AMENDMENT NO. 2
EXHIBIT 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 2
AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this “Amendment”), dated as of October 28, 2016, among EWT HOLDINGS III CORP. (f/k/a WTG HOLDINGS III CORP.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), EWT HOLDINGS II CORP. (f/k/a WTG HOLDINGS II CORP.), a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the other Loan Parties identified on the signature pages hereto, each financial institution identified on the signature pages hereto, and Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent, relating to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2014 (as heretofore amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders from the time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers referred to therein.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to prepay in full (a) all Second Lien Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees in respect thereof, and (b) all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect thereof (the “Revolving Credit Loan Prepayment”), and in connection therewith, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to which (i) certain new term lenders (the “Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lenders”) will agree to make incremental term loans under the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below) in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (such incremental term loans, the “Incremental First Lien Term Loans”), (ii) certain additional financial institutions (including existing holders of Revolving Credit Commitments) (the “Additional Revolving Credit Lenders” and, together with the Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lenders, the “Incremental Lenders”) will agree to provide additional revolving credit commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 and (iii) the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended to reflect certain other modifications requested by the Borrower;
WHEREAS, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each of the Existing Lenders (as defined below) that are party hereto has consented to the amendment and the other transactions described above, (b) each Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lender has agreed to provide a term loan in the amount reflected for such lender on Schedule I under the heading “Incremental First Lien Term Loan Commitment” (its “Incremental First Lien Term Loan Commitment”) and (c) each Additional Revolving Credit Lender has agreed to provide Revolving Credit Commitments in the amount set forth on Schedule II hereto opposite such Additional Revolving Credit Lender’s name under the heading “Additional Revolving Credit Commitment” (each, an “Additional Revolving Credit Commitment”); and
WHEREAS, in order to effect the foregoing, the Borrower and the other parties hereto desire to amend, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto therefore agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein that is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Existing Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2. Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement.
(a) The Existing Credit Agreement is, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7 of this Amendment, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Existing Credit Agreement attached as Annex I hereto (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
(b) Exhibit O to the Existing Credit Agreement is, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7 of this Amendment, hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Annex II hereto (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, all schedules and exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement, in the forms thereof in effect immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, will be continued as the schedules and exhibits attached to the Amended Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. Incremental First Lien Term Loans.
(a) On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lender shall make, severally but not jointly, a term loan in Dollars in a principal amount equal to its Incremental First Lien Term Loan Commitment (such loans “Incremental First Lien Term Loans”).
(b) The Incremental First Lien Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Term Loans borrowed on the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Closing Date Term Loans”), shall constitute an upsize to, and shall be part of a single tranche of term loans with, the Closing Date Term Loans, and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions, including any provisions restricting the rights, or regarding the obligations, of the Loan Parties or any provisions regarding the rights of the Term Lenders, of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) From and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lender shall have all of the rights and obligations of a “Term Lender” and all Incremental First Lien Term Loans shall be “Term Loans”, in each case for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 4 Additional Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall provide, severally but not jointly, a Revolving Credit Commitment in a principal amount equal to its Additional Revolving Credit Commitment. The Revolving Credit Commitments of each Revolving Credit Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement shall be as set forth in Schedule III attached hereto.
(b) The Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the same terms as the Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions, including any provisions restricting the rights, or regarding the obligations, of the Loan Parties or any provisions regarding the rights of the Revolving Credit Lenders, of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) From and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each Additional Revolving Credit Lender shall have all of the rights and obligations of a “Revolving Credit Lender” and all Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall be “Revolving Credit Commitments”, in each case for all purposes
of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, it being understood that all borrowings, commitment reductions, prepayments and repayments of Revolving Credit Loans made under the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a ratable basis with the other Revolving Credit Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement and all participations in Letters of Credit shall be made on a ratable basis among the Revolving Credit Lenders.
(d) To the extent that there are any Letters of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (the “Existing Letters of Credit”), the participations therein shall be automatically reallocated among the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Additional Revolving Credit Lenders) on a pro rata basis.
SECTION 5 Concerning the Guaranty and Collateral Documents.
(a) The Holdings Guaranty is, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7 of this Amendment, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Holdings Guaranty attached as Annex III hereto (the Holdings Guaranty, as so amended, the “Amended Holdings Guaranty”)
(b) The Subsidiary Guaranty is, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7 of this Amendment, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Subsidiary Guaranty attached as Annex IV hereto . (the Subsidiary Guaranty, as so amended, the “Amended Subsidiary Guaranty” and together with the Amended Holdings Guaranty, the “Amended Guaranty”)
(c) The Security Agreement is, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7 of this Amendment, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Security Agreement attached as Annex V hereto (the Security Agreement, as so amended, the “Amended Security Agreement”).
(d) By the date that is ninety (90) days after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, as such time period may be extended, by not more than additional thirty (30) days, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, the applicable Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, the following items: (i) such amendments to the Mortgages of such Loan Party to the extent reasonably necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) with respect to any Mortgage that is amended pursuant to the this paragraph, mortgage modification or bring-down endorsements to the applicable Mortgage Policies, to the extent such endorsements are reasonably available in the applicable jurisdiction; and (iii) such other documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith (including the delivery of local counsel opinions solely with respect to enforceability of any such amendments) to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6 Representations of the Borrower and each other Loan Party. The Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Lenders that:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than any Lien to secure the Secured Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Documents) (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject or (c) violate any Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach, contravention or Lien referred to in clause (b)(i) and (b)(ii), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or Lien could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and (d) has all requisite valid and subsisting governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) (other than with respect to the Borrower), (c) or (d), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity;
(d) no material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Amendment, except for the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) neither Holdings nor any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings is in default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment;
(f) Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, are Solvent; and
(g) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already
qualified by materiality) on and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05(a) and (b) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and (b) of the Existing Credit Agreement, respectively.
SECTION 7 Conditions to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (the “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each of (a) the Borrower, (b) each other Loan Party, (c) Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Lenders”) constituting (i) the Required Lenders and (ii) the Required Revolving Lenders, (d) each Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lender and (e) each Additional Revolving Credit Lender, an executed counterpart hereof or other written confirmation (in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that such party has signed a counterpart hereof.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization or certificates of formation, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified, if applicable, as of a recent date by the secretary of state of the state of its organization, and a certificate as to the good standing (where relevant) of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such secretary of state or similar Governmental Authority; (ii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and certifying (1) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the bylaws or operating (or limited liability company) agreement of such Loan Party as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (2) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, in the case of the Borrower, the Borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (3) that the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, and (4) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document on behalf of such Loan Party and countersigned by another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Responsible Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to this clause (ii); and (iii) a customary certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, from the chief financial officer of Holdings, certifying that Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, are Solvent.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a Committed Loan Notice with respect to the Incremental First Lien Term Loans meeting the requirements of Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) a prepayment notice with respect to the Revolving Credit Loan Prepayment, in each case, without regard to the three (3) Business Day notice requirement for the borrowing and/or prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (and/or continuation and/or conversion of interest periods in connection therewith), which has been waived pursuant to this Amendment.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, as is reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
(f) The Administrative Agent or the Lead Arrangers shall have received, for the account of the persons entitled thereto, all fees, expenses or other amounts due to the Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Lenders required to be paid on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date including:
(i) all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts then due and payable in respect of the Closing Date Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
(ii) all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower in connection with this Amendment or under any other Loan Documents;
(iii) upfront fees (which may take the form of original issue discount) in respect of the Incremental First Lien Term Loans in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental First Lien Term Loans funded on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; and
(iv) a consent fee, for the account of each Existing Lender that has executed and delivered a counterpart hereof, in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Term Loans, as applicable, held by such Existing Lender on the Amendment Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and any Incremental First Lien Term Loans).
(g) Substantially concurrently with the funding of the Incremental First Lien Term Loans, (i) the Revolving Credit Loan Prepayment shall have been made and (ii) all principal, premium, if any, interest, fees and other amounts due or outstanding under the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full, the commitments thereunder terminated and all guarantees and security in support thereof discharged and released.
(h) Prior to and immediately after giving effect to the funding of the Incremental First Lien Term Loans and the effectiveness of the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and the other transactions contemplated hereby on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (i) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(a) and (b) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied and (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 5 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions referred to in Section 7(h) above.
SECTION 8. Acknowledgment of Lenders. Each Lender party hereto expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lead Arranger, nor any of their Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or any Lead Arranger hereafter taken,
including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or any Lead Arranger to any Lender. Each Lender party hereto represents to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Lead Arranger or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to provide its Incremental First Lien Term Loans and/or Additional Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (if applicable) and enter into this Amendment and become a Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement (if applicable). Each Lender party hereto also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Each Incremental Lender hereby (a) confirms that it has received a copy of the Amended Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document and such other documents (including financial statements) and information as it deems appropriate to make its decision to enter into this Amendment, (b) agrees that it shall be bound by the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement as a Term Lender or Revolving Lender, as the case may be, thereunder and that 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 Term Lender or Revolving Lender, as the case may be, (c) irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Incremental Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Incremental Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (d) specifies as its lending office and address for notices the offices set forth on the Administrative Questionnaire provided by it to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, (e) acknowledges that this Amendment is a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (f) agrees that this Amendment shall serve as the notice specified in Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, the Incremental First Lien Term Commitments and the Loans made pursuant hereto and waives any time period for delivery of such notice set forth therein and (g) waives any prepayment notice required in connection with the Revolving Credit Loan Prepayment and any prior notice requirement for the borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (and/or continuation and/or conversion of interest periods in connection therewith).
SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 10. Confirmation of Guarantees and Security Interests. By signing this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby confirms that (a) its obligations under the Amended Guaranty, the Amended Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents are hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall continue to be, in full force and effect in all respects, (b) the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Amended Credit Agreement as modified or supplemented hereby (including with respect to the Incremental First Lien Term Loans and Additional Revolving Credit Commitments contemplated by this Amendment) and the other Loan Documents (i) are entitled to the benefits of the guarantees and the security interests set forth or created in the Amended Guaranty, the Amended Security Agreement, the other Collateral Documents or the other Loan Documents, as applicable, and (ii) constitute “Secured Obligations,” “Guaranteed First Lien Obligations” or other similar term for purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended Guaranty, the Amended Security Agreement, the other
Collateral Documents or the other Loan Documents, as applicable, and (c) each Incremental Lender shall be a “Secured Party” and a “Lender” (including without limitation for purposes of the definition of “Required Lenders” contained in Section 1.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement) for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Loan Party ratifies and confirms that all Liens granted, conveyed, or assigned to the Administrative Agent by such Person pursuant to any Loan Document to which it is a party remain in full force and effect, are not released or reduced, and continue to secure full payment and performance of the Secured Obligations as increased hereby.
SECTION 11. Fees & Expenses. Each of the Loan Parties hereby reconfirms its respective obligations pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Amended Credit Agreement to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment. In addition (and without limiting the foregoing), the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Lead Arrangers for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Lead Arrangers. The Borrower hereby confirms that the indemnification provisions set forth in Section 10.05 of the Amended Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment (as if each of the Lead Arrangers were “Arrangers” as defined therein) and any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby, and such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs (including settlement costs) expenses and disbursements (including fees, disbursements and charges of counsel) (as more fully set forth therein as applicable) which may arise herefrom or in connection herewith.
SECTION 12 Treatment of Amendment Under FATCA. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Amended Credit Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i). As used herein, “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Amendment (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Internal Revenue Code or any applicable intergovernmental agreement.
