Dex Merger, the “Mergers”);
WHEREAS, after giving effect to the Mergers, SuperMedia has become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Dex Media, Inc. and Dex Media, Inc. has become the Ultimate Parent;
WHEREAS, the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower have requested that the Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as provided in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to so amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Now, therefore, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as of the Closing Date to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acceptable Payment Percentage” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(c).
“Acknowledgment and Confirmation” means an Acknowledgment and Confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, dated the date hereof, executed by each RHDI Loan Party.
“Additional Notes” means notes issued by the Ultimate Parent after the date hereof (a) that are not secured by any assets of the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) that bear interest at a prevailing market rate at the time of the issuance thereof, (c) the proceeds of which are used to refinance the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes, (d) that do not mature, and are not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or in part, prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date (other than pursuant to asset sale or change in control provisions customary in offerings of similar notes), (e) that have no financial maintenance covenants and no restrictive covenants that apply to any Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent or that impose limitations on the Ultimate Parent’s ability to guarantee or pledge assets to secure the Obligations and otherwise have covenants, representations and warranties and events of default that are no more restrictive than those existing in the prevailing market at the time of issuance for companies with the same or similar credit ratings of the Ultimate Parent at such time issuing similar securities, (f) are not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent and are subordinated to the Obligations on terms that are no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms set forth in the Restructuring Notes Indenture and that are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (g) are not convertible or exchangeable except into (i) other Indebtedness of the Ultimate Parent meeting the qualifications set forth in this definition or (ii) common equity of the Ultimate Parent, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in a Change in Control or a Default.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and its Affiliates and permitted successors acting in such capacity.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Advance Amortization Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacities as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, and each of its Affiliates and successors acting in any such capacity. The Administrative Agent may act on behalf of or in place of any Person included in the “Agent”.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto.
“Allocable Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any Equity Issuance by the Ultimate Parent, 19% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance; provided, that to the extent the Indebtedness outstanding under (a) the Dex East Credit Agreement has been repaid in full, Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 22% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance, (b) the Dex West Credit Agreement has been repaid in full, the Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 23% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance, (c) the Dex East Credit Agreement and the Dex West Credit Agreement have been repaid in full, Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 26% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance, (d) the SuperMedia Credit Agreement have been repaid in full, Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 40% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance, (e) the Dex East Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Credit Agreement have been repaid in full, Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 56% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance, (f) the Dex West Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Credit Agreement have been repaid in full, Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 59% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance and (g) the Dex East Credit Agreement, the Dex West Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Credit Agreement have been repaid in full, Allocable Net Proceeds shall mean 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Equity Issuance.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%, (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of one month commencing on such day plus 1% and (d) 4.00%, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR 01 Page (or on any successor or substitute of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as the case may be.
“Amendments” means, collectively, the amendment and restatement of the Dex East Existing Credit Agreement, the Dex West Existing Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Existing Credit Agreement, pursuant to the Dex East Credit Agreement, the Dex West Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Credit Agreement, respectively (in each case referred to in clause (a) in the definition thereof), which amendments were consummated pursuant to the Reorganization Plan.
“Applicable Payment Percentage” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(c).
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Loan, 5.75% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, and 6.75% per annum, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan.
“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
“Arrangers” means, collectively, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in their capacities as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners.
“Asset Disposition” means (a) any sale, lease, license, sublicense, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback, securitization or spin-off transaction) of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (i) dispositions described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Section 6.05 and (ii) dispositions described in Section 6.05(e) resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding $2,500,000 during the term of this Agreement and (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, but only to the extent that the Net Proceeds therefrom have not been applied to repair, restore or replace such property or asset within 365 days after such event.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Debt” means, on any date, in respect of any lease of the Borrower or any Subsidiary entered into as part of a sale and leaseback transaction subject to Section 6.06, (a) if such lease is a Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP and (b) if such lease is not a Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under such lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation.
“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” means X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Percentage” means 20%.
“Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow” means an amount determined following the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (and certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(d)), commencing with the first such fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, equal to (i) the Excess Cash Flow as of the end of such fiscal quarter multiplied by the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Percentage, minus (ii) (a) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment made during the applicable ECF Period as to which the Borrower has delivered an Election Notice to the Administrative Agent that such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall constitute a utilization of the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow within the applicable 180-day period described in Section 2.06(e) and (b) all (x) Advance Amortization Payments, (y) prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.06(a) (other than Advance Amortization Payments) and (z) other prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.06(d), in each case to the extent the Borrower has delivered an Election Notice to the Administrative Agent that such payment shall constitute a utilization of the Borrower’s Discounted
Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow, provided that, for purposes of Section 2.06(e), the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow shall be calculated as to each individual fiscal quarter and shall not be reduced or affected by any subsequent calculation of the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow at the end of any subsequent fiscal quarter.
“Borrower’s Discretionary Percentage” means 20%.
“Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow” means an amount determined following the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (and certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(d)), commencing with the first such fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, equal to (i) the Excess Cash Flow as of the end of such fiscal quarter multiplied by the Borrower’s Discretionary Percentage, minus (ii) all Discounted Voluntary Prepayments made during the applicable ECF Period as to which the Borrower has delivered an Election Notice to the Administrative Agent that such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall constitute a utilization of the Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow.
“Borrower’s Portion of Excess Cash Flow” means, collectively, the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow and the Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, without duplication, (i) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the portion of the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Service Company for such period allocated to, and funded by, the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means (i) the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP and (ii) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the portion of the obligations of the Service Company described in the foregoing clause (i) allocated to, and funded by, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement.
“Cash Collateral Order” means the Final Order Under 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363, 552 and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002, 4001 and 9014 (I) Authorizing Debtors to Use Cash Collateral and (II) Granting Adequate Protection to the Prepetition Secured Parties, entered by the Bankruptcy Court on April 10, 2013.
“Change in Control” means, subject to the proviso below:
(a) the ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than the Ultimate Parent of any Equity Interest in the Borrower;
(b) for so long as the Shared Services Agreement is in existence, the ownership, beneficially or of record, by any Person other than the Ultimate Parent of any Equity Interests in the Service Company;
(c) the ownership, beneficially or of record, by any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of more than 35% of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Ultimate Parent;
(d) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Governing Board of the Ultimate Parent by Persons who were not (i) members of such Governing Board as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Reorganization Plan), (ii) nominated by, or whose nomination for election was approved or ratified by a majority of the directors or members of, the Governing Board of the Ultimate Parent or (iii) appointed by Persons described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii); or
(e) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or similar term) as defined in the Restructuring Notes Indenture or any indenture, agreement or other instrument governing the Additional Notes;
provided, that the consummation of the Mergers pursuant to the SuperMedia Merger Agreement shall not constitute a Change in Control.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.10(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
“Chapter 11 Cases” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01 shall have been satisfied (or waived) and the notice contemplated in the last sentence of Section 4.01 shall have been delivered , which date is April 30, 2013.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document or Shared Collateral Security Document.
“Collateral Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties and its Affiliates and permitted successors acting in such capacity..
“Collateral Agreements” means the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means the requirement that:
(a) the Collateral Agent shall have received from each RHDI Loan Party either (i) a counterpart of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such RHDI Loan Party or (ii) in the case of any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary;
(b) the Shared Collateral Agent shall have received from each Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Newco Subordinated Guarantors) either (i) a counterpart of the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Shared Collateral Loan Party or (ii) in the case of any Newco that becomes a Shared Collateral Loan Party after the Closing Date, a supplement to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Newco;
(c) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and each other Subsidiary Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (except that the Borrower and each other Subsidiary Loan Party shall not be required to pledge more than 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary) and the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(d) all outstanding Equity Interests of DMHI, Dex Media Service, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company and each other Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Shared Collateral Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (except that the Shared Collateral Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge more than 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary) and, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Shared Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(e) the Shared Collateral Agent shall have received from each Newco Subordinated Guarantor a subordinated guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit F (or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Shared Collateral Agent), which shall (i) to the extent permitted by the terms of any assumed Indebtedness of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor in existence prior to the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor (without giving effect to any restriction effected by any amendment thereto entered into in contemplation of such assumption) and any Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor, be secured by a pledge of the Equity Interests of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor’s Subsidiaries and any joint venture interest owned by such Newco Subordinated Guarantor (subject to any restrictions in the applicable joint venture agreement applicable to all partners of such joint venture; it being understood and agreed that in the event any such restriction exists, the Administrative Agent and such Newco Subordinated Guarantor shall agree upon alternative structures, if available, to effect the economic equivalent of a pledge of the applicable joint venture interest) and (ii) to the extent required by the terms of any such Indebtedness (without giving effect to any restriction effected by any amendment, waiver, modification or refinancing thereto entered into in contemplation of such assumption) be subordinated to any assumed Indebtedness of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor in existence
prior to the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor and any Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor; provided, that (i) to the extent that any restriction shall exist which shall not permit such Guarantee or which requires the subordination thereof as described above, the Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, true and complete copies of all relevant agreements received by the Borrower in respect of such Indebtedness, certified by a Financial Officer, to the Agent at least ten Business Days prior to the completion of the acquisition of the applicable Newco Subordinated Guarantor (or, in the case of any such agreement received by the Borrower after such tenth Business Day, promptly following the Borrower’s receipt of such agreement) and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, no Newco Subordinated Guarantor shall be required to guarantee the Obligations to the extent such Guarantee is prohibited by the terms of any assumed Indebtedness of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor in existence prior to the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor (without giving effect to any restriction effected by any amendment, waiver, modification or refinancing thereto entered into in contemplation of such assumption) or any Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor if no alternative financing (on terms not materially less favorable taken as a whole to the applicable borrower or issuer) is available that would permit such Guarantee or is otherwise prohibited under applicable law; provided, further, that (x) the Ultimate Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to amend any such assumed Indebtedness that is otherwise being amended in connection with such acquisition to permit such Guarantee and (y) if any Newco Subordinated Guarantor is unable to Guarantee the Obligations due to circumstances described in the first proviso hereof, then (A) the Ultimate Parent may only effect the acquisition of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor to the extent it provides evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and certification by a Financial Officer, that the Ultimate Parent was unable to obtain amendments (after use of commercially reasonable efforts) and/or alternative financing (on terms not materially less favorable taken as a whole to the applicable borrower or issuer) was not available, as the case may be, permitting such Guarantee or such Guarantee was otherwise prohibited by applicable law (and providing a description of such applicable law) and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law, a holding company shall be formed to hold 100% of the shares of the applicable Newco Subordinated Guarantor, which holding company shall Guarantee the Obligations and pledge the stock of such Newco Subordinated Guarantor to secure such Guarantee (any Guarantee provided by this clause (e), a “Newco Subordinated Guarantee”);
(f) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Agent or the Shared Collateral Agent, as applicable, to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and the Shared Collateral Security Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Agreements, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, delivered to the Agent or the Shared Collateral Agent, as applicable, for filing, registration or recording;
(g) (1) the Collateral Agent shall have received with respect to each Mortgaged Property existing on the Closing Date (i) a Mortgage Amendment, together with (i) evidence that counterparts of said Mortgage Amendments have been delivered to the Title Company (defined below), (ii) a datedown endorsement to the existing title policy insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage (or a reissued title insurance policy) (the “Mortgage Endorsements”), issued by Xxxxxxx Title Guaranty Company (the “Title Company”), insuring the Lien of such Mortgage (as amended by the applicable Mortgage Amendment) as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any Liens except those permitted under Section 6.02, (iii) the opinions, addressed to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders of (A) outside counsel or in-house counsel, as to the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgage Amendments by the Borrower or any Loan
Party, as applicable, and (B) local counsel in each jurisdiction where Mortgaged Property is located regarding the Mortgage Amendments, (iv) with respect to each Mortgaged Amendment, such affidavits, certificates, instruments of indemnification and other items (including a so-called “gap” indemnification) as shall be reasonably required to induce the Title Company to issue the Mortgage Endorsements contemplated above, (v) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by the Borrower of all Mortgage Endorsement premiums, search and examination charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgage Amendments, fixture filings and issuance of the Mortgage Endorsements referred to above, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (2) with respect to each Mortgaged Property acquired after the date hereof (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such real property, subject to any Liens permitted by Section 6.02, (ii) if requested by the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall have received, and the Title Company shall have received, maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of such Mortgaged Property prepared by an independent professional licensed land surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Title Company (and certified by such surveyor to the Collateral Agent and the Title Company), which maps or plats and the surveys on which they are based shall be made in accordance with the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 1992, (iii) the Collateral Agent shall have received in respect of such Mortgaged Property a mortgagee’s title insurance policy (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance, and each such policy shall (A) be in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; (B) be issued at ordinary rates; (C) insure that the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien on such Mortgaged Property free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, except as disclosed therein; (D) name the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as the insured thereunder; (E) be in the form of ALTA Loan Policy - 2006 (or equivalent policies); (F) contain such endorsements and affirmative coverage as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, and the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of each such policy, all charges for mortgage recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have been paid; (iv) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Collateral Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; (v) if requested by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (vi) deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto) and if any such Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area, evidence of flood insurance in form and amount reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and
(h) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents and Shared Collateral Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder.
“Collateral Trademarks” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(e).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Companies” means collectively, the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East and SuperMedia, and each, individually, a “Company”.
“Confirmation Order” means that certain order approving the Disclosure Statement and confirming the Reorganization Plan pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code entered by the Bankruptcy Court on April 29, 2013.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, the excess of (a) sum of (i) total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP) plus (ii) the amount of dividends paid by the Borrower during such period pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iv) minus (b) total cash interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any extraordinary charges or non-cash charges for such period (provided, however, that any cash payment or expenditure made with respect to any such non-cash charge shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA during the period in which such cash payment or expenditure is made), (v) non-recurring charges consisting of (A) severance costs associated with a restructuring recorded during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016, not to exceed $3,500,000 in any such fiscal year, (B) payments of customary investment and commercial banking fees and expenses and (C) cash premiums, penalties or other payments payable in connection with the early extinguishment or repurchase of Indebtedness, and (vi) Specified Charges for such period, provided that such charges are recorded during the period starting on October 1, 2012 and ending on December 31, 2013 and the aggregate amount of charges added back pursuant to this clause (vi) for all periods shall not exceed $14,700,000 (it being understood that such charges may be added back in any four-fiscal-quarter period which includes the fiscal quarter in which such charges are recorded), and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i) consolidated interest income for such period and (ii) any extraordinary gains and non-cash gains (including, without limitation, any gain arising from the retirement of Indebtedness) for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio or the Interest Coverage Ratio as of any date, if the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary has made any Permitted Acquisition or sale, transfer, lease, license, sublicense or other disposition outside of the ordinary course of business of a Subsidiary or of assets constituting a business unit, in each case as permitted by Section 6.05, during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (a “Reference Period”) most recently ended on or prior to such date, Consolidated EBITDA for the such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, as if such Permitted Acquisition or sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Indebtedness with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. The calculation of Consolidated EBITDA shall exclude (i) any non-cash impact attributable to the reduction in deferred revenue or reduction in deferred costs to balance sheet accounts as a result of the fair value exercise undertaken as required by purchase method of accounting for the transactions contemplated by any acquisition, in accordance with GAAP and (ii) any non-cash impact attributable to the Borrower’s adoption of fresh-start accounting in accordance with GAAP upon effectiveness of the Reorganization Plan.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income or loss, before the effect of the payment of any dividends or other distributions in respect of preferred stock, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and adjusted to eliminate (i) any non-cash impact attributable to the reduction in deferred revenue or reduction in deferred costs to balance sheet accounts as a result of the fair value exercise undertaken as required by purchase method of accounting for the transactions contemplated by any acquisition, in accordance with GAAP and (ii) any non-cash impact attributable to the Borrower’s adoption of fresh-start accounting in accordance with GAAP upon effectiveness of the Reorganization Plan; provided, that there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Person (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party) in which any other Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law) owns an Equity Interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties during such period, and (b) except as otherwise contemplated by the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”, the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“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 voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Debt Issuance” means the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under agreements in which it commits to extend credit generally, (b) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) (i) been (or has a parent company that has been) adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets to be, insolvent or (ii) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, unless in the case of any Lender referred to in this clause (c) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that such Lender intends, and has all approvals required to enable it, to continue to perform its obligations as a Lender hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, a Lender shall not be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in such Lender or its parent by a Governmental Authority.
“Dex Digital” means Dex One Digital, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Dex East” means Dex Media East Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Dex East Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2007, as amended and restated as of January 29, 2010, among the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, Dex East, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of the Dex East Credit Agreement.
“Dex East Credit Agreement” means (a) the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2007 (as amended and restated as of January 29, 2010, as further amended and restated as of the Closing Date, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, Dex East, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and (b) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any Indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to refinance (whether by the same or different banks) in whole or in part (under one or more agreements) the Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Dex East Credit Agreement referred to in clause (a) above or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (b) (including, without limitation, adding or removing any Person as a borrower, guarantor or other obligor thereunder).
“Dex East Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Dex East Credit Agreement.
“Dex Media Service” means Dex Media Service LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Dex Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Dex One” means Dex One Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Dex Support Agreement” means the Support and Limited Waiver Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2013, among the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East and their respective Subsidiaries party thereto, the Agent, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex West Credit Agreement, the administrative agent under the Dex East Credit Agreement and each of the lenders party thereto.
“Dex Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Tax Sharing Agreement in the form of Exhibit K hereto, dated the date hereof, among the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, the Borrower, the Service Company, RHDC, Dex West, Dex East, X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Apil, Inc. and Dex Digital.
“Dex West” means Dex Media West Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Dex West Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2008, as amended and restated as of January 29, 2010, among the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, Dex West, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of the Dex West Credit Agreement.
“Dex West Credit Agreement” means (a) the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2008 (as amended and restated as of January 29, 2010, as further amended and restated as of the Closing Date, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, Dex West, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and (b) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any Indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to refinance (whether by the same or different banks) in whole or in part (under one or more agreements) the Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Dex West Credit Agreement referred to in clause (a) above or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (b) (including, without limitation, adding or removing any Person as a borrower, guarantor or other obligor thereunder).
“Directory Consolidation Project” means the initiative described in Schedule 1.01A.
“Disclosed Matters” means the matters, proceedings, transactions and other information disclosed in the Disclosure Statement (other than any risk factor disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors”, any disclosures of risks in the “Forward-Looking Statements” disclaimer or any other similar forward-looking statements in the Disclosure Statement).
“Disclosure Statement” means the Disclosure Statement for the Reorganization Plan, the adequacy of which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order.
“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“DMHI” means Dex Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“ECF Period” means the period beginning on January 1, 2013 and ending at the end of the applicable fiscal quarter thereafter.
“ECF Sweep Percentage” means 60%.
“Election Notice” means a written notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit J hereto.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state, and local laws (including common law), regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent orders), and binding agreements with any Governmental Authority in each case, relating to protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and safety or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials, or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, claim, action, suit, judgment or order under or relating to any Environmental Law for any damages, injunctive relief, losses, fines, penalties, fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and consultants) or costs, whether contingent or otherwise, including those arising from or relating to: (a) compliance or non-compliance with 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 of any Hazardous Materials 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 shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person of whatever nature, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
“Equity Issuance” means the issuance by the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any capital contribution, other than (i) any issuance of Equity Interests or receipt of capital contributions to the extent as a result of (x) a non-cash exchange of Restructuring Notes or Additional Notes or (y) the issuance of Equity Interests that are issued on a non-cash basis as consideration for a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder or (ii) any issuance of Equity Interests to, or receipt of any capital contribution from, the Ultimate Parent or any RHDI Loan Party.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 and 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, including, for Plan years ending prior to January 1, 2008, any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Plan; (e) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA; (f) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (g) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (h) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from a Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization or in
endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA.
“Escrow Materials” means copies of (i) all software source code and all documentation and training manuals relating thereto and (ii) all other tangible or written embodiments of material technology, websites and databases (but excluding any print directories or other publicly distributed print materials), in each case to the extent (1) owned by, or licensed by, if such license grants the licensee (x) possession of same and the right to allow the foregoing entities (and any escrow agent, as applicable) to access same and (y) the right to sublicense such right of possession and access without (I) the licensor’s consent, unless consent can be obtained with no additional fees or other consideration (unless the sublicensee fully reimburses the sublicensor for such additional fees or other consideration) or additional obligations upon sublicensor or any loss of rights of sublicensor, (II) loss of any rights of sublicensor, (III) additional obligations upon sublicensor or (IV) any additional fees or consideration (unless the sublicensee fully reimburses the sublicensor for such fees or other consideration required to obtain such right of possession and access) and (2) used by SuperMedia, Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, the Service Company, any other Shared Collateral Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries), as applicable, as of the Closing Date in their respective businesses, or as are added to such definition pursuant to Section 5.14.
“Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, as of the end of each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, for the period starting on January 1, 2013 and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, the result (without duplication) of:
(a) net cash provided by operating activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period as reflected in the statement of cash flows on the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each applicable quarter during such period , that (i) to the extent the Borrower makes any Discounted Voluntary Prepayments and the gain arising from the retirement of Indebtedness in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayments results in any additional cash taxes, the payment of such additional cash taxes shall not be deducted in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, income related to the retirement of Indebtedness shall not be included in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow; plus
(b) cash payments received during such period to enter into or settle Swap Agreements to the extent not already recognized in net cash provided by operating activities; plus
(c) to the extent deducted in the determination of net cash provided by operating activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, the Specified Charges for such period; minus
(d) the amount of Capital Expenditures for such period (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease Obligations or otherwise financed by incurring Long Term Indebtedness and except to the extent made with Net Proceeds in respect of Prepayment Events); minus
(e) the aggregate principal amount of Long Term Indebtedness repaid or prepaid (for the avoidance of doubt, including any Advance Amortization Payment) by the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period to the extent permitted by Section 6.08(b), excluding (i) any prepayment of Loans and (ii) repayments or prepayments of Long Term Indebtedness financed by incurring other Long Term Indebtedness; minus
(f) the aggregate amount of cash dividends or other distributions paid by the Borrower to the Ultimate Parent during such period pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iv) (other than in reliance on clause (B) thereof); minus
(g) cash payments made during such period to enter into or settle Swap Agreements to the extent not already included in net cash provided by operating activities.
“Exchange Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Change in Control”.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest would otherwise have become effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation but for such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant” at such time.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) any taxes imposed on or measured, in whole or in part, by revenue or net income and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located, has a present or former connection (other than in connection with the Loan Documents) or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.14(b)), any U.S. withholding tax that (i) is in effect and would apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), 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 any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.12(a), or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure (other than as a result of any Change in Law) to comply with Section 2.12(e) and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Existing Loans” means the Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the Closing Date.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower or the Ultimate Parent, as applicable.
“First Amendment” means the First Amendment to this Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2012.
“First Amendment Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of the First Amendment shall have been satisfied, which for the avoidance of doubt is March 9, 2012.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located or, with respect to any Borrower that is a “Untied States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of such Section. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means (i) a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located outside the United States of America or (ii) a Subsidiary of any Person described in the foregoing clause (i).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governing Board” means (a) the managing member or members or any controlling committee of members of any Person, if such Person is a limited liability company, (b) the board of directors of any Person, if such Person is a corporation or (c) any similar governing body of any Person.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or 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.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Original Restatement Date, among each RHDI Loan Party and the Agent.
“Guarantors” means the Ultimate Parent, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company, DMHI, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, each Newco Senior Guarantor and each Newco Subordinated Guarantor.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) any petroleum products or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances; or (b) any chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing or any third party appraiser or recognized expert with experience in appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction or series of related transactions for which an opinion is required; provided, that such firm or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.
“Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.
“Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign
laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, Xxxxx, Xxxx licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, entered into among the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, the Shared Collateral Agent on behalf of the Shared Collateral Secured Parties, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex West Credit Agreement, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex East Credit Agreement and the administrative agent and collateral agent under the SuperMedia Credit Agreement.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Borrower and for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment” means purchasing, holding or acquiring (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Equity Interest, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or making or permitting to exist any loans or advances (other than commercially reasonable extensions of trade credit) to, guaranteeing any obligations of, or making or permitting to exist any investment in, any other Person, or purchasing or otherwise acquiring (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any Person constituting a business unit. The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary in connection with any Investment and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with any acquisition of assets), plus the cost of all additions, as of such date, thereto and minus the amount, as of such date, of any portion of such Investment repaid to the investor in cash or property as a repayment of principal or a return of capital (including pursuant to any sale or disposition of such Investment), as the case may be, but without any
other adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment. In determining the amount of any Investment or repayment involving a transfer of any property other than cash, such property shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer.
“Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the greater of (a) the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR 01 Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period (or in the event that such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR 01 Page (or otherwise on such screen), the “LIBO Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and (b) 3.00%.
“License Agreement” means an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, pursuant to which each License Subsidiary shall grant a license to use trademarks to the Ultimate Parent and each Subsidiary (excluding SuperMedia UK Ltd.) of the Ultimate Parent that is not one of the other License Subsidiaries.
“License Subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(e).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement, the Security Documents and the Shared Collateral Security Documents.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Long Term Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability. For purposes of determining the Long Term Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall be excluded.
“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U of the Board.
“Marks” means all current and future (i) trademarks, service marks, trade styles, and logos (including all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications 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, or otherwise) and (ii) trademark rights in any trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, other source or business identifiers Internet domain names, subdomain names and social media account or page addresses (but excluding all other rights in the foregoing items in this subsection (ii), including any rights in any registrations or recordings for the foregoing items), and in each case of subsections (i) and (ii), all goodwill associated therewith and all common-law rights related thereto
“Master IP License Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, material agreements, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and the Subordinated Guarantee but including, for the avoidance of doubt, Guarantees (other than the Subordinated Guarantee)), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries, but including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company, Dex Media Service, any Newcos, DMHI, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Ultimate Parent or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which meets any of the following conditions: (a) the Borrower’s and the other Subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to such Subsidiary exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, (b) the consolidated assets of such Subsidiary exceed 5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter or (c) the consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations of such Subsidiary for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters exceeds 5% of the consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period.
“Material Ultimate Parent Subsidiary” means (i) any License Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent (other than Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries) which meets any of the following conditions: (a) the Ultimate Parent’s and its other Subsidiaries’ aggregate investments in and advances to such Subsidiary exceed $10,000,000 as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, (b) the consolidated assets of such Subsidiary exceed $10,000,000 as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter or (c) the consolidated pre-tax
income from continuing operations of such Subsidiary for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters exceeds $5,000,000.
“Maturity Date” means December 31, 2016, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Merger Sub” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Mergers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, leasehold mortgage or other security document granting a Lien on any real property and improvements thereto to secure the Obligations delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.12. Each Mortgage shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.
“Mortgage Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a).
“Mortgage Endorsement” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (g) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
“Mortgaged Property” means each parcel of real property and improvements thereto listed on Schedule 1.01B and each other parcel of real property and improvements thereto owned by a RHDI Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.12.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, including cash received in respect of any debt instrument or equity security received as non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including underwriting discounts and commissions and collection expenses) paid or payable by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof to third parties (including Affiliates, if permitted by Section 6.09) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, including, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of an Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition, payments required to be made by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement (it being understood that this clause shall not apply to customary asset sale provisions in offerings of debt securities) and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof (provided that such amounts withheld or estimated for the payment of taxes shall, to
the extent not utilized for the payment of taxes, be deemed to be Net Proceeds received when such nonutilization is determined), and the amount of any reserves established by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case that are directly attributable to such event (provided that such reserves and escrowed amounts shall be disclosed to the Administrative Agent promptly upon being taken or made and any reversal of any such reserves will be deemed to be Net Proceeds received at the time and in the amount of such reversal), in each case as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Borrower; provided that for the purposes of calculating the Net Proceeds of an Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition, payments made (or reasonably estimated to be payable) under the Tax Sharing Agreements shall be deducted in the same manner as taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) under clause (b)(iii) above.
“Newco” means any Subsidiary (direct or indirect) of the Ultimate Parent (other than SuperMedia and its Subsidiaries) acquired or formed by the Ultimate Parent after the Closing Date other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East or SuperMedia.
“Newco Senior Guarantor” means any Newco the acquisition or formation of which is accomplished, directly or indirectly, using cash or other credit support (including debt service) provided by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Newco Senior Guarantor or in which any Investment is made by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Newco Senior Guarantor.
“Newco Subordinated Guarantee” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (e) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
“Newco Subordinated Guarantor” means any Newco other than a Newco Senior Guarantor.
“Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
“Optional Repurchase” means, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, any optional or voluntary repurchase, redemption or prepayment made in cash of such Indebtedness, the related payment in cash of accrued interest to the date of such repurchase, redemption or prepayment on the principal amount of such Indebtedness repurchased, redeemed or prepaid, the payment in cash of associated premiums (whether voluntary or mandatory) on such principal amount and the cash payment of other fees and expenses incurred in connection with such repurchase, redemption or prepayment.
“Original Restatement Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar Taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(i).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(iii).
“Payment Percentage” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Acquisitions” means any acquisition (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, if (a) both before and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) such acquired Person is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and substantially all the business of such acquired Person or business consists of one or more Permitted Businesses and not less than 80% of the consolidated gross operating revenues of such acquired Person or business for the most recently ended period of twelve months is derived from domestic operations in the United States of America, (c) each Subsidiary resulting from such acquisition (and which survives such acquisition) other than any Foreign Subsidiary, shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party and at least 80% of the Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary shall be owned directly by the Borrower and/or Subsidiary Loan Parties and shall have been (or within ten Business Days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Agent) after such acquisition shall be) pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (subject to the limitations of the pledge of Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”), (d) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been (or within ten Business Days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Agent) after such acquisition shall be) satisfied with respect to each such Subsidiary, (e) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to such acquisition and (f) the Borrower has delivered to the Agent an officer’s certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets acquired and reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of the requirement set forth in clause (e) above.
“Permitted Business” means the telephone and internet directory services businesses and businesses reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlord’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment Liens in respect of judgments or attachments that do not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII; provided that any such Lien is released within 30 days following the creation thereof;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that are not substantial in amount and do not, or could not reasonably be expected to, materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, for purposes of (i) Section 6.17, the Ultimate Parent or (ii) Section 6.18, the Service Company;
(g) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers’ Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depositary institution;
(h) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or, for purposes of (i) Section 6.17, the Ultimate Parent or (ii) Section 6.18, the Service Company, in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased;
(i) the licensing or sublicensing (other than exclusive licenses or sublicenses) of Intellectual Property (i) granted to or in favor of another Company pursuant to the Directory Consolidation Project or (ii) otherwise in the ordinary course of business in a manner that does not, or could not reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and
(j) any provision for the retention of title to any property by the vendor or transferor of such property, which property is acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower or, for purposes of (i) Section 6.17, the Ultimate Parent or (ii) Section 6.18, the Service Company, in a transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower, or, for purposes of (A) Section 6.17, the Ultimate Parent or (B) Section 6.18, the Service Company, and for which kind of transaction it is normal market practice for such retention of title provision to be included;
provided, that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing or allowing for liquidation at the original par value at the option of the holder within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper (other than commercial paper issued by the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates) maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Xxxxx’x;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances, time deposits or overnight bank deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$500,000,000, and having a debt rating of “A-1” or better from S&P or “P-1” or better from Xxxxx’x;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and
(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission 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 $5,000,000,000.
“Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) the Subordinated Guarantee and (b) Indebtedness of the Borrower which (i) does not mature, and is not subject to mandatory repurchase, redemption or amortization (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions requiring redemption or repurchase only if and to the extent then permitted by this Agreement), in each case, prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date, (ii) is not secured by any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) is not exchangeable or convertible into Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any preferred stock or other Equity Interest (other than common equity of the Ultimate Parent, provided that any such exchange or conversion, if effected, would not result in a Change in Control or Default) and (iv) is, together with any Guarantee thereof by any Subsidiary, subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a written instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent and having subordination terms that are no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms set forth in the Restructuring Notes Indenture and that are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Petition Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Prepayment Event” means any (a) Asset Disposition, (b) Equity Issuance or (c) Debt Issuance.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Pro Forma Compliance” means, with respect to any event, that the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with Section 6.14 recomputed as if the event with respect to which Pro Forma Compliance is being tested had occurred on the first day of the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01.
“Qualifying Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(c).
“Range” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) to extend, renew or refinance existing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, that (a) such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of, and unpaid interest on, the Refinanced Debt plus the amount of any premiums paid thereon and fees and expenses associated therewith, (b) such Indebtedness has a later maturity and a longer weighted average life than the Refinanced Debt, (c) such Indebtedness bears a market interest rate (as reasonably determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower) as of the time of its issuance or incurrence, (d) if the Refinanced Debt or any Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations, such Indebtedness and Guarantees thereof are subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the holders of the Obligations than the subordination terms of such Refinanced Debt or Guarantees thereof (and no Loan Party that has not guaranteed such Refinanced Debt guarantees such Indebtedness), (e) such Indebtedness contains covenants and events of default and is benefited by Guarantees (if any) which, taken as a whole, are reasonably determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower not to be materially less favorable to the Lenders than the covenants and events of default of or Guarantees (if any) in respect of such Refinanced Debt, (f) if such Refinanced Debt or any Guarantees thereof are secured, such Indebtedness and any Guarantees thereof are either unsecured or secured only by such assets as secured the Refinanced Debt and Guarantees thereof, (g) if such Refinanced Debt and any Guarantees thereof are unsecured, such Indebtedness and Guarantees thereof are also unsecured, (h) such Indebtedness is issued only by the issuer of such Refinanced Indebtedness and (i) the proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied promptly (and in any event within 45 days) after receipt thereof to the repayment of such Refinanced Debt.
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
“Registration Statement on Form S-4” means the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Ultimate Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2013.
“Reinvestment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, Controlling Persons and advisors of such Person and of each of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.
“Reorganization Plan” means the Debtors’ Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan for the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, including any exhibits, supplements, appendices and schedules thereto, dated February 8, 2013 and filed with the Bankruptcy Court on the Petition Date, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Dex Support Agreement and as confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total outstanding Loans at such time.
“Required Percentage” means (a) in the case of an Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition, an Asset Disposition, a Debt Issuance or an Equity Issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, 100%, provided that, in the case of an Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition, to the extent that no amount is deducted in the calculation of the Net Proceeds of such Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition because no amount is paid to and distributed by the Subordinated Guarantee Agent pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement, “Required Percentage” shall mean the percentage that the RHDI Credit Parties (as defined in the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement) would have received pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement if the Net Proceeds had been paid to and distributed by the Subordinated Guarantee Agent pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement, and (b) in the case of an Equity Issuance by the Ultimate Parent, 50%.
“Restricted Payment” means, with respect to any Person, any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in such Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation, termination or amendment of any Equity Interests in such Person or of any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in such Person.
“Restructuring Notes” means the 12%/14% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 of the Ultimate Parent issued pursuant to the Restructuring Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal of $300,000,000 on the Original Restatement Date.
“Restructuring Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated January 29, 2010, between the Ultimate Parent and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated the date hereof.
“RHDI Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
“RHDI Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“RHDC” means X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.
“Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Security Documents” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered by any RHDI Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.12 or pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to secure any of the Obligations.
“Service Company” means Dex One Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Shared Assets” means any asset (including Intellectual Property) owned by the Service Company or any License Subsidiary.
“Shared Collateral Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the Shared Collateral Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Shared Collateral Loan Parties” means the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company, and each Newco that is a party to the Shared Collateral Security Documents.
“Shared Collateral Secured Parties” has the meaning as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Shared Collateral Security Documents” means the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Newco Subordinated Guarantees, any mortgage and each other security agreement or other instruments or documents executed and delivered by any Shared Collateral Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.12 or pursuant to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to secure any of the RHDI Obligations.
“Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among each Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Newco Subordinated Guarantors) and the Shared Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Shared Services” means the centralized, shared or pooled services, undertakings and arrangements which are provided by the Service Company or any of its Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement, including, without limitation, the acquisition and ownership of assets by the Service Company or any of its Subsidiaries used in the provision of the foregoing and centralized payroll, benefits and account payable operations.
“Shared Services Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries of the Ultimate Parent party thereto, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
“Shared Services Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the engagement of the Service Company for the provision of Shared Services pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement, (b) sales, transfers, licenses, sublicenses and other dispositions of assets to the Service Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement for use in the provision of Shared Services, (c) the transfer of employees of the Loan Parties to the Service Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the provision of Shared Services pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement and (d) payments, distributions and other settlement of payment obligations by the recipient of Shared Services to, or for ultimate payment to, the provider of such Shared Services pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement in respect of the provision of such Shared Services (including, without limitation, the prefunding in accordance with the Shared Services Agreement of certain such payment obligations in connection with the establishment of the payment and settlement arrangements under the Shared Services Agreement); provided, that all such payments, distributions and settlements shall reflect a fair and reasonable allocation of the costs of such Shared Services in accordance with the terms of the Shared Services Agreement (it being understood and agreed that payments in respect of tax liabilities or tax attributes pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreements shall not constitute Shared Services Transactions; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Borrower to make Restricted Payments (i) pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iii) to the Service Company in respect of tax liabilities incurred by the Service Company in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Shared Services Agreement).
“Specified Charges” means (a) out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses for attorneys, auditors, accountants, consultants, and advisors retained by the Borrower incurred in connection with the Mergers, this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, costs, fees, and expenses incurred in connection with satisfying the conditions precedent in Sections 4.01(e) and 4.01(f)), and the transactions contemplated by the Dex Support Agreement, including, incurred in connection with the events leading
up to, and throughout, the ongoing administration of the Chapter 11 Cases and (b) out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses for attorneys, auditors, accountants, consultants, and advisors retained by the Administrative Agent and the steering committee Lenders and reimbursed by the Borrower (without, including without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the steering committee Lenders) incurred in connection with this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, costs, fees, and expenses incurred in connection with satisfying the conditions precedent in Sections 4.01(e) and 4.01(f)), and the transactions contemplated by the Dex Support Agreement, including, incurred in connection with the events leading up to, and throughout, the ongoing administration of the Chapter 11 Cases.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Subordinated Guarantee” means the Guarantee made by the Borrower pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement.
“Subordinated Guarantee Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement.
“Subordinated Guarantee Agreement” means the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement, dated the date hereof, attached hereto as Exhibit G, among the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East, SuperMedia, the Shared Collateral Agent, the administrative agent under the Dex West Credit Agreement, the administrative agent under the Dex East Credit Agreement and the administrative agent under the SuperMedia Credit Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held by the parent or one or more Subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“SuperMedia” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“SuperMedia Credit Agreement” means (a) the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2009, as amended and restated as of the date hereof (as further amended,
restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among SuperMedia, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and (b) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any Indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to refinance (whether by the same or different banks) in whole or in part (under one or more agreements) the Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the SuperMedia Credit Agreement referred to in clause (a) above or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (b) (including, without limitation, adding or removing any Person as a borrower, guarantor or other obligor thereunder).
“SuperMedia Existing Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2009, (as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among SuperMedia, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of the SuperMedia Credit Agreement.
“SuperMedia Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the SuperMedia Credit Agreement.
“SuperMedia Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“SuperMedia Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing Agreement in the form of Exhibit L hereto, dated the date hereof, among SuperMedia, SuperMedia Sales Inc., SuperMedia Services Inc., the Ultimate Parent and the Service Company.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swap Obligations” 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.
“Syndication Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent.
“Tax Payments” means payments for (i) the net amounts payable by the Borrower pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreements for the current tax period and (ii) to the extent not duplicative with (i), taxes which are not determined by reference to income, but which are imposed on a direct or indirect owner of the Borrower as a result of such owner’s ownership of the equity of the Borrower.
“Tax Sharing Agreements” means, collectively, the Dex Tax Sharing Agreement and the SuperMedia Tax Sharing Agreement (each, individually, a “Tax Sharing Agreement”).
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges, fees, assessments or withholdings (including backup withholding) imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Title Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (g) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
“Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, other than the Subordinated Guarantee, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus, solely for purposes of Section 6.14, (b) the lesser of (i) the aggregate unencumbered cash and Permitted Investments (provided that any such cash and Permitted Investments to the extent subject to a Lien created under the Loan Documents or otherwise subject to a Permitted Encumbrance shall be deemed to be unencumbered for purposes of this definition) maintained by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) $25,000,000; provided, that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be (A) without regard to the effects of purchase method of accounting requiring that the amount of such Indebtedness be valued at its fair market value instead of its outstanding principal amount and (B) determined exclusive of (x) any reimbursement obligations and intercompany non-cash obligations constituting intercompany Indebtedness or Attributable Debt owing to the Service Company incurred pursuant to the Shared Services Transactions and (y) any letters of credit to the extent cash collateralized in reliance on Section 6.02(a)(vi).
“Transactions” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, (b) the effectiveness and consummation of the Reorganization Plan pursuant to the Confirmation Order (including, without limitation, the consummation of the Mergers) and (c) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with clause (b) hereof and the Amendments and the Loan Documents.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“Ultimate Parent” means (i) prior to the Mergers, Dex One, and (ii) after the Mergers, Dex Media, Inc. (f/k/a Newdex, Inc.).
“Ultimate Parent Annual Cash Interest Amount” means, for any fiscal year (or full fiscal year equivalent), an amount equal to 37% of $36,000,000.
“Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition” means any sale, license, sublicense, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback, securitization, public offering or spin-off transaction) by the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof of all or a portion of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East, SuperMedia, Dex Digital, RHDC or any Newco (or substantially all of the assets constituting a business unit, division or line of business thereof).
“Ultimate Parent PIK Election” means the election by the Ultimate Parent to make paid-in-kind interest payments on the Restructuring Notes as permitted by the Restructuring Notes Indenture.
“U.S. Person” means “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e)(ii)(B)(3).
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”).
Section 1.03 Terms Generally. 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 (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Any reference made in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any consolidated financial statement or statements of the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries means such financial statement or statements prepared on a combined basis for the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to GAAP, not utilizing the equity method. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries at “fair value”, as defined therein.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
Section 2.01 Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Existing Loan shall continue to be outstanding and, on and as of the Closing Date, constitute term loans hereunder (the “Loans”).
(b) Amounts repaid in respect of Loans may not be reborrowed.
Section 2.02 Borrowings. (a) Subject to Section 2.09, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.
(b) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 15 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
Section 2.03 Interest Elections. (a) The Borrower may elect to convert each Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone (i) in the case of an election to continue or convert to a Eurodollar Borrowing, by not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed continuation or conversion or (ii) in the case of an election to convert to an ABR Borrowing, by not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed conversion. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred after the Closing Date and is continuing then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Section 2.04 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.05.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such promissory note shall state that it is subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
Section 2.05 Amortization of Loans. (a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05 and except for Advance Amortization Payments, the Borrower shall repay the Borrowings on each date set forth below in the amount set forth opposite such date; provided, that, to the extent the Borrower makes a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the repayments due to any Lender participating in such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be reduced ratably by the principal amount of Loans so prepaid (it being understood and agreed that such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall not in any manner affect the scheduled repayments due to the Lenders not participating in such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment):
Date |
|
Principal Amount |
| |
June 30, 2013 |
|
$ |
9,166,752.79 |
|
September 30, 2013 |
|
$ |
10,000,000 |
|
December 31, 2013 |
|
$ |
10,000,000 |
|
March 31, 2014 |
|
$ |
10,000,000 |
|
June 30, 2014 |
|
$ |
10,000,000 |
|
September 30, 2014 |
|
$ |
10,000,000 |
|
December 31, 2014 |
|
$ |
10,000,000 |
|
March 31, 2015 |
|
$ |
7,500,000 |
|
June 30, 2015 |
|
$ |
7,500,000 |
|
September 30, 2015 |
|
$ |
7,500,000 |
|
December 31, 2015 |
|
$ |
7,500,000 |
|
March 31, 2016 |
|
$ |
6,250,000 |
|
June 30, 2016 |
|
$ |
6,250,000 |
|
September 30, 2016 |
|
$ |
6,250,000 |
|
Maturity Date |
|
Remaining Outstanding Amounts |
|
(b) To the extent not previously paid all Loans shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
(c) Any mandatory prepayment of a Borrowing or optional prepayment that is not a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Borrowings to be made pursuant to this Section ratably.
(d) Prior to any repayment of any Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
Section 2.06 Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.11), in an aggregate principal amount that (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.15) is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to the requirements of this Section. The Borrower shall have the right to elect by notice to the Administrative Agent that an optional prepayment that is not a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and that is not subject to the notice contemplated in Section 2.06(d)(iii) is to be applied to a specific scheduled repayment to be made pursuant to Section 2.05 (any such payment, an “Advance
Amortization Payment”); provided that (i) each such Advance Amortization Payment shall (x) be made in an amount equal to such scheduled repayment and (y) be applied to the next such scheduled repayment that has not been prepaid by an Advance Amortization Payment and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, no Advance Amortization Payment shall be deemed to constitute a prepayment for the purposes of Section 2.06(d).
(b) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of any Loan Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, not later than the Business Day next after the date on which such Net Proceeds are received, prepay Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Required Percentage of such Net Proceeds or, in the case of an Equity Issuance by the Ultimate Parent, the Required Percentage of the Allocable Net Proceeds of such Prepayment Event; provided that, solely in the case of any Asset Disposition, if the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that the Borrower or a Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Disposition (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire real property, equipment or other assets to be used in the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries or to fund a Permitted Acquisition in accordance with the terms of Section 6.04, in each case as specified in such certificate (any such event, a “Reinvestment”), and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such Asset Disposition (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom (i) that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, or is not able to, by operation of contract or law or otherwise, apply toward such Reinvestment or (ii) that have not been so applied, or contractually committed to be so applied, by the end of such 365-day period, in each case at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been, or have been determined not to be, so applied (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 365-day period but within such 365-day period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the earlier to occur of (A) the termination of such contract and (B) the expiration of a 180-day period following such 365-day period, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that the Net Proceeds applied toward Reinvestments or contractually committed to be so applied pursuant to the foregoing proviso shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year.
(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition, the Borrower shall, not later than the Business Day next after the date on which such Net Proceeds are received, prepay Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Required Percentage of the Net Proceeds of such Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition.