SECTION 13 Amended Credit Agreement Governs. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
SECTION 14. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 15 Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In addition, the Borrower hereby consents to the assignment by any Incremental First Lien Term Loan Lender of all or a portion of
its Incremental First Lien Term Loans to any bank, financial institution or other investor identified by any Lead Arranger in writing to the Borrower on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in connection with the primary syndication of the Incremental First Lien Term Loans.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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XXXXXXX-XXXXXX INDUSTRIAL, LLC | |
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MARANON MEZZANINE HOLDINGS NB, INC. | |
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]
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ENGINEERED TREATMENT SYSTEMS, LLC | |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS | ||
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BRANCH, as Administrative Agent | |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS | ||
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BRANCH, as Incremental First Lien | |
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, | ||
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INC., as Additional Revolving Credit | |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Additional | ||
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 2]
Lender Signature Pages
[On file with the Administrative Agent]
ANNEX I
[See attached]
EXECUTION COPY
Dated as of January 15, 2014
among
WTG HOLDINGS III CORP.
as the Borrower,
WTG HOLDINGS II CORP.
as Holdings,
CREDIT SUISSE AG
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
CREDIT SUISSE XX
XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, N.A.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA
as L/C Issuers
The Other Lenders Party Hereto,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS(1)
UBS SECURITIES LLC
XXXXXXX SACHS BANK USA
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
as Syndication Agent,
and
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
as Documentation Agent
(1) RBC Capital Markets is a marketing name for the investment banking activities of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
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1.03 |
Accounting Terms |
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1.04 |
Rounding |
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1.05 |
References to Agreements and Laws |
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1.06 |
Times of Day |
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1.07 |
Timing of Payment or Performance |
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1.08 |
Currency Equivalents Generally; Additional Alternative Currencies |
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1.09 |
Letter of Credit Amounts |
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1.10 |
Pro Forma Calculations |
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1.11 |
Basket Calculations |
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1.12 |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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ARTICLE II |
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THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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2.01 |
The Loans |
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2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
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2.03 |
Letters of Credit |
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2.04 |
[Reserved] |
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2.05 |
Prepayments |
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2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
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2.07 |
Repayment of Loans |
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2.08 |
Interest |
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2.09 |
Fees |
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2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate |
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2.11 |
Evidence of Indebtedness |
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2.12 |
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
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2.13 |
Sharing of Payments |
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2.14 |
Incremental First Lien Facilities |
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2.15 |
Cash Collateral |
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2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders |
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ARTICLE III |
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TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
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Taxes |
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3.02 |
Illegality |
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3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates |
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3.04 |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy |
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3.05 |
Funding Losses |
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3.06 |
Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation |
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3.07 |
Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances |
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3.08 |
Survival |
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ARTICLE IV |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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Conditions to Initial Credit Extension |
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4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions |
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ARTICLE V |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws |
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5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention |
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5.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
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5.04 |
Binding Effect |
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5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
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5.06 |
Litigation |
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5.07 |
No Default |
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5.08 |
Ownership of Property; Liens |
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5.09 |
Environmental Matters |
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5.10 |
Taxes |
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5.11 |
ERISA Compliance |
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5.12 |
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
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5.13 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
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5.14 |
Disclosure |
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5.15 |
Compliance with Laws |
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5.16 |
Intellectual Property |
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Solvency |
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Labor Matters |
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Perfection, Etc. |
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5.20 |
OFAC and PATRIOT Act Compliance |
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Anti-Corruption Compliance |
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5.22 |
OFAC |
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Designation as Senior Debt |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.01 |
Financial Statements |
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6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information |
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6.03 |
Notices |
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6.04 |
Payment of Obligations |
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6.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
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6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties |
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6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
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6.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
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6.09 |
Books and Records |
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6.10 |
Inspection Rights |
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6.11 |
Use of Proceeds |
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6.12 |
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security |
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Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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6.14 |
Further Assurances, Post Closing Obligations |
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6.15 |
Maintenance of Ratings |
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Conference Calls |
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6.17 |
ERISA |
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ARTICLE VII |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Liens |
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Investments |
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7.03 |
Indebtedness |
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7.04 |
Fundamental Changes |
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7.05 |
Dispositions |
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7.06 |
Restricted Payments |
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7.07 |
Change in Nature of Business |
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7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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7.09 |
Burdensome Agreements |
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7.10 |
Use of Proceeds |
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7.11 |
Maximum First Lien Leverage Ratio |
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7.12 |
Amendments of Organization Documents |
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7.13 |
Accounting Changes |
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7.14 |
Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments |
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Holding Companies |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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8.01 |
Events of Default |
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8.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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8.03 |
Right to Cure |
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8.04 |
Application of Funds |
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ARTICLE IX |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS |
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9.01 |
Appointment and Authorization of Agents |
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9.02 |
Delegation of Duties |
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9.03 |
Liability of Agents |
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9.04 |
Reliance by Agents |
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9.05 |
Notice of Default |
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9.06 |
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents |
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9.07 |
Indemnification of Agents |
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9.08 |
Agents in their Individual Capacities |
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9.09 |
Successor Agents |
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9.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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9.11 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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9.12 |
Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements |
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9.13 |
Other Agents; Arranger and Managers |
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9.14 |
Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents |
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9.15 |
Withholding |
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ARTICLE X |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.01 |
Amendments, Etc. |
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10.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
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10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
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10.04 |
Expenses and Taxes |
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10.05 |
Indemnification by the Borrower |
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10.06 |
Payments Set Aside |
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10.07 |
Successors and Assigns |
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10.08 |
Confidentiality |
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10.09 |
Setoff |
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10.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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10.11 |
Counterparts |
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10.12 |
Integration; Effectiveness |
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10.13 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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10.14 |
Severability |
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10.15 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
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10.16 |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY |
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10.17 |
Binding Effect |
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10.18 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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10.19 |
Affiliate Activities |
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10.20 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
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10.21 |
USA PATRIOT ACT; “Know Your Customer” Checks |
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10.22 |
Judgment Currency |
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10.23 |
Intercreditor Agreement |
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10.24 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
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SCHEDULES
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Guarantors |
II |
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Trade L/Cs |
III |
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Immaterial Subsidiaries |
2.01 |
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Commitments and Pro Rata Shares |
5.08(b) |
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Material Real Property |
5.09 |
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Environmental Matters |
5.11(d) |
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Pension Plans |
5.12 |
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Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments |
5.16 |
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Intellectual Property |
5.18 |
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Labor Matters |
6.14 |
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Initial Mortgaged Properties |
7.01 |
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Existing Liens |
7.02 |
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Existing Investments |
7.03 |
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Existing Indebtedness |
7.08 |
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Existing Affiliate Transactions |
10.02 |
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Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
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Committed Loan Notice |
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C-1 |
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Term Note |
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Revolving Credit Note |
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Compliance Certificate |
E-1 |
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Assignment and Assumption |
E-2 |
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Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption |
E-3 |
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Administrative Questionnaire |
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Holdings Guaranty |
F-2 |
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Subsidiary Guaranty |
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Security Agreement |
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Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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Opinion Matters — Counsel to the Loan Parties |
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Solvency Certificate |
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Discounted Prepayment Option Notice |
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Lender Participation Notice |
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Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice |
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U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
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Cash Management/Secured Hedge Notice |
P |
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Intercompany Note |
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Intercreditor Agreement |
This FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 15, 2014, among WTG HOLDINGS III CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), WTG HOLDINGS II CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), CREDIT SUISSE AG, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and CREDIT SUISSE AG, XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, N.A., ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH and XXXXXXX SACHS BANK USA, as L/C Issuers.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Acquisition Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the Borrower will acquire (the “Acquisition”) the Business (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), which shall include an acquisition of the Target (as hereinafter defined), the Sold Shares (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) and the Additional Sold Assets (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), if any, from Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, a German Stock Corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) registered with the commercial register of the lower court (Amtsgericht) of Berlin-Charlottenburg under HRB 12300 and with the commercial register of the lower court (Amtsgericht) Munich under HRB 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx of Germany (the “Seller”).
The Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the satisfaction in full of the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV below, the Lenders (a) lend to the Borrower $505,000,000 in the form of a term loan facility and (b) make available to the Borrower a $75,000,000 revolving credit facility for the making of revolving loans and the issuance of letters of credit for the account of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), from time to time.
On the Incremental First Lien Commitments Effective Date (as defined in Amendment No. 1), the Borrower obtained Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans (as defined in Amendment No. 1) pursuant to that certain Incremental Term Facility Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 15, 2016 among the Borrower, Holdings, the Incremental First Lien Lenders party thereto and the First Lien Administrative Agent (“Amendment No. 1”) on the terms and conditions set forth in Amendment No. 1.
On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Borrower intends to prepay in full (a) all Second Lien Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees in respect thereof (the “Specified Junior Debt Repayment”), and (b) all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees in respect thereof, and in connection therewith, the Borrower has requested (i) incremental term loans (which incremental term loans shall constitute an upsize to the tranche of Term Loans borrowed on the Closing Date) in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000, (ii) additional Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 and (iii) certain other modifications to this Agreement as set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement (including the preliminary statements above), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acquisition” has the meaning specified in the “Preliminary Statements.”
“Acquisition Agreement” means the Master Sale and Purchase Agreement (including the annexes thereto), dated as of October 15, 2013, between the Borrower and the Seller.
“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(C).
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(B).
“Accepting Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Acquired Business” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(i).
“Administrative Agent” means Credit Suisse AG, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Facilities, and any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit E-3 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“AEA” means AEA Investors LP and its Affiliates, other than any portfolio company of any of the foregoing.
“Affected Facility” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(B).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any 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. “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.
“Affiliated Lenders” means, collectively, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Non-Debt Fund Affiliates and Debt Fund Affiliates.
Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” means an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2.
“Agent-Related Persons” means each Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, partners, members, representatives, agents, attorneys-in-fact, trustees and advisors of such Persons and Affiliates and their respective successors and assigns.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any).
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this First Lien Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Alternative Currency” means (a) Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars and Singapore Dollars and (b) subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders (each of which consents may be withheld in the Administrative Agent’s, such L/C Issuer’s or such Revolving Credit Lender’s sole and absolute discretion), any other currency.
“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to (a) with respect to Canadian Dollars, the lesser of the Revolving Credit Commitments and $10,000,000, (b) with respect to Australian Dollars, the lesser of the Revolving Credit Commitments and $10,000,000, (c) with respect to Singapore Dollars, the lesser of the Revolving Credit Commitments and $10,000,000 and (d) with respect to any other Alternative Currency pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof, the amount agreed to by the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to such Alternative Currency. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Amendment No. 1” has the meaning specified in the recitals.
“Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2 dated October 28, 2016 among the Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders party thereto (including the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Lenders), and Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Amendment No. 2.
“Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Commitment” means, as to each Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Lender, its obligation to make Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Amendment No. 2 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule II to Amendment No. 2 under the caption “Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Commitment”. The aggregate Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Commitments of all Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Lenders shall be $150,000,000 on the
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Lenders” means a Lender with an Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Commitment or an outstanding Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loan.
“Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loans” means the term loans incurred on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Amendment No. 2.
“Amendment No. 2 Transactions” shall mean (a) the incurrence of the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loans and increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments, (b) the Specified Junior Debt Repayment, (c) the Revolving Loan Prepayment (as defined in Amendment No. 2), (d) the amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to Amendment No. 2 and (e) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the foregoing.
“Anticipated Cure Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 8.03(B).
“Applicable Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(C).
“Applicable Rate” means a percentage per annum equal to:
(a) with respect to Term Loans, 3.75% per annum for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, and 2.75% per annum for Base Rate Loans; and
(b) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) from the Closing Date until the first Business Day that immediately follows the date on which a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) in respect of the second fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, 3.25% per annum for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, and 2.25% per annum for Base Rate Loans, and (ii) thereafter, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below, as determined by reference to the First Lien Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a).
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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the third Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that “Pricing Level 1” shall apply (x) as of the first Business Day at any time after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not
delivered (or was delivered but did not contain the calculations of the First Lien Leverage Ratio) until the first Business Day immediately following the date on which such Compliance Certificate (which includes calculations of the First Lien Leverage Ratio) is delivered and (y) at all times during the existence of an Event of Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Applicable Rate with respect to the Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans is set forth in Amendment No. 1 and the provisions set forth in Amendment No. 1 applicable to the Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans shall remain in full force and effect.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan, respectively, at such time and (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) each L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means each of CS Securities, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, UBS Securities LLC and Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, in their capacities as exclusive joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)).
“AUD Rate” means, for any Interest Period, (a) the rate per annum displayed at or about 10:45 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time) on the Reuters screen page “BBSY” or “BBSW” (or its successor or equivalent page) on the first day of such Interest Period as the bank xxxx “settlement” bid rate for bank accepted bills for a term equivalent to such Interest Period, or (b)
if (i) for any reason such rate is not available or (ii) the basis on which such rate is displayed has changed and, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, ceases to reflect the Lenders’ cost of funding to the same extent as on the Closing Date, then the “AUD Rate” shall be a rate published by a commercially available source providing “BBSY” or “BBSW” quotations, as applicable, and reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent.
“Australian Dollars” and “AUD” means the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate and (c) the one-month Eurocurrency Rate (after giving effect to any applicable “floor”) plus 1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London Time) by reference to the British Bankers’ Association (or any successor thereto) Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association (or any successor thereto) as an authorized vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” have a corresponding meaning.
“Board of Directors” means: (a) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any other corporation, the board of directors (or analogous governing body) of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; (c) with respect to a
limited liability company, the managing member or members (or analogous governing body) or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrower Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(e).
“Borrower Purchasing Party” means the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Class and Type made, converted or continued on the same date (and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect) and which are denominated in the same currency.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to First Lien Obligations denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency is located, which day is a London Banking Day and (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any London Banking Day, (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November 2007 (TARGET 2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro, (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Sterling, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Sterling in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Sterling to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Sterling are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market for Sterling, (d) if such date relates to any interest rate settings, funding, disbursement, settlements and payments in Canadian Dollars, means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to First Lien Obligations denominated in Canadian Dollars is located, (e) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Australian Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Australian Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Australian Dollars to be
carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Australian Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for Australian Dollars and (f) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Singapore Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Singapore Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Singapore Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Singapore Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for Singapore.
“Canadian Dollar” and “CAD” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Expenditures” means, as of any date for the applicable period then ended, all capital expenditures of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)).
“Capitalized Lease” means any lease that has been or should be, in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)), recorded as a capitalized lease (or, to the extent Section 1.03(c) is applicable, finance leases).
“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked, non-interest bearing deposit account at Credit Suisse or a financial institution selected by the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Borrower and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, each applicable L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral or other credit support for L/C Obligations or obligations of Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), (a) cash or deposit account balances or, (b) if the applicable L/C Issuer benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(a) direct obligations (or certificates representing an interest in such obligations) issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the government of a member state of the Pre-Expansion European Union, the United States, Switzerland or Canada (including, in each case, any agency or instrumentality thereof), as the case may be, the payment of which is backed by the full faith and credit of the relevant member state of the Pre-Expansion European Union, the United States, Switzerland or Canada, as the case may be, and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option;
(b) overnight bank deposits, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and money market deposits with maturities (and similar
instruments) of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under, or authorized to operate as a bank or trust company under, the laws of a member state of the Pre-Expansion European Union or of the United States or any state thereof, Switzerland or Canada; provided that such bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof as of the date of such investment) and whose long-term debt is rated “A-1” or higher by Xxxxx’x or A+ or higher by S&P or the equivalent rating category of another internationally recognized rating agency;
(c) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Xxxxx’x or S&P and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
(d) marketable short-term money market and similar funds (including such funds investing a portion of their assets in municipal securities) having a rating of at least P-1 or A-1 from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);
(e) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying Investments of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above;
(f) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)) as Current Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs, which are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and the portfolios of which are limited such that at least 95% of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), through (e) of this definition;
(g) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types (including as to credit quality and maturity) described in clauses (a) through (f) above; and
(h) (x) Dollars, Euros, Sterling, Alternative Currencies or other currencies in those countries in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries transacts business from time to time in the ordinary course of business and (y) investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (g) customarily utilized in countries in which Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries transacts business from time to time in the ordinary course of business.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, as well as Cash Management LC Agreements, and other cash management arrangements permitted under Article VII that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Cash Management Bank; provided that the aggregate
amount of Cash Management Agreements entered into by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall not exceed $35,000,000 at any time outstanding.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender, (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender and a party to a Cash Management Agreement or (iii) in the case of Cash Management LC Agreements, any other Person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the Trade L/C providers as of the Closing Date are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such Person shall continue to be a Cash Management Bank with respect to the applicable Cash Management Agreement even if it ceases to be an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender after the date on which it entered into such Cash Management Agreement.
“Cash Management LC Agreements” means financial accommodations or facilities in the form of guarantee, bonding, surety, letter of credit or similar facilities, other than Trade LCs.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any casualty insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon).
“CDOR” means, for any Interest Period, the Canadian deposit offered rate equal to the sum of the annual rate of interest determined with reference to the arithmetic mean of the discount rate quotations of all institutions listed in respect of such Interest Period for Canadian Dollar-denominated bankers’ acceptances displayed and identified as such on the “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto local time on such day and, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day (as adjusted by the Administrative Agent after 10:00 a.m. Toronto local time to reflect any error in the posted rate of interest or in the posted average annual rate of interest).
“CFC Holdco” means a Subsidiary (a) that has no material assets other than the equity of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or (b) that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes that holds equity of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any Law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline, standard or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, standards or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules,
guidelines, standards or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) other than one or more Permitted Holders; or
(ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Holdings or the Borrower; or
(iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” as defined in clause (i) above) other than one or more Permitted Holders becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings or the Borrower measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(iv) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower are not Continuing Directors; or
(v) Holdings ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; or
(vi) a “Change of Control” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) shall occur.
“Class” means (a) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (i) Lenders holding Term Loans, (ii) Lenders having Revolving Credit Commitments and (iii) Lenders holding an Incremental First Lien Term Loan Tranche, and (b) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (i) Term Loans, (ii) Revolving Credit Loans and (iii) Incremental First Lien Term Loans of any Incremental First Lien Term Loan Tranche. For the avoidance of doubt, any Loans or Commitments created pursuant to a Permitted Amendment shall constitute a separate Class.
“Closing Date” means the first date on which all of the conditions precedent in Article IV are satisfied or waived in accordance with Article IV.
“Closing Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter that, individually or in the aggregate, has or would reasonably be likely to have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, business, financial condition or results of operation of the Sold Companies and the Business, taken as a
whole; provided, however, that none of the following shall be considered or taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be likely to be a Material Adverse Effect: any change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter resulting from or relating to (A) the pendency or public announcement of the Carve-out and the Transaction, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, regulators or employees (including any employee departures or labor union or works council activities); (B) global or national or regional economic, monetary or financial conditions, including changes or developments in credit markets (including changes in prevailing interest or exchange rates), financial or securities markets (including the disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or market index), or general economic, business or regulatory conditions anywhere in the world, or (C) national or international or regional political or social conditions; (D) the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, armed hostilities or other international or national emergency, calamity or act of terrorism or any weather or health/epidemic related or other force majeure event or natural disaster or the worsening thereof; (E) any change in applicable Laws or applicable accounting principles or, in each case, in the interpretation or enforcement thereof after the date hereof; (F) general conditions in or of the industries in which the Business operates; (G) any change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter that is cured by Seller or its Affiliates to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser (including by the payment of money); (H) any failure to meet any internal or external projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or internal or published financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position (except that the underlying cause of any such failure may be considered and taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be likely to be a Material Adverse Effect); (I) any action taken or not taken by Seller or its Affiliates at Purchaser’s written request; or (J) any reconciliation of IFRS to generally accepted accounting principles or vice versa; provided, however, that any change, event, occurrence, development, effect, condition, circumstance or matter described in clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) or (F) above shall not be excluded to the extent such matters disproportionately affect the Business, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated Persons in the water and waste water treatment industry (it being understood and agreed for the avoidance of doubt that only the extent of such disproportionate affect shall not be so excluded). Capitalized terms used above in the definition of “Closing Material Adverse Effect” without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Acquisition Agreement.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (unless otherwise provided herein).
“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property and assets that are or are required under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Agent” means Credit Suisse AG, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and any successor collateral agent.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Mortgages, each of
the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.12 or 6.14, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents entered into by a Loan Party that creates or purports to create a Lien over all or any part of its assets in respect of the First Lien Obligations in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commitment” means a Term Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Company Plan” means a Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Consolidated Cash Taxes” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of all income, franchise and similar taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)), to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all assets that, in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)), would be classified as current assets on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)), but excluding any payment of contract-related costs (customarily referred to as costs in excess of billing), cash, Cash Equivalents and Swap Contracts to the extent that the xxxx-to-market Swap Termination Value would be reflected as an asset on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all liabilities in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)) that would be classified as current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, but excluding any advanced payments received for contracts (customarily referred to as xxxxxxxx in excess of costs), the current portion of Indebtedness (including the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contracts) to the extent reflected as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been deducted for (other than clause (xix), without duplication,
(i) total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)) (including, to the extent deducted and not added back in computing Consolidated Net Income, (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments, (d) the interest component of Capitalized Leases, (e) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to interest rate Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, (f) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, and (g) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees) and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate or currency risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations,
(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations,
(iii) depreciation and amortization expense (including amortization of intangible assets),
(iv) non-cash expenses resulting from any employee benefit or management compensation plan or the grant of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs to employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a written plan or agreement or the treatment of such options under variable plan accounting,
(v) any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),
(vi) all extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual losses and charges,
(vii) costs and expenses in connection with project ramp-ups, provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (vii), when added to the aggregate amount of add backs pursuant to clauses (ix) and (xix) below, shall not exceed an amount equal to 2025% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (vii) or clauses (ix) or (xix) below),
(viii) cash fees and expenses (including Sponsor deal fees) and employee bonuses incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, the Transactions,
(ix) cash restructuring charges or reserves and business optimization expense, including any restructuring costs and integration costs incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions after the Closing Date, project start-up costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, contract termination costs, recruiting, retention, relocation, severance and signing bonuses and expenses, systems establishment costs, conversion costs and excess pension charges, consulting fees and any one-time expense relating to enhanced accounting function, or costs associated with becoming a public company or any other costs (including legal services costs) incurred in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (ix), when added to the aggregate amount of add backs pursuant to clause (vii) above and clause (xix) below, shall not exceed an amount equal to 2025% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (ix), clause (vii) above or clause (xix) below),
(x) transaction fees and expenses (including those in connection with, to the extent permitted hereunder, any Investment, any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance, any Disposition, or any Casualty Event and any amendments or waivers of the Loan Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents, in each case, whether or not consummated),
(xi) any losses (or minus any gains) realized upon the disposition of property outside of the ordinary course of business,
(xii) any (x) expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any permitted Investment, Permitted Acquisitions or any permitted sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets or (y) expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption covered by insurance, in each case to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that reasonable evidence exists that such indemnification or reimbursement will be made, and only to the
extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable indemnifying party, obligor or insurer in writing and (B) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days after such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 day period),
(xiii) management fees (or special dividends in lieu thereof) permitted under Section 7.08(d),
(xiv) any non-cash purchase accounting adjustment and any step-ups with respect to re-valuing assets and liabilities in connection with the Transactions or any Investment permitted under Section 7.02,
(xv) non-cash losses from Joint Ventures and non-cash minority interest reductions,
(xvi) fees and expenses in connection with debt exchanges or refinancings permitted under Section 7.14,
(xvii) other expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period,
(xviii) losses recognized and expenses incurred in connection with the effect of currency and exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and other balance sheet items,
(xix) the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and acquisition synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized during such period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such items had been realized on the first day of such period) as a result of actions taken or to be taken in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition or disposition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, any operational changes (including, without limitation, operational changes arising out of the modification of contractual arrangements (including, without limitation, renegotiation of lease agreements, utilities and logistics contracts and insurance policies, as well as purchases of leased real properties)) or headcount reductions, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period that are otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA from such actions, provided that (A) a duly completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent together with the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02, certifying that (x) such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are reasonably expected and factually supportable as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and (y) such actions are to be taken and the results with respect thereto are to be
achieved within (I) in the case of any such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies in connection with the Transactions, 18 months after the Closing Date and (II) in all other cases, within 18 months after the consummation of the acquisition or disposition, which is expected to result in such cost savings, expense reductions or synergies, (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (xix) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, (C) to the extent that any cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are not associated with the Transactions, all steps shall have been taken for realizing such savings, (D) projected amounts (and not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (xix) to the extent occurring more than four full fiscal quarters after the specified action taken in order to realize such projected cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies and (E) the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xix), when added to the aggregate amount of add backs pursuant to clauses (vii) and (ix) above, shall not exceed an amount equal to 2025% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to clauses (vii) and (ix) above or this clause (xix)), and
(xx) restructuring charges or reserves and business optimization expenses, including restructuring costs and integration costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, contract termination costs, recruiting, retention, relocation, severance and signing bonuses and expenses, systems establishment costs, conversion costs and excess pension charges, consulting fees and any one-time expense relating to enhanced accounting function, and any costs associated with any of the foregoing, in each case, incurred in connection with the restructuring of the Municipal Business, minus
(c) an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, has been included for:
(i) federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits and refunds (to the extent not netted from tax expense),
(ii) non-recurring income or gains from discontinued operations
(iii) all extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains and non-cash income during such period,
(iv) any gains realized upon the disposition of property outside of the ordinary course of business, and
(v) the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.06(e)(i), 7.06(e)(ii), 7.06(e)(iii), 7.06(e)(vii) and 7.06(i) (except to the extent that (x) the amount paid with such Restricted Payments would not, if the respective expense or other item had been incurred directly by the Borrower, have reduced Consolidated EBITDA determined in accordance with this definition or (y) such Restricted Payment is paid by the Borrower in respect of an expense or other item that has resulted in, or will result in, a reduction of Consolidated EBITDA, as calculated pursuant to this definition), plus or minus
(d) unrealized losses/gains in respect of Swap Contracts, all as determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $15,264,748 for the fiscal quarter ended on December 31, 2012, $29,405,467 for the fiscal quarter ended on March 31, 2013, $30,968,403 for the fiscal quarter ended on June 30, 2013 and $40,845,446 for the fiscal quarter ended on September 30, 2013.
“Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness” means Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral (other than Liens permitted under Section 7.01(i)) that is not subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations; provided that (x) such Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness is not subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations and (y) for purposes of the definition of “Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness”, the definition of “Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness” and clause (x)(B) of the second proviso in Section 2.14(a) only, all Incremental First Lien Facilities and all Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) shall be deemed to be (a) secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is not subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, whether or not so secured and (b) not subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations, whether or not so subordinated.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)) (but (x) excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition and (y) any Indebtedness that is issued at a discount to its initial principal amount shall be calculated based on the entire principal amount thereof), excluding (i) net obligations under any Swap Contract, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of the applicable Person, (iii) any deferred compensation arrangements, (iv) any non-compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, or (v) obligations in respect of letters of credit (including Letters of Credit), bankers’ acceptances, bank Guarantees, surety bonds, performance bonds, advance payment guarantees or bonds, warranties, bid guarantees or bonds and similar instruments except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder; provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Funded Indebtedness until one (1) Business Day after such amount is drawn. The amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for which recourse is limited either to a specified amount or to an identified asset of such Person
shall be deemed to be equal to such specified amount or, if less, the fair market value of such identified asset.