(d) Following the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2013, the Borrower will prepay Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to (i) (A) the Excess Cash Flow as of the end of such fiscal quarter multiplied by the applicable ECF Sweep Percentage in effect at such time, minus (B) all prepayments made during the applicable ECF Period pursuant to this Section 2.06(d)(i) as of the end of such fiscal quarter (including any prepayments that are applied to payments due under this Section 2.06(d)(i) pursuant to an Election Notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.06(e)), less (ii) any voluntary prepayments of Loans made pursuant to Section 2.06(a) during such fiscal quarter (other than any Advance Amortization Payments and any prepayments that are applied to payments due under this Section 2.06(d)(i) pursuant to an Election Notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.06(e) and except as provided in Section 2.15(f)), provided that any prepayment applied pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 2.06(d) to reduce a prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.06(d) shall not be applied in the subsequent quarter pursuant to this clause (ii) to reduce a prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.06(d), less (iii) any voluntary prepayments of the Loans (other than an Advance Amortization Payment,
any prepayments that are applied to payments due under this Section 2.06(d)(i) pursuant to an Election Notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.06(e), and except as provided in Section 2.15(f)) made since the end of such fiscal quarter to the extent the Borrower has, on or prior to the date any mandatory prepayment is due under this paragraph (d) with respect to such fiscal quarter, specified in an Election Notice delivered to the Administrative Agent that such voluntary prepayments shall be applied to reduce the amount of such mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made on or before the date on which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 with respect to the fiscal quarter at the end of which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated (and in any event within (x) 55 days after the end of such fiscal quarter or (y) if such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter in a fiscal year of the Borrower, 100 days after the end of such fiscal quarter), provided that if the Closing Date occurs after the date on which such prepayment would otherwise have been due hereunder for the period ended March 31, 2013, then the mandatory quarterly prepayment pursuant to this paragraph for such period shall be due and payable on the Closing Date.
(e) Subject to the immediately following sentence, the Borrower shall on one or more occasions use the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow, as determined following the end of a fiscal quarter, to effect Discounted Voluntary Prepayments within 180 days after the date on which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 with respect to such quarter, with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayments to be designated as having been made to satisfy the Borrower’s obligations under this Section 2.06(e) pursuant to an Election Notice delivered to the Administrative Agent. If the Borrower does not make such Discounted Voluntary Prepayments within such 180-day period equal to the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow for the applicable fiscal quarter (as designated in the applicable Election Notice), the Borrower shall (i) make an optional prepayment pursuant to Section 2.06(a) at the end of the fiscal quarter during which such 180-day period (as designated in an Election Notice to such effect) expires, with such prepayment to be applied to scheduled prepayments under Section 2.05, as directed by the Borrower, or (ii) make a prepayment as described in Section 2.06(d)(iii) (and as designated in an Election Notice to such effect). The Borrower may retain the Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow and may utilize such Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow for purposes otherwise permitted hereunder, including, but not limited to, at the Borrower’s option and in the Borrower’s sole discretion, (i) to effect Discounted Voluntary Prepayments or (ii) for optional prepayments pursuant to Section 2.06(a).
(f) Prior to any optional or, subject to Sections 2.06(b), (c) and (d), mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section.
(g) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment or to prepay such Borrowing in full. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest and other amounts to the extent required by Sections 2.08 and 2.11.
Section 2.07 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.08 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.09 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective; provided, however, that, in the case of a notice received pursuant to clause (b) above, if the Administrative Agent is able prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period to ascertain, after using reasonable efforts to poll the Lenders giving such notice, that a rate other than the Alternate Base Rate would adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of such alternate rate and the Borrower may agree by written notice to the Agent prior to the commencement of such Interest Period to increase the Applicable Rate for the Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period to result in an interest rate equal to such alternate rate, in which case such increased Applicable Rate shall apply to all the Eurodollar Loans included in the relevant Borrowing.
Section 2.10 Increased Costs; Illegality. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);
(ii) subject the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any Taxes (other than Indemnified Taxes, Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time after submission by such Lender to the Borrower of a written request therefor, the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the matters giving rise to a claim under this Section 2.10 and the calculation of such claim by such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided, further, that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (i) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and (ii) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by applicable law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.11.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and 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, issued or implemented.
Section 2.11 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.06(g) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14 or 9.02(c), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall consist of an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan (without giving effect to clause (b) of the definition of LIBO Rate), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.12 Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Taxes; provided that if the applicable withholding agent shall be required to deduct any Taxes from such payments, then (i) if such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable 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 or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or, at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment thereof.
(c) The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Administrative Agent or Lender (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability and a written statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts prepared in good faith and delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.12, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) (i) 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 located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that (i) such Foreign Lender has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation and (ii) such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute, and deliver such documentation.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-2 or Exhibit M-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as
may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.12, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower within a reasonable period of time (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.12 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(g) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent within ten days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of (i) any Taxes attributable to such Lender and (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.6(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, in either case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (g).
(h) The agreements in this Section 2.12 shall survive the termination of this agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
Section 2.13 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 2.12, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the
account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in the definition of “Interest Period”), the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards 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, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the relative aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower 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 the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders 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 Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender 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 Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.13(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
Section 2.14 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.10, 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 2.12, 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 2.10 or 2.12, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender, provided that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.12. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.10, 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 2.12, or if any Lender is not able to maintain Eurodollar Loans for reasons described in Section 2.10(e), or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04, provided that the Borrower or assignee must pay any applicable processing or recordation fee), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided, further, that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld and (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and such Lender shall be released from all obligations hereunder. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Section 2.15 Voluntary Prepayments Below Par. (a) The Borrower may elect to notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that it wishes to make below par voluntary prepayments of the Loans (each such payment a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 2.15; provided that (i) the Borrower shall specify in an Election Notice to the Administrative Agent whether such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment will be a utilization of the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow or the Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow and Discounted Voluntary Prepayments shall only be permitted to be made in amounts not exceeding the Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Flow or the Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow (as applicable) at the time such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment is made and (ii) no Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made after December 31, 2016. At the time of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower shall certify, with reasonable supporting detail (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent), (i) compliance with the requirements of this Section 2.15, which certification shall include a schedule setting forth the computation (of any utilization by the Borrower) of Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow or Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow (as applicable), (ii) that no Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.14 could reasonably be expected to occur during the immediately succeeding four calendar quarters if such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment is not made, (iii) that such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall have been approved by the Borrower’s Board of Directors and (iv) that immediately prior to and after giving effect to any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the aggregate unencumbered cash
and Permitted Investments (provided that any such cash and Permitted Investments to the extent subject to a Lien created under the Loan Documents, the Dex West Loan Documents or the Dex East Loan Documents shall be deemed to be unencumbered for purposes of this clause (y)) maintained by the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be at least $40,000,000 and (z) the aggregate unencumbered cash and Permitted Investments (provided that any such cash and Permitted Investments to the extent subject to a Lien created under the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be unencumbered for purposes of this clause (z)) maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be at least $10,000,000.
(b) In connection with any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify the Lenders (the “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice”) that the Borrower desires to prepay Loans with cash proceeds in an aggregate amount (each, a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Amount”) specified by the Borrower (which amount shall be not less than $5,000,000) at a price within a range (the “Range”) to be specified by the Borrower equal to a percentage of par (not to exceed 100%) (the “Payment Percentage”) of the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid; provided that only one Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice may be in effect at any time. The Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice shall further specify the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice (the “Acceptance Date”). No proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made if the amount of cash expended to make Discounted Voluntary Prepayments would exceed an amount equal to the Borrower’s Portion of Excess Cash Flow at such time.
(c) On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each Lender may specify by written notice to the Administrative Agent a minimum Payment Percentage (the “Acceptable Payment Percentage”) within the Range for a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of Loans at which such Lender is willing to permit such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment. Based on the Acceptable Payment Percentages and principal amounts of Loans specified by Lenders, the applicable Payment Percentage (the “Applicable Payment Percentage”) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be the lowest Acceptable Payment Percentage at which the Borrower can complete the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment for the applicable Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Amount that is within the applicable Range; provided that if the offers received from Lenders are insufficient to allow the Borrower to complete the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment for the applicable Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Amount, then the Applicable Payment Percentage shall instead be the highest Acceptable Payment Percentage that is within the applicable Range. The Borrower shall prepay Loans (or the respective portions thereof) offered by Lenders at the Acceptable Payment Percentages specified by each such Lender that are equal to or less than the Applicable Payment Percentage (“Qualifying Loans”) by remitting an amount to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each respective Lender to be prepaid) equal to the product of the face amount, or par, of the Loan being prepaid multiplied by the Applicable Payment Percentage; provided that if the aggregate cash proceeds required to prepay Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable under Section 2.15(d)) would exceed the applicable Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Amount for such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans at the Applicable Payment Percentage ratably based on the respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent).
(d) All Loans prepaid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be accompanied by payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid to, but not including, the date of prepayment.
(e) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures (including as to rounding and minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods of accepted Loans, irrevocability of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice and other notices by the Borrower and Lenders
and determination of Applicable Payment Percentage) reasonably established by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and not inconsistent with the terms hereof.
(f) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall constitute an optional prepayment of Loans for all purposes under this Agreement, but excluding for purposes of Section 2.06(d).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 2.06 and 2.13), the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions described in this Section 2.15 and further acknowledge that in connection with any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, principal and interest payments may be made on a non-pro rata basis, as determined by the Administrative Agent, to the applicable Lenders.
(h) This Section 2.15 shall not require the Borrower to undertake or any Lender to participate in any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower and, solely for purposes of Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.08, 3.09, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.19, the Ultimate Parent (with respect to itself and the Service Company) represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions entered into and to be entered into by each of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company and the RHDI Loan Parties are within such Person’s corporate or limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder or member action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Ultimate Parent and the RHDI Loan Parties and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company and the RHDI Loan Parties is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Person, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, limited liability company agreement, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by
the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens permitted under Section 6.02.
Section 3.04 Financial Condition. The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of December 31, 2012 and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the twelve-month period ended on such date present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments.
Section 3.05 Properties. (a) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business (including its Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not, or could not reasonably be expected to, interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.
(b) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other Intellectual Property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except, in each case, for any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters).
(c) Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each real property that is owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective executive officers or directors (i) which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(b) Except for either the Disclosed Matters or any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to form the basis for any Environmental Liability.
Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3.08 Investment Company Status. None of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it, except any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.09, no material tax Liens have been filed.
Section 3.10 ERISA. During the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed to be made with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability has occurred during such five year period or for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification No. 715: Compensation Retirement Benefits) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification No. 715: Compensation Retirement Benefits) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.11 Margin Regulations. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
Section 3.12 Disclosure. None of the written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (including, without limitation, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and the Disclosure Statement (as supplemented in writing through the Closing Date)) taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company or any RHDI Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as of the date thereof and as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made taken as a whole, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable (i) at the time such projected financial information was prepared and (ii) as of the date hereof. The Bankruptcy Court entered an order on or about April 29, 2013 approving the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement.
Section 3.13 Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.13 sets forth the name of, and the ownership interest of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company and the Borrower in, each Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company and the Borrower and identifies each such Subsidiary that is a Loan Party, in each case as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, none of the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company and the Borrower has any Subsidiaries other than those set forth on Schedule 3.13.
Section 3.14 Insurance. Schedule 3.14 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, all premiums due and payable in respect of such insurance have been paid. The Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is adequate.
Section 3.15 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, other than the Disclosed Matters, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened. Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters; (b) all payments due from the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary; and (c) the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound.
Section 3.16 Senior Debt. For so long as the Restructuring Notes or Additional Notes are outstanding, the Obligations shall constitute “Senior Debt” under and as defined in the Restructuring Notes Indenture or, if applicable, under the indenture, note purchase agreement or other applicable agreement or instrument under which any such Additional Notes are issued.
Section 3.17 Security Documents. (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock and Pledged Notes (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock and Pledged Notes are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property, as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, for which such filings will not perfect same under applicable law), when financing statements and other filings are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 3.17 (as updated by the Borrower from time to time in accordance with Section 5.03), the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the RHDI Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, or in the case of Pledged Stock and Pledged Notes, by possession or control, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock and Pledged Notes, Liens permitted by Section 6.02(a)).
(b) When the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and such financing statements shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the grantors after the date hereof).
(c) The Mortgages, if any, entered into on or prior to the Closing Date (when amended by the mortgage amendment referred to in clause (g)(1) of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (the “Mortgage Amendments”)), or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.12, are or when entered shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the RHDI Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged
Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed in the proper real estate filing offices, such Mortgages shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the RHDI Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights of Person pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a).
Section 3.18 Liens. There are no Liens of any nature whatsoever on any properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens permitted by Section 6.02.
Section 3.19 Bankruptcy Court Orders. The Confirmation Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court, and such order has not been stayed, reversed, modified or vacated on appeal.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
Section 4.01 Effectiveness of Agreement. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent (and the delivery of the notice contemplated in the last sentence of this Section 4.01), provided that nothing herein shall limit the consent rights set forth in the Dex Support Agreement:
(a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, (ii) an executed Acknowledgment and Confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto from each RHDI Loan Party, (iii) the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by each Shared Collateral Loan Party and each Company, (iv) the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East, SuperMedia, the Agent, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex East Credit Agreement, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex West Credit Agreement and the administrative agent and collateral agent under the SuperMedia Credit Agreement and (v) the Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by the Ultimate Parent, DMHI, the Service Company, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Agent, the Shared Collateral Agent, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex West Credit Agreement, the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Dex East Credit Agreement and the administrative agent and collateral agent under the SuperMedia Credit Agreement.
(b) Confirmation of the Reorganization Plan. The Reorganization Plan shall have been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order. The Confirmation Order shall not have been stayed, modified, or vacated on appeal. All conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Reorganization Plan shall have been satisfied (or waived) or shall be concurrently with the effective date of the Reorganization Plan satisfied (or waived) in accordance with the terms of the Reorganization Plan.
(c) Amendments. The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence of the completion of the Amendments (including, for the avoidance of doubt, evidence that (i) the Dex East Loan Documents and the Dex West Loan Documents have been entered into, and become effective, substantially simultaneously with this Agreement and (ii) the SuperMedia Loan Documents have been entered into, and become effective, prior to the consummation of the Mergers); provided, that it is acknowledged and agreed that the filing by the Ultimate Parent, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, with the Bankruptcy Court of written notice of the occurrence of the “Effective Date” under (and as defined in) the Reorganization Plan shall satisfy this condition.
(d) Mergers. The Mergers shall have been consummated by the filing of the Certificates of Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(e) Trademarks. The Marks owned by the Borrower, Dex West, Dex East, SuperMedia, the Service Company and each other Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Ultimate Parent) (“Collateral Trademarks”) shall have been transferred (together with the associated goodwill) to and owned by a bankruptcy remote Subsidiary of each such Person, respectively, and in each case, (i) the organizational documents of such bankruptcy remote Subsidiaries (each, a “License Subsidiary”) shall provide for, and require that there at all times be, two special independent directors or members whose consent would be required for such License Subsidiary to file a petition for bankruptcy or for the transfer of any equity interests therein (other than the sale of such equity interests in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents) and shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received and shall be reasonably satisfied with (A) a certificate of an authorized officer of the Ultimate Parent including the certificate of incorporation or formation, as applicable, for the License Subsidiaries, certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such License Subsidiary, (B) a complete copy of resolutions adopted by the Governing Board of such License Subsidiary authorizing the execution, delivery and performance in accordance with their respective terms of the agreements described in clause (ii) below and (C) a good standing certificate of such License Subsidiary, as applicable, from its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) the License Subsidiaries shall have entered into License Agreements and (iii) except as permitted by a License Agreement, anything incidental to the ownership of the Collateral Trademarks (including filing or registering any application for or registration of all current or future Collateral Trademarks and the prosecution, maintenance, renewal or enforcement of same) shall be done solely by the Licensee Subsidiaries (or their respective selected designees).