“Consolidated Funded Secured Indebtedness” means Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that (x) such Consolidated Funded Indebtedness is not subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations and (y) for purposes of the definition of “Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness”, the definition of “Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness”, the definition of “Secured Leverage Ratio” as used in the definition of “Second Lien Cap” and clause (x)(B) of the second proviso in Section 2.14(a) only, all Incremental First Lien Facilities and all Permitted Other Indebtedness (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) shall be deemed to be (a) secured by a Lien on the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not so secured and (b) not subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations, whether or not so subordinated.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, net income (excluding, without duplication, (i) extraordinary items, (ii) any amounts attributable to Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture to the extent that either (x) such amounts have not been distributed in cash to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the applicable period, (y) such amounts were not earned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture during the applicable period or (z) there exists in respect of any future period any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture to pay dividends or make any other distributions in cash on the Equity Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) the cumulative effect of foreign currency translations during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (iv) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent required for any calculation of Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis), (v) net income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) for any period to the extent that, during such period (or, for purposes of calculating Cumulative Credit, either during such period or in respect of any future period) there exists any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distributions in cash on the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent that such net income is distributed in cash during such period to such Person or to a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not itself subject to any such encumbrance or restriction, (vi) cancellation of Indebtedness income arising out of prepayments made in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(iii) and (vii) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of (a) Indebtedness, (b) obligations under any Swap Contracts or (c) other derivative instruments), as determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)).
“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal during such period on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that constitutes Funded Debt (including the implied
principal component of payments due on Capitalized Leases during such period), less the reduction in such scheduled payments resulting from voluntary prepayments or mandatory prepayments of such Funded Debt (including as required pursuant to Section 2.05) as determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c))
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)), as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of such date.
“Continuing Directors” means the directors of each of Holdings and the Borrower on the Closing Date, and each other director, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for election to the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the vote of the Sponsor in his or her election by the stockholders of Holdings or of the Borrower.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“Covenant Trigger Amount” means, at any time, an amount equal to 25% of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Credit Suisse” means Credit Suisse AG, acting through such of its affiliates or branches as it deems appropriate, and its successors.
“CS Securities” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and its successors.
“Cumulative Credit” means, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate (except to the extent resulting from the operation of clause (e)), determined on a cumulative basis equal to:
(a) the sum of a percentage of Excess Cash Flow for each full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date and prior to such date of determination, equal to, for each such fiscal quarter:
(i) 50% if, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, the Total Leverage Ratio was greater than or equal to 3.90:1.00,
(ii) 75% if, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, the Total Leverage Ratio was less than 3.90:1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.40:1.00 or
(iii) 100% if, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, the Total Leverage Ratio was less than 3.40:1.00, plus
(b) the sum of any Declined Amounts, plus
(c) in the event that Cumulative Credit has been reduced as a result of an Investment made pursuant to Section 7.02(t) (any such Investment for purposes of this clause (c) being an “Original Investment” and the amount of any such reduction for purposes of this clause (c) being the “Reduction Amount” in respect of such Investment) in connection with the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the acquisition of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the acquisition of any Investments, an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and Cash Equivalents from: (i) the sale (other than to the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary) of any such Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any such Investments, or (ii) any dividend or other distribution by any such Unrestricted Subsidiary received in respect of any such Investments, or (iii) interest, returns of principal, repayments and similar payments by any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or received in respect of any such Investments, and (B) the Reduction Amount in respect of such Original Investment; plus
(d) in the event that Cumulative Credit has been reduced as a result of an Investment made pursuant to Section 7.02(t) in connection with the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (any such designation being the “Original Designation” and the amount of any such reduction for purposes of this clause (d) being the “Reduction Amount” in respect of such designation), in the event any such Unrestricted Subsidiary has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the fair market value of the Investments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) and (B) the Reduction Amount in respect of such Original Designation, minus
(e) the aggregate excess, if any, in respect of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the first full fiscal year ending after the Closing Date) completed prior to such date of (i) the cumulative amount of Cumulative Credit attributable to and determined in accordance with clause (a) of this definition for all four fiscal quarters of each such fiscal year over (ii) such cumulative amount for each such fiscal year attributable to clause (a) of this definition but determined on an annual (and not quarterly) basis for each such fiscal year (for the avoidance of doubt, based on the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of each such fiscal year),
as such amount may be reduced from time to time to the extent that all or a portion of Cumulative Credit is applied to make Investments, Restricted Payments or prepayments of Junior Financing pursuant to Section 7.02(t), 7.06(f)(2) or 7.14(a)(i), respectively.
“Cure Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 8.03.
“Cure Right” has the meaning specified in Section 8.03.
“Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative
Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Euro, Sterling or such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)), would be classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)).
“Declined Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Declining Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Sponsor that is a bona fide diversified debt fund primarily engaged in, or advising funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business whose managers have fiduciary duties to the third-party investors in such fund or investment vehicle that are independent of their duties to the equity holders of Holdings.
“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness for borrowed money.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the applicable Facility plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the Eurocurrency Rate plus the Applicable Rate applicable to such Eurocurrency Rate Loan under the applicable Facility plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit)
within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders’Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or an L/C Issuer, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or such L/C Issuer that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or such L/C Issuer), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or a Bail-In Action, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender; provided, further, that the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator with respect to a Lender or a Lender’s direct or indirect parent company under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act 2007 (as amended from time to time and including any successor legislation) shall not result in a Lender being deemed a Defaulting Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each L/C Issuer and each Lender.
“Discounted Prepayment Option Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(B).
“Discount Range” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(B).
“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(A).
“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(E).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, assignment, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction
and any issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligations or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other First Lien Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date of all Commitments and Loans then in effect; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Documentation Agent” means RBC Capital Markets, as Documentation Agent under the Loan Documents.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with Euros, Sterling or such Alternative Currency. In making the determination of the Dollar Equivalent for purposes of determining the aggregate amount of the available Revolving Credit Commitments, the aggregate amount of the available Letter of Credit Sublimit on the date of any Credit Extension, the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, shall use the Spot Rate in effect at the date on which the Borrower requests such Credit Extension pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Holdings (other than any CFC Holdco) that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established
in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.07(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.07(b)(iii)).
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws (including common law), regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees or binding judicial or administrative decisions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment (including air, water vapor, surface water, ground water, drinking water, drinking water supply, surface or subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), and public and worker health and safety, including those related to the generation, use, handling, storage, transportation, treatment, recycling, labeling or Environmental Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, natural resource damages, costs of environmental remediation, investigation or monitoring, consulting costs and attorney fees, and fines or penalties) resulting from or based upon (a) any Environmental Law, including any noncompliance therewith, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) an Environmental Release or threatened Environmental Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, migrating, leaching, dispersal, dumping or disposing into or through the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Equity Contribution” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions.”
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).
“Equity Issuance” means any issuance for cash by any Person to any other Person of (a) its Equity Interests, (b) any of its Equity Interests pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (c) any of its Equity Interests pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity or (d) any options or warrants relating to its Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated), that together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the withdrawal of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is in at-risk status, as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or the determination that any Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate; (i) the imposition of a lien under Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; or (j) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Euro” and “€” means the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
Eurocurrency Rate |
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Eurocurrency Base Rate |
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1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage |
where,
“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to (i) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the applicable Screen Rate at approximately (1) with respect to Borrowings, conversions or continuations upon less than three (3) Business Days’ notice, 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the Business Day of such Borrowing or (2) with respect to Borrowings, conversions or continuations upon three (3) or more Business Days’ notice, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, or (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the rates per annum at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered to major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loans may be denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency.
“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental, marginal or other reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
minus (b) without duplication (in each case, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis),
(i) Capital Expenditures, except to the extent made using proceeds, payments or any other amounts available from events or circumstances that were not included in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period,
(ii) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments and, to the extent not otherwise deducted from Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Cash Taxes,
(iii) Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that such Restricted Payments are permitted to be made under Section 7.06(e) or 7.06(i), solely to the extent made, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds from events or circumstances that were included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income,
(iv) the aggregate amount of voluntary or mandatory permanent principal payments or repurchases of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding the First Lien Obligations, the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Second Lien Obligations); provided that (A) such prepayments or repurchases are otherwise permitted hereunder, (B) if such Indebtedness consists of a revolving line of credit, the commitments under such line of credit are permanently reduced by the amount of such prepayment or repurchase, and (C) such prepayments or repurchases are not made, directly or indirectly, using (1) proceeds, payments or any other amounts available from events or circumstances that were not included in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period or (2) the Cumulative Credit,
(v) cash payments made in satisfaction of non-current liabilities (excluding payments of Indebtedness for borrowed money) or non-cash charges in a prior period, in each case, not made directly or indirectly using (1) proceeds, payments or any other amounts available from events or circumstances that were not included in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period or (2) the Cumulative Credit,
(vi) to the extent not deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, cash expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions or, to the extent permitted hereunder, any Investment permitted under Section 7.02, Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance,
(vii) cash from operations used or to be used to consummate a Permitted Acquisition (if such Permitted Acquisition has been consummated, or committed to be consummated, prior to the date on which a prepayment of Loans would be required pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) with respect to such fiscal year period); provided, however, that if any amount is deducted
from Excess Cash Flow pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to a fiscal year as a result of a Permitted Acquisition that has been committed to be consummated but not yet actually consummated at the time of such deduction (the amount of such cash being the “Relevant Deduction Amount”) then (A) for the avoidance of doubt, no amount shall be deducted from Excess Cash Flow pursuant to this clause (vii) as a result of such Permitted Acquisition being actually consummated for the Relevant Deduction Amount, and (B) if such Permitted Acquisition is not actually consummated for the Relevant Deduction Amount prior to the date on which a prepayment of Loans would be required pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) with respect to the immediately following fiscal year period, an amount equal to such Relevant Deduction Amount shall be added to Excess Cash Flow for such immediately following fiscal year period,
(viii) to the extent not deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, cash contributions to pension and other employee benefits plans,
(ix) to the extent not deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, any cash losses from extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items,
(x) to the extent not deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, cash payments in respect of any hedging obligations,
(xi) net non-cash gains and credits to the extent included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, plus
(c) net non-cash charges and losses to the extent deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income; plus
(d) decreases in Net Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting), minus
(e) increases in Net Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting).
“Excess Cash Flow Period” means any fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the first full fiscal year ended after the Closing Date.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary of a Domestic Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco, (ii) an Immaterial Subsidiary, (iii) prohibited by applicable law, regulation or by any Contractual Obligation existing on the Closing Date or on the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (as long as such Contractual Obligation was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary) from providing a Subsidiary Guaranty or that would require a governmental (including regulatory) or third party consent, approval, license or authorization in order to grant
such Subsidiary Guaranty (to the extent that the Borrower has used commercially reasonable efforts (not involving spending money in excess of de minimis amounts) to obtain such consent, approval, license or authorization), (iv) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (v) captive insurance companies, (vi) a not-for-profit Subsidiary, (vii) a Subsidiary not wholly-owned by the Borrower and/or one or more of its wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries, (viii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (ix) a Subsidiary to the extent that the burden or cost of obtaining a Subsidiary Guaranty therefrom is excessive in relation to the benefit afforded thereby (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section 14 of the Subsidiary Guaranty and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Loan Party and any and all guarantees of such Loan Party’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Loan Party, or a grant by such Loan Party of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Agent, Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Loan Party hereunder, (a) Taxes (i) imposed on (or measured by) its overall net income or overall gross income (however denominated) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender (excluding any L/C Issuer), in which its applicable Lending Office is located, or (ii) that are imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document), (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, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 3.07), any United States federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to a law in effect 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 with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a), (d) Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(g) or Section 3.01(h) and (e) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“External Trade L/C Amount” means the then outstanding aggregate amount of (x) Trade L/Cs and (y) Trade L/C Collateralization, in an aggregate amount not to exceed (a) the Trade Facility Collateral Term Loan Amount less (b) the amount of mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv).
“Facility” means the Term Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may require.
“Facility Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“FCPA” has the meaning specified in Section 5.21.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as publishedcalculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as sobased on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York sets forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Credit Suisse on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent. by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate.
“Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter, dated as of October 14, 2013, among Holdings, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, and Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA.
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as of any date, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Funded First Lien Indebtedness (net of (i) cash (other than, on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Ringfenced Cash) and Cash Equivalents on hand that are not Restricted and (ii) cash (other than, on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Ringfenced Cash) and Cash Equivalents restricted in favor of, without duplication, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Second Lien Lender) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) to (y) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently
ended four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b).
“First Lien Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of Credit, Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement (other than Excluded Swap Obligations), in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding (or that would accrue but for the commencement of such proceeding), regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the First Lien Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party; provided that the First Lien Obligations shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations., provided, further, however, for purposes of Section 8.04 herein, the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, the aggregate amount of all such obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of the guarantees made by the Loan Parties of Specified Non-Loan Party Hedge Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents that shall constitute First Lien Obligations shall not exceed $35,000,000.
“Flood Determination Form” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(e).
“Flood Hazard Property” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(e).
“Foreign Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(viii).
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a United States person, as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“Funded Debt” of any Person means Indebtedness of such Person that by its terms matures more than one (1) year after the date of its creation or matures within one (1) year from any date of determination but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one (1) year after such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one (1) year after such date.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).
“GS” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA acting through such of its affiliates or branches as it deems appropriate, and its successors.
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, any (a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person Guaranteeing or having the economic effect of Guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case
in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, (i) Holdings, (ii) each wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Restricted Subsidiary and listed on Schedule I, and (iii) each other wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Restricted Subsidiary that shall be required to execute and deliver a Guaranty or Guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 6.12.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, the Holdings Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.
“Hazardous Materials” means all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable, explosive or radioactive substances, and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic,” or as a “pollutant” or a “contaminant,” pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means (i) any Person that at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, is an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or (ii) any Person that is, as of the Closing Date, an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender and a party to a Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Secured Hedge Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such Person shall continue to be a Hedge Bank with respect to the applicable Secured Hedge Agreement even if it ceases to be an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender after the date on which it entered into such Secured Hedge Agreement.
“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Holdings Guaranty” means the Holdings Guaranty made by Holdings in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended, modified or supplemented thereafter (including pursuant to Amendment No. 2).
“Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRICs/SICs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) or any successor thereto, as in effect from time to time and as adopted by the European Union.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary designated as such by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in writing that meets all of the following criteria calculated on the Pro Forma Basis by reference to the most recently delivered set of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a): (a) the aggregate gross assets (excluding goodwill) of any Restricted Subsidiary designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of the date of such statements do not exceed an amount equal to 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Restricted Group as of such date; (b) the aggregate of the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (calculated on the same basis as Consolidated EBITDA) of any Restricted Subsidiary designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date do not exceed an amount equal to 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Restricted Group for such period; (c) the aggregate gross assets (excluding goodwill) of all Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Immaterial Subsidiaries and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of the date of such statements do not exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Restricted Group as of such date; and (d) the aggregate of the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (calculated on the same basis as Consolidated EBITDA) of all Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Immaterial Subsidiaries and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date do not exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Restricted Group for such period; provided that if, at any time after the delivery of such financial statements, (i) with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary at such time, the aggregate gross assets (excluding goodwill) of such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) shall exceed the threshold set forth in clause (a) or the aggregate of the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) exceed the threshold set forth in clause (b) or (ii) with respect to all Restricted Subsidiaries designated as Immaterial Subsidiaries at such time, the aggregate gross assets (excluding goodwill) of such Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) shall exceed the threshold set forth in clause (c) or the aggregate of the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of such Subsidiaries and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) exceed the threshold set forth in clause (d), then the Borrower shall, not later than thirty (30) days after the date by which financial statements for the fiscal quarter or the fiscal year, as applicable, in which such excess occurs (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), (A) notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in writing that one or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries no longer constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary and (B) comply with the provisions of Section 6.12 applicable to such Subsidiary. All Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date are set forth on Schedule III.
“Incremental Cash Management LC Obligations” means the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of obligations under Cash Management LC Agreements that are Secured Cash Management Agreements over (ii) $65,000,000.
“Incremental First Lien Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental First Lien Commitments Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(d).
“Incremental First Lien Commitments Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(e).
“Incremental First Lien Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental First Lien Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental First Lien Term Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental First Lien Term Loan Tranche” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental First Lien Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Second Lien Term Loans” has the meaning specified in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)):
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount of all Letters of Credit and other letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank Guarantees, surety bonds, performance bonds, advance payment guarantees or bonds, warranties, bid guarantees or bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (x) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, (y) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)) and (z) expenses accrued in the ordinary course of business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial
revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. For purposes of clause (e), the amount of Indebtedness of any Person that is non-recourse to such Person shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Ineligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.
“Initial Lenders” means Credit Suisse, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, RBC, UBS and GS.
“Initial Mortgaged Properties” means the properties listed on Schedule 6.14.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means, collectively, the intellectual property security agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto together with each intellectual property security agreement supplement, including any such supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit P evidencing Indebtedness owed among the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit Q, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Class of Loans under the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Class of Loans under the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent consented to by all Appropriate Lenders, twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Class of Loans under the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs debt of the type referred to in clause (h) of the definition of “Indebtedness” set forth in this Section 1.01 in respect of such Person, (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person, or (d) the Disposition of any property for less than the fair market value thereof (other than Dispositions under Sections 7.05(e), (i) and (k)). For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, less all returns representing a return of capital with respect to such Investment received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Investors” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions.”
“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer and in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Joint Venture” means (a) any Person which would constitute an “equity method investee” of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (b) any Person in whom the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Equity Interest that is not a Subsidiary.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.22.
“Judgment Currency Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 10.22.
“Junior Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14.
“Junior Financing Documentation” means the Second Lien Loan Documents and any documentation governing any other Junior Financing.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof, an amendment or other modification thereto or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).
“L/C Issuer” means the Administrative Agent, each other Initial Lender (for the avoidance of doubt, other than any Initial Lender that is an affiliate of the Administrative Agent) and each other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that agrees to issue Letters of Credit pursuant hereto, in each case in its capacity as an issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the L/C Issuer, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but (a) any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn, or (b) any drawing was made thereunder on or before the last day permitted thereunder and such drawing has not been honored or refused by the applicable L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed “outstanding” in the amount of such drawing.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity date applicable to any Class of Loans or Commitments with respect to such Class of Loans or Commitments at such time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the latest maturity date of any Class of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental First Lien Term Loans established pursuant to any Incremental First Lien Commitments Amendment, in each case as extended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including pursuant to any Permitted Amendment in accordance with Section 10.01).
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes each L/C Issuer.
“Lender Participation Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii)(C).
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means (a) any standby letter of credit or, if provided by the applicable L/C Issuer in the ordinary course of its business, commercial or documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee, guarantee, performance bond, advance payment guarantee or bond, warranty, bid guarantee or bond, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer, and (b) any other similar guarantees, indemnities or other financial accommodations requested by the Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $35,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Lien” means any mortgage, lease, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) for purposes of this Agreement and the Notes and any amendment, supplement or other modification hereof or thereof and for all other purposes other than for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee Letter, (vi) each Letter of Credit Application, (vii) any Incremental First Lien Commitments Amendment, (viii) any Loan Modification Agreement, and (ix) any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 of this Agreement and (b) for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) each Letter of Credit Application, (vi) the Fee Letter, (vii) any Incremental First Lien Commitments Amendment, (viii) any Loan Modification Agreement, (ix) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, and (x) each Secured Hedge Agreement.
“Loan Modification Accepting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(B).
“Loan Modification Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(B).
“Loan Modification Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(B).
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency market.
“London Time” means Greenwich Mean Time or British Summer Time, as applicable.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract”.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties is a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Agents or the Lenders under any Loan Document.
“Material Real Property” means any parcel of real property (other than a parcel with a fair market value of less than $2,500,000) owned in fee by the Borrower or a Guarantor.
“Maturity Date” means: (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the earlier of (i) January 15, 2019 and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the obligations to issue, amend or extend Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.06(a) or 8.02 and (b) with respect to the Term Facility, the earliest of (i) January 15, 2021, (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Term Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(a) prior to any Term Borrowing and (iii) the date that the Term Loans are declared due and payable pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.
“Memcor Business” means the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the field of manufacturing and supplying low pressure membrane modules and components, which business is carried out (as of the Closing Date) in Australia.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. acting through such of its affiliates or branches as it deems appropriate, and its successors.
“Mortgage” means, collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(ii).
“Mortgaged Properties” means (i) the Initial Mortgaged Properties listed on Schedule 6.14 and (ii) each other parcel of Material Real Property and improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 6.12(b)(iii).
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Municipal Business” means the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing products, equipment, solutions and services related to water and waste water treatment markets to, or for the benefit of, municipalities.
“Nalco JV” means Treated Water Outsourcing, a Nalco/U.S. Filter Joint Venture, a Delaware general partnership.
“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a narrative report describing the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management of the Borrower for the fiscal quarter or fiscal year and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event received by or paid to or for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is repaid in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith), (C) income taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith, and (D) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP (subject to Section 1.03(c)) and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or
against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction. It being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents (i) received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Disposition and (ii) upon the reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in clause (D) of the preceding sentence or, if such liabilities have not been satisfied in cash and such reserve not reversed within three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after such Disposition or Casualty Event, the amount of such reserve;
(b) with respect to the issuance of any Equity Interest by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such issuance over (ii) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts and commissions, and other out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such issuance; and
(c) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance over (ii) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts and commissions, taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable and other out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance.
“Net Working Capital” means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Current Assets minus Consolidated Current Liabilities.
“New York Time” means Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time, as applicable.
“No Undisclosed Information Representation” by a Person means a representation that such Person is not in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective securities.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Sponsor other than (i) Holdings, (ii) any Subsidiary of Holdings, (iii) any Debt Fund Affiliate and (iv) any natural person.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Note” means a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Offered Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii).
“OID” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
“Organization Documents” means: (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall apply); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Designation” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”
“Original Investment” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”
“Other Equity” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions.”
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording or filing Taxes or any other 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.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing), as the case may be, occurring prior to such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(l).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Protection Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Protection Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA.
“Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(i).
“Permitted Amendments” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(B).
“Permitted Encumbrances” means any Liens or other encumbrances on any Mortgaged Property permitted under the applicable Mortgage Policy.
“Permitted Equity” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions.”
“Permitted Equity Issuance” means (a) any sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings the proceeds of which are contributed to the common equity of the Borrower, (b) any sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (excluding Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower to Holdings or (c) any capital contribution to the Borrower.
“Permitted Holders” means the Sponsor and the members of the management of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (the “Management Shareholders”); provided that in no event shall the Management Shareholders be treated as Permitted Holders with respect to more than 10% of the Voting Stock of Holdings.
“Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness” means Indebtedness, that is either unsecured or secured by Permitted Other Indebtedness Liens, and the aggregate principal amount of which, together with the aggregate principal amount of (i) all increases in the Revolving Credit Facility (assuming the full funding thereof) and the Term Facility incurred and outstanding in reliance on Section 2.14(a)(x), (ii) all Incremental Cash Management LC Obligations and (iii) all Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (x) of the definition thereof, in each case following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of (x) $100,000,000 (excluding for purposes of the foregoing, one or more
Revolving Credit Commitment Increases established pursuant to Section 2.14 on or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000) plus (y) such additional amount that would not, after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the incurrence thereof (assuming for such purposes that the entire amount of all such increases in the Revolving Credit Facility is fully funded) cause the First Lien Leverage Ratio (without netting the cash and Cash Equivalent constituting proceeds of the applicable Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness) as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent to exceed 3.84.50:1.00 (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may incur such Indebtedness under either clause (x) or (y) of this definition in such order as it may elect in its sole discretion at the time of such incurrence, without giving Pro Forma Effect to any Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) permitted to be incurred under clause (x) of this definition that is being incurred as part of the same transaction or series of related transactions when calculating the amount of Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) that may be incurred pursuant to clause (y) of this definition); provided that: (A) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Latest Maturity Date of all Classes of Commitments and Loans then in effect (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayments upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss, customary acceleration rights after an event of default and, with respect to such Indebtedness incurred in the form of loans, customary amortization payments, subject to clause (B) below); (B) the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the Latest Maturity Date of all Classes of Commitments and Loans then in effect and, with respect to such Indebtedness incurred in the form of loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then outstanding Term Loans; (C) the covenants, events of default, Guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Indebtedness, when taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (C), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); (D) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (E) the agent, trustee or other representative of the holders of such Indebtedness, acting on behalf of such holders, shall be party to the Intercreditor Agreement or another customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Other Indebtedness” means Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness and Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness.
“Permitted Other Indebtedness Liens” means Liens on the Collateral securing Permitted Other Indebtedness on a junior basis to, or, except in the case of Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness, a pari passu basis with, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, provided that (x) all such Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations
will be pari passu with, or junior to, the Second Lien Obligations and (y) such Liens are granted under security documents to a collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the Permitted Other Indebtedness and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or other customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, and that is entered into among the Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, such other collateral agent and the Loan Parties and which provides for lien sharing and for the senior, junior or pari passu treatment of such Liens with the Liens securing, as applicable, the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations; and, provided, further, that if such Permitted Other Indebtedness is incurred in the form of term loans, Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be junior to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor arrangements customary for junior lien syndicated term loans and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.
“Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness” means Indebtedness, that is either unsecured or secured by Permitted Other Indebtedness Liens, and the aggregate principal amount of which, together with the aggregate principal amount of (i) all increases in the Second Lien Loans incurred and outstanding in reliance on Section 2.14(a)(x) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) all Incremental Cash Management LC Obligations, (iii) all Incremental First Lien Commitments incurred and outstanding in reliance on Section 2.14(a)(x) of this Agreement (assuming the full funding thereof) and (iv) all Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (assuming the full funding thereof) incurred in reliance on clause (x) of the definition thereof, in each case following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of (x) $100,000,000 (excluding for purposes of the foregoing, one or more Revolving Credit Commitment Increases established pursuant to Section 2.14 on or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000) plus (y) such additional amount that would not, after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the incurrence thereof cause the Secured Leverage Ratio (without netting the cash and Cash Equivalents constituting proceeds of the applicable Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness) as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered to the Second Lien Administrative Agent to exceed 4.45.00:1.00 (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower may incur such Indebtedness under either clause (x) or (y) of this definition in such order as it may elect in its sole discretion at the time of such incurrence, without giving Pro Forma Effect to any Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) permitted to be incurred under clauses (x) of this definition that is being incurred as part of the same transaction or series of related transactions when calculating the amount of Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) that may be incurred pursuant to clause (y) of this definition); provided that: (A) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Latest Maturity Date (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) of all Second Lien Loans then in effect (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayments upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (B) the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the Latest Maturity Date of all Second Lien Loans then in effect (and, if for any reason there are no Second Lien Loans outstanding, not shorter than the Latest Maturity Date of all First Lien Loans) and, with respect to such Indebtedness incurred in the form of loans, the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then outstanding Second Lien Loans; (C) the covenants, events of default, Guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Indebtedness, when taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (C), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); (D) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (E) the agent, trustee or other representative of the holders of such Indebtedness, acting on behalf of such holders, shall be party to the Intercreditor Agreement or another customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Ratio Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness in the form of notes or loans under credit agreements, indentures or other similar agreements or instruments; provided that: (A) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date of all Classes of Commitments and Loans then in effect (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (B) the covenants, events of default, Guarantees and other terms of such Indebtedness are customary for similar Indebtedness in light of then-prevailing market conditions (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants that are more restrictive than the provisions of Section 7.11) and in any event, when taken as a whole (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (B), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); (C) if such Indebtedness is subordinated, the Facilities have been designated as “Designated Senior Debt” or its equivalent in respect of such Indebtedness; (D) in the case of any such Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owed to the seller of any property acquired in a Permitted Acquisition, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the First Lien Obligations on terms and conditions that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (E) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (F) immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with a maximum Total Leverage
Ratio of 5.405.75:1.00, such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) as though such Indebtedness had been incurred as of the first day of the fiscal period covered thereby and evidenced by a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower demonstrating such compliance calculation in reasonable detail.