(f) Other Intellectual Property Arrangements. (i) Each of the Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia, the Service Company and each other Shared Collateral Loan Party and their respective Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries) shall have entered into the Master IP License Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto and (ii) each of the Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia, the Service Company and each other Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Ultimate Parent) and their respective Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries) shall have delivered to each other above-referenced party and its Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries) as of the Closing Date current or contingent (e.g., through an escrow arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) possession of, or access to, all Escrow Materials in existence as of the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, SuperMedia Sales Inc. and SuperMedia Services Inc. shall comply with the foregoing requirements after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the SuperMedia Credit Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.01(f), neither Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia, the Service Company nor any other Shared Collateral Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have failed to satisfy this Section 4.01(f) for any inadvertent failure to provide such possession of, or access to, any Escrow Materials because such party was unaware of the existence of any such unprovided item, provided that (x) such provision of any such item is made promptly after identification or discovery of such item by such party and (y) none of such other parties are materially damaged or prejudiced, and do not lose any material rights, due to such failure.
(g) Existing Credit Agreement. The Borrower shall have timely paid current scheduled amortization and interest (at the non-default rate) on the Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement and, to the extent applicable, the Cash Collateral Order, and shall have paid all other fees and expenses then due and payable with respect to the Existing Credit Agreement.
(h) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which reasonably detailed invoices have been presented, on or before the Closing Date.
(i) No Actions. There shall be no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to (x) have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual and contingent), operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Ultimate Parent and the other Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (y) adversely affect the ability of the Ultimate Parent or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents or (z) adversely affect the rights and remedies of the Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
(j) Shared Services Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received the Shared Services Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Ultimate Parent, the Service Company, the Borrower and each other party thereto, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
(k) Tax Sharing Agreements. The Administrative Agent shall have received the Tax Sharing Agreements, duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto.
(l) Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements described in Section 3.04.
(m) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received and shall be satisfied with (x) a certificate of an authorized officer of each Loan Party (other than any Newco Subordinated Guarantor), dated the Closing Date, with appropriate insertions and attachments including (i) the certificate of incorporation or formation, as applicable, of such Person, as applicable, certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person, as applicable, (ii) a complete copy of resolutions adopted by the Governing Board of such Person authorizing the execution, delivery and performance in accordance with their respective terms of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and any other documents required or contemplated hereunder (in the case of the Ultimate Parent, a copy of the Confirmation Order in lieu of such resolutions; provided that a copy of the resolutions adopted by the new Governing Board of the Ultimate Parent ratifying the execution, delivery and performance in accordance with their respective terms of the Loan Documents to which the Ultimate Parent is a party shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date) and (iii) a good standing certificate of such Person, as applicable, from its jurisdiction of organization and (y) a certificate signed by the president, a vice president or a Financial Officer of the Borrower and the Ultimate Parent confirming that the conditions in Sections 4.01(q) and 4.01(t) have been satisfied, as applicable.
(n) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed opinions, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) the legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the legal opinion of Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, the general counsel of the Subsidiaries of the Ultimate Parent, (iii) the legal opinion of Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to SuperMedia and its Subsidiaries, and (iv) the legal opinion of [Xxxxxxxx & Xxx, PLC], local counsel to the Loan Parties in Tennessee.
(o) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. To the extent not previously delivered, (i) the Agent shall have received (x) the certificates or other instruments representing all outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank and (y) each promissory note pledged and required to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with
respect thereto endorsed in blank, and (ii) the Shared Collateral Agent shall have received, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, (x) the certificates or other instruments representing all outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Shared Collateral Loan Party pledged pursuant to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank and (y) each promissory note pledged and required to be delivered to the Shared Collateral Agent pursuant to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.
(p) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. All documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Agent or the Shared Collateral Agent, as applicable, to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Agreements and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Agreements, shall have been executed and be in proper form for filing, subject only to exceptions satisfactory to the Agent or the Shared Collateral Agent, as applicable, and the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have otherwise been satisfied.
(q) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified as to materiality in which case such representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified as to materiality in which case such representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of such earlier date).
(r) Mortgages. The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied with respect to the Mortgaged Properties listed on Schedule 1.01B.
(s) Control Agreements. To the extent not previously delivered, (i) the Agent shall have received control agreements executed by all parties thereto with respect to each “deposit account” (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and “securities account” (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) with respect to which a control agreement is required to be delivered by any Loan Party to the Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (ii) the Shared Collateral Agent shall have received control agreements executed by all parties thereto with respect to each “deposit account” (as defined in the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and “securities account” (as defined in the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) with respect to which a control agreement is required to be delivered by any Shared Collateral Loan Party to the Shared Collateral Agent pursuant to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Shared Collateral Agent.
(t) No Default. After giving effect to Section 9.17, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Closing Date.
(u) Other Transaction Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the Dex West Credit Agreement, the Dex East Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Credit Agreement, in each case certified by an authorized officer of the Ultimate Parent.
(v) Interest under Existing Credit Agreement. The accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to the Closing Date (at the applicable non-default rate) shall have been paid in full in cash by the Borrower.
(w) Flood Hazards. The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto), if any, and if any such Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area, evidence of flood insurance in form and amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, each of the Borrower and, solely for purposes of Sections 5.01(a), (b) and (l), 5.12(c), 5.13 and 5.15, the Ultimate Parent, covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) no later than the earlier of (i) 10 days after the date that the Borrower is required to file a report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (whether or not the Borrower is so subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013, (A) (x) the Ultimate Parent’s audited consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year and (y) the Ultimate Parent’s audited consolidating balance sheet and related consolidating statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year (with each such consolidating financial statement showing the standalone financial information for each of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, Dex West and its consolidated Subsidiaries, Dex East and its consolidated Subsidiaries and SuperMedia and its consolidated Subsidiaries and otherwise being in form substantially similar in all material respects to the consolidating financial statements of the Ultimate Parent most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or other material qualification or exception; provided, that if the Ultimate Parent switches from one independent public accounting firm to another, the audit report of any such new accounting firm may contain a qualification or exception as to the scope of such consolidated or consolidating financial statements that relates to any fiscal year prior to its retention which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have been the subject of an audit report of the previous accounting firm meeting the criteria set forth above) to the effect that such consolidated and consolidating financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Ultimate Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated or consolidating basis, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except for the income tax provision which reflects an allocation to each Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent’s income tax provision prepared on a consolidated basis and (B) the Borrower’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except for the income tax provision which reflects an allocation to the Borrower, and its Subsidiaries of the Ultimate Parent’s income tax provision prepared on a consolidated basis; provided, that detailed income statement and balance sheet information reflecting the elimination of the Borrower’s adoption of fresh-start accounting in accordance with GAAP upon effectiveness of the Reorganization Plan shall be included in (x) Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Liquidity and Capital Resources, in the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (A), and (y) Borrower’s Management’s Narrative Analysis and Results of Operations, in the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (B);
(b) no later than the earlier of (i) 10 days after the date that the Borrower is required to file a report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (whether or not the Borrower is so subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2013, (A) (x) the Ultimate Parent’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year and (y) the Ultimate Parent’s unaudited consolidating balance sheet and related consolidating statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year (with each such consolidating financial statement showing the standalone financial information for each of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, Dex West and its consolidated Subsidiaries, Dex East and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2013, SuperMedia and its consolidated Subsidiaries and otherwise being in form substantially similar in all material respects to the consolidating financial statements of the Ultimate Parent most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Ultimate Parent as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Ultimate Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except for the income tax provision which reflects an allocation to each Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent’s income tax provision prepared on a consolidated basis, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and (B) the Borrower’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except for the income tax provision which reflects an allocation to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of the Ultimate Parent’s income tax provision prepared on a consolidated basis, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided, that detailed income statement and balance sheet information reflecting the elimination of the Borrower’s adoption of fresh-start accounting in accordance with GAAP upon effectiveness of the
Reorganization Plan shall be included in (x) Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Liquidity and Capital Resources, in the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (A), and (y) Borrower’s Management’s Narrative Analysis and Results of Operations, in the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (B);
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a)(B) or (b)(B) above, the corresponding financial statements with respect to Dex West, RHDI and SuperMedia that are required to be delivered by Dex East, Dex West and SuperMedia under the Dex East Credit Agreement, Dex West Credit Agreement and the SuperMedia Credit Agreement, respectively;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.14 (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending Xxxxx 00, 0000), (xxx) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the Closing Date that has had an effect on the financial statements accompanying such certificate and specifying any such change and the related effect, (iv) identifying any Subsidiary of the RHDI Loan Parties formed or acquired since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, (v) identifying any parcels of real property or improvements thereto with a value exceeding $10,000,000 that have been acquired by the RHDI Loan Parties since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, (vi) identifying any changes of the type described in Section 5.03(a) that have not been previously reported by the Borrower, (vii) identifying any Permitted Acquisition or other acquisitions of going concerns that have been consummated since the end of the previous fiscal quarter, including the date on which each such acquisition or Investment was consummated and the consideration therefor, (viii) identifying any material Intellectual Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) with respect to which a notice is required to be delivered under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and has not been previously delivered, (ix) identifying any Prepayment Events or Ultimate Parent Asset Dispositions that have occurred since the end of the previous fiscal quarter and setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of the Net Proceeds received from any such Prepayment Events or Ultimate Parent Asset Dispositions, (x) identifying any change in the locations at which equipment and inventory, in each case with a value in excess of $10,000,000, are located, if not owned by the RHDI Loan Parties, (xi) identifying any Services Assets (as defined in the Shared Services Agreement) (but with respect to Services Assets that constitute Intellectual Property, solely Intellectual Property that has been registered or patented or the registration of which has been applied for) contributed by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the Service Company during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, and a reasonably detailed description of such Services Assets and the value thereof, (xii) attaching a schedule setting forth a computation (and any utilization by the Borrower) of Excess Cash Flow, Borrower’s Discounted Prepayment Portion of Excess Cash Flow and Borrower’s Discretionary Portion of Excess Cash Flow as of the end of the period covered by such financial statements and (xiii) setting forth (A) a reporting sales metric (which will serve as leading indicator of reported print and digital revenues), for such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, (B) print and digital revenue and a gross margin amount for each of such reported revenue amounts for such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, and (C) statements of cash flow from operations (with a reconciliation of net income to operating cash flow from operations and financing activities (including capital expenditures)) for such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable;
(e) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default or Event of Default in respect of Section 6.14 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules, guidelines or practice);
(f) within 30 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and related statements of projected operations and cash flow as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), promptly when available, any material significant revisions of such budget;
(g) promptly after the same become publicly available, and no later than five Business Days after the same are sent, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the RHDI Loan Parties with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Ultimate Parent to its shareholders generally;
(h) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the RHDI Loan Parties, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent (including on behalf of any Lender) may reasonably request;
(i) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements and related information by any Loan Party to any debtholder of Dex Digital, RHDC or of any Newco not otherwise required to be delivered hereunder, copies of such financial statements and related information;
(j) promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided, that if the Loan Parties or any of their ERISA Affiliates have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties and/or their ERISA Affiliates shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of each requesting Lender) promptly after receipt thereof; provided, further, that the rights granted to the Administrative Agent in this section shall be exercised not more than once during a 12-month period;
(k) if the Borrower is not then a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower or 90 days in the case of the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the comparable periods of the previous year, in substantially the form delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date;
(l) no later than five Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed material amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification with respect to the Dex West Credit Agreement, the Dex East Credit Agreement, the
SuperMedia Credit Agreement, the Shared Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreements, the Subordinated Guarantee, any Master IP License Agreement, any License Agreement, any escrow arrangement with respect to the Escrow Materials entered into pursuant to this Agreement, the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes; and
(m) (i) promptly following receipt thereof, any notice of changes of allocation percentages that any RHDI Loan Party shall receive pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement and (ii) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a statement of changes in the intercompany balances of the Loan Parties with the Service Company in substantially the form delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.
Section 5.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following promptly after any Financial Officer or executive officer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that involves (i) a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) which relates to the Loan Documents;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
Section 5.03 Information Regarding Collateral. (a) The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in the legal name of any of the RHDI Loan Parties, as reflected in its organization documents, (ii) in jurisdiction of organization or corporate structure of any of the RHDI Loan Parties and (iii) in the identity, Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organization number of any of the RHDI Loan Parties, if any, assigned by the jurisdiction of its organization. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) of the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral of the RHDI Loan Parties for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Borrower also agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any damage to or destruction of Collateral of the RHDI Loan Parties that is uninsured and has a fair market value exceeding $10,000,000 occurs.
(b) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) of Section 5.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of the Borrower certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other
appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral and required pursuant to the Loan Documents to be filed, have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction necessary to protect and perfect the security interests under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period).
Section 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, contracts, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 or any sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05.
Section 5.05 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its material Indebtedness and other material obligations, including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP.
Section 5.06 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property (other than Intellectual Property) material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, subject to its and their reasonable business judgment, take all actions to maintain all registrations and applications with respect to material Intellectual Property owned by any of them.
Section 5.07 Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (b) all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Documents. The Borrower will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.
Section 5.08 Casualty and Condemnation. The Borrower (a) will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any Collateral of the RHDI Loan Parties fairly valued at more than $10,000,000 or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any Collateral of the RHDI Loan Parties or any material part thereof or material interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents and this Agreement.
Section 5.09 Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers, employees and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.
Section 5.10 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, including Environmental Laws, and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, its operations or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.11 Additional Subsidiaries. If any additional Subsidiary of the RHDI Loan Parties is formed or acquired after the Closing Date, the Borrower will, within three Business Days after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 15 Business Days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree) after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, cause any applicable provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of the RHDI Loan Parties.
Section 5.12 Further Assurances. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause all provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement applicable to the RHDI Loan Parties to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the RHDI Loan Parties; provided, that such provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by the RHDI Loan Parties with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000 and (ii) any real property held by the RHDI Loan Parties as a lessee under a lease. The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) If any material asset (including any real property or improvements thereto or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value of more than $10,000,000 is acquired by the RHDI Loan Parties after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than assets constituting Collateral under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that become subject to the Lien of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrower will cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the RHDI Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the RHDI Loan Parties; provided, that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by the RHDI Loan Parties with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000, (ii) any real property held by any of the RHDI Loan Parties as a lessee under a lease and (iii) other assets with respect to which the Agent determines that the cost or impracticability of including such assets as Collateral would be excessive in relation to the benefits to the Secured Parties.
(c) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, each of the Ultimate Parent shall cause all provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement applicable to the Shared Collateral Loan Parties to be satisfied, including by causing, as applicable, (i) each Newco Subordinated Guarantor to execute a Newco Subordinated Guarantee as described in clause (e) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (ii) each Newco Senior Guarantor to execute a supplement to the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as required thereunder; provided, that such provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement need not be satisfied with respect to (i) real properties owned by the Shared Collateral Loan
Parties with an individual fair market value (including fixtures and improvements) that is less than $10,000,000 and (ii) any real property held by the Shared Collateral Loan Parties as a lessee under a lease.
Section 5.13 Credit Ratings. Each of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain at all times monitored public ratings of the Loans by Xxxxx’x and S&P and a corporate family rating for each of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower from Xxxxx’x and a corporate issuer rating for each of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower from S&P.