“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of such Indebtedness; provided that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest, unpaid reasonable premium thereon and reasonable fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (ii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the First Lien Obligations on terms as favorable in all material respects to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; (iv) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness are, (A) either (x) customary for similar debt securities in light of then-prevailing market conditions (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants and that any negative covenants shall be incurrence-based) or (y) not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, and (B) when taken as a whole (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in the foregoing clause (c), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); (v) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; and (vi) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
“Permitted Surviving Debt” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions.”
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Pledged Interests” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Pre-Expansion European Union” means the European Union as of January 1, 2004, including the countries of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom, but excluding (a) Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain and (b) any country which became or becomes a member of the European Union after January 1, 2004.
“Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Prepayment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time by Credit Suisse (or any successor to Credit Suisse in its capacity as Administrative Agent) as its prime commercial lending rate in effect at its principal office in New York City and notified to the Borrower. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the date such change is announced as being effective. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually available.
“Private Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, in respect of a Specified Transaction, that such Specified Transaction and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person, if any, subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of any Person, or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests in a Person, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the
applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided, that if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Productive Asset” means any real estate, building and equipment that is to be used by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with providing services to a third party pursuant to a written contract, the benefits of which the Borrower believes in good faith warrant the incurrence of the Attributable Indebtedness described in Section 7.03(e)(ii) incurred to finance all or any part of such Productive Asset.
“Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii).
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Holdings of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
“Qualifying Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii).
“Qualifying Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii).
“RBC” means Royal Bank of Canada acting through such of its affiliates or branches as it deems appropriate, and its successors.
“Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”
“Refinancing” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions.”
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Interbank Market” means, in relation to Euros, the European interbank market, and, in relation to any other currency, the London interbank market.
“Relevant CONSOL File Information” means the information in the CONSOL file provided in the Data Room (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) (reference 4.3.1.2.12) included in the column “WT Deal” and therein only the sections “profit and loss”, “net capital employed” and “net cash flows”; for the avoidance of doubt, any other information in the CONSOL file shall not be Relevant CONSOL File Information.
“Relevant Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii).
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Repricing Transaction” means any refinancing, replacement or repricing, in whole or in part, of any of the Term Loans under this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (x) from, or in anticipation of, the receipt of proceeds of any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Incremental First Lien Term Loans or any new or additional loans under this Agreement), or (y) pursuant to any amendment to this Agreement, in any case, having or resulting in a weighted average yield (to be determined by the Administrative Agent, after giving effect to margins, interest rate floors, upfront or similar fees or original issue discount shared with all lenders or holders thereof, but excluding the effect of any arrangement, structuring, syndication or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not shared with all lenders or holders thereof generally and in their capacity as lenders or holders) as of the date of such refinancing that is, or could be by the express terms of such Indebtedness (and not by virtue of any fluctuation in the Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate), less than the weighted average yield of (to be determined by the Administrative Agent, on the same basis as above) such Term Loans immediately prior to such refinancing, replacement or repricing, excluding in each case any refinancing, replacement or repricing of Term Loans in connection with a Change of Control transaction or any Permitted Acquisition for an aggregate consideration in excess of $300,000,000.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations, as applicable, being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitments of, unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations, as applicable, being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.
“Required Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Term Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Term Loans, and (b) the aggregate unused Term Commitments; provided, that the unused Term Commitments of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Term Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any vice president, secretary or assistant secretary. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted” means, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, that such cash or Cash Equivalents (a) appear (or would be required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (unless such appearance is related to the Collateral Documents (or the Liens created thereunder)) or (b) are subject to any Lien (other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and Liens permitted by Sections 7.01(b), 7.01(i), 7.01(p), 7.01(q), 7.01(x) (but only to the extent the First Lien Obligations are secured by such cash and Cash Equivalents), 7.01(y) (but only to the extent the First Lien Obligations are secured by such cash and Cash Equivalents) and 7.01(gg) (but only to the extent the First Lien Obligations are secured by such cash and Cash Equivalents)) in favor of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, any Lender, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Lender; provided that, in any event, cash and Cash Equivalents that are subject solely to Liens under Section 7.01(f) or (j) (in an aggregate amount of up to $65,000,000 (less the amount of mandatory prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv) at or prior to such time)) shall be deemed not Restricted for all purposes hereunder.
“Restricted Group” means the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of any 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, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(viii).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date” means (i) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (A) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, (B) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02 and (C) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders shall require; and (ii) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (A) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, (B) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (C) each date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative Currency and (D) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Revolving Lenders shall require.
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Class and Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period and denominated in the same currency made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on (i) at any time prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” xxxxx (ii) at any time on or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, Schedule III of Amendment No. 2 or, in each case, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate CommitmentRevolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be (x) $75,000,000 on the Closing Date, and (y) $95,000,000 on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, in each case as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(h).
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
“Ringfenced Cash” means cash in the amount of €60,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) held by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, as such cash may be reduced from time to time by expenditures thereof.
“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a country, or (d) a Person resident in, or determined to be resident in, a country with which dealings by U.S. Persons are prohibited pursuant to a country sanctions program identified on the list maintained and published by OFAC and available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx, or as otherwise published from time to time.
“Sanctioned Person” means (a) a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxx/xxxxx.xxxx, or as otherwise published from time to time, or (b) a Person owned or controlled by a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a part of XxXxxx-Xxxx Financial, and any successor thereto.
“Screen Rate” means, in relation to a Loan denominated in (a) Dollars, Euros or Sterling, the British Bankers’ Association (or (x) any successor service or entity that has been authorized by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority to administer the London Interbank Offered Rate or (y) any service selected by such Administrative Agent that has been nominated by such an entity as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) Interest Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and Interest Period, (b) Canadian Dollars, the CDOR for the relevant Interest Period, (c) Australian Dollars, the AUD Rate for the relevant Interest Period and (d) Singapore Dollars, the SGD Rate for the relevant Interest Period. If the British Bankers’ Association (or any successor thereto) ceases to establish such rate, the agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Lien Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Cap” means (a) the sum of (x) $175,000,000 plus (y) such additional amount that would not, after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the incurrence thereof cause the Secured Leverage Ratio (without netting the cash and Cash Equivalents constituting proceeds of the applicable Second Lien Obligations) as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered to the Second Lien Administrative Agent to exceed 4.45.00:1.00, minus (b) the sum of (i) all Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (x) of the definition thereof, (ii) all Incremental Cash Management LC Obligations, (iii) all Incremental First Lien Commitments incurred and outstanding in reliance on Section 2.14(a)(x) of this Agreement (assuming the full funding thereof) and (iv) all Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (assuming the full funding thereof) incurred in reliance on clause (x) of the definition thereof.
“Second Lien Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and with the Intercreditor Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Second Lien Lenders, the Second Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, including any replacement thereof entered into in connection with one or more refinancings thereof permitted hereunder.
“Second Lien Lender” means any “Lender” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Loan Documents” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Loans” means the “Loans” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include Incremental Second Lien Loans.
“Second Lien Obligations” means the “Second Lien Obligations” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Loan PartyRestricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank and for which (a) written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit O has been delivered by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent, which (i) specifies that such agreement is a Secured Cash Management Agreement, and (ii) acknowledges and accepts Cash Management Bank’s appointment of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto, and (b) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and/or Cash Management Bank provides to the Administrative Agent such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (including, in the case of a Cash Management LC Agreement intended to constitute a Secured Cash Management Agreement, the maximum amount of obligations permitted thereunder); provided that Cash Management LC Agreements shall constitute Secured Cash Management Agreements
only to the extent the aggregate amount of obligations thereunder does not at any time exceed $90,000,000 less the then outstanding External Trade L/C Amount.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Article VII that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Loan PartyRestricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank and for which (a) written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit O has been delivered by the Loan PartyBorrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, which (i) specifies that such Swap Contract is a Secured Hedge Agreement, and (ii) acknowledges and accepts Hedge Bank’s appointment of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto, and (b) the Loan PartyBorrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and/or Hedge Bank provides to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as of any date, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Funded Secured Indebtedness (net of (i) cash (other than, on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Ringfenced Cash) and Cash Equivalents on hand that are not Restricted and (ii) cash (other than, on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Ringfenced Cash) and Cash Equivalents restricted in favor of, without duplication, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Second Lien Lender) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) to (y) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.
“Secured Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, any Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(c).
“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended, modified or supplemented thereafter (including pursuant to Amendment No. 2), together with each other security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Seller” has the meaning specified in the “Preliminary Statements.”
“Singapore Dollar” and “SGD” means the lawful currency of the Republic of Singapore.
“SGD Rate” means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum for the relevant period displayed on the page “ABSIRFIX01” of the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service Screen under the caption “ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN SINGAPORE SIBOR AND SWAP OFFER RATE FIXING AT 11 A.M. SINGAPORE TIME” or a comparable or successor rate, published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of debts and liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, subordinated or otherwise, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as they become absolute and mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(g).
“Specified Affiliate Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(r).
“Specified Junior Debt Repayment” has the meaning specified in the recitals.
“Specified Non Loan Party Hedge Obligations” means obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties under Secured Hedge Agreements in an aggregate amount not to exceed $35,000,000.
“Specified Refinancing Debt” means Indebtedness (or unfunded commitments in respect thereof) that is either unsecured or secured by Specified Refinancing Liens, provided that: (A) an amount equal to the principal amount of such Indebtedness (or unfunded commitments in respect thereof) is applied concurrently with the incurrence thereof to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) or any previously incurred Specified Refinancing Debt (or, in the case of unfunded commitments, to permanently reduce the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility); (B) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Latest Maturity Date of all Classes of Commitments and Loans then in effect (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayments upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss, customary acceleration rights after an event of default and, with respect to such Indebtedness incurred in the form of loans, customary amortization payments, subject to clause (C) below); (C) the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the Latest Maturity Date of
all Classes of Commitments and Loans then in effect and, with respect to such Indebtedness incurred in the form of loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then outstanding Term Loans; (D) the covenants, events of default, Guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Indebtedness, when taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (D), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); (E) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (F) there shall be no borrowers or guarantors in respect of such Indebtedness that are not the Borrower or a Guarantor, and the borrower with respect to such Indebtedness shall be the borrower of the Indebtedness being refinanced; (G) if secured, such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any assets that do not constitute Collateral; and (H) the terms relating to the holding of loans under such Indebtedness by an Affiliated Lender shall be no less restrictive to such Affiliated Lender than those in Sections 10.01 and 10.07.
“Specified Refinancing Liens” means Liens on the Collateral securing Specified Refinancing Debt on a junior basis to, or a pari passu basis with, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, provided that such Liens are granted under security documents to a collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of such Specified Refinancing Debt that are not more restrictive to Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the Collateral Documents (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Specified Refinancing Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the security documents with respect to such Specified Refinancing Debt or drafts of such security documents, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such security documents satisfy the requirement set forth in the first proviso above, shall be conclusive evidence that such security documents satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period) and are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or an intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and that is entered into among the Collateral Agent, such other collateral agent and the Loan Parties and which provides for lien sharing and for the junior or pari passu treatment, as the case may be, of such Liens with and relative to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations; and, provided, further, that if such Specified Refinancing Debt is incurred in the form of loans, (x) such Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to the Loan Documents in accordance with clause (v) or (vi) of the proviso following paragraph (g) of Section 10.01 or (y) the Specified Refinancing Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be junior to the Liens securing First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or intercreditor arrangements customary for junior lien syndicated term loans and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Specified Representations” means those representations made in Sections 5.01(a) and (b)(ii), 5.02(a), 5.04, 5.13, 5.17 (as evidenced by the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(xii)), 5.19 (subject to the last paragraph of Section 4.01), 5.20, 5.21, and 5.22.
“Specified Second Lien Refinancing Debt” means, “Specified Refinancing Debt” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).
“Specified Second Lien Refinancing Liens” means, to the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, “Specified Refinancing Liens” (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).
“Specified Transaction” means any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than for working capital purposes) or Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, any Permitted Acquisition or any Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Investment constituting an acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of another Person or any Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise or any material restructuring of the Borrower or implementation of initiative not in the ordinary course of business and described in reasonable detail in the officer’s certificate of the Borrower.
“Sponsor” means AEA.
“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the Management Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among WTG Holdings I Corp., a Delaware corporation, the Borrower and AEA Investors LP.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with Dollars through its principal foreign exchange trading office; provided that the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided, further that the applicable L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency.
“Sterling” and “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subject Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(f).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, collectively, the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors.
“Subsidiary Guaranty” means, collectively, the Subsidiary Guaranty made by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2, as amended, modified or supplemented thereafter (including pursuant to Amendment No. 2), together with each other Guaranty and Guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.
“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14(a) and “Supplemental Administrative Agents” shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, 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.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or any Affiliate of an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender).
“Syndication Agent” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx as Syndication Agent under the Loan Documents.
“Target” means, collectively, (i) Siemens Water Technologies Pty Ltd (ACN 165 060 168), incorporated in Victoria, Australia with its registered office at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx, (ii) Siemens Water Technologies Ltd., a corporation organized under the federal laws of Canada, with its registered office at Oakville, Ontario, Canada, (iii) Siemens Water Technologies GmbH, Xxx xxx Xxxxx 00, 00000 Xxxxxxxx, a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) registered with the commercial register of the lower court (Amtsgericht) of Memmingen under HRB 00000, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx of Germany, (iv) Siemens Water Technologies S.r.l. with its registered seat in Casteggio (PV), Italy and its business address at Via Torino no. 114, registered with the commercial register of Pavia under no. 02515520183, (v) WT Membrane Systems Pty Ltd (ACN 166 784 694), incorporated in Victoria, Australia with its registered office at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx, (vi) Siemens Treated Water Outsourcing Corp., a Delaware corporation, (vii) Siemens Water Technologies Pte Ltd (Co. Reg. No. 201323301N), a private limited company organized under the laws of Singapore with its registered office in 00 XxxXxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx 000000, (viii) Siemens Water Technologies Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with registered number 8608208 with its registered office at Faraday House, Xxx Xxxxxxx Siemens Square, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8QD, England and (ix) Siemens Water Technologies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Class and Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Commitment of all Term Lenders shall be $505,000,000 on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Term Facility” means, at any time, (a) prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate Term Commitments of all Term Lenders at such time, and (b) thereafter, the aggregate Term Loans of all Term Lenders at such time.
“Term Lender” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that has a Term Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that holds Term Loans at such time.
“Term Loan” means an advance made by any Term Lender under the Term Facility and shall include for the avoidance of doubt, Term Loans made on the Closing Date, the Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans and the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loans.
“Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans made or held by such Term Lender.
“Threshold Amount” means $20,000,000.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as of any date, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (net of (i) cash (other than, on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Ringfenced Cash) and Cash Equivalents on hand that are not Restricted and (ii) cash (other than, on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, Ringfenced Cash) and Cash Equivalents restricted in favor of, without duplication, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Second Lien Lender) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) to (y) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b).
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the sum of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.
“Trade Facility Collateral Term Loan Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(a).
“Trade L/C” means (i) any letter of credit, financial guaranty and similar instrument or financial accommodation issued by the Target and/or its Subsidiaries and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule II and (ii) any letters of credit, financial guaranties and similar instruments or financial accommodations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Letters of Credit) cash collateralized with the Trade Facility Collateral Term Loan Amount.
“Trade L/C Collateralization” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(a).
“Transaction Costs” has the meaning specified in the definition of the “Transactions”.
“Transactions” means the acquisition of the Target by Holdings and associated funds and certain other investors (collectively, the “Investors”), together with each of the following transactions consummated or to be consummated in connection therewith:
(a) The Acquisition.
(b) Equity contributions in the form of common equity (“Permitted Equity”) being made in cash directly or indirectly to Holdings (which shall be contributed in cash by Holdings to the Borrower in the form of common equity) by the Investors (the “Equity Contribution”), in an aggregate amount that, when taken together with all Permitted Equity rolled over or directly or indirectly invested in Permitted Equity of Holdings and all Permitted Equity of Holdings issued to, or otherwise directly or indirectly acquired by, any existing shareholders and management of the Target (the “Other Equity”) will be not less than 30% of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Facilities made available on the Closing Date, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Loans borrowed on the Closing Date, (iii) the aggregate amount of existing Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries not subject to the Refinancing (as defined below), (iv) the Equity Contribution and (v) the Other Equity. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Trade Facility Collateral Term Loan Amount shall be included for purposes of such calculation.
(c) Substantially all existing Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Target and its subsidiaries, other than intercompany indebtedness and existing capital leases, other Indebtedness permitted to exist beyond the Closing Date under the Acquisition Agreement and certain limited indebtedness that the Arrangers and Holdings reasonably agree may remain outstanding after the Closing Date (collectively, the “Permitted Surviving Debt”), will be refinanced, terminated or discharged and satisfied and all liens securing any such indebtedness will be released (the “Refinancing”) at the closing of the Acquisition. For the avoidance of doubt, letters of credit outstanding on the Closing Date no longer available to the Target may be backstopped or replaced by Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility on the Closing Date.
(d) The Borrower obtaining the Facilities.
(e) The Borrower obtaining the Second Lien Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000.
(f) All fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions (the “Transaction Costs”) being paid.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“UBS” means UBS AG, Stamford Branch acting through such of its affiliates or branches as it deems appropriate, and its successors.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the ‘Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits’, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce in its Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer and in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).
“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; provided that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 7.02 and the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value as determined by the Borrower in good faith of the Borrower’s (as applicable) Investment therein, (c) without duplication of clause (b), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 7.02, (d) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any then outstanding Specified Second Lien Refinancing Debt, (e) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated and (f) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (a) through (e), and (2) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) any Indebtedness owed by such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to be incurred under Section 7.03 on the date of such Subsidiary Redesignation, (iii) any Liens on the property or assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01 on the date of such Subsidiary Redesignation and (iv) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (iii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated a Restricted Subsidiary may not be subsequently
redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. As of the Closing Date, all Subsidiaries of the Borrower are Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Equity Interests of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Windsor Property” means any parcel of real property owned in fee by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date in Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx and any parcel of real property acquired in exchange therefor.
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower, any Loan Party, or the Administrative Agent, as applicable.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Yield Differential” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(iii).
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”.
(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) If at any time any change in GAAP or the application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP or the application thereof prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP or the application thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.03, (i) with respect to any time period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the Business Day that immediately follows the date on which a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) in respect of the first fiscal year of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date, references to “GAAP” in this Agreement shall be deemed to mean “IFRS” (unless the Borrower elects that such references to “GAAP” shall be deemed to mean “GAAP”) and (ii) any obligation of a Person under a lease that is not (or would not be) required to be classified and accounted for as a Capitalized Lease or Attributable Indebtedness on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date shall not be treated as a Capitalized Lease or Attributable Indebtedness as a result of the adoption of changes in GAAP or changes in the application of GAAP.
1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such
ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05 References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York Time.
1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as specifically provided in Section 2.12 or as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
1.08 Currency Equivalents Generally; Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a) Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II, IX and X) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined at the rate of exchange quoted by Credit Suisse at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding any date of determination thereof, to prime banks in New York, New York for the spot purchase in the New York foreign exchange market of such amount in Dollars with such other currency.
(b) The Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial ratios hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable (on the basis of the Spot Rate as of the applicable Revaluation Date). Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or payment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount
(rounded to the nearest unit of Euros, Sterling or such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be.
(c) The Borrower may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loans be made and Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than Dollars, Euros, Sterling and those currencies specifically listed in clause (a) of the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. Each such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Credit Lenders and the applicable L/C Issuer.
(d) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent and, with respect to Letters of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) twelve (12) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of such request. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) seven (7) Business Days after receipt of such request (or such other date and time as the Administrative Agent may determine in a particular instance in its sole discretion) whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(e) Any failure by a Revolving Credit Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Credit Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Credit Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.08, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower. Any specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither Dollars nor one of the Alternative Currencies shall be deemed an Alternative Currency with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit only.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan denominated in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, except as expressly provided herein, (i) all interest and fees shall accrue and be payable thereon based on the actual amount outstanding in Euro, Sterling or such Alternative Currency (without any translation into the
Dollar Equivalent thereof), (ii) all interest shall be payable in Euro, Sterling or such Alternative Currency, as applicable and (iii) all fees shall be payable in Dollars.
1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.10 Pro Forma Calculations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Leverage Ratio shall be calculated (including, but not limited to, for purposes of Section 2.14) on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to each Specified Transaction occurring during the applicable four quarter period to which such calculation relates, or subsequent to the end of such four-quarter period but not later than the date of such calculation; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, when calculating the Total Leverage Ratio and the First Lien Leverage Ratio, as applicable, for purposes of (a) determining the applicable percentage of Excess Cash Flow set forth in Section 2.05, (b) determining actual compliance (and not Pro Forma Compliance or compliance on a Pro Forma Basis) with the maximum First Lien Leverage Ratio pursuant to Section 7.11 and (c) determining the “Applicable Rate”, the events described in the definition of Pro Forma Basis (and corresponding provisions of the definition of Consolidated EBITDA) that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable four quarter period shall not be given Pro Forma Effect.
1.11 Basket Calculations. If any of the baskets set forth in Article VII of this Agreement are exceeded solely as a result of either (x) fluctuations to Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently completed fiscal quarter after the last time such baskets were calculated for any purpose under Article VII or (y) fluctuations in applicable currency exchange rates after the last time such baskets were calculated for any purpose under Article VII, such baskets will not be deemed to have been exceeded solely as a result of such fluctuations; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such baskets, including with respect to determining whether any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, Disposition, Restricted Payment or prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction pursuant to Section 7.14 may be incurred or made at any time under Article VII; provided, further, that, once incurred or made, the amount of such Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, Disposition, Restricted Payment or prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction pursuant to Section 7.14 shall be always deemed to be at the Dollar amount on such date, regardless of later changes in currency exchange rates.
1.12 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Credit Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Credit Borrowing”).
1.13 Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions governing the Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans are set forth in Amendment No. 1 and in the event of any conflict between the terms of Amendment No. 1 and the terms of this Agreement with respect to the Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans, the terms of Amendment No. 1 shall govern with respect to the Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 The Loans.
(a) The Term Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a single term loan denominated in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Commitment. The Term Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Term Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency from time to time, on any Business Day until the Maturity Date of the Class of Revolving Credit Loans held by such Revolving Credit Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (a) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (b) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings denominated in any Alternative Currency shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit with respect to such Alternative Currency and (c) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, as further provided herein.
(c) Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans. On the Incremental First Lien Commitments Effective Date (as defined in Amendment No. 1), the Borrower obtained Incremental 2016 First Lien Term Loans (as defined in Amendment No. 1) pursuant to Amendment No. 1 on the terms and conditions set forth in Amendment No. 1.
(d) Amendment No. 2 Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Amendment No. 2, each Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Lender severally agrees to make a single term loan denominated in Dollars to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(d) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Immediately upon the funding of the Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loans and without further action from any Person, (i) such Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Loans shall automatically constitute additional Term Loans and (ii) such Amendment No. 2 Incremental Term Lender shall automatically constitue a Term Lender, in each case, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) (i) Term Loans and Incremental First Lien Term Loans. Each Borrowing of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans, each conversion of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans from a Base Rate Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or vice versa) and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Term Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Incremental First Lien Term Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may initially be given by telephone and promptly confirmed in writing by delivering to the Administrative Agent a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, prior to the applicable time specified in the immediately succeeding sentence. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (A) with respect to Borrowings of Term Loans on the Closing Date, 10:00 a.m. (New York time) one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, (B) with respect to Borrowings of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, conversions of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans from one Type to the other and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation or (C) with respect to Borrowings of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans, 10:00 a.m. (New York Time) on the requested date of such Borrowing; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York Time) four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York Time) three (3) Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Appropriate Lenders. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing of, or conversion to, Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (1) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing of Term Loans or Incremental First
Lien Term Loans, a conversion of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (2) the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (3) the principal amount of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (4) the Type of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans are to be converted and (5) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Term Loan or Incremental First Lien Term Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.
(ii) Revolving Credit Loans. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency, each conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may initially be given by telephone and promptly confirmed in writing by delivering to the Administrative Agent a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, prior to the applicable time specified in the immediately succeeding sentence. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (A) (1) with respect to Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars, conversions of Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars from one Type to the other and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars, 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) three (3) Business Days and (2) with respect to Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars) and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars), 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) five (5) Business Days, in each case prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of, (B) with respect to Borrowings of Base Rate Loans in Dollars, 12:00 noon (New York Time) on the date of the proposed Borrowing, or (C) with respect to conversions of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of such conversion; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York Time) (1) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars, four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation or (2) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars), six (6) Business Days prior to the
requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 12:00 noon (New York Time) (x) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars, three (3) Business Days or (y) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars), four (4) Business Days, in each case, prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Appropriate Lenders. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars upon less than three Business Days’ notice pursuant to this clause (ii)(B) shall be made as Base Rate Loans only. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c), each Borrowing of, or conversion to, Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (I) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, a conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (II) the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (III) the principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (IV) the Type of Revolving Credit Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, (V) the currency of the Revolving Credit Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted and (VI) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a currency or Type of Revolving Credit Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Loans denominated in Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Euros, Sterling or such Alternative Currency with an Interest Period of one month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a).