Section 5.14 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia, the Service Company and each other Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Ultimate Parent) and their respective Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries) shall deliver to each other, following the Closing Date, current or contingent (e.g., through an escrow arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) possession of, or access to, Escrow Materials that are created or become owned or licensed, as applicable, by Borrower, Dex West, Dex East, SuperMedia, the Service Company or another Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Ultimate Parent) or their respective Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries) after the Closing Date and (ii) all material updates on an ongoing basis to the items described in subsection (i) or Escrow Materials in existence as of the Closing Date (in each case, which such material updates shall be deemed “Escrow Materials” hereunder), in each case within a reasonable period of time following such Escrow Materials becoming owned, licensed or updated, as applicable, by Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia, the Service Company or another Shared Collateral Loan Party (other than the Ultimate Parent) or their respective Subsidiaries (other than (A) SuperMedia UK Ltd. and (B) the License Subsidiaries), as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.14, neither Borrower, Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia, the Service Company nor any other Shared Collateral Loan Party nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have failed to satisfy this Section 5.14 for any inadvertent failure to deliver or place into escrow any Escrow Materials because such party was unaware of the existence of any such item, provided that (x) delivery or escrow of any such unprovided item is made within a reasonable period of time after identification or discovery of such item by such party and (y) none of such other parties are materially damaged or prejudiced, and do not lose any material rights, due to such failure.
Section 5.15 Independent Director. Each of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower shall cause the board of directors, board of managers, or other equivalent governing body of each License Subsidiary to include at least two special, independent directors or members (or equivalent thereof), pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, whose consent shall be required for (i) any filing of a petition for bankruptcy by the relevant License Subsidiary, (ii) the transfer of any membership or other equity interests therein (other than the sale or other transfer of such membership or equity interests in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents) and (iii) encumbering any asset owned by such License Subsidiary with a real property mortgage or deed of trust, as applicable, or a security agreement, pledge agreement or any similar agreement creating a Lien in respect thereof, except as permitted under the Loan Documents (including as a result of any consent, amendment, waiver or other modification obtained in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents).
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, each of the Borrower, and solely for purposes of Sections 6.13(b), 6.17, 6.18, 6.19 and 6.20, the Ultimate Parent, covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 6.01 Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness or any Attributable Debt, except:
(i) Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents and any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to the extent the Net Proceeds thereof are used to refinance Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(iii) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that no Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall have any Indebtedness to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party;
(iv) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Loan Party and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party;
(v) Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not greater than fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof; provided that (1) such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (2) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness and Attributable Debt permitted by this clause (v), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Service Company described in Section 6.18(d)(i) allocated to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement, shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(vi) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness (other than Refinancing Indebtedness) exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary (except to the extent such Indebtedness refinanced other Indebtedness to facilitate such entity becoming a Subsidiary) and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (vi) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of letters of credit in an aggregate face amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(viii) unsecured Indebtedness and Attributable Debt owing to the Service Company incurred pursuant to the Shared Services Transactions; and
(ix) other unsecured Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Affiliate of the Borrower) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $20,000,000 at any time outstanding.
(b) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, issue any preferred stock or other preferred Equity Interests.
Section 6.02 Liens. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(i) Liens created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii) any Lien existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds) and (B) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof;
(iv) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (B) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds) and (C) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not in excess of fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof;
(v) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (v) of Section 6.01(a), (B) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (D) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than proceeds);
(vi) Liens on cash collateral securing letters of credit permitted by Section 6.01(a)(vii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) $5,250,000 and (y) 105% of the face amount thereof;
(vii) Liens in the nature of non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property granted to or in favor of another Company pursuant to the Directory Consolidation Project; and
(viii) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing obligations other than Indebtedness and involuntary Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02 securing Indebtedness, which obligations and Indebtedness are in an aggregate amount not in excess of $5,000,000 at any time outstanding.
Section 6.03 Fundamental Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving entity, (ii) subject to Section 6.20, any Subsidiary may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a wholly-owned Subsidiary and, if any party to such merger is a Subsidiary Loan Party, a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iii) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person in order to effect a Permitted Acquisition and (iv) any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that (x) any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04 and (y) any such liquidation or dissolution involving a License Subsidiary of the Borrower shall not be permitted unless such License Subsidiary conveys, leases, sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of, in one transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of its business or property, whether now or hereafter acquired, to a License Subsidiary.
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than a Permitted Business.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Section 6.03 shall not prohibit the”Restructuring Transactions” under (and as defined in) the Reorganization Plan.
Section 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Investment, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.04;
(c) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties immediately prior to the time of such Investments;
(d) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary Loan Party and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party;
(e) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;
(f) investments (including debt obligations and equity securities) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(g) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Investments consisting of non-cash consideration received in respect of sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 6.05;
(i) Swap Agreements entered into in compliance with Section 6.07;
(j) loans and advances by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries to their employees in the ordinary course of business and for bona fide business purposes in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $2,500,000;
(k) Investments in connection with the Shared Services Transactions;
(l) Permitted Acquisitions (other than Permitted Acquisitions involving the purchase of assets from Affiliates that are not Subsidiaries of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement;
(m) provided that (i) no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) no portion of the proceeds of any such Investment is used, directly or indirectly, to purchase or repurchase, or finance the purchase or repurchase, of any Restructuring Notes, Additional Notes or any other Indebtedness of any Affiliate (and the terms of any Investment shall not permit any such purchase or repurchase by the Person in which such Investment is made while such Investment is outstanding) and (iii) no such Investment is made in any Person that is an Affiliate of the Borrower (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) other than Investments that result in a purchase of assets (x) by a Newco Senior Guarantor or the Service Company in connection with equivalent Investments by each of Dex West, Dex East and SuperMedia or (y) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in Dex Digital in connection with equivalent Investments by each of Dex West and Dex East, Investments in any other Person in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; and
(n) advances or payments made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to (x) the License Subsidiaries of the Borrower or (y) any other Person, in each case for the purpose of (i) filing, prosecuting, registering, renewing, enforcing or maintaining any Intellectual Property applications or registrations owned by such License Subsidiaries and (ii) satisfying all other liabilities related to, in connection with or incidental to (x) the maintenance of the existence of such License Subsidiaries and (y) activities of such License Subsidiaries permitted under the organizational documents of such License Subsidiaries.
Section 6.05 Asset Sales. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it and any sale of assets in connection with a securitization, nor will the Borrower permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except (subject to Section 6.20(e)):
(a) sales of (x) inventory, (y) used, surplus, obsolete or worn-out equipment and (z) Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(b) sales, transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.09;
(c) [Intentionally Omitted];
(d) sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 6.06;
(e) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Subsidiary) to bona fide third parties that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and that are not permitted by any other clause of this Section; provided, that the aggregate cumulative fair market
value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the Closing Date in reliance upon this clause (e) shall not exceed $20,000,000;
(f) sales, transfers and other dispositions pursuant to the Shared Services Transactions;
(g) the licensing or sublicensing (other than exclusive licenses or sublicenses) of Intellectual Property (i) granted to or in favor of another Company pursuant to the Directory Consolidation Project or (ii) otherwise in the ordinary course of business in a manner that does not, and could not reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(h) the sales, transfers or other dispositions in connection with the Directory Consolidation Project; and
(i) the disposition of the Borrower’s facility at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx;
provided, that (x) all sales, transfers, leases, licenses, sublicenses and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than pursuant to clauses (a)(y), (b), (f) and (g) above) shall be made for at least 80% cash consideration or, in the case of Permitted Investments, sales of receivables or sale and leaseback transactions, 100% cash consideration, and (y) all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted by clauses (a)(x), (e) and (g) above shall be made for fair value.
Section 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except (a) pursuant to the Shared Services Transactions or (b) any such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset, to the extent all Capital Lease Obligations, Attributable Debt and Liens associated with such sale and leaseback transaction are permitted by Sections 6.01(a)(v) and 6.02(a)(v) (treating the property subject thereto as being subject to a Lien securing the related Attributable Debt, in the case of a sale and leaseback not accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation).
Section 6.07 Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from floating to fixed rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Section 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (i) Subsidiaries of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends or distributions ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (ii) provided no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Ultimate Parent, provided that (A) the
proceeds of such Restricted Payments are used to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or retire for value Equity Interests in the Ultimate Parent held by any future, present or former directors, officers, members of management, employees or consultants of the Ultimate Parent or the Service Company or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses pursuant to the terms of any employee equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement, (B) (x) any Restricted Payments used to effect such repurchases, redemptions, acquisitions or retirements are made not earlier than ten Business Days prior to the date when such Equity Interests are repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired, if such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement is made and (y) if such Restricted Payments are not used for such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement, the proceeds therefrom shall be returned to the Borrower as a capital contribution within ten Business Days from the date such Restricted Payment was made, (C) the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests in any fiscal year pursuant to this clause (ii) (other than (1) any such Equity Interests repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired in compensation for any taxes due or payable by the holder thereof, and (2) any such Equity Interests that are deemed repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired by the Ultimate Parent in connection with the exercise of stock options or warrants by the holder thereof in connection with the payment of all or a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrant) will not exceed $1,000,000 per year and (D) such Equity Interests shall only be repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired in connection with the death, resignation or retirement of, or settlement of a dispute with, any such Person, (iii) Restricted Payments in amounts as shall be necessary to make Tax Payments; provided that all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (iii) are used by the recipient for the purpose specified in this clause (iii) within 30 days of receipt thereof, (iv) provided no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may from time to time pay cash dividends or distributions to the Ultimate Parent in an amount not in excess of the lesser of (x) the Ultimate Parent Annual Cash Interest Amount and (y) the regularly scheduled cash interest payable (taking into account the Ultimate Parent PIK Election made pursuant to Section 6.17(j)) on the Restructuring Notes (or any Additional Notes incurred to refinance such Restructuring Notes) during the next period of ten Business Days, provided, however, that (A) any such dividends or distributions relating to any such cash interest payment must be paid not earlier than ten Business Days prior to the date when such cash interest is required to be paid by the Ultimate Parent and the proceeds must (except to the extent prohibited by applicable subordination provisions) be applied by the Ultimate Parent, to the payment of such interest when due, (B) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to the payment of any such dividends or distributions pursuant to this clause (iv) and (C) in no event may the amount of any such dividend or distribution made pursuant to this clause (iv) relating to any such cash interest payment exceed 37% of the amount of such cash interest paid by the Ultimate Parent when due, (v) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments as part of the Shared Services Transactions and (vi) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Ultimate Parent in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower, provided that (A) no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi) shall not exceed $5,000,000 over the term of this Agreement, (C) the Ultimate Parent shall apply such Restricted Payments within 30 days of receipt thereof and only to fund general corporate expenses permitted hereunder and (D) no Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi) shall be used to (x) effect the repurchase, or the making of any payments in respect, of Restructuring Notes or Additional Notes or (y) make any payment to or Investment in any Affiliate other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower (or any director, officer or employee of any such Affiliate).
(b) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:
(i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of subordinated Indebtedness to the extent prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01;
(iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(v) prepayment of Capital Lease Obligations in an aggregate cumulative amount from and after the Closing Date not exceeding $5,000,000;
(vi) payment of any Indebtedness owing to the Service Company arising pursuant to the Shared Services Transactions; and
(vii) payment of any Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party.
(c) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, furnish any funds to, make any Investment in, or provide other consideration to any other Person for purposes of enabling such Person to, or otherwise permit any such Person to, make any Restricted Payment or other payment or distribution restricted by this Section that could not be made directly by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Loan Parties shall be permitted to make all distributions required to be made by the Loan Parties on or after the Closing Date (pursuant to the Reorganization Plan and the Confirmation Order).
Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease, license, sublicense or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions on terms and conditions not less favorable, considered as a whole, to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any payment permitted by Section 6.08 or any Investment permitted by Section 6.04 specifically contemplated by Section 6.04 to be made among Affiliates, (d) subject to Section 6.13(b), the existence of, or performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, the Tax Sharing Agreements, (e) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08(a)(ii), (f) Shared Services Transactions, (g) the issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Equity Interests to, or the receipt of any capital contribution from, the Borrower or a Subsidiary, (h) pursuant to the transactions in connection with the Directory Consolidation Project, (i) the License Agreements, the Master IP License Agreement and the performance of such parties’ obligations with respect to the Escrow Materials in Sections 4.01(f) and (j) the “Restructuring Transactions” under (and as defined in) the Reorganization Plan. Additionally, without limiting the foregoing, transactions between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including those subject to the exceptions in (a) — (j) of this Section 6.09), on the one hand, and Dex Digital, RHDC and/or any Newcos or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that are not part of Shared Services or other similar ordinary course transactions, must satisfy the following requirements: (i) the terms of any such transaction must not be less favorable in any material respect than the terms the Borrower or such
Subsidiary of the Borrower would receive in an arms-length transaction with a third party (and, in the case of any such transaction involving consideration in excess of $50,000,000, the terms of such transaction must be confirmed as arms-length by a reputable financial institution or advisor); (ii) no such transaction shall involve the transfer of ownership of any operating assets (including Intellectual Property rights) or personnel to Dex Digital, RHDC and/or any Newcos or any of their respective Subsidiaries; and (iii) all such transactions shall result in the receipt of reasonably equivalent value by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and no such transaction shall result in the transfer of any revenues that would otherwise be recognized by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to Dex Digital, RHDC and/or any Newcos or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Section 6.10 Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets to the Secured Parties securing the Obligations, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof, (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof, (vi) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement related to any Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (vii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement related to the refinancing of Indebtedness, provided that the terms of any such restrictions or conditions are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the restrictions or conditions contained in the predecessor agreements and (viii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in joint venture agreements.
Section 6.11 Change in Business. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than a Permitted Business.
Section 6.12 Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not change its fiscal year for accounting and financial reporting purposes to end on any date other than December 31.
Section 6.13 Amendment of Material Documents. (a) The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents if, taken as a whole, such amendment, modification or waiver is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders.
(b) Neither the Ultimate Parent nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit the Service Company or any Subsidiary to amend, modify, waive or terminate any of its rights under the Shared Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreements, the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement, any License Agreement, any Master IP License Agreement, any escrow arrangement with respect to the Escrow
Materials entered into pursuant to this Agreement or the organizational documents of any License Subsidiary to the extent that such amendment, modification, waiver or termination is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders.
Section 6.14 Leverage Ratio and Interest Coverage Ratio. (a) The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended |
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Ratio |
March 31, 2013 |
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5.50 to 1.00 |
June 30, 2013 |
|
5.50 to 1.00 |
September 30, 2013 |
|
5.50 to 1.00 |
December 31, 2013 |
|
5.50 to 1.00 |
March 31, 2014 |
|
5.4625 to 1.00 |
June 30, 2014 |
|
5.425 to 1.00 |
September 30, 2014 |
|
5.3875 to 1.00 |
December 31, 2014 |
|
5.35 to 1.00 |
March 31, 2015 |
|
5.3125 to 1.00 |
June 30, 2015 |
|
5.275 to 1.00 |
September 30, 2015 |
|
5.2375 to 1.00 |
December 31, 2015 |
|
5.20 to 1.00 |
March 31, 2016 |
|
5.15 to 1.00 |
June 30, 2016 |
|
5.10 to 1.00 |
September 30, 2016 |
|
5.05 to 1.00 |
December 31, 2016 |
|
5.00 to 1.00 |
(b) The Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter to be less than 1.10 to 1.00.
Section 6.15 Capital Expenditures. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure, except Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not exceeding $15,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year; provided, that Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, in the aggregate when combined with the Capital Expenditures of Dex West, Dex East and SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries, shall not exceed (i) $57,500,000 during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and (ii) $50,000,000 during the fiscal years ending December 31, 2014, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016; provided, further, that, (x) in each case (i) up to 75% of such stated amounts referred to above, if not so expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the next succeeding fiscal year and (ii) Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this Section 6.15 during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided above and, second, in respect of amounts carried over from the prior fiscal year and (y) Capital Expenditures of a Company hereunder shall either (i) relate to assets directly owned or acquired by such Company and shall be allocated to (and paid by) such Company or (ii) relate to the acquisition or development of Shared Assets and shall be allocated to (and paid by) the Companies in accordance with their Allocated Share (as defined in the Shared Services Agreement) at the time any such payment is made.
Section 6.16 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 6.17 Ultimate Parent Covenants. (a) The Ultimate Parent will not engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of outstanding Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries and
other assets permitted under Section 6.17(b), the issuance and sale of its Equity Interests, the performance of its obligations under the Shared Services Agreement and, in each case, activities incidental thereto.
(b) The Ultimate Parent will not own or acquire any assets (other than Equity Interests of its existing Subsidiaries or any Newcos, other Investments in its existing Subsidiaries and any Newcos, assets owned or acquired in connection with its obligations under the Shared Services Agreement, cash, Permitted Investments, joint ventures or minority investments permitted under Section 6.17(e) and the Equity Interests of SuperMedia) or incur any liabilities (other than ordinary course trade payables, employee compensation liabilities (including, without limitation, loans and advances to employees in the ordinary course of business) and liabilities under the Loan Documents, the Dex West Loan Documents, the Dex East Loan Documents and the SuperMedia Loan Documents, liabilities imposed by law, including Tax liabilities, Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.17(d), liabilities under the Shared Services Agreement, liabilities under the SuperMedia Merger Agreement and other liabilities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and permitted activities).
(c) The Ultimate Parent will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Liens on any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than (i) Permitted Encumbrances and (ii) Liens securing the RHDI Obligations, the obligations under the Dex West Loan Documents, the obligations under the Dex East Loan Documents and the obligations under the SuperMedia Loan Documents, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) The Ultimate Parent shall not in any event incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than (i) the Restructuring Notes, (ii) any Additional Notes and (iii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, a Guarantee of the RHDI Obligations, the obligations under the Dex West Loan Documents, the obligations under the Dex East Loan Documents and the obligations under the SuperMedia Loan Documents.
(e) The Ultimate Parent may only make Investments in, or acquisitions of, any Newco so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) any Newco that is acquired or created as a result of such Investment or acquisition shall become a Guarantor as and to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (iii) all transactions related thereto are consummated in accordance with applicable laws in all material respects and (iv) in case of an acquisition of assets, such assets (other than assets to be retired or disposed of) are to be used, and in the case of an acquisition of any Equity Interests, the Person so acquired is engaged, in the same line of business as that of the Ultimate Parent or a line of business reasonably related thereto. The Ultimate Parent may make Investments (not consisting of contribution of assets of any of its Subsidiaries) in joint ventures and other minority investments, provided that such Investment shall be pledged as Collateral to the Shared Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Shared Collateral Secured Parties pursuant to the Shared Collateral and Guarantee Agreement.
(f) The Ultimate Parent shall not (i) make any dividends or other Restricted Payments to the holders of its Equity Interests or (ii) optionally redeem or repurchase any Restructuring Notes or Additional Notes (other than any non-cash exchange therefor for common stock of the Ultimate Parent).
(g) The Ultimate Parent may not make any Ultimate Parent Asset Disposition unless the Net Proceeds are applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(c).
(h) The Ultimate Parent shall not permit the Restructuring Notes or the Restructuring Indenture to be amended in any way that is, taken as a whole, materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and shall not (i) permit the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes to be secured by any assets of the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) permit the proceeds of any Additional Notes to be used
to finance anything other than refinancing of the Restructuring Notes or any other Additional Notes, (iii) alter the maturity of the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes to a date, or make the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required to be repurchased or reacquired, in whole or in part, prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date (other than pursuant to customary asset sale or change in control provisions), (iv) allow the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes to (A) have financial maintenance covenants, (B) have restrictive covenants that apply to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than, solely in the case of the Restructuring Notes, the restrictive covenants set forth in the Restructuring Notes Indenture as of the Closing Date) or that impose limitations on the Ultimate Parent’s ability to guarantee or pledge assets to secure the RHDI Obligations or (C) otherwise have covenants, representations and warranties and events of default that are more restrictive than those existing in the prevailing market at the time of issuance thereof for companies with the same or similar credit ratings of the Ultimate Parent at such time issuing similar securities, (v) permit the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes to be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent or not be subordinated to the RHDI Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as the subordination terms set forth in the Restructuring Notes Indenture on the Closing Date and that are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (vi) permit the Restructuring Notes or any Additional Notes to be convertible or exchangeable into other Indebtedness, except other Indebtedness of the Ultimate Parent meeting the qualifications set forth in the definition of “Additional Notes”.
(i) The Ultimate Parent shall not at any time hold an aggregate amount of cash and Permitted Investments in excess of an amount equal to (a) $5,000,000 plus (b) any amounts received to fund regularly scheduled cash interest payments on the Restructuring Notes (or any Additional Notes incurred to refinance such Restructuring Notes) pursuant to Section 6.08(a)(iv) pending use by the Ultimate Parent within 10 Business Days of receipt of such amounts (in accordance with Section 6.08(a)(iv)).
(j) The Ultimate Parent shall continue to make the Ultimate Parent PIK Election during the term of this Agreement.
Section 6.18 Service Company Covenants. (a) The Ultimate Parent will not permit the Service Company to engage in any business or activity other than the issuance and sale of its Equity Interests, ownership of the outstanding Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries and other assets permitted under Section 6.18(b) and the provision of Shared Services and, in each case, activities incidental thereto.
(b) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Ultimate Parent will not permit the Service Company to own or acquire any assets (other than the outstanding Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries, assets owned or acquired in connection with the Shared Services, cash and Permitted Investments) or incur any liabilities (other than ordinary course trade payables, employee compensation liabilities (including, without limitation, loans and advances to employees in the ordinary course of business) and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course in connection with the provision of Shared Services by the Service Company or any Subsidiary of the Service Company pursuant to the terms of the Shared Service Agreement, liabilities under the Loan Documents, the Dex West Loan Documents, the Dex East Loan Documents and the SuperMedia Loan Documents liabilities imposed by law, including Tax liabilities, liabilities under the Shared Services Agreement and other liabilities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and permitted activities); provided that (x) any Indebtedness of the Service Company created, incurred, assumed or permitted to exist in respect of letters of credit pursuant to this Section 6.18(b) for the benefit of the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (each, an “Applicant Subsidiary”) shall be allocated to the applicable Applicant Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of the Shared Services Agreement and shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit permitted for such Applicant Subsidiary under the Loan Documents and (y) to the extent such letters of credit are cash collateralized (it being understood and agreed that the Liens on such cash collateral are permitted hereunder), the cash so used to collateralize such letters of credit shall be advanced to the Service Company by the Applicant Subsidiaries in accordance with the
provisions of the Shared Services Agreement and shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the aggregate amount of letters of credit permitted to be secured by Liens on cash collateral for such Applicant Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents.
(c) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Ultimate Parent will not permit the Service Company to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Liens on any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than:
(i) Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) Liens securing the RHDI Obligations, the obligations under the Dex West Loan Documents, the obligations under the Dex East Loan Documents and the obligations under the SuperMedia Loan Documents, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement; and
(iii) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Service Company; provided that (A) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.18(d), (B) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (C) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (D) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of such Service Company.
(d) The Ultimate Parent shall not permit the Service Company to in any event incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than:
(i) Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Service Company incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets in connection with the provision of Shared Services, including Capital Lease Obligations and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than by an amount not greater than fees and expenses, including premium and defeasance costs, associated therewith) or result in a decreased average weighted life thereof; provided that such Indebtedness or Attributable Debt is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement; and
(ii) a Guarantee of the RHDI Obligations, the obligations under the Dex West Loan Documents, the obligations under the Dex East Loan Documents and the obligations under the SuperMedia Loan Documents, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.
(e) The Ultimate Parent will not permit the Service Company to sell, transfer, lease, license, sublease or otherwise dispose of any asset, other than:
(i) sales of assets, the proceeds of which are reinvested within 90 days of such sale in assets of the Service Company related to the provision of Shared Services;
(ii) sales of (x) inventory, (y) used, surplus, obsolete or worn-out equipment and (z) Permitted Investments, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) sales, transfers and other dispositions pursuant to the Shared Services Transactions;
(iv) the licensing or sublicensing (other than exclusive licenses or sublicenses) of Intellectual Property (i) granted to or in favor of another Company pursuant to the Directory Consolidation Project or (ii) in the ordinary course of business in a manner that does not, and could not reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with the business of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries; and
(v) other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Subsidiary) not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.18(e); provided, that the aggregate cumulative fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the Closing Date in reliance upon this clause (v) shall not exceed $1,000,000.
Section 6.19 Dex Media Service Covenant. The Ultimate Parent will not permit Dex Media Service to engage in any business or activity, or to own or acquire any assets or to incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness or Liens on its property or assets, in each case other than those incidental to pension liabilities arising pursuant to the Dex Media, Inc. Pension Plan.
Section 6.20 Limitation on Activities of the License Subsidiaries. The Ultimate Parent shall not, directly or indirectly, permit any License Subsidiary to (a) (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than ownership of Collateral Trademarks and anything incidental thereto (including filing or registering any application for or registration of Collateral Trademarks and the prosecution, maintenance, renewal or enforcement of Collateral Trademarks) and the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations and the exercise of its rights under the License Agreements or (ii) take any action, or conduct its affairs in a manner, that could reasonably be expected to result in the separate existence of such License Subsidiary being ignored, or the assets and liabilities of such License Subsidiary being substantively consolidated with those of the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof in a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding, (b) incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Loan Documents, (ii) Indebtedness owed to another Loan Party so long as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations (or a guarantee thereof), (iii) nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law, (iv) obligations with respect to its equity interests, (v) obligations (other than Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business in the operation of its assets and (vi) the statutory liability of any general partner for the liabilities of the limited partnership in which it is a general partner, (c) breach any provision of, or default in the performance of its obligations under, any License Agreement to which it is a party, (d) without the consent of the two special independent directors or members required by Section 5.15 (but without prejudice to clause (j) of Article VII), (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (i) of Article VII, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding that would entitle the other party or parties to an order for relief, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing (it being understood and agreed that the consent of such special independent directors or members to any of the actions described in this clause (d) shall not in any manner limit the provisions of Article VII), (e) (i) assign any right, title or interest in or to any current or future Collateral Trademarks or assign the applicable License Agreement to any Person or (ii) license any right, title or interest in or to any of the Collateral Trademarks to any Person except (A) to the Ultimate Parent, a Subsidiary of the Ultimate Parent that is not one of the other License Subsidiaries or (B) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement or (f) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or
consolidate with it, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve. The Ultimate Parent shall not (x) consent to or vote in favor of (and shall not permit any Subsidiary to consent to or vote in favor of) the incurrence of any Indebtedness by any License Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (b)(i) above) or (y) permit the organizational documents of any License Subsidiary, or any License Agreement to which any License Subsidiary is a party, to be amended, supplemented, waived, terminated or otherwise modified in any material respect without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any certificate furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) the Ultimate Parent or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02 or 5.04 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower) or in Article VI;
(e) (i) any Shared Collateral Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.4 or 6.5 of the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) any Shared Collateral Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 or 6.6 of the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (A) knowledge thereof by the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof and (B) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be promptly given at the request of any Lender);
(f) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b), (d) or (e) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will promptly be given at the request of any Lender);
(g) the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries, but including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company, any Newcos, DMHI, the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries) shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period specified in the agreement or instrument governing such Indebtedness);
(h) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided, that this clause (h) (i) shall not apply to (A) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (B) Optional Repurchases permitted hereunder, (C) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01 and (D) Guarantees by the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries of the obligations under the Dex West Loan Documents, the obligations under the Dex East Loan Documents and the obligations under the SuperMedia Loan Documents unless (x) any payment shall have been demanded to be made by, or any other remedy shall have been exercised against, the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries) or their respective assets in respect of such Guarantees and (y) the obligations under the Dex West Loan Documents, the Dex East Loan Documents or the SuperMedia Loan Documents, as the case may be, shall have been accelerated and (ii) shall give effect to any notice required or grace period provided in the agreement or instrument governing such relevant Material Indebtedness, but shall not give effect to any waiver granted by the holders of such relevant Material Indebtedness after the giving of such notice or during such applicable grace period;
(i) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Ultimate Parent, any Material Ultimate Parent Subsidiary, the Service Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Ultimate Parent, any Material Ultimate Parent Subsidiary, the Service Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(j) the Ultimate Parent, any Material Ultimate Parent Subsidiary, the Service Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (i) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Ultimate Parent, any Material Ultimate Parent Subsidiary, the Service Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding that would entitle the other party or parties to an order for relief, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance) shall be rendered against the Ultimate
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries, but including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company, Dex Media Service, any Newcos, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Dex East, Dex West, SuperMedia and their respective Subsidiaries, but including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, Dex Digital, RHDC, the Service Company, Dex Media Service, any Newcos, DMHI, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) to enforce any such judgment;
(l) (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred, (ii) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Plan(s), (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Plan, or (iv) any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner; and in each cases (i) through (iv) above, such event or condition, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document or Shared Collateral Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral having, in the aggregate, a value in excess of $10,000,000, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document or Shared Collateral Security Document, except (i) as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or (ii) as a result of the Agent’s or the Shared Collateral Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Agreements;
(n) a Change in Control shall occur;
(o) any guarantee under the Collateral Agreements for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms), or any Guarantor shall assert in writing that the Collateral Agreements or any guarantee thereunder has ceased to be or is not enforceable;
(p) the Intercreditor Agreement or any material portion thereof for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall assert any of the foregoing;
(q) the Subordinated Guarantee Agreement or any material portion thereof for any reason shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall assert any of the foregoing;
(r) the commencement of enforcement actions under the Shared Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral Loan Party party thereto;
(s) the commencement of enforcement actions under the Shared Services Agreement or the occurrence of an event that permits the Service Company to terminate the Shared Services Agreement with respect to any Client Company (as defined in the Shared Services Agreement) and such event continues unremedied for a period of three days;
(t) the failure of the Borrower to receive any payment under either Tax Sharing Agreement when due and such failure continues unremedied for a period of three days;
(u) any License Agreement, Master IP License Agreement or any escrow arrangement with respect to the Escrow Materials entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be terminated (other than upon the expiration of any of the respective terms thereof), cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation in any material respect of any party thereto; or
(v) either Tax Sharing Agreement shall be terminated (other than upon expiration of the term thereof), cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation in any material respect of any party thereto.
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (i) or (j) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole, and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (i) or (j) of this Article, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its agent and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder.
The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity (other than as Agent). The Agent shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.
The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and such consent not to be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
The Arrangers and Syndication Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to the Ultimate Parent or the Borrower, to it at X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc., Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention of General Counsel (Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000);
(ii) if to the Agent, to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Global Loan Operations, DB Services New Jersey Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx. 000, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention of Xxx Xxxxxxxx (Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000), with a copy to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxxxxx Xxxx (Telecopy (000) 000-0000); and
(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
Section 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower and the Required Lenders, (y) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent or the Shared Collateral Agent, as applicable, and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders, or (z) in the case of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Loan Party or Loan Parties subject to such Loan Document, the Agent and, as applicable, the Shared Collateral Agent, to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; provided that any such agreement to waive, amend or modify this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof pursuant to the foregoing clause (z) shall also be made to the Dex East Credit Agreement or the Dex East Loan Documents, the Dex West Credit Agreement or the Dex West Loan Documents or the SuperMedia Credit Agreement or SuperMedia Loan Documents, as applicable; provided, further, that no such agreement shall (i) reduce the principal amount of any Loan held by any Lender or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable to any Lender hereunder, without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) postpone the maturity of any Lender’s Loan, or any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Lender’s Loan under Section 2.05, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable to any Lender hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of such Lender, (iii) change Section 2.13(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (iv) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) except as provided by Section 9.14, release any Guarantor from its Guarantee under a Collateral Agreement, Newco Subordinated Guarantee or other applicable Security Document or Shared Collateral Security Document (except as expressly provided in the applicable Collateral Agreement, Newco Subordinated Guarantee or other Security Document or Shared Collateral Security Document), or limit its liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents and Shared Collateral Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender; provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent without the prior written consent of the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Agent if at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
(c) If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (i) through (vi), inclusive, of the second proviso to Section 9.02(b), the consent of Lenders having Loans representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the total outstanding Loans at such time is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual consent is required are treated as described in either clause (i) or (ii) below, to either (i) replace each such non-consenting Lender or Lenders with one or more assignees pursuant to, and with the effect of an assignment under, Section 2.14 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such assignee consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (ii) repay the outstanding Loans of such Lender that gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender’s consent; provided (A) that, unless the Loans that are repaid pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) are immediately replaced in full at such time
through the addition of new Lenders or the increase of the outstanding Loans of existing Lenders (who in each case must specifically consent thereto), then in the case of any action pursuant to the preceding clause (ii), Lenders having Loans representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the total outstanding Loans at such time (determined after giving effect to the proposed action) shall specifically consent thereto and (B) any such replacement or termination transaction described above shall be effective on the date notice is given of the relevant transaction and shall have a settlement date no earlier than five Business Days and no later than 90 days after the relevant transaction.
Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for the Agent and the Arrangers and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers, in connection with the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender, (including the fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for the Agent, the Arrangers and any Lender and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers) in connection with documentary taxes or the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans and (iii) all other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses as may be separately agreed with the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, the Arrangers and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of (a) a single transaction and documentation counsel for any Indemnitee and (b) such other local counsel and special counsel as may be required in the reasonable judgment of the Agent and the Arrangers, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Mortgaged Property or any other property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, but without affecting the Borrower’s obligations thereunder, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total outstanding Loans at the time.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor.
Section 9.04 Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (other than the Borrower or its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it), with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (x) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, (y) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and
(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of Loans to an assignee that is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Loan, the amount of the Loan of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, in each case unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (it being understood that only a single processing and recordation fee of $3,500 will be payable with respect to any multiple assignments to or by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund pursuant to clause (ii)(A) above, each of which is individually less than $1,000,000, that are simultaneously consummated); and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
For purposes of this Section 9.04, the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) any entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time, which register shall indicate that each lender is entitled to interest paid with respect to such Loans (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i)Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the second proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.12(e) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.12(e) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10 or 2.12 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(iii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid. The provisions of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 hereof shall have been satisfied, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or email transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 9.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Ultimate Parent, the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) After the Closing Date, the Bankruptcy Court’s retention of jurisdiction shall not govern the interpretation or enforcement of the Loan Documents or any rights or remedies related thereto.
(e) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, partners, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(d), (iii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations or (iv) any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrower and its Obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof; provided, that, in the case of information received from the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to confidential information of its other customers.
Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has developed
compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or its Affiliates or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Section 9.14 Termination or Release.1. (a) At such time as the Loans, all accrued interest and fees under this Agreement, and all other obligations of the RHDI Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 and 9.03 that are not then due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash, (i) the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents and with respect to the RHDI Obligations, the Shared Collateral Security Documents and (ii) the obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive termination) of the Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents and, with respect to the RHDI Obligations, the Shared Collateral Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.
(b) A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any RHDI Loan Party of any Collateral that is permitted under this Agreement to any Person that is not a RHDI Loan Party, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Loan Document in any Collateral of the RHDI Loan Parties pursuant to Section 9.02 of this Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral granted by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be automatically released (it being understood that, in the case of a sale or other transfer to a Shared Collateral Loan Party, such Collateral shall become subject to a security interest in favor of the Shared Collateral Agent as to the extent set forth in the Shared Collateral Security Documents upon the consummation of such sale or other transfer).
(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9.14, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party at such Loan Party’s expense all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 9.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent or any Lender.
Section 9.15 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Ultimate Parent and the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
Section 9.16 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender agrees that it will be bound by, and shall take no actions contrary to, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement or any intercreditor agreement entered into in connection with any Newco Subordinated Guarantee and authorizes the Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and any intercreditor agreement to be entered into in connection with any Newco Subordinated Guarantee (which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) on its behalf.
Section 9.17 Amendment and Restatement. On the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement will be automatically amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as set forth herein, and all of the provisions of this Agreement which were previously not effective or enforceable shall become effective and enforceable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01, the Lenders hereby waive, and shall be deemed to have waived, each Default and Event of Default under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement in existence as of the Closing Date to the extent (i) arising out of the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases or (ii) such Default or Event of Default otherwise shall have occurred and be continuing based on facts known to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the Closing Date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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Signature Page to the RHDI Credit Agreement
RHDI CREDIT AGREEMENT SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.01A
DIRECTORY CONSOLIDATION PROJECT
The objective of the directory consolidation project is to permit the Borrower to consolidate directories in markets for which the Borrower, Dex East, Dex West or SuperMedia is the exclusive publisher that is adjacent to a market in which any of Dex East, Dex West or SuperMedia also publishes. In these affected markets, there is overlap in both distribution and/or sales operations. The consolidation of directories in these markets will increase advertiser satisfaction, improve the consumer experience, and provide increased efficiency and reduced costs for the Borrower. The proposed consolidation project will only be effected after integration of the Dex entities and the SuperMedia entities is completed.
The Borrower has identified as of the date hereof certain directories in adjacent markets that are targets for combination, as set forth below. In some cases, two or more directories would be discontinued, and a new directory covering the combined market would replace them. In other cases, a directory would be discontinued and those advertisers would be transferred to one or more existing directories. Upon completion of a consolidation, the Companies will calculate the contribution margin of the new directory or directories (which would include net sales, provision for bad debt, direct selling costs, print cost of sales and indirect overhead, with intercompany accounts settled in accordance with the Shared Services Agreement), with such contribution margin to be shared (in the manner as previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent) by the Companies participating in the consolidation based on the proportionate contribution margin of each of the directories included in the consolidation. The list below may be modified with the consent of the Agent to include additional directories identified after the date hereof.
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Current Copyright |
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Aitkin, MN |
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Brainerd, MN |
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Dex Media East |
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Long Prairie, MN |
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RHDI |
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Little Falls, MN |
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Dex Media East |
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Alexandria, MN |
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RHDI |
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Glenwood, MN |
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Dex Media East |
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Xxxxxx, MN |
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Dex Media East |
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Current Copyright |
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North Platte Valley, NE |
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Alliance, NE |
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Dex Media East |
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Casper, WY |
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Dex Media Xxxx |
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Xxxxxx, NE |
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West Central NE (North Xxxxxx-XxXxxx) |
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Laughlin, NV |
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Mohave County, AZ |
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Dex Media West |
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Xxxxxx, MN |
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Cokato, MN |
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Granite Falls, MN |
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Glencoe, MN |
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Litchfield-Montevideo-Willmar, MN |
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Lower Yakima Valley, WA |
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Yakima Valley, WA |
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New Richland, MN |
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Hastings, MN |
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Sheridan/Carlton, OR |
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Salem, OR |
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Poulsbo, WA |
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Bainbridge Island, WA |
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Kitsap County, WA |
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Lewiston, MN |
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Winona, MN |
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Rochester, MN |
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Medford, OR |
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Schedule 1.01B
MORTGAGED
PROPERTIES
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Schedule 3.05
PROPERTIES
The following properties are owned by X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc.:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
The following properties are leased by X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc.:
00 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
2550 Copper Frontage Road, Unit 110, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 000, 200, 300 & 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 0X, Xxxxxx, Xxxx
0000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx C-2, Xxxxx 000, 000, 000 xxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X xxx X, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
8311 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Las Vegas, Nevada
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 XX 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxx 000xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx. Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
0000 00xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxx. X, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Center, Inc., 000 X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Arrowwood Resort & Conf. Center, Alexandria, Minnesota
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
Schedule 3.09
TAXES
None.
Schedule 3.13
SUBSIDIARIES
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Dex Media Holdings, Inc. |
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Ultimate Parent |
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Shared Collateral Loan Party |
Dex One Digital, Inc. |
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Ultimate Parent |
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Shared Collateral Loan Party |
X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc. |
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Ultimate Parent |
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RHDI Loan Party |
Dex One Service, Inc. |
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Ultimate Parent |
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Shared Collateral Loan Party |
X.X. Xxxxxxxx Corporation |
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Ultimate Parent |
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Shared Collateral Loan Party |
Supermedia, Inc. |
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Subordinated Guarantee Guarantor |
Dex Media East, Inc. |
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Dex Media Holdings, Inc. |
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Subordinated Guarantee Guarantor |
Dex Media West, Inc. |
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Dex Media Holdings, Inc. |
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Subordinated Guarantee Guarantor |
Dex Media Service LLC |
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Dex Media Holdings, Inc. |
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Dex Media West, Inc. |
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X.X. Xxxxxxxxx APIL, Inc. |
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X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc. |
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SuperMedia LLC |
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SuperMedia Inc. |
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SuperMedia Services Inc. |
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SuperMedia LLC |
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SuperMedia Sales Inc. |
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SuperMedia LLC |
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SuperMedia UK, Ltd. |
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SuperMedia LLC |
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Dex Media BRE LLC |
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Dex One Digital BRE LLC |
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Dex One Digital, Inc. |
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Dex One Services BRE LLC |
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Dex One Service, Inc. |
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X.X. Xxxxxxxxx 2 BRE LLC |
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X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Corporation |
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Dex Media East BRE LLC |
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Dex Media East, Inc. |
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N/A |
Dex Media West BRE LLC |
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Dex Media West, Inc. |
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X.X. Xxxxxxxxx BRE LLC |
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N/A |
Schedule 3.14
INSURANCE
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June 30, 2009 |
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Each Accident: $1,000,000 Policy: $1,000,000 Each Employee: $1,000,000 |
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Zurich American Insurance Co. |
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June 30, 2009 |
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Occurrence: $1,000,000 Gen. Agg. $3,000,000 Prod./Compl. Ops.: $2,000,000 Personal & Adv. Injury: $1,000,000 Medical Payments: $10,000 Damages to Premises Rented: $1,000,000 |
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Automobile |
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Zurich American Insurance Co. |
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June 30, 2009 |
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Annual |
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Liability Limit: $2,000,000 |
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Property |
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Federal Insurance Co. |
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November 30, 2009 |
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Annual |
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000-00-00 |
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Real & Pers. Property Including Business Interruption and Extra Expense (per occurrence combined): $100,000,000 |
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St Xxxx Fire & Marine Insurance Co. |
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June 30, 2009 |
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Annual |
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QK09001936 |
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Each Occurrence: $10,000,000 Aggregate: $10,000,000 |
Schedule 3.18
UCC FILING JURISDICTIONS
RHDI Loan Party |
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State of |
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Filing Office |
X.X. Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
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Delaware |
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Secretary of State |
X.X. Xxxxxxxxx APIL, Inc. |
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Delaware |
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Secretary of State |
Schedule 6.1
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
None.
Schedule 6.2
EXISTING LIENS
None.
Schedule 6.04
EXISTING INVESTMENTS
None.
EXISTING RESTRICTIONS
None.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into between the Assignor named below (the “Assignor”) and the Assignee named below (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex I attached hereto (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent below (a) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (b) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (a) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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The Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2013, among X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc., Dex Media, Inc., the Lenders |
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Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower, the Loan Parties and their Affiliates or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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(3) To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(4) To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
ANNEX I
The Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc. (the “Borrower”), Dex Media, Inc., the Lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”)
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by email or telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EXHIBIT B
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONFIRMATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONFIRMATION, dated as of April 30, 2013 (this “Acknowledgment and Confirmation”), with respect to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), dated as of January 29, 2010, made by X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc. (the “Borrower”) and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2010 and as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of March 9, 2012 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Acknowledgment and Confirmation, the Existing Credit Agreement will be further amended and restated as of April 30, 2013 (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), under which the Lenders referred to therein will maintain Loans to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, each Subsidiary of the Borrower, if any, that is a party hereto (collectively, together with the Borrower, the “Confirming Parties”) has guaranteed, and has agreed to reaffirm its guarantee of, the Borrower Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement);
WHEREAS, as collateral security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), each Confirming Party has granted to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), a security interest in the Collateral referred to in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
WHEREAS, all of the liabilities and obligations of the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement are being continued in full force and effect, unpaid and undischarged, pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, each Confirming Party is a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each Confirming Party wishes to confirm that all of its liabilities and obligations, and Liens and security interests created, under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement remain in full force and effect after giving effect to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amended Credit Agreement that the parties hereto shall have executed and delivered this Acknowledgment and Confirmation to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Amended Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to maintain extensions of credit thereunder, each Confirming Party hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), as of the date hereof, as follows:
1. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Amended Credit Agreement.
2. Each Confirming Party hereby agrees that each reference to the “Credit Agreement” in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement.
3. Each Confirming Party hereby agrees that:
(a) all of its obligations and liabilities under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement remain in full force and effect on a continuous basis after giving effect to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement;
(b) all of the Liens and security interests created and arising under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement remain in full force and effect on a continuous basis, unimpaired, uninterrupted and undischarged, and having the same perfected status and priority as existed prior to the effectiveness of the Amended Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement, as collateral security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); and
(c) all of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement (i) are continued in full force and effect on a continuous basis, unpaid and undischarged, pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement and (ii) constitute the same obligations and liabilities under the Amended Credit Agreement.
4. Schedules 1 through 6 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby updated by Schedules 1 through 6 to this Acknowledgment and Confirmation. Each of the representations and warranties, other than those made in Section 4.7 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, made by any Confirming Party in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as supplemented hereby is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (unless such representations expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date).
5. With respect to only the Intellectual Property constituting Collateral of any Confirming Party:
(a) Schedule 5 lists or describes all registered and material Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and applications for the foregoing owned by such Confirming Party in its own name on the date hereof and all material Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses to which such Confirming Party is a party as of the date hereof, in each case, pursuant to which any Confirming Party is granted by a third party exclusive rights to a registered Copyright, Patent or Trademark registration or application, respectively, owned by such third party
(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by such Confirming Party is free of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by the Amended Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and, to the knowledge of such Confirming Party, does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person;
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 5, on the date hereof, no holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Confirming Party’s rights in, any material Intellectual Property owned by or, to the knowledge of such Confirming Party, exclusively licensed to such Confirming Party; and
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 5, no action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Confirming Party, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Intellectual Property (A) owned by such Confirming Party or such Confirming Party’s ownership interest therein, or (B) to the knowledge of such Confirming Party, exclusively licensed to such Confirming Party or such Confirming Party’s exclusive license thereto, or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the value of any Intellectual Property owned by or, to the knowledge of such Confirming Party, exclusively licensed to such Confirming Party.
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Section 5 hereof shall, for the purposes of this Section 5, have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
6. Notwithstanding anything herein, in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement).
7. This Acknowledgment and Confirmation shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
8. This Acknowledgment and Confirmation may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts (including by email or telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Acknowledgment and Confirmation to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.
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