(i) In the case of a Borrowing of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Term Loan or Incremental First Lien Term Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 noon (New York Time) on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(ii) In the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than the earlier of (A) 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) and (B) the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of this clause (B), no case later than 9:00 a.m. (New York Time)) in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Credit Loan, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowing and second, to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, Euros or Sterling and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Loans be prepaid and/or any or all of the then outstanding (x) Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars be converted into Base Rate Loans or (y) Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency be converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans having an Interest Period of one (1) month, in each case on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto or on such other day as the Required Lenders may demand.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the applicable Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate, the Screen Rate and the Spot Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Prime Rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans, or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower set forth in this Section 2.03 and elsewhere in the Loan Documents and subject to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars, Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency (including, with respect to any Alternative Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) at the request of and for the account of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (w) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders, (x) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations would exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment (after giving effect to the addition of any Additional Arrangers), (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (z) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 are not satisfied with respect to such L/C Credit Extension as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension; provided, further, that (A) the aggregate face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit issued by CS, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, RBC, UBS and GS, as applicable, in its capacity as an L/C Issuer, at no time shall exceed (I) with respect to CS, $10,500,000 (or such other amount as separately agreed upon between CS and the Borrower), (II) with respect to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and its Affiliates, $10,500,000 (or such other amount as separately agreed upon between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and the Borrower), (III) with respect to RBC, $7,000,000 (or such other amount as separately agreed upon between RBC and the Borrower), (IV) with respect to UBS, $3,500,000 (or
such other amount as separately agreed upon between UBS and the Borrower) and (V) with respect to GS, $3,500,000 (or such other amount as separately agreed upon between GS and the Borrower), in each case, without the prior written consent of the Borrower and CS, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, RBC, UBS or GS, as applicable; it being acknowledged and agreed that no other consent (including pursuant to Section 10.01) will be required to increase or decrease such maximum aggregate face amount and only the consent of the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer will be required to establish, increase or decrease the maximum aggregate face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit issued by any L/C Issuer with respect to such L/C Issuer, and none of CS, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx RBC, UBS or GS or, to the extent the Borrower and such L/C Issuer have agreed upon a maximum aggregate face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit with respect to such L/C Issuer, any other L/C Issuer shall have any obligation to issue, amend, increase or extend any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it if such issuance, amendment, increase or extension shall (after giving effect thereto) cause the maximum aggregate face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by it to exceed the applicable foregoing maximum aggregate face amount with respect to such L/C Issuer, (B) the maximum aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit so established, increased or decreased as provided in the foregoing clause (A) shall not in any event exceed the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, (C) no such establishment, increase or decrease of such maximum aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit shall increase such L/C Issuer’s Revolving Credit Commitment in its capacity as a Revolving Credit Lender without its consent pursuant to Section 10.01 and (D) CS, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, RBC, GS, UBS and their respective Affiliates shall not be obligated to issue any commercial or documentary Letters of Credit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to make any L/C Credit Extension if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from making such L/C Credit Extension, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit or financial accommodations generally or such L/C Credit Extension in particular (it being acknowledged and agreed that an L/C Issuer shall be entitled to cancel any outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer if any such order, judgment or decree or any such Law, request or directive shall apply to such Letter of Credit) or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to letters of credit or financial accommodations generally or such L/C Credit Extension any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date;
(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit (other than a Letter of Credit in the form of a financial accommodation, which may have a longer expiry date as agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and, if such longer expiry date is after the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Administrative Agent and the Required Revolving Lenders) would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date;
(C) the expiry date of any requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date;
(D) such L/C Credit Extension would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer now or hereafter in effect or the Borrower shall not have complied with Section 10.21(b) with respect to such L/C Credit Extension;
(E) such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $5,000, in the case of a commercial or documentary Letter of Credit or a Letter of Credit in the form of a guarantee, warranty, bond or a similar instrument, or $100,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit, or such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars, Euros, Sterling or any Alternative Currency;
(F) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 are not satisfied with respect to such L/C Credit Extension as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension; or
(G) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the applicable L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the applicable L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the applicable L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(iv) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered
by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included each L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to each L/C Issuer.
(v) It is agreed that, in the case of the issuance of any commercial or documentary Letter of Credit, such commercial or documentary Letter of Credit shall in no event provide for time drafts or bankers’ acceptances.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:30 p.m. (New York Time) at least five (5) Business Days (or such later date and time as such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the currency in which such Letter of Credit is to be denominated and (H) whether the Letter of Credit is issued for the account of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (and identifying such Restricted Subsidiary), provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and therefore jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary; and (I) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably request (including the form of the requested Letter of Credit). In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by such L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested L/C Credit Extension is permitted in accordance with the terms
hereof (including the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02), then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided, that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone (if promptly confirmed in writing) or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent or, if no Default or Event of Default is continuing, the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or such amendment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of such issuance or amendment and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share therein, and upon a specific request by any Revolving Credit Lender, furnish to such Revolving Credit Lender details of such Letter of Credit or such amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. If such L/C Issuer notifies the Borrower of such payment prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) on the date of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall
(provided that, in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, the applicable L/C Issuer has notified the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof, but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) one Business Day after such payment) reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing; provided, that if such notice is not provided to the Borrower prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) on the Honor Date, then the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing fees and interest (including interest accruing from and after the date of drawing to but excluding the date of reimbursement (if not reimbursed on the date of drawing) at the per annum rate of interest applicable to a Revolving Credit Loan that is (x) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars, a Base Rate Loan and (y) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan) in respect of any such Letter of Credit. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; provided that, in respect of any honored drawing in an amount less than $500,000, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for such amount in cash and shall not be entitled to reimburse such drawing in accordance with this and the immediately succeeding sentences of this Section 2.03(c)(i). In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or Eurocurrency Rate Loans with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, but subject to (x) the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, (y) the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments (and, with respect to such Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, the unutilized portion of the Alternative Currency Sublimit with respect to such Alternative Currency) and (z) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender (including each Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York Time) on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or Eurocurrency Rate Loan with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or Eurocurrency Rate Loans with respect to each Letter of Credit denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period
from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and a rate reasonably determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the First Lien Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such
Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other Guarantee, for all or any of the First Lien Obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit;
(vi) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of Euros, Sterling or the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against any L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the applicable L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the applicable L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as
applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit or any proceeds thereof; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the applicable L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of such L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against such L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have been caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the applicable L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Applicability of ISP98, UCP and Other Rules. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower or when it is amended with the consent of the beneficiary thereof, (i) with respect to each Letter of Credit that is a standby letter of credit, the rules of the ISP shall apply to such Letter of Credit that is a standby letter of credit and (ii) with respect to each Letter of Credit that is a commercial or documentary letter of credit, the rules of the UCP shall apply to such Letter of Credit that is a commercial or documentary letter of credit. Such rules as determined by the L/C Issuer in consultation with the Borrower shall apply to each Letter of Credit that is a bank guarantee, guarantee, performance bond, advance payment guarantee or bond, warranty, bid guarantee or bond or any other similar guarantee, indemnity or other financial accommodation requested by the Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a Letter of Credit fee (the “L/C Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate then in effect for Eurocurrency Rate Loans with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, that (i) any L/C Fee otherwise payable for the account of a
Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 and as to which the Fronting Exposure of such Defaulting Lender has been reallocated to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv) shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv), with the balance of such L/C Fee, if any, payable to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, the L/C Fee shall be due and payable in full regardless of whether all or a portion of the Letters of Credit outstanding have been Cash Collateralized. Such L/C Fee shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such L/C Fee shall be due and payable in Dollars on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to an L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee in Dollars (i) with respect to each commercial or documentary Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, at a rate to be separately agreed between the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (but in any event not to exceed the greater of (A) 0.125% per annum and (B) $500 with respect to any Letter of Credit), computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a commercial or documentary Letter of Credit increasing the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer (but in any event not to exceed the greater of (A) 0.125% per annum and (B) $500 with respect to any Letter of Credit), computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, (iii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, at a rate equal to the greater of (A) 0.125% per annum and (B) $500 with respect to any Letter of Credit, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, (iv) with respect to any amendment of a standby Letter of Credit increasing the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate equal to the greater of (A) 0.125% per annum and (B) $500 with respect to any Letter of Credit, computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, (v) with respect to each Letter of Credit pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof other than commercial, documentary and standby Letters of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (but in any event not to exceed the greater of (A) 0.125% per annum and (B) $500 with respect to any Letter of Credit), computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, (vi) with respect to any amendment of any Letter of Credit pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof other than commercial, documentary and standby Letters of Credit increasing the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer (but in any event not to exceed the greater of (A) 0.125% per annum and (B) $500 with respect to any Letter
of Credit), computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (vii) with respect to each Letter of Credit pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof, such fees as the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower separately agree; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the fronting fee shall be due and payable in full regardless of whether all or a portion of such Letter of Credit outstanding has been Cash Collateralized. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account and to each of its correspondents in relation to any Letter of Credit or any drawing thereunder the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer or such correspondent relating to Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within five (5) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(j) Other Letters of Credit. The Borrower shall request a Letter of Credit pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof by notifying each of the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in writing not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) at least fifteen (15) Business Days (or such later date and time as such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date of such Letter of Credit of its request for such issuance and specifying in such notice (i) the proposed issuance date of such Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (ii) the proposed amount thereof; (iii) the proposed type of such Letter of Credit; (iv) the proposed expiry date thereof; (v) the proposed name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (vi) the proposed documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (vii) the proposed full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (viii) in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Euro, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, the proposed currency in which such Letter of Credit is to be denominated. Each of the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to such Letter of Credit by notifying the Borrower in writing not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date of such Letter of Credit (or such later date and time as such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion); provided that (A) the consent of each of the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer shall be required with respect to each such Letter of Credit, which consent may be withheld in the Administrative Agent’s and the applicable L/C Issuer’s discretion and (B) if the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have notified the Borrower within such time period, the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall be deemed to have declined to consent to such Letter of Credit. None of the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer shall be obligated to consent to such Letter of Credit, unless it so consents in its sole discretion.
(k) Revaluation of Letters of Credit in Euros, Sterling or Alternative Currencies. If any Letter of Credit is denominated in Euros, Sterling or an Alternative Currency, the applicable L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit shall, on each Revaluation Date and otherwise from time to time in such L/C Issuer’s discretion, recalculate the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit by notionally converting into Dollars the outstanding amount of such Letter of Credit on the basis of the Spot Rate on the date of calculation and notify the Administrative Agent of such recalculated amount. The Borrower shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent within five (5) days of its receipt of notice of any calculation pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, prepay the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(iv) to prevent the Dollar Equivalent of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceeding the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments following any adjustment to the Dollar Equivalent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
(l) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(m) Additional L/C Issuers. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such Revolving Credit Lender, designate one or more additional Revolving Credit Lenders to act as an L/C Issuer under the terms of the Agreement. Any Revolving Credit Lender designated as an L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03(m) shall be deemed to be an “L/C Issuer” (in addition to being a Revolving Credit Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Revolving Credit Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other L/C Issuers and such Revolving Credit Lender. The acceptance of any designation as an L/C Issuer hereunder by a Revolving Credit Lender shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such Revolving Credit Lender, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the interests, rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term “L/C Issuer” shall be deemed to refer to such Revolving Credit Lender in addition to any other L/C Issuers, as the context shall require. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer. At any time there is more than one L/C Issuer hereunder, the Borrower may, in its discretion, select which L/C Issuer is to issue any particular Letter of Credit.
(n) Resignation or Replacement of an L/C Issuer. Any L/C Issuer may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower. An L/C Issuer may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced L/C Issuer (provided that the replaced L/C Issuer shall not be required to execute or deliver any written agreement if the replaced L/C Issuer has no Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto outstanding) and the successor L/C Issuer. On the date of effectiveness of such resignation, the Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees to the resigning L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(i). After its resignation as an L/C Issuer hereunder, (i) the
resigning L/C Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or removal, but, after receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower of notice of resignation from an L/C Issuer, such L/C Issuer shall not be required, and shall be discharged from its obligations, to issue additional Letters of Credit or extend or increase the amount of Letters of Credit then outstanding, without affecting its rights and obligations with respect to Letters of Credit previously issued by it, and (ii) the provisions of Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an L/C Issuer under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such replacement of an L/C Issuer or any such additional L/C Issuer.
2.04 [Reserved].
2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional.
(i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay any Class of Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty (subject to Section 2.05(d)); provided that such notice must be received by (A) with respect to prepayments of any Class of Term Loans or Incremental First Lien Term Loans, the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York Time) or (B) with respect to prepayments of any Class of Revolving Credit Loans, the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York Time), in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), (x) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (y) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) and Class(es) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.16, each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied in direct order of maturities to the principal repayment installments (or proportional fractions thereof) applicable to each of the Term Loans pursuant to Sections 2.07(a) or as otherwise directed by the Borrower; and each such prepayment
shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective P