ABL CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of April 13, 2021, among PETIQ HOLDINGS, LLC, PETIQ, LLC, CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF PETIQ HOLDINGS, LLC, as Guarantor Subsidiaries, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative...
Conformed through First Amendment, dated February 3, 2023, and effective as of February 3, 2023
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Published Transaction CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Revolving Facility CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
dated as of April 13, 2021,
among
PETIQ HOLDINGS, LLC,
PETIQ, LLC,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF PETIQ HOLDINGS, LLC,
as Guarantor Subsidiaries,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.
as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
as Joint Lead Arranger
as Joint Lead Arranger
$125,000,000 Senior Secured ABL Credit Facility
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |||||
1.1. Definitions | |||||
1.2. Accounting Terms; Certain Calculations 77 | |||||
1.3. Interpretation, Etc 80 | |||||
1.4. Currency Translation 81 | |||||
1.5. Classification of Loans and Borrowings 81 | |||||
1.6. Timing of Payment or Performance 81 | |||||
1.7. Rounding 81 | |||||
1.8. Cashless Rollovers 81 | |||||
1.9. Divisions 82 | |||||
1.10. Co-Borrowers 82 | |||||
1.11. Rates 83 | |||||
SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT 84 | |||||
2.1. Revolving Loans 84 | |||||
2.2. Protective Advances 85 | |||||
2.3. Letters of Credit 86 | |||||
2.4. Pro Rata Shares; Obligations Several; Availability of Funds 97 | |||||
2.5. Use of Proceeds 97 | |||||
2.6. Evidence of Debt; Register; Notes 97 | |||||
2.7. Interest on Loans and Letter of Credit Disbursements 98 | |||||
2.8. Conversion/Continuation 100 | |||||
2.9. Default Interest 100 | |||||
2.10. Fees 101 | |||||
2.11. Repayment of Loans 102 | |||||
2.12. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions 102 | |||||
2.13. Mandatory Prepayments 103 | |||||
2.14. [Reserved] 104 | |||||
2.15. General Provisions Regarding Payments 104 | |||||
2.16. Ratable Sharing 106 | |||||
2.17. Making or Maintaining SOFR Loans 107 | |||||
2.18. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy and Liquidity 110 | |||||
2.19. Taxes; Withholding, Etc 112 | |||||
2.20. Obligation to Mitigate 115 | |||||
2.21. Defaulting Lenders 115 | |||||
2.22. Replacement and Termination of Lenders 119 | |||||
2.23. Incremental Revolving Facilities 120 | |||||
2.24. Extension/Modification Offers 123 | |||||
2.25. Refinancing Facilities 124 |
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2.26. Swing Line Loans 125 | |||||
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 127 | |||||
3.1. Closing Date 127 | |||||
3.2. Each Credit Extension 129 | |||||
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 129 | |||||
4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification 129 | |||||
4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership 130 | |||||
4.3. Due Authorization 130 | |||||
4.4. No Conflict 130 | |||||
4.5. Governmental Approvals 130 | |||||
4.6. Binding Obligation 130 | |||||
4.7. Historical Financial Statements; Projections 131 | |||||
4.8. No Material Adverse Change 131 | |||||
4.9. Adverse Proceedings 131 | |||||
4.10. Payment of Taxes 131 | |||||
4.11. Properties 131 | |||||
4.12. Environmental Matters 132 | |||||
4.13. No Defaults 132 | |||||
4.14. Governmental Regulation 132 | |||||
4.15. Federal Reserve Regulations 132 | |||||
4.16. Employee Matters 132 | |||||
4.17. Employee Benefit Plans 132 | |||||
4.18. Solvency 133 | |||||
4.19. Compliance with Laws 133 | |||||
4.20. Disclosure 133 | |||||
4.21. Collateral Matters 134 | |||||
4.22. Insurance 135 | |||||
4.23. Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act 135 | |||||
4.24. Borrowing Base Certificate 135 | |||||
SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 136 | |||||
5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports 136 | |||||
5.2. Existence 140 | |||||
5.3. Payment of Taxes 140 | |||||
5.4. Maintenance of Properties 140 | |||||
5.5. Insurance 141 | |||||
5.6. Books and Records; Inspections 141 | |||||
5.7. Field Examinations and Inventory Appraisals 142 | |||||
5.8. Compliance with Laws 142 | |||||
5.9. Environmental Matters 142 | |||||
5.10. Subsidiaries 143 | |||||
5.11. Material Real Estate Assets 143 | |||||
5.12. Further Assurances 144 |
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5.13. Cash Management 144 | |||||
5.14. Post-Closing Matters 146 | |||||
SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 146 | |||||
6.1. Indebtedness 146 | |||||
6.2. Liens 150 | |||||
6.3. No Further Negative Pledges 154 | |||||
6.4. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness 155 | |||||
6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions 158 | |||||
6.6. Investments 159 | |||||
6.7. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio 163 | |||||
6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Equity Interests of Subsidiaries 163 | |||||
6.9. Sales and Leasebacks 167 | |||||
6.10. Transactions with Affiliates 167 | |||||
6.11. Conduct of Business 169 | |||||
6.12. Hedge Agreements 169 | |||||
6.13. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Agreements 169 | |||||
6.14. Fiscal Year 169 | |||||
SECTION 7. GUARANTEE 170 | |||||
7.1. Guarantee of the Obligations 170 | |||||
7.2. Indemnity by Holdings and the Borrower; Contribution by the Guarantors 170 | |||||
7.3. Liability of Guarantors Absolute 171 | |||||
7.4. Waivers by the Guarantors 173 | |||||
7.5. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc 173 | |||||
7.6. Continuing Guarantee 174 | |||||
7.7. Authority of the Guarantors or the Borrower 174 | |||||
7.8. Financial Condition of the Credit Parties 174 | |||||
7.9. Bankruptcy, Etc 174 | |||||
7.10. Keepwell 175 | |||||
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 175 | |||||
8.1. Events of Default 175 | |||||
SECTION 9. AGENTS 178 | |||||
9.1. Appointment of Agents 178 | |||||
9.2. Powers and Duties 178 | |||||
9.3. General Immunity 178 | |||||
9.4. Acts in Individual Capacity 181 | |||||
9.5. Lenders’ and Issuing Banks’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgments 182 | |||||
9.6. Right to Indemnity 182 | |||||
9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent 183 |
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9.8. Collateral Documents and Obligations Guarantee 184 | |||||
9.9. Withholding Taxes 187 | |||||
9.10. Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim 187 | |||||
9.11. Certain ERISA Matters 188 | |||||
9.12. Erroneous Payments 189 | |||||
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS 191 | |||||
10.1. Notices 191 | |||||
10.2. Expenses 193 | |||||
10.3. Indemnity 193 | |||||
10.4. Set-Off 194 | |||||
10.5. Amendments and Waivers 195 | |||||
10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations 199 | |||||
10.7. Independence of Covenants 205 | |||||
10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements 205 | |||||
10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative 205 | |||||
10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside 206 | |||||
10.11. Severability 206 | |||||
10.12. Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights 206 | |||||
10.13. Headings 206 | |||||
10.14. APPLICABLE LAW 206 | |||||
10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION 206 | |||||
10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 207 | |||||
10.17. Confidentiality 207 | |||||
10.18. Usury Savings Clause 208 | |||||
10.19. Counterparts 209 | |||||
10.20. Effectiveness; Entire Agreement 209 | |||||
10.21. PATRIOT Act 209 | |||||
10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments 209 | |||||
10.23. No Fiduciary Duty 209 | |||||
10.24. ABL Intercreditor Agreement 210 | |||||
10.25. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 211 | |||||
10.26. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs 211 |
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SCHEDULES: | 2.1 | Commitments | ||||||||||||
2.3 | Existing Letters of Credit | |||||||||||||
4.2 | Equity Interests and Ownership | |||||||||||||
4.22 | Insurance | |||||||||||||
5.1 | Borrowing Base Reports | |||||||||||||
5.14 | Post-Closing Matters | |||||||||||||
6.1 | Indebtedness | |||||||||||||
6.2 | Liens | |||||||||||||
6.3 | Negative Pledges | |||||||||||||
6.5 | Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions | |||||||||||||
6.6 | Investments | |||||||||||||
6.10 | Affiliate Transactions | |||||||||||||
10.1 | Notices | |||||||||||||
EXHIBITS: | A | ABL Intercreditor Agreement | ||||||||||||
B | Assignment Agreement | |||||||||||||
C | Borrowing Base Certificate | |||||||||||||
D | Compliance Certificate | |||||||||||||
E | Conversion/Continuation Notice | |||||||||||||
F | Counterpart Agreement | |||||||||||||
G-1 | Funding Notice | |||||||||||||
G-2 | Issuance Notice | |||||||||||||
H | Intercompany Indebtedness Subordination Agreement | |||||||||||||
I | Pledge and Security Agreement | |||||||||||||
J | Solvency Certificate | |||||||||||||
K | Supplemental Collateral Questionnaire | |||||||||||||
L-1 | Form of US Tax Certificate for Non-US Lenders that are not Partnerships for US Federal Income Tax Purposes | |||||||||||||
L-2 | Form of US Tax Certificate for Non-US Lenders that are Partnerships for US Federal Income Tax Purposes | |||||||||||||
L-3 | Form of US Tax Certificate for Non-US Participants that are not Partnerships for US Federal Income Tax Purposes | |||||||||||||
L-4 | Form of US Tax Certificate for Non-US Participants that are Partnerships for US Federal Income Tax Purposes |
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ABL CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of April 13, 2021, among PETIQ HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), PETIQ, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company (the “Borrower”), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS party hereto, as Guarantor Subsidiaries, the LENDERS party hereto and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“KeyBank”), as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
The Lenders have agreed, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to extend a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to the Borrower consisting of Revolving Commitments in an aggregate initial amount of $125,000,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1.Definitions. As used in this Agreement (including the recitals hereto), the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means the ABL Intercreditor Agreement in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A, with such changes therefrom as are contemplated or permitted by Section 10.24.
“ABL Priority Collateral” as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“Account Debtor” means any Person obligated on an Account.
“Acquired Borrowing Base Assets” as defined in the definition of the term “Borrowing Base”.
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Pro Forma Entity for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its Subsidiaries that will become Restricted Subsidiaries upon the acquisition of such Pro Forma Entity), all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such Pro Forma Entity.
“Acquired Entity or Business” as defined in the definition of the term “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”.
“Acquisition” means the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions, including pursuant to any merger or consolidation) of a majority of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of), any Person (or, if such acquisition is of less than a majority of the Equity Interests of any Person, such acquisition increases Holdings’, the Borrower’s or another Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership in such Person and such Person is, after giving effect to such acquisition, a Subsidiary).
“Acquisition Consideration” means, with respect to any Acquisition, (a) the purchase consideration for such Acquisition, whether paid in Cash or other property (valued at the fair value thereof, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower), but excluding any component thereof consisting of Equity Interests in Holdings or any Parent (other than any Disqualified Equity Interests), and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any
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contingency, and including any earnouts and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of the Person or assets acquired, provided that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP to be established by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof at the time of the consummation of such Acquisition, and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness assumed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means with respect to a Daily Simple SOFR Loan, the greater of (a) the sum of (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the applicable SOFR Index Adjustment, and (b) the Floor.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means for any Available Tenor and Interest Period with respect to a SOFR Loan, the greater of (a) the sum of (i) Term SOFR for such Available Tenor or Interest Period and (ii) the applicable SOFR Index Adjustment, and (b) the Floor.
“Administrative Agent” means KeyBank, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 9.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing or investigation, in each case whether administrative, judicial or otherwise, by or before any Governmental Authority or any arbitrator, that is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any property of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affected Lender” as defined in Section 2.17(c).
“Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.17(c).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent” means each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.16.
“Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2(b).
“Agreement” means this ABL Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 13, 2021.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” as defined in Section 4.23.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Rate” means, on any day, with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder at any time, the applicable rate per annum set forth below, based upon the Quarterly Average Facility Utilization as set forth below.
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Category | Quarterly Average Facility Utilization | Applicable Commitment Fee Rate | ||||||
Category 1 | ≥ 50% | 0.25% | ||||||
Category 2 | < 50% | 0.35% |
The Applicable Commitment Fee Rate (a) shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth in Category 2 above through and including the last day of the month in which the Administrative Agent receives a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d) for the first full Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, and (b) thereafter, shall be determined upon the delivery of each subsequent Compliance Certificate, with any changes to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in Quarterly Average Facility Utilization becoming effective on the first day of the month following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d).
“Applicable Margin” means, on any day, with respect to any Base Rate Loan or SOFR Loan, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans” or “Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans”, as the case may be, based upon the Quarterly Average Excess Availability as set forth below.
Category | Quarterly Average Excess Availability | Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans | Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans | ||||||||
Category 1 | ≥ 66.7% | 0.00% | 1.25% | ||||||||
Category 2 | ≥ 33.3% but < 66.7% | 0.00% | 1.50% | ||||||||
Category 3 | < 33.3% | 0.00% | 1.75% |
The Applicable Margin (a) shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth in Category 2 above through and including the last day of the month in which the Administrative Agent receives a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d) for the first full Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, and (b) thereafter, shall be determined upon the delivery of each subsequent Compliance Certificate, with any changes to the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Quarterly Average Excess Availability becoming effective on the first day of the month following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d); provided that the Applicable Margin shall be deemed to be the applicable rate per annum set forth in Category 3 above if the Borrower shall have failed to timely deliver any Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate required to have been delivered by it hereunder until the first Business Day after the delivery of such Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate (and thereafter the Applicable Margin shall be determined in accordance with the other provisions hereof). If any Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate shall prove to have been inaccurate, at any time that this Agreement is in effect and any Loans or Commitments are outstanding hereunder and provided such inaccuracy is discovered within one year after the date on which the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate was delivered, and such inaccuracy shall have resulted in the payment of interest or letter of credit fees hereunder at rates lower than those that were in fact applicable for any period had there been no such inaccuracy, then (x) the Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate, as applicable, for the applicable period and (y) the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Lenders at such time, the accrued interest and letter of credit fees that should have been paid but was not paid as a result of such inaccuracy; provided that payment of
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interest or letter of credit fees at rates lower than those that were in effect applicable as a result of such inaccuracy shall not in any event be deemed retroactively to be an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(a), and such amount payable shall be calculated without giving effect to any additional interest payable on overdue amounts under Section 2.9 if paid promptly on demand. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under Section 2.9 or 8.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to any Agent that is distributed to any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).
“Arrangers” means (a) KBCM in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and sole bookrunner for the credit facility initially established under this Agreement, and (b) and The Huntington National Bank, in its capacity as a joint lead arranger for the credit facility initially established under this Agreement.
“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Assignment Effective Date” as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any Financial Officer of such Person, chief executive officer, president, vice president (or the equivalent thereof) or general counsel of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, an Authorized Officer, the secretary, assistant secretary or other Authorized Officer of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual.
“Available Basket Amount” means, as of any date, the sum of:
(a)the greater of (i) $33,000,000 and (ii) 35% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the then most recently ended Test Period, plus
(b)[reserved], plus
(c)100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by Holdings after the Closing Date from the issuance and sale of its Equity Interests, excluding (i) any such issuance or sale to any Subsidiary, (ii) any issuance of directors’ qualifying shares or of other Equity Interests that are required to be held by specified Persons under applicable law, (iii) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests referred to in the proviso to Section 6.6(j)(i) and (iv) any issuance or sale of Disqualified Equity Interests, plus
(d)the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests issued to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary) that have been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) in Holdings (or into or for any Equity Interests in any Parent), together with the fair market value of any Cash Equivalents and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of any assets in each case received by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary upon such exchange or conversion, plus
(e)the aggregate amount of Returns as of such date in respect of any Acquisition or other Investments made (or deemed made pursuant to the definition of the term “Unrestricted Subsidiary”) using the Available Basket Amount, plus
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(f)in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, or has been merged or consolidated with Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary (where the surviving entity in such merger or consolidation is Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary), or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary, on or prior to such date, the lesser of (i) the amount of all Investments made using the Available Basket Amount in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any such Investment deemed made pursuant to the definition of the term “Unrestricted Subsidiary”), net of the aggregate amount, if any, by which the Available Basket Amount shall have been increased prior to such time in respect of such Investments pursuant to clause (e) above, and (ii) the fair value of such Unrestricted Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) at the time it is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or the time of such merger, consolidation, transfer, conveyance or liquidation, as applicable, plus
(g)the Declined Term Mandatory Prepayment Retained Amount as of such date, minus
(h)the portion of the Available Basket Amount previously utilized pursuant to Section 6.4(a)(x), 6.4(b)(v) or 6.6(r), with the utilization pursuant to Section 6.6(r) for any Acquisition being the Acquisition Consideration in respect thereof and the utilization pursuant to Section 6.6(r) for any other Investment (or any deemed Investment in respect of any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) being the amount thereof as of the date the applicable Investment is made, determined in accordance with the definition of “Investment” (or the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”).
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement, or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.17(b)(iv).
“Backstopped Letter of Credit” as defined in Section 2.3(a).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) 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, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% per annum and (c) Adjusted Term SOFR that would be applicable to a Term SOFR Loan with an Interest Period of one month commencing on such day plus 1% (or, if such day is not a Business Day, such rate as calculated on the most recent Business Day). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective immediately from and after such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, as the case may be. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate pursuant to Section 2.17 (for the
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avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.17), then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) and shall be determined without reference to clause (c).
“Base Rate Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Loans.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to (a) any Daily Simple SOFR Loan, Daily Simple SOFR, and (b) any Term SOFR Loan, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(i)(A) or (B).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for the then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for such Benchmark giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in Dollars at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, if any; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of any then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), if any, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 2.17(b) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 2.17(b).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
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“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System.
“Boehringer” means Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., together with its Affiliates.
“Boehringer Products” means products supplied by Boehringer to the Credit Parties from time to time, including accessions thereto, and any such product that has been returned or repossessed, and all proceeds from the sale thereof.
“Boehringer Subordination Agreement” means the Lien Subordination Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Collateral Agent, Jefferies, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Term Credit Agreement, and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., and acknowledged and agreed to by certain of the Credit Parties.
“Borrower” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Swing Line Loan or (c) a Protective Advance.
“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to:
(i)the sum of (i) the product of (A) 90% multiplied by (B) Eligible Investment Grade Accounts of the Credit Parties at such time, and (ii) the product of (A) 85% multiplied by (B) Eligible Other Accounts of the Credit Parties at such time; plus
(j)the product of (i) 85% multiplied by (ii) the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Cost of the Eligible On-Hand Inventory of the Credit Parties at such time; plus
(k)the product of (i) 85% multiplied by (ii) the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Cost of the Eligible In-Transit Inventory of the Credit Parties at such time; plus
(l)at the option of the Borrower, 100% of Qualified Cash; minus
(m)without duplication, Reserves.
The Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(l)(i) or pursuant to the definition of the term “Unrestricted Subsidiary” or Section 6.8(b)(xi) (or, prior to the first such delivery, the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in Section 3.1(i)) and Reserves established in accordance with this definition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) in the event that as of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent has not received a completed field examination conducted by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, for the period of up to 90 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), the Borrowing Base shall be based on the Existing Field Examination, and in the event that a current field examination in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent is not completed within 90 days after the Closing Date (or other later date to which the Administrative Agent agrees), clause (a) of the Borrowing Base shall be deemed to be $0 as of the 90th day (or such later date agreed to by the Administrative Agent) following the Closing Date, and (b) Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to the purchase or other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person or Equity Interests in a Person (collectively, “Acquired Borrowing Base Assets”) shall be included in the Borrowing Base prior to Administrative Agent receiving a completed field examination or Inventory appraisal conducted by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent in respect of such Accounts and Inventory showing results reasonably satisfactory to it for a period of up to 90 days after the acquisition thereof (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree to
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in writing); provided, that until such completed field examination or Inventory appraisal is received, the Acquired Borrowing Base Assets shall not exceed 20% of the Borrowing Base. In connection with any such purchase or other acquisition, the Borrower may request that the Administrative Agent undertake a field examination or Inventory appraisal in respect of such Acquired Borrowing Base Assets and, upon such request, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to commence such field examination or Inventory appraisal within 90 days (which shall be at the expense of the Borrower and shall not be considered to be any limitation on field examinations and Inventory appraisals at the expense of the Borrower provided in Section 5.7).
The Administrative Agent will have the right to modify eligibility criteria (if the effect thereof is to reduce the Borrowing Base then in effect) and establish and modify Reserves, in each case in its Permitted Discretion, and any modified eligibility criteria or newly-established or modified Reserves shall become effective (a) if a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or any modification to any Reserve results solely by virtue of mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in accordance with the methodology of calculation previously disclosed and utilized, concurrently with the Administrative Agent provides written notice thereof to the Borrower, or (b) otherwise, on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent provides written notice thereof to the Borrower (each such notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of the basis for such determination); provided that (i) during the five Business Day period referenced in clause (b), the Borrower will not be able to borrow against such Reserves, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall be available during such period to discuss any such proposed modification or Reserve with the Borrower and, without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent to modify eligibility criteria or to establish or modify Reserves in its Permitted Discretion, the Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the circumstances, conditions, events or contingencies that are the basis for such modification or such Reserve no longer exist, in a manner and to the extent satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, (iii) any standard of eligibility or Reserve established or modified by the Administrative Agent shall bear a reasonable relationship to circumstances, conditions, events or contingencies that are the basis for such standards of eligibility or Reserve, as reasonably determined, without duplication, by the Administrative Agent in good faith, and shall not duplicate eligibility criteria contained in the definitions of “Eligible Accounts”, “Eligible Inventory”, “Eligible In-Transit Inventory” or “Eligible On-Hand Inventory, and (iv) the circumstances, conditions, events or contingencies existing or arising prior to the Closing Date and, in each case, disclosed in writing in the Initial ABL Inventory Appraisal or which the Administrative Agent had actual knowledge of prior the Closing Date shall not be the basis for any such establishment or modification after the Closing Date unless such establishment or modification is based on a material and adverse change in any such circumstance, condition, event or contingency after the Closing Date, provided that the Administrative Agent may establish and modify a Rent Reserve or a Reserve with respect to a third party warehouse or other bailee location in accordance with the express provisions hereof, notwithstanding that no such Reserve shall have been established on the Closing Date.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a Borrowing Base Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit C (with such changes thereto as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent from time to time to reflect the components of, or Reserves against, the Borrowing Base as provided for hereunder), together will all attachments and supporting documentation contemplated thereby, signed and certified as accurate and complete by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.
“Borrowing Base Reporting Date” means (a) the last day of each calendar month or (b) during any Weekly Reporting Period, the last day of each week.
“Business Day” means (a) any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Cleveland, Ohio or New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close and (b) with respect to any matters relating to SOFR Loans, a SOFR Business Day.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person in conformity with GAAP, subject to Section 1.2(a). The amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in conformity with GAAP,
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subject to Section 1.2(a), and the final maturity of such obligations shall be the date of the last payment due under such lease (or other arrangement) before such lease (or other arrangement) may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a premium or penalty. For purposes of Section 6.2, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be owned by the lessee.
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or deposit account.
“Cash Collateral Account” means one or more commercial Deposit Accounts designated as a “cash collateral account” and maintained by one or more Credit Parties with the Administrative Agent, without liability by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to pay interest thereon, from which account the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall have the exclusive right, during the existence of an Event of Default or Cash Dominion Period, to withdraw funds until all Obligations (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made and the Specified Hedge Obligations and Specified Cash Management Services Obligations) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding.
“Cash Collateralize” means, with respect to any Obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) Cash or Cash Equivalents in Dollars, at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank. The term “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Dominion Period” means each period (a) commencing on the date that Specified Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) $9,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Line Cap for five consecutive Business Days and continuing until the first day thereafter on which Specified Excess Availability shall have been equal to or in excess of the greater of (i) $9,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Line Cap for at least 20 consecutive calendar days or (b) commencing on any day when a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and continuing until the first day thereafter on which no Specified Event of Default shall exist.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States of America or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States of America, in each case maturing within two years after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision of any such State or District or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within two years after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000; (e) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution described in clause (d) above; (f) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000 and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x; (g) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes; and (h) marketable corporate bonds for which an active trading market exists and price quotations are available, in each case maturing within two years after such date and issued by Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and where such Persons (i) in the case of any such bonds maturing more than 12 months from the date of the acquisition thereof, have a long-term credit rating of at least AA- from S&P or Aa3 from Xxxxx’x or (ii) in the case of any such bonds maturing less than or equal to 12 months from the date of the acquisition thereof, have a long-term credit rating of at least A+ from S&P or A1 from Xxxxx’x,
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provided that the portfolio of any such bonds included as Cash Equivalents at any time shall have a weighted average maturity of not more than 360 days.
“Cash Management Services” means cash management and related services provided to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, including treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, cash sweeps, zero balance arrangements, merchant stored value cards, e-payables, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network and automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) services and credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards and commercial cards (including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p-cards”) arrangements.
“Cash Management Services Provider” means any Person that (a) is, or was on the Closing Date, an Agent, an Arranger or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, whether or not such Person shall have been an Agent, an Arranger or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing at the time the applicable agreement in respect of Cash Management Services was entered into, (b) is a counterparty to an agreement in respect of Cash Management Services in effect on the Closing Date and is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or (c) becomes a counterparty after the Closing Date to an agreement in respect of Cash Management Services at a time when such Person is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“CFC” means (a) any Person that is a “controlled foreign corporation” (within the meaning of Section 957), but only if a “United States person” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)) that is an Affiliate of a Credit Party is, with respect to such Person, a “United States shareholder” (within the meaning of Section 951(b)) described in Section 951(a)(1); and (b) each Subsidiary of any Person described in clause (a). For purposes of this definition, all Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code.
“CFC Holding Company” means each Domestic Subsidiary that is treated as a partnership or a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes and that has no material assets other than assets that consist (directly or indirectly through disregarded entities or partnerships) of Equity Interests or indebtedness (as determined for United States tax purposes) in one or more CFCs or CFC Holding Companies.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline 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 or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued.
“Change of Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder) (other than the Parent Company) of Equity Interests in Holdings representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Holdings, (b) the Borrower ceasing to be a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings or (c) the occurrence of any “change of control” (or similar event, however denominated) under and as defined in the Term Credit Agreement or any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the rights of the holders of any other Material Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“Chewy Account Debtor” means Chewy, Inc. or any of its Affiliates.
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“Claiming Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.2(b).
“Class”, when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans or Protective Advances, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or any other Class of Commitments created pursuant to Section 2.24, 2.25 or 2.26 and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of a particular Class. Additional Classes of Loans, Borrowings, Commitments and Lenders may be created pursuant to Sections 2.24, 2.25 and 2.26.
“Class Limitation” means the requirement that the Revolving Commitments and any additional Classes of revolving commitments established hereunder in effect at any one time shall not represent more than three separate Classes.
“Clinic Launch Expenses and Losses” means, for any period and without duplication, costs, charges, expenses and losses incurred or accrued by Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such period in connection with clinics, wellness centers and regional and district offices (including amounts attributable to “pre-opening activities” related to the roll-out thereof) that have been open for less than 18 full calendar months (calculated in a manner substantially consistent with the manner in which the Parent Company has historically reported same-store consolidated EBITDA in its quarterly earnings releases).
“Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 3.1 have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.5).
“Closing Date Refinancing” means (a) the payment and discharge of the principal of and interest accrued on all outstanding Indebtedness and all other amounts outstanding or accrued, including all prepayment premium, if any, under the Existing Indebtedness Agreements, the termination of the commitments thereunder and the cancellation or termination of all letters of credit outstanding thereunder and (b) the termination and release of all Guarantees and Liens supporting or securing any of the Indebtedness or other obligations referred to in the foregoing clause (a) or created under the documentation governing any such Indebtedness.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Ltd.
“Co-Borrower” as defined in Section 1.10(a).
“Co-Borrower Effective Date” as defined in Section 1.10(a).
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the property (including Equity Interests) on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means any landlord waiver, warehouseman or bailee letter or other agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (including with respect to waiver or subordination of rights of and claims by such Persons with respect to such Inventory), between the Collateral Agent and any landlord for any leased real property where any Inventory is located or any third party warehouser or other bailee having the possession of any Inventory.
“Collateral Agent” means KeyBank, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Credit Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 9.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(n)the Collateral Agent shall have received from Holdings, the Borrower and each other Designated Subsidiary either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Closing Date, a Counterpart Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person;
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(o)the Collateral Agent shall have received from Holdings, the Borrower and each Designated Subsidiary (i) either (A) a counterpart of the Pledge and Security Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (B) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Closing Date, a supplement to the Pledge and Security Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person and (ii) a joinder or acknowledgment of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect), in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person;
(p)in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, documents, opinion of counsel (if such Designated Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary) and certificates with respect to such Designated Subsidiary of the type referred to in Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(e), 3.1(g) and 3.1(n);
(q)all Equity Interests owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement (provided that the Credit Parties shall not be required to pledge (i) more than 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests in any CFC or CFC Holding Company or (ii) Equity Interests constituting Excluded Property) and the Collateral Agent shall, to the extent required by the Pledge and Security Agreement, have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(r)(i) all Indebtedness owed by any Credit Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the Intercompany Indebtedness Subordination Agreement and (ii) (A) all Indebtedness of any Person (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary) that is owing to any Credit Party that is evidenced by a promissory note shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and (B) with respect to any promissory notes described in clause (A) above in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more, the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(s)all instruments and documents, including UCC financing statements, required by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Documents and to perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Documents shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or recording;
(t)the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Estate Asset, if any, duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Material Real Estate Asset (and in the event any Material Real Estate Asset subject to a Mortgage pursuant to this definition is located in a jurisdiction that imposes mortgage recording taxes or any similar taxes, fees or charges, the amount secured by such Mortgage shall be limited to the fair market value of such Material Real Estate Asset (as determined in good faith by the Borrower)), (ii) a fully paid policy or policies of title insurance or a marked up commitment or signed pro forma therefor issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid and enforceable Lien on the Material Real Estate Asset described therein, free of any other Liens other than Permitted Liens, which policies shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, (iii) a completed Flood Certificate with respect to each Material Real Estate Asset, which Flood Certificate shall be addressed to the Collateral Agent and shall otherwise comply with the Flood Program and if the Flood Certificate with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset indicates any “Building” (as defined in 12 CFR Chapter III, Section 339.2) included as part of such Material Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone, (x) a written acknowledgement from the applicable Credit Party of receipt of written notification from the Collateral Agent as to the existence of such Material Real Estate Asset and as to whether the community in which such Material Real Estate
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Asset is located is participating in the Flood Program and (y) if such Material Real Estate Asset is located in a community that participates in the Flood Program, evidence that the applicable Credit Party has obtained a policy of flood insurance that is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Flood Program and other applicable law (including as to the amount of insurance coverage required thereunder), provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (iii) shall be completed (and copies of such Flood Certificate and, if applicable, such acknowledgement and evidence of flood insurance shall have been made available to the Lenders) at least 20 Business Days prior to the execution and delivery of a Mortgage with respect to such Material Real Estate Asset and (iv) such surveys, abstracts, appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Material Real Estate Asset; and
(u)with respect to each deposit account maintained by any Credit Party with any depository bank (other than (i) any deposit account that constitutes Excluded Property, (ii) to the extent the ABL Intercreditor Agreement is in effect, accounts designated by the Borrower to solely contain identifiable proceeds of assets of constituting Collateral that is Term Priority Collateral and (iii) deposit accounts the daily balance in which does not at any time exceed $2,500,000 for any such account or $5,000,000 for all such accounts), the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart, duly executed and delivered by the applicable Credit Party and such depositary bank of a Control Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions, consents, approvals or other deliverables with respect to, any particular assets of the Credit Parties, or the provisions of an Obligations Guarantee by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, if and for so long as the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost (including adverse tax consequences) of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets, or obtaining such deliverables (including the cost of obtaining flood insurance, if required) shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
The Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time (including after the expiration of any relevant period, which extensions shall apply retroactively) for the creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions, consents, approvals or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any Obligations Guarantee by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Closing Date or in connection with assets acquired, or Restricted Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Closing Date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary:
(v)Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;
(w)the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall not apply to any of the following assets (collectively, the “Excluded Property”; each capitalized term used in this clause (bb) but not defined in this Agreement having the meaning given to it in the Pledge and Security Agreement): (i) the Headquarters Property, any Leasehold Property and any Real Estate Asset that is not a Material Real Estate Asset, (ii) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, except to the extent perfection of a security interest therein may be accomplished by the filing of UCC financing statements or an equivalent thereof in appropriate form in the applicable jurisdiction, (iii) any Commercial Tort Claim as to which the amount that the applicable Credit Party reasonably expects to recover thereunder is less than $7,000,000, (iv) (A) any assets if, for so long as and to the extent a security interest may not be granted in such assets as a matter of applicable law and (B) any lease, license, contract or other agreement or any rights or interests thereunder if, for so long as and to the extent the grant of a security interest therein would (x) constitute or result in (1) the unenforceability of any right, title or interest of the
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applicable Credit Party in or (2) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, such lease, license, contract or other agreement or (y) require a consent, approval, license or authorization not obtained from a Governmental Authority or third party, except, in each case under this clause (iv) to the extent that such law or the terms in such lease, license, contract or other agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, right of termination or default or requiring such consent, approval, license or authorization is ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law, provided that this clause (iv) shall not exclude Proceeds thereof and Accounts and Payment Intangibles arising therefrom the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC, (v) any property subject to a Lien securing purchase money obligation or Capital Lease Obligation (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) if, for so long and to the extent the grant of a security interest therein would constitute or result in a breach or a default under the related agreements, except, in each case under this clause (v), to the extent that such breach or default is ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law, provided that this clause (v) shall apply only if such Lien and such purchase money obligation or Capital Lease Obligation are permitted hereunder, (vi) any licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations of a Governmental Authority if, for so long as and to the extent the grant of a security interest therein is prohibited or restricted by applicable law, except, in each case under this clause (vi), to the extent that such prohibition or restriction is ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law, provided that this clause (vi) shall not exclude Proceeds thereof and Accounts and Payment Intangibles arising therefrom the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC, (vii) Equity Interests (A) in any Person that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary if, for so long as and to the extent the Organizational Documents of such Person or any related joint venture, shareholders’ or similar agreement prohibits or restricts such pledge without the consent of any Person other than Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (it being understood that no Credit Party shall be required to seek the consent of third parties thereunder), (B) in any Person that is not a Subsidiary to the extent such Equity Interests have been pledged in connection with any Indebtedness of such Person (but only to the extent that such Equity Interests remain pledged in connection with such Indebtedness), (C) constituting Margin Stock or (D) in any not-for-profit Subsidiary, any captive insurance Subsidiary, any special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity) (including any Receivables Subsidiary) and any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (viii) any “intent to use” trademark application for which a statement of use has not been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but only to the extent that, and for so long as, the grant of a security interest therein would invalidate such trademark application, (ix) any assets to the extent the grant of a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect equityholders of Holdings), as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent, (x) Letter-of-Credit Rights, except to the extent constituting a Supporting Obligation of other Collateral as to which perfection of a security interest therein may be accomplished solely by the filing of a UCC financing statement in the applicable jurisdiction (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in a Letter-of-Credit Rights, other than the filing of a UCC financing statement), (xi) any Deposit Account (A) that is a disbursement account the funds in which are used solely for the payment of salaries and wages, workers’ compensation, taxes, employee benefits and similar expenses, (B) the funds in which consist solely of funds held by any Credit Party in trust for any director, officer or employee of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries, (C) that is a zero balance account and (D) the funds in which consist solely of xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits or funds deposited under escrow or similar arrangements in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement for an Acquisition or any other Investment permitted hereunder, and (xii) any other assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have reasonably agreed in writing that the cost of obtaining or perfecting a Lien thereon would be excessive in relation to the benefit that would be afforded to the Lenders thereby, in each case of this clause (bb) other than any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of the foregoing (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements themselves would constitute assets described in clauses (i) through (xii) above); provided, in each case, that (I) except with respect to any assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have reasonably agreed in writing, such assets shall constitute Excluded Property only if they are not subject to any Lien securing any Permitted Term Indebtedness (other than Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness) and (II) no Account or Inventory that at any time is included in the
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Borrowing Base (or reported to be included in the Borrowing Base in any Borrowing Base Certificate or other calculation of the Borrowing Base delivered by the Borrower hereunder) shall constitute Excluded Property;
(x)except with respect to (i) Equity Interests represented by certificates or instruments, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, to the extent required by clause (d) of the first paragraph of this definition, (ii) Indebtedness represented or evidenced by certificates or instruments to the extent required by clause (e) of the first paragraph of this definition and (iii) deposit accounts to the extent required by clause (h) of the first paragraph of this definition, perfection by possession or “control” shall not be required with respect to any Collateral (including Letter-of-Credit Rights, Chattel Paper and promissory notes or other evidences of Indebtedness owned by a Credit Party and constituting Collateral);
(y)except to the extent required by clause (h) of the first paragraph of this definition, no Credit Party shall be required to obtain any control agreement with respect to any deposit account, securities account, commodities account or contract;
(z)no Credit Party shall be required to obtain any landlord waivers, estoppels, collateral access agreements or similar third party agreements;
(aa)no Credit Party shall be required to provide any notice or obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or analogous state laws;
(ab)no Credit Party shall be required to enter into any source code escrow arrangement or be obligated to register intellectual property;
(ac)no Collateral Documents governed under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States, and no actions in any jurisdiction outside of the United States or that are necessary to create or perfect any security interest in assets located or titled outside of the United States, shall be required; and
(ad)no Credit Party shall be required to deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificates or instruments representing or evidencing, or any stock powers or other instruments of transfer in respect of, Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Collateral Access Agreements, the Control Agreements and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by or on behalf of any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in favor of, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Lien on any property of such Credit Party as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Questionnaire” means the Collateral Questionnaire delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1(g).
“Collection” means any payment made to any Credit Party from an Account Debtor or customer of any Credit Party including Cash, checks, drafts and any other form of payment.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment or any other Class created pursuant to Section 2.24, 2.25 or 2.26.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 USC. 1 § 1 et seq.).
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“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “SOFR Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.17(d) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period:
(ae)Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus
(af)an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been deducted (or, in the case of amounts pursuant to clauses (xvii), (xviii), (xxii) and (xxiii) below, not already included in Consolidated Net Income) for, without duplication:
(i)total interest expense determined in conformity with GAAP (including items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (a) through (l) thereof), for such period,
(ii)provision for taxes based on income, revenues, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, property, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period, including (A) penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, (B) pursuant to any tax sharing arrangement or as the result of any Permitted Tax Distribution and (C) in respect of repatriated funds, for such period,
(iii)total depreciation expense and total amortization expense for such period,
(iv)extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring charges, expenses or losses for such period,
(v)any charges, expenses or losses for such period attributable to disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations,
(vi)any after-tax losses attributable to any Disposition of assets by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, other than Dispositions of inventory and other Dispositions in the ordinary course of business,
(vii)non-cash charges, expenses or losses for such period, including (A) the excess of GAAP rent expense over actual cash rent paid during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes, (B) impairment charges and reserves and any other write-
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down or write-off of assets, (C) any non-cash increase in expenses resulting from the revaluation of inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods), (D) losses recognized in respect of postretirement benefits as a result of the application of FASB Accounting Standard Codification 715, (E) non-cash fair value adjustments of Investments, (F) non-cash compensation expense and (G) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, but excluding (1) any such non-cash charge, expense or loss to the extent that it represents an amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid and not expensed in a prior period or write-down or write-off or reserves with respect to accounts receivable (including any addition to bad debt reserves or bad debt expense) or inventory and (2) any noncash charge, expense or loss to the extent it represents an accrual of or a reserve for cash expenditures in any future period, provided that, at the option of the Borrower, notwithstanding the exclusion in this clause (2) any such noncash charge, expense or loss may be added back in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period in which it is recognized, so long as any cash expenditure made on account thereof in any future period is deducted pursuant to clause (d) of this definition,
(viii)charges, expenses or losses (A) resulting from any employee benefit plan, any pension or other employee benefit plan, other non-cash compensation or the grant of stock and stock options or other equity and equity based interests pursuant to a written plan or agreement (including expenses arising from the grant of stock and stock options prior to the Closing Date) or the treatment of such options or other equity and equity based interests under variable plan accounting, for such period, and (B) incurred in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests held by management of Holdings, any Parent, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary for such period;
(ix)the amount of any contingent payments in connection with the licensing of intellectual property rights or other assets;
(x)the amount of fees, indemnities and expenses paid or reimbursed in respect of directors and any meetings of directors, including directors of Holdings or any Parent;
(xi)the amount of any fees, costs, charges, expenses, losses or discounts incurred or accrued in connection with sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Securitization;
(xii)any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standard Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature;
(xiii)any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to FASB Statement No. 144;
(xiv)expenses incurred in connection with business interruption insurance;
(xv)all charges, expenses or losses associated with, and the payment of, any actual or prospective legal settlement, fine, judgment or order;
(xvi)expenses, charges, costs, accruals, reserves and losses related to operating expense reductions, restructurings, integrations, platform consolidations and migrations, transitions, insourcing initiatives, operating improvements, Cost Savings Initiatives and other business optimization initiatives, actions or events (including, without limitation, those related to the start-up, pre-opening, opening, closure, reconfiguration and/or consolidation of distribution centers, operations, offices and facilities (including future lease commitments, lease breakage and vacant facilities) and relocation and reallocation of employees, equipment and other assets and resources); new product design, development and introductions (including intellectual property development); strategic initiatives; project start-up costs (including entry into new market/channels, new service offerings, new platforms or new contracts); curtailments or
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modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including excess pension charges and any settlement of pension liabilities); exiting, winding down or termination of lines of business; costs related to customer disputes, distribution networks or sales channels; the implementation, replacement, development or upgrade of operational, reporting and information technology systems and technology initiatives; contract termination, retention, recruiting, severance, signing, consulting and transition services arrangements; systems establishment costs; systems, facilities or equipment conversion costs; expenses attributable to the implementation of Cost Savings Initiatives; costs associated with tax projects/audits, expenses relating to any decommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses and costs consisting of professional consulting or other fees for such period;
(xvii)the “run rate” amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such items had been realized on the first day of the applicable Test Period) as a result of actions taken or to be taken in connection with any Pro Forma Event, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period that are otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA from such actions, provided that (A) such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and reasonably anticipated to be realized within 24 months after the consummation of such Pro Forma Event, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (xvii) to the extent duplicative of any items otherwise added in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, whether pursuant to the requirements of Section 1.2(b) or otherwise, for such period, (C) projected (and not yet realized) amounts may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to this clause (xvii) after 24 months after the consummation of such Pro Forma Event and (D) the total amount added in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period pursuant to this clause (xvii) shall in no event exceed 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period (after giving effect to this clause (xvii);
(xviii)Clinic Launch Expenses and Losses;
(xix)adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X;
(xx)expenses, charges, costs, accruals, reserves and losses attributable to any clinic, wellness center and regional and district office that was closed, consolidated or otherwise terminated services or ceased operations during such period;
(xxi)(A) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions during such period and (B) transaction fees and expenses incurred, or amortization thereof, during such period in connection with, to the extent permitted hereunder, any Acquisition or other Investment, any Disposition (other than in the ordinary course of business), any Insurance/Condemnation Event, any incurrence of Indebtedness, any issuance of Equity Interests or any amendments or waivers of the Credit Documents or any agreements or instruments relating to any other Indebtedness permitted hereunder, in each case, whether or not consummated (including the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standard Codification 805 and gains or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standard Codification 460);
(xxii)charges, expenses, losses and lost profits for such period to the extent indemnified or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification provisions in connection with any Acquisition or Disposition permitted by this Agreement and lost profits covered by business interruption insurance, in each case, to extent that coverage has not been denied and only so long as such amounts are either actually reimbursed to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary during such period or the Borrower has made a good faith determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amounts will be reimbursed to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary within 12 months after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to this clause (xxii);
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(xxiii)cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenses) during such period not included in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c) below for any prior period and not added back;
(xxiv)net losses during such period (A) resulting from fair value accounting required by FASB Accounting Standard Codification 815, (B) relating to mark-to-market of amounts denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standard Codification 830 or (C) attributable to foreign currency translation;
(xxv)any losses for such period attributable to early extinguishment of Indebtedness or obligations under any Hedge Agreement or other derivative instrument;
(xxvi)cash expenses relating to contingent or deferred payments in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder (including earn-outs, non-compete payments, consulting payments and similar obligations) and any adjustments thereof and any purchase price adjustments for such period; and
(xxvii)any income (or loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary; minus
(ag)an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been included for, without duplication:
(i)all extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains and items of income during such period;
(ii)any gains or income attributable to disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations;
(iii)any after-tax gains attributable to any Disposition of assets by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, other than Dispositions of inventory and other Dispositions in the ordinary course of business;
(iv)any non-cash gains or income (other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course) during such period, but excluding any such items in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period;
(v)net gains during such period (A) resulting from fair value accounting required by FASB Accounting Standard Codification 815, (B) relating to mark-to-market of amounts denominated in foreign currencies resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standard Codification 830 or (C) attributable to foreign currency translation; and
(vi)any gains for such period attributable to early extinguishment of Indebtedness or obligations under any Hedge Agreement or other derivative instrument; minus
(ah)to the extent not deducted in Consolidated Net Income during such period, all cash payments made during such period on account of non-cash charges that were added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for a prior period in reliance on the proviso to clause (b)(vii) above;
provided that
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any
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Unrestricted Subsidiary) whether such acquisition occurred before or after the Closing Date to the extent not subsequently Disposed of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date, and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis; and
(II) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) Disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually Disposed of) (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (before giving effect to any pro forma adjustments or other adjustments contemplated in the definitions of Pro Forma Basis, Pro Forma Compliance and Pro Forma Effect) shall be deemed to be $18,766,000 for the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2020, $34,902,000 for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2020, $16,909,000 for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2020 and $13,017,000 for the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2020.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures made by Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be included in “purchase of property, plant and equipment” or similar items on a consolidated statement of cash flows, or that are otherwise required to be capitalized on a consolidated balance sheet, of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries for such period prepared in conformity with GAAP; provided that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include any expenditures that constitute an Acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 6.6.
“Consolidated First Lien Net Debt” means, on any date, (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding as of such date that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral that does not rank junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations plus (ii) without duplication, the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness outstanding as of such date, minus (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date (but disregarding the proceeds of Indebtedness that is incurred on such date).
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) the aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments made in Cash during such period in respect of Consolidated Total Debt of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any such payments made by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary) and (c) solely for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for making Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 6.4(a)(xi), the amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to 6.4(a)(xi) in Cash during such period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other cash fees and expenses
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owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs (less net cash payments in connection therewith) under Hedge Agreements, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest expense and any capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting or pushdown accounting), (b) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedge Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standard Codification 815, (c) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedge Agreements for interest rates, (d) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) incurred in connection with any Permitted Securitization, (e) all non-recurring interest expense or “additional interest” for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (f) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto and with respect to the Transactions or any other Investment, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (g) any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, including any Indebtedness issued in connection with the Transactions, (h) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (i) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (j) any interest expense attributable to Holdings or any Parent resulting from push down accounting, (k) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting and (l) expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, provided that (a) any net income (or loss) of any Person (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person accounted for by the equity method of accounting) that is not Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, except to the extent of the amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents (or of other assets, but only to the extent of Cash and Cash Equivalents received during the same accounting period as such distribution of such assets as a result of a conversion of such assets into Cash or Cash Equivalents) actually distributed during such period by any such Person to Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or similar distribution (and except that the provisions of this clause (a) will not apply to the extent inclusion of such net income (or loss) of such Person is required for any calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis), (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated with or into Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded (except to the extent inclusion of such net income (or loss) of such Person is required for any calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis), (c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period shall be excluded and (d) the accounting effects during such period of adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets and deferred revenue required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries), and all other impacts of the application of purchase accounting, as a result of any Acquisition shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Secured Net Debt” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt as of such date that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral, minus (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date (but disregarding the proceeds of Indebtedness that is incurred on such date).
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the consolidated total assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the last day of the applicable Test Period prepared in conformity with GAAP (but excluding all amounts attributable to Unrestricted Subsidiaries); provided that prior to the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b), determinations under this definition shall be made based on the Historical Financial Statements.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis
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in conformity with GAAP (but without giving effect to any accounting principle that results in the amount of any such Indebtedness (other than zero coupon Indebtedness) as reflected on such balance sheet to be below the stated principal amount of such Indebtedness), consisting solely of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness; provided that Permitted Securitizations shall not constitute Indebtedness of the type included in “Consolidated Total Debt”.
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt as of such date, minus (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash as of such date (but disregarding the proceeds of Indebtedness that is incurred on such date).
“Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking or other agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its properties is bound or to which such Person or any of its properties is subject.
“Control” means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of such Person, whether through the ownership of Securities, by contract or otherwise. The words “Controlling”, “Controlled by” and “under common Control with” have correlative meanings.
“Control Agreement” means, with respect to any lockbox, deposit account or securities account maintained by any Credit Party, an irrevocable lockbox agreement or other control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party and the depositary bank that maintains such lockbox or the depositary bank or the securities intermediary with which such account is maintained, as applicable.
“Controlled Accounts” means any deposit account or securities account maintained by any Credit Party (a) with the Collateral Agent or (b) that are subject to a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party and the depositary bank that maintains such lockbox or the depositary bank or the securities intermediary with which such account is maintained, as applicable.
“Controlled Disbursement Account” means a commercial Deposit Account designated “controlled disbursement account” and maintained by one or more Credit Parties with the Administrative Agent, without liability by the Administrative Agent to pay interest thereon.
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” as defined in the definition of the term “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”.
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” as defined in the definition of the term “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
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“Cost” means, with respect to any Eligible Inventory, the standard cost as reported on the Borrower’s or any other Credit Party’s stock ledger from time to time computed in good faith in the manner consistent with the Current Appraisal.
“Cost Saving Initiative” means any restructurings, operating improvements, cost savings initiatives and other similar transactions or initiatives of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Covenant Period” as defined in Section 6.7.
“Credit Date” means the date of any Credit Extension, including the Closing Date.
“Credit Document” means each of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Counterpart Agreements, the Extension/Modification Agreements, the Incremental Facility Agreements, the Refinancing Facility Agreements, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any agreement designating an additional Issuing Bank as contemplated by Section 2.3(i) and, except for purposes of Section 10.5, the Notes, if any, and any documents or certificates executed by the Borrower in favor of any Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit (including any fee letter relating to the fees payable to such Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b)).
“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment (if increasing the face amount thereof) or extension of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Parties” means Holdings, the Borrower and the Guarantor Subsidiaries.
“Current Appraisal” means, at any time, the then most recent Inventory appraisal report received by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the final Inventory appraisal report (including the supplements thereto) that is referred to in the definition of “Initial ABL Inventory Appraisal” constitutes the Current Appraisal.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum (rounded in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s customary practice) equal to SOFR for the day (such day, the “SOFR Determination Day”) that is five (5) SOFR Business Days (or such other period as determined by the Administrative Agent based on then prevailing market conventions) prior to (a) if such SOFR Rate Day is a SOFR Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (b) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a SOFR Business Day, the SOFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as and when SOFR for such SOFR Rate Day is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on the second (2nd) SOFR Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided, that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three (3) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Daily Simple SOFR Loans.
“Daily Simple SOFR Loan” means each Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon Daily Simple SOFR.
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“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, arrangement (including under corporate statutes), rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Declined Term Mandatory Prepayment Retained Amount” means any portion of the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Permitted Term Indebtedness attributable to the net proceeds of asset sales and insurance/condemnation events involving Term Priority Collateral or “excess cash flow” required pursuant the Permitted Term Indebtedness Documents that has been declined by the lenders or other holders of such Permitted Term Indebtedness in accordance with the applicable Permitted Term Indebtedness Documents, but only to the extent retained by the Borrower in accordance with the applicable Permitted Term Indebtedness Documents.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.21(b), any Lender that (a) has failed (i) to fund all or any portion of its Revolving Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in good faith in writing that such failure is the result of such Xxxxxx’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) to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans or Protective Advances) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swing Line Lender 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 Xxxxxx’s obligation to fund a Revolving Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’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 Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower 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 and the Borrower) or (d) is, or a direct or indirect parent company of such Lender is (i) the subject of a Bail-In Action, (ii) insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (iii) the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in a like capacity with respect to such Lender) has been appointed for such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, or such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in such Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Designated Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary other than (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, (b) any Subsidiary that is a CFC or a CFC Holding Company, (c) unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower, any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by applicable law or, in the case of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, any Contractual Obligation in effect at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary) from providing an Obligations Guarantee (including any such prohibition or restriction arising from any requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority or any third
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party under such contract or other agreement), (e) any captive insurance company, (f) any not-for-profit Subsidiary, (g) any special purpose entity, including any Receivables Subsidiary, or (h) any Subsidiary where the provision of an Obligations Guarantee by such Subsidiary would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent; provided that no Subsidiary shall be excluded pursuant to any of the foregoing clauses of this definition if such Subsidiary shall be an obligor (including pursuant to a Guarantee) under any Permitted Term Indebtedness (other than Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness).
“Dilution Factors” means, without duplication, with respect to any period, the aggregate amount of all deductions, credit memos, returns, adjustments, allowances, bad debt write-offs and other non-cash credits (including all volume discounts, trade discounts and rebates) that are recorded to reduce Eligible Investment Grade Accounts or Eligible Other Accounts, as the case may be, of the Credit Parties in a manner consistent with current and historical accounting practices of the Credit Parties.
“Dilution Ratio” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Investment Grade Eligible Accounts, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate amount of the applicable Dilution Factors in respect of the Eligible Investment Grade Accounts of the Credit Parties for the 12 most recently ended fiscal months divided by (ii) total gross invoices of the Eligible Investment Grade Accounts of the Credit Parties for such 12 most recently ended fiscal months, or (b) with respect to Other Eligible Accounts, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate amount of the applicable Dilution Factors in respect of the Eligible Other Accounts of the Credit Parties for the 12 most recently ended fiscal months divided by (ii) total gross invoices of the Eligible Other Accounts of the Credit Parties for such 12 most recently ended fiscal months.
“Dilution Reserve” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Investment Grade Eligible Accounts, the product of (i) the number of full percentage points resulting from the excess of (A) the applicable Dilution Ratio at such time over (B) 2.50%, multiplied by (ii) the aggregate amount of Investment Grade Eligible Accounts at such time, and (b) with respect to Other Eligible Accounts, the product of (i) the number of full percentage points resulting from the excess of (A) the applicable Dilution Ratio at such time over (B) 5.00%, multiplied by (ii) the aggregate amount of Other Eligible Accounts at such time.
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary).
“Disposition” means any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (including any sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary) of any property by any Person, including any sale, transfer or other disposition, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith. “Dispose” has the meaning correlative thereto.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that, 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, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the occurrence of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that are not Disqualified Equity Interests and Cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and Cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), in whole or in part, or is required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof or (c) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and Cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests),
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in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the latest Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the date hereof, the date hereof), except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), as a result of a “change of control” or “asset sale”, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control or asset sale event are subject to the prior payment in full of all Obligations described in clause (a) of the definition of the term “Obligations”, the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments; provided that an Equity Interest in any Person that is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability.
“Disqualified Institution” means (a) certain Persons that have been identified by name by the Borrower in writing to KBCM on or prior to February 23, 2021, (b) such competitors of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries as have been identified by name in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or from time to time thereafter, (c) Affiliates of any such Person identified pursuant to clause (a) above (i) that have been identified by name in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or from time to time thereafter or (ii) where such Affiliate’s relationship to such Person is readily apparent on its face from the name of such Affiliate, and (d) Affiliates of any such Person identified pursuant to clause (b) above (i) that have been identified by name in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or from time to time thereafter or (ii) where such Affiliate’s relationship to such Person is readily apparent on its face from the name of such Affiliate, in each case under this clause (d), other than any such Affiliate that is a bank, financial institution or bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and for which no personnel involved with the relevant competitor (A) make investment decisions or (B) have access to non-public information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary). Upon the written request of any Lender in connection with any prospective assignment or participation, the Administrative Agent shall make the list of Disqualified Institutions that have been so identified by name pursuant to this definition available on a confidential basis to such Lender (but such list shall not be posted generally to Lenders). It is understood and agreed that any identification by the Borrower pursuant to this definition after the Closing Date shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any assignment or participation to any Person that shall have become a Lender or a participant prior thereto (but that no further assignments or delegations to, or sales of participations by, may be made to any such Person thereafter).
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Drawing Document” means any Letter of Credit or other document presented for purposes of drawing under any Letter of Credit.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) above or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) above 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.
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“Eligible Accounts” means, at any time, the Accounts owned by the Credit Parties at such time, other than any Account to which (or to any portion of which) any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent to modify the eligibility criteria in its Permitted Discretion as expressly set forth herein, Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account of any Credit Party:
(ai)that (i) is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents or (ii) is not owned by such Credit Party free and clear of all Liens and of all rights of any other Person, except (A) Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents, (B) Permitted Encumbrances arising as a matter of law that do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money and do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents and (C) any Lien permitted under Section 6.2(h);
(aj)(i) that does not arise from the sale of goods or the performance of services by such Credit Party in the ordinary course of its business and (ii) that arises under any transitional services agreement entered into in connection with any Disposition or in respect of any settlement of litigation or a similar proceeding);
(ak)that is not evidenced by an invoice or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (with the Administrative Agent agreeing that it will reasonably consider any form thereof proposed by an Account Debtor) that has been sent to the Account Debtor;
(al)(i) for which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or upon which such Credit Party's right to receive payment is contingent upon the provision of any service or the fulfillment of any further obligation on the part of such Credit Party or (ii) if such Account represents a progress billing consisting of an invoice for goods sold or used or services rendered pursuant to a contract under which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay that invoice is subject to such Credit Party's completion of further performance under such contract or is subject to the equitable lien of a surety bond issuer;
(am)(i) that arises with respect to goods that are delivered on a bill-and-hold, sale on approval, sale-and-return, consignment, guaranteed sale or any other repurchase or return basis by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor is or may be conditional or (ii) represent credit card sales or cash-on-delivery sales;
(an)that is payable in any currency other than Dollars;
(ao)as to which such Credit Party is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process;
(ap)that is the obligation of any Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party or any director, officer, other employee or equity holder of any Credit Party or any such Affiliate, or by any Person that has any common officer or director with any Credit Party (other than any Person that would not be an Affiliate but for a common officer or director);
(aq)that is the obligation of an Account Debtor that is a Governmental Authority, unless, in the case of any Governmental Authority of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, has agreed to the contrary in writing and such Credit Party, if necessary or desirable, has complied with respect to such obligation with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, or any applicable State, county or municipal law restricting assignment thereof or perfection of Lien thereon;
(ar)that is the obligation of an Account Debtor organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof, the District of Columbia or Canada;
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(as)that is the obligation of an Account Debtor that is a Sanctioned Person;
(at)to the extent that any defense, counterclaim, setoff or dispute has been asserted as to such Account (but any portion of such Account net of the amount of such defense, counterclaim, setoff or dispute shall not be excluded as an Eligible Account pursuant to this clause);
(au)to the extent that such Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof is liable for goods sold or services rendered by the Account Debtor or any Affiliate thereof to such Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof, or such Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof is otherwise monetarily obligated to the Account Debtor or any Affiliate thereof (whether contingently or otherwise, and including any such obligation in respect of any security or deposit provided by the Account Debtor or any Affiliate thereof to such Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof), but only to the extent of the potential defense, counterclaim or setoff;
(av)to the extent such Account is evidenced by a judgment, or any promissory note, instrument or chattel paper;
(aw)such Account is not paid within the earlier of 60 days following its due date or 90 days (or 120 days with respect to Investment Grade Account Debtors and Chewy Account Debtors) following its original invoice date (it being understood in each case that “original invoice date” shall be deemed to be the original invoice date of the first invoice in the case of any Account invoiced more than once (including where any Account was partially paid and such Credit Party created a new receivable for the unpaid portion of such Account));
(ax)any Account Debtor obligated on such Account suspends business, makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails to pay its debts generally as they come due or is assigned by the applicable Credit Party to “prepaid” status;
(ay)a petition is filed by or against any Account Debtor obligated on such Account under any Debtor Relief Law;
(az)any check or other instrument of payment with respect to such Account has been returned uncollected for any reason;
(ba)that is the obligation of an Account Debtor if 50% or more of all Accounts owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible pursuant to clause (o) above;
(bb)to the extent that such Account, together with all other Accounts owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates, as of any date of determination exceed:
(i)in the case of any Investment Grade Account Debtor, 40% of all Eligible Accounts (but only to the extent of such excess);
(ii)in the case of any Chewy Account Debtor, 40% of all Eligible Accounts (but only to the extent of such excess); and
(iii)in the case of any other Account Debtor, 25% of all Eligible Accounts (but only to the extent of such excess);
(bc)with respect to any Account of any Walmart Account Debtor, as to which any material covenant, representation or warranty contained in any supplier agreement with the applicable Walmart Account Debtor with respect to such Account has been breached by the applicable Credit Party; or
(bd)as to which any of the representations or warranties in the Credit Documents with respect to such Account are untrue in any material respect.
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In determining the amount of an Eligible Account, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, to the extent not reflected as a reduction in such face amount, unless the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, agrees otherwise and without duplication (whether of the exclusionary criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts or of any Reserve) (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, warranty and other claims, returns, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges, third party commissions and other allowances (including any amount that such Credit Party may be obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all Cash and Cash Equivalents received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by such Credit Party to reduce the amount of such Account.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds of any Lender being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof) and (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other Person that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and that extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business; provided that in no event shall any natural person (or any holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned or operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person), any Defaulting Lender, any Disqualified Institution, Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Holdings be an Eligible Assignee.
“Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means Inventory owned by a Credit Party that would be Eligible Inventory but for the application of clauses (f) and (i) of the definition thereof and that constitutes finished goods to be sold by a Credit Party in the ordinary course of business but at the time of determination is in transit (i) between a domestic distribution center, warehouse, shipping center, plant, factory, or other similar location of the Credit Parties and another such domestic location of the Credit Parties or (ii) from a veterinary facility to a domestic distribution center, warehouse, shipping center, plant, factory, or other similar location of the Credit Parties; provided that Eligible In-Transit Inventory shall exclude all Eligible On-Hand Finished Goods Inventory and any Eligible Inventory not located in the continental United States, provided, further that no Eligible Inventory shall be Eligible In-Transit Inventory unless it (i) has been in-transit for less than 30 days and (ii) has been fully paid for at the time of shipment to or by any Credit Party.
“Eligible Inventory” means, at any time, the Inventory owned by the Credit Parties at such time, other than any Inventory to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent to modify the eligibility criteria in its Permitted Discretion as expressly set forth herein, Eligible Inventory shall not include any Inventory of any Credit Party that:
(be)(i) is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents or (ii) is not owned by such Credit Party free and clear of all Liens and of all rights of any other Person, except (A) Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents, (B) Permitted Encumbrances arising as a matter of law that do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money and do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents, (C) in the case of Inventory referred to in clause (d) or (f) below, the Lien thereon of the landlord or the warehouseman or other bailee, as the case may be, if a Rent Reserve or another Reserve has been established with respect to such Lien on such Inventory and (D) any Lien permitted under Section 6.2(h);
(bf)is not located at a location in the United States of America;
(bg)the salability of such Inventory is subject to a license agreement that has expired, terminated or otherwise ceased to be in full force and effect;
(bh)is located on real property leased by a Credit Party, unless (i) the applicable landlord has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to such location or (ii) the Administrative Agent has established a Rent Reserve; provided that, prior to the date that is 60 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be
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agreed to by the Administrative Agent), with respect to any Inventory held at any location reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, such Inventory shall not be deemed to be ineligible solely as a result of this clause (d);
(bi)is located on real property owned by a Credit Party subject to a mortgage (or a similar Lien) in favor of a Person other than the Collateral Agent (or the administrative agent, collateral agent or a similar representative in respect of any Permitted Term Indebtedness), unless (i) a mortgagee waiver has been delivered to the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it or (ii) an appropriate Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(bj)(i) is located in a third party warehouse or is otherwise in the possession of a warehouseman, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, customs broker or other bailee or (ii) is located at a or is otherwise in the possession of a third party processor, unless (A) such warehouseman repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, customs broker or other bailee has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to such Inventory or (B) an appropriate Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(bk)(i) is on consignment to any consignee, subject to bailment or lease, or not otherwise owned by a Credit Party or (ii) it has been shipped to a customer, regardless of whether such shipment is on a consignment basis;
(bl)is to be returned to the vendor or marked for return to the vendor;
(bm)is located at any site if the aggregate book value of Inventory at such location is less than $100,000;
(bn)(i) is not in good and saleable condition, (ii) is not, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, readily marketable in its current form, or (iii) is used, vintage, imperfects, damaged, defective, shopworn, seconds, returns, marked for return, subject to recall, sub-assembly categories, damages locations, not found, in production or unmerchantable;
(bo)consists of supplies used or consumed in a Credit Party’s business or spare parts, maintenance parts, accessories, display items, prototypes, packaging or shipping materials, literature materials, display items or sample inventory, customer supplied parts or Inventory or replacement parts;
(bp)consists of goods that have been returned or rejected by any customer;
(bq)consists of (i) Hazardous Materials or Inventory that can be transported or sold only with Governmental Authorizations that are not readily available, (ii) Goods that do not conform in all material respects to all standards imposed by any applicable Governmental Authority;
(br)is expiring or has an expiry date within the next six months;
(bs)contains or bears any Intellectual Property rights of any Person other than such Credit Party (including any Intellectual Property licensed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) unless the Administrative Agent is reasonably satisfied that it may sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory without (i) infringing the rights of such other Person, violating any Contract Obligation with such other Person or (iii) incurring any obligation or liability with respect to payment of royalties, other than royalties that would be incurred as a result of sale of such Inventory if such Inventory were sold by a Credit Party and as to which an appropriate Reserve shall have been established by the Administrative Agent;
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(bt)is not covered by casualty insurance as required by the provisions of this Agreement: or
(bu)as to which any of the representations or warranties in the Credit Documents with respect to such Inventory are untrue in any material respect.
“Eligible Investment Grade Accounts” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Accounts owned by the Credit Parties that satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Eligible Accounts” and, in addition, the Account Debtor is an Investment Grade Account Debtor and the Borrower has elected, in its sole discretion, to treat such Accounts as “Eligible Investment Grade Accounts”.
“Eligible On-Hand Inventory” means, as of any date of determination, Eligible Inventory consisting of finished goods to be sold by a Credit Party in the ordinary course of business, which at such time, is located at a warehouse, distribution center, factory or plant (excluding all Eligible In-Transit Inventory).
“Eligible Other Accounts” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Accounts owned by the Credit Parties that satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Eligible Accounts” (other than any Eligible Investment Grade Accounts).
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, written notice or demand, claim, action, suit, proceeding, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise) by any Governmental Authority or by or on behalf of any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Law, (b) in connection with any presence or Release of any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to the health and safety of any Person or to natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws (including common law), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, codes, decrees, directives, judgments, Governmental Authorizations or any other requirements of, or binding agreements with, Governmental Authorities relating to (a) pollution or protection of the environment and natural resources, (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation, recycling or disposal, including the arrangement for recycling or disposal, or Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials or (c) occupational safety and health or industrial hygiene, each with respect to the protection of human health from exposure to Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing (other than, prior to the date of such conversion, Indebtedness that is convertible into any such Equity Interests).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which such Person is a member, (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which such Person is a member and (c) for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or 414(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which such Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member.
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“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for notice to the PBGC is waived), (b) the failure of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan, (d) the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan (unless any such failures are corrected by the final due date for the plan year for which such failures occurred), (e) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a written notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (f) the withdrawal by Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (g) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any condition or event that could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (h) the imposition of liability on Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (i) the withdrawal of Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary 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, (j) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan (i) that such Multiemployer Plan is in insolvency pursuant to 4245 of ERISA, (ii) that such Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA) or (iii) that such Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, (k) the occurrence of an act or omission that could reasonably be expected to give rise to the imposition on Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan, (l) the occurrence of an act or omission that could reasonably be expected to give rise to the imposition on Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Section 409, Section 502(c), 502(i) or 502(l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan, (m) the assertion of a claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Pension Plan or the assets thereof, or against Holdings, the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Pension Plan, (n) a written determination that any Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA) with respect to any plan year, (o) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or (p) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 406 of ERISA).
“Erroneous Payment” as defined in Section 9.12(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” as defined in Section 9.12(d).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” as defined in Section 9.12(d).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” as defined in Section 9.12(d).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” as defined in Section 9.12(d).
“Escrow Account” means a deposit or securities account of an Escrow Subsidiary established by it at a financial institution (any such financial institution, an “Escrow Agent”) and that contains solely Escrow Funds with respect to Escrow Indebtedness issued by such Escrow Subsidiary.
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“Escrow Account Documents” means the agreement(s) governing an Escrow Account and any other documents entered in order to grant to the applicable Escrow Agent (or its designee) Liens on the Escrow Funds on deposit in or credited to such Escrow Account.
“Escrow Agent” as defined in the definition of the term “Escrow Account”.
“Escrow Funds” means the sum of (a) the net proceeds of any Escrow Indebtedness, (b) an amount equal to (i) all interest that could accrue on such Escrow Indebtedness from and including the date of incurrence thereof to and including the date of any potential “special mandatory redemption” (or similar repayment obligation) to occur if the proceeds of such Escrow Indebtedness are not released from the applicable Escrow Account, plus (ii) the amount of any original issue discount on such Escrow Indebtedness, plus (iii) all fees and expenses that are incurred in connection with the incurrence of such Escrow Indebtedness and all fees, expenses or other amounts (for the avoidance of doubt, other than principal) payable in connection with any “special mandatory redemption” (or similar repayment obligation) applicable to such Escrow Indebtedness, and (c) any income, proceeds or products of the foregoing, in each case, so long as each of the foregoing is on deposit in an Escrow Account.
“Escrow Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of an Escrow Subsidiary incurred after the Closing Date, but only so long as (a) all the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are deposited into an Escrow Account upon the incurrence thereof and, in the event such proceeds are not released from such Escrow Account, such proceeds are required, pursuant to the terms of the definitive documents evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, to be applied to redeem or otherwise discharge or satisfy such Indebtedness pursuant to a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) and (b) such Indebtedness is not Guaranteed by any Person other than an Escrow Subsidiary.
“Escrow Indebtedness Documents” means, with respect to any Escrow Indebtedness, (a) the definitive documents evidencing or governing the rights of the holders of such Escrow Indebtedness, (b) the Escrow Account Documents relating to such Escrow Indebtedness and (c) any other documents entered into by the applicable Escrow Subsidiary in connection with such Escrow Indebtedness.
“Escrow Subsidiary” means a newly formed Subsidiary that (a) shall have been identified to the Administrative Agent as such promptly following its formation and (b) does not hold or have any assets or liabilities other than any Escrow Indebtedness, any Escrow Funds, any Escrow Accounts and such Subsidiary’s rights and obligations under any Escrow Indebtedness Documents.
“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.
“Event of Default” means any condition or event set forth in Section 8.1.
“Excess Availability” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Maximum Credit and (ii) the Borrowing Base then in effect minus (b) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Excluded Property” as defined in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any obligation (a “Swap 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, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity
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Exchange Act at the time such guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, United States federal withholding Taxes imposed (or that would be imposed) on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment requested by the Borrower under Section 2.22) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.19, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.19(g) and (d) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Field Examination” means the final field examination report prepared by LCG Advisors on behalf of East West Bank in connection with the Existing Indebtedness Agreements and delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.
“Existing Holdings Mirror Indebtedness” means Indebtedness evidenced by the Convertible Promissory Note dated as of May 19, 2020 issued by Holdings in favor of the Parent Company in an aggregate principal amount equal to $143,750,000 and outstanding on the Closing Date.
“Existing Indebtedness Agreements” means (a) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 17, 2018 among the Borrower, as borrower and borrower representative, the other credit parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and East West Bank, as administrative agent, letter of credit issuer and swingline lender, (b) the Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of July 8, 2019 among the Borrower, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, and (c) the VIP Indebtedness Agreements, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date.
“Existing Letter of Credit” means each letter of credit previously issued by any Issuing Bank for the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 2.3.
“Existing Revolving Borrowings” as defined in Section 2.23(e)(i).
“Extended/Modified Commitments” as defined in the definition of the term “Extension/Modification Permitted Amendment”.
“Extended/Modified Loans” as defined in the definition of the term “Extension/Modification Permitted Amendment”.
“Extending/Modifying Lenders” as defined in Section 2.24(a).
“Extension/Modification Agreement” means an Extension/Modification Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Extending/Modifying Lenders, effecting one or more Extension/Modification Permitted Amendments and such other amendments hereto and to the other Credit Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.24.
“Extension/Modification Offer” as defined in Section 2.24(a).
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“Extension/Modification Permitted Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, effected in connection with an Extension/Modification Offer pursuant to Section 2.24, providing for (a) an extension of the Maturity Date and/or (b) an increase or decrease in the interest margins, benchmark rate floors, fixed interest rates or fees, in each case, applicable to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Extending/Modifying Revolving Lenders of the applicable Extension/Modification Request Class (such Loans or Commitments being referred to as the “Extended/Modified Loans” or “Extended/Modified Commitments”, as applicable) and, in connection therewith:
(bv)an increase in the fees payable to, or the inclusion of new fees to be payable to, the Extending/Modifying Lenders in respect of such Extension/Modification Offer or their Extended/Modified Commitments, and/or
(bw)an addition of any covenants applicable to Holdings, the Borrower and/or the other Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that to the extent such covenants are not consistent with those applicable to the Loans or Commitments of the applicable Extension/Modification Request Class, such differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants (i) beneficial to the Lenders where this Agreement is amended to include such covenants for the benefit of all Lenders or (ii) applicable only to periods after the latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of effectiveness of the applicable Extension/Modification Agreement).
“Extension/Modification Request Class” as defined in Section 2.24(a).
“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
“Fair Share” as defined in Section 7.2(b).
“Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2(b).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Federal Funds Effective 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 on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall at no time be less than zero.
“FILO Class” as defined in Section 2.23(f).
“Financial Covenant” means the covenant set forth in Section 6.7.
“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any individual holding the position of chief financial officer, treasurer or corporate controller of such Person; provided that, when such term is used in reference to any document executed by, or a certification of, a Financial Officer, the
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secretary, assistant secretary or other Authorized Officer of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to the Administrative Agent as to the authority of such individual.
“Financial Officer Certification” means, (a) with respect to any consolidated financial statements of the Borrower, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements), subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments and the absence of certain footnotes, and (b) with respect to any Unrestricted Subsidiary Reconciliation Statement, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that such reconciliation statement accurately reflects all adjustments necessary to treat the Unrestricted Subsidiaries as if they were not consolidated with Holdings and to otherwise eliminate all accounts of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries and reflects no other adjustment from the related GAAP financial statement (except as otherwise disclosed in such reconciliation statement).
“First Amendment Effective Date” means February 3, 2023.
“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Fixed Amounts” as defined in Section 1.2(c).
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of the last day of any Test Period, of (a) (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period minus (ii) Consolidated Capital Expenditures for such Test Period paid or payable in Cash by Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding (A) any portion thereof financed with the net cash proceeds of any incurrence of Long-Term Indebtedness (other than Loans or loans under other revolving credit facilities), any Disposition of assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets of a business unit, division, product line or line of business of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, or any insurance/condemnation event, (B) any Capital Expenditures to the extent that (1) any property, plant or equipment was exchanged for credit against the purchase price of the property, plant or equipment that is the subject of such Capital Expenditure, in each case in the ordinary course of business, or (2) the proceeds of any Disposition of any property, plant or equipment were applied promptly after the receipt thereof to the purchase price of the property, plant or equipment that is the subject of such Capital Expenditure, and such acquired assets constitute similar replacement property of such disposed assets and (C) any Capital Expenditure made in the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the eighteenth full month ended after the Closing Date to the extent paid for from up to $20,000,000 of cash on hand of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date), minus (iii) taxes based on income, revenues, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, excise and similar taxes paid in Cash by Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries during such Test Period, to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Test Period.
“Flood Certificate” means a life of loan “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a Mortgage or required pursuant to the terms hereof to become subject to a Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.
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“Flood Program” means the National Flood Insurance Program created by the US Congress pursuant to (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (e) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and any regulations promulgated thereunder or any successor statutes.
“Flood Zone” means areas having special flood hazards as described in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to zero percent (0.00%) per annum.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a US Person.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Revolving Lender that is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, other than any portion of such Pro Rata Share that (i) shall have been funded by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.3(e) or (ii) has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders in accordance with Section 2.21(a)(iii) or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time, other than any portion of such Pro Rata Share that (i) shall have been funded by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.26(c) or (ii) has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders in accordance with Section 2.21(a)(iii) or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (c) with respect to the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of the Protective Advances outstanding at such time, other than any portion of such Pro Rata Share that (i) shall have been funded by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.2(b) or (ii) has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders in accordance with Section 2.21(a)(iii) or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“GAAP” means, at any time, subject to Section 1.2(a), United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect at such time, applied in accordance with the consistency requirements thereof.
“Goods” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“Governmental Act” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national, supranational or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, registration, approval, exemption, authorization, plan, directive, binding agreement, consent order or consent decree made to, or issued, promulgated or entered into by or with, any Governmental Authority.
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“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, Securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) reasonable indemnity obligations entered into in connection with any Acquisition or any Disposition permitted hereunder (other than any such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of Indebtedness guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (A) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (B) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (A), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (B), in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower)).
“Guarantor Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary that is a party hereto as a “Guarantor Subsidiary” and a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement as a “Grantor” thereunder (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that no Subsidiary that is excluded from being a Designated Subsidiary shall be required to be a Guarantor Subsidiary). Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Guarantor Subsidiary” shall include the Borrower.
“Guarantors” means Holdings and each Guarantor Subsidiary; provided that, for purposes of Section 7, the term “Guarantors” shall also include the Borrower solely for purposes of the Guarantee of Obligations of the other Credit Parties pursuant to Section 7.
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, waste or substance that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law, and any petroleum products, distillates or byproducts and all other hydrocarbons, radon, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances, and heavy metals.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the generation, use, storage, transportation, recycling or disposal, including the arrangement for recycling or disposal, or Release of, or exposure to, or presence of, any Hazardous Materials, and any treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Headquarters Property” means the Real Estate Asset owned by the Borrower and located at 000 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, including any parcels adjacent thereto acquired after the Closing Date (and all improvements and fixtures attached to any of the foregoing).
“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, prices of equity or debt securities or instruments, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or any similar transaction or combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that no phantom stock, stock option, stock appreciation right or similar plan or right providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiaries shall be a Hedge Agreement.
“Hedge Provider” means any Person that (a) is, or was on the Closing Date, an Agent, an Arranger or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, whether or not such Person shall have been an Agent, an Arranger or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing at the time the applicable Hedge Agreement
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was entered into, (b) is a counterparty to a Hedge Agreement in effect on the Closing Date and is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or (c) becomes a counterparty after the Closing Date to a Hedge Agreement at a time when such Person is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged or received under the laws applicable to any Lender that are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws that may hereafter be in effect and that allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
“Historical Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet and related audited statements of (loss) income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, in each case prepared in conformity with GAAP, of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2020.
“Holdings” as defined in the preamble hereto; provided that Holdings may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or Dispose of substantially all of its assets to, any other Person that is a Parent so long as (a) Holdings shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (b) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposition is not Holdings (any such Person, “Successor Holdings”), (i) Successor Holdings shall directly own 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) Successor Holdings shall be an entity organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) Successor Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (and the other Credit Parties shall expressly reconfirm their Obligations under the Credit Documents) pursuant to an agreement or agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iv)(A) all Equity Interests of the Borrower and substantially all of the other assets of Holdings shall be contributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, to Successor Holdings and pledged to secure the Obligations and (B) all Equity Interests and all other assets of the Borrower and the Guarantor Subsidiaries that constituted Collateral prior to such substitution shall remain Collateral and shall remain subject to Liens thereon securing the Obligations that are valid and enforceable to the same extent as such Liens were valid and enforceable prior to such substitution, and (v) the Administrative Agent shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) of the proposed transaction and Holdings, Successor Holdings and the Borrower shall promptly and in any event at least three Business Days’ prior to the consummation of the transaction provide all information any Lender or any Agent may reasonably request to satisfy its “know your customer”, Beneficial Ownership Certification and other similar requirements necessary for such Person to comply with its internal compliance and regulatory requirements with respect to the proposed Successor Holdings; provided further that if the foregoing requirements are satisfied, Successor Holdings will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Incremental Facility Agreement” means an Incremental Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Lenders, establishing Incremental Revolving Commitments of any Class, specifying the purposes for which the proceeds of the Loans made pursuant thereto will be used and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Credit Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.23.
"Incremental Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender, established pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement and Section 2.23, to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Xxxxxx's Revolving Exposure under such Incremental Facility Agreement.
"Incremental Revolving Lender" means a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Commitment.
“Incremental Term Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to:
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(bx)(i) the sum of (A) the greater of (1) $83,000,000 and (2) 100% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date (determined after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to which the Incremental Amount is being determined and the use of proceeds thereof), plus (B) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness that is voluntarily prepaid or, to the extent of Cash spent, repurchased by the Borrower pursuant to the Permitted Term Indebtedness Documents, in each case, prior to such date and to the extent not financed with the proceeds of any Long-Term Indebtedness (other than revolving credit Indebtedness), minus (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness (or, to the extent established but not yet funded, the aggregate amount of commitments to make Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness in effect) that shall have been established prior to such date in reliance on this clause (a), and (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any Permitted Term Indebtedness that shall have been incurred prior to such date in reliance on this clause (a) (the amounts available on such date under this clause (a) being referred to as the “Unrestricted Incremental Term Amount”), plus
(by)an additional amount so long as, in the case of this clause (b), after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to which the Incremental Term Amount is being determined and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting the Cash proceeds of such Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness incurred substantially concurrently therewith), and assuming, solely for purposes of this determination, that the entire amount of commitments to make Permitted Term Indebtedness in effect with respect to which the Incremental Term Amount is being determined are fully funded as loans, the Specified Permitted Term Indebtedness Ratio Requirement has been satisfied (the amounts available on such date under this clause (b) being referred to as the “Incurrence-Based Incremental Term Amount”);
provided that (I) if, for purposes of determining capacity under clause (b) above, Pro Forma Effect is given to the entire committed amount of any Indebtedness with respect to which the Incremental Term Amount is being determined, such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed, in whole or in part, from time to time, without any further testing under this definition (provided that such committed amount shall, solely for purposes of calculating availability under clause (b) above, at all times thereafter be deemed to be fully funded as Indebtedness for borrowed money), (II) in the case of any Permitted Term Indebtedness established or incurred concurrently in reliance on the Unrestricted Incremental Term Amount and in reliance on clause (b) above, the amount of such Permitted Term Indebtedness established or incurred in reliance on the Unrestricted Incremental Term Amount shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating any ratio under the Specified Permitted Term Indebtedness Ratio Requirement under clause (b) above, (III) in the case of any Permitted Term Indebtedness established or incurred in reliance on clause (b) above, any Loans incurred concurrently therewith or any other Indebtedness incurred concurrently therewith pursuant to and in accordance with any clause of Section 6.1 that does not require observance of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating any ratio under the Specified Permitted Term Indebtedness Ratio Requirement under clause (b) above, (IV) in the case of any Permitted Term Indebtedness established or incurred in reliance on clause (b) above, to the extent the proceeds thereof are intended to be applied to finance a Limited Conditionality Transaction, at the election of the Borrower, Pro Forma Compliance with the Specified Permitted Term Indebtedness Ratio Requirement may be tested in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.2(e), (V) any portion of any Permitted Term Indebtedness established or incurred in reliance on clause (a) above shall be reclassified as provided in Section 1.2(d), and (VI) any Permitted Term Indebtedness may be established or incurred in reliance on clause (a) or (b) above regardless of whether there is capacity under any such other clause above, or may be established or incurred in reliance in part on clause (a) or (b) above and in part on any such other clause above, all as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion, provided that absent an election by the Borrower, to the extent that the applicable requirements have been satisfied, such incurrence shall be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (b) above.
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“incur” means to create, incur, assume or, in the case of any Indebtedness, otherwise become liable with respect to such Indebtedness.
“Incurrence-Based Amounts” as defined in Section 1.2(c).
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) deferred compensation payable to directors, officers or employees of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any purchase price adjustment or earnout obligation incurred in connection with any Acquisition until such obligation (A) becomes fixed and determined and (B) has not been paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable, (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) the maximum aggregate amount (determined after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions that have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit and letters of guaranty in respect of which such Person is an account party, (g) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (h) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on any property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, valued, as of any date of determination, at the lesser of (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair value of such property (as determined in good faith by such Person), (i) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others and (j) all Disqualified Equity Interests in such Person, valued, as of the date of determination, at the greater of (i) the maximum aggregate amount that would be payable upon maturity, redemption, repayment or repurchase thereof (or of Disqualified Equity Interests or Indebtedness into which such Disqualified Equity Interests are convertible or exchangeable) and (ii) the maximum liquidation preference of such Disqualified Equity Interests.
The Indebtedness of any Person (A) shall include the Indebtedness of any other Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner and any unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a joint venturer) to the extent such Person is liable therefor under applicable law or any agreement or instrument as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, (1) except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor and (2) only to the extent the relevant Indebtedness is of the type that would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Net Debt, (B) shall exclude (1) trade related letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business and Guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of or to (other than obligations for borrowed money) suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners, (2) prepaid or deferred revenue, (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (4) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, (5) Indebtedness of any Parent appearing on the balance sheet of Holdings or the Borrower solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP, (6) accrued expenses and royalties, (7) asset retirement obligations and other pension related obligations (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than 60 days, and (8) any non-compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with an Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder (including any Acquisition or Investment consummated prior to the Closing Date), and (C) in the case of Holdings, Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, shall exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, or testing of any Hazardous Materials and any Hazardous Materials Activity), reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses and other charges of counsel and consultants for the Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or
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threatened by any Person (including by any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof), whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto (but limited, in the case of any one such proceeding or hearing, to fees, expenses and other charges of one firm of primary counsel and one firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for all the Indemnitees (and, if any Indemnitee shall have advised the Borrower that there is an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interest, one additional firm of primary counsel and one additional firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for each group of affected Indemnitees that are similarly situated), and any fees or expenses incurred by the Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect, special, consequential or otherwise and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable causes of action or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (a) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions, the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit by any Issuing Bank (including the failure of any Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental Act), the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Obligations Guarantee)), (b) any commitment letter, engagement letter, fee letter or other letter or agreement delivered by any Agent, any Arranger, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to the Borrower, or any Affiliate thereof, in connection with the arrangement of the credit facilities provided for herein or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (c) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity directly or indirectly relating to or arising from any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that none of the foregoing shall include any Taxes, other than Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, costs, expenses or disbursements relating to or arising from any non-Tax action, judgment, suit or claim.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” as defined in Section 10.3(a).
“Initial ABL Inventory Appraisal” means the final Inventory appraisal report (including the supplements thereto) prepared by Xxxxxx Bros. with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral that is owned by the Credit Parties and delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.
“Insurance/Condemnation Event” means any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under the power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, or any Disposition under a threat of such taking of, all or any part of any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“Intellectual Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Indebtedness Subordination Agreement” means an Intercompany Indebtedness Subordination Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan or Protective Advance) or any Daily Simple SOFR Loan, the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, (b) with respect to any Term SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, in the case of any such Loan with an Interest Period of longer than three months’ duration,
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each date that is three months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period, (c) with respect to any Swing Line Loan, the date that such Loan is required to be repaid and (d) with respect to any Protective Advance, the date that such Protective Advance is required to be repaid.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to each Term SOFR Borrowing, a period of one (1), three (3) or six (6) months as selected by the Borrower; provided, however, that (a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of a SOFR Loan shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (the date of a Borrowing resulting from a conversion or continuation shall be the date of such conversion or continuation) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the first day after the last day of the next preceding Interest Period; (b) if any Interest Period begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month; (c) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; (d) no Interest Period for any SOFR Loan may be selected that would end after the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period; and (e) if, upon the expiration of any Interest Period, the Borrower has failed to (or may not) elect a new Interest Period to be applicable to the respective Borrowing of SOFR Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing to Base Rate Loans effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Inventory” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“Investment” means, with respect to a specified Person, any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other Securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, or any capital contribution or loans or advances (other than advances made in the ordinary course of business that would be recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in conformity with GAAP) to, Guarantees of any Indebtedness of (including any such Guarantees arising as a result of the specified Person being a co-maker of any note or other instrument or a joint and several co-applicant with respect to any letter of credit or letter of guaranty), or any investment in the form of a transfer of property for consideration that is less than the fair value thereof (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) to, any other Person that are held or made by the specified Person (excluding, in the case of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extension of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business). The amount, as of any date of determination, of (a) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the aggregate principal amount thereof made on or prior to such date of determination, minus the amount, as of such date of determination, of any Returns with respect thereto, but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (b) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be determined in accordance with the definition of the term “Guarantee”, (c) any Investment in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other Securities of any Person shall be the fair value (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) of the consideration therefor (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus the fair value (as so determined) of all additions, as of such date of determination, thereto, and minus the amount, as of such date of determination, of any Returns with respect thereto, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the time of such Investment and (d) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair value (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) of such Equity Interests or
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other property as of the time of such transfer (less, in the case of any investment in the form of transfer of property for consideration that is less than the fair value thereof, the fair value (as so determined) of such consideration as of the time of the transfer), minus the amount, as of such date of determination, of any Returns with respect thereto, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the time of such transfer.
“Investment Grade Account Debtor” means, as of any date of determination, (a) any Walmart Account Debtor, (b) any other Account Debtor that, as of such date, has a corporate family rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) from Moody’s or has a corporate credit rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) from S&P, or (c) any other Account Debtor that is not rated by Moody’s or S&P but for purposes of this Agreement has otherwise been designated in writing as “investment grade” by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
“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 in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Issuing Bank” means (a) KeyBank and (b) any other Lender (or an Affiliate thereof) that shall have become an Issuing Bank as provided herein, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided herein, each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate (it being agreed that such Issuing Bank shall, or shall cause such Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.4 with respect to such Letters of Credit).
“Jefferies” means Jefferies Finance LLC.
“Junior Indebtedness” means (a) any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (other than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(j)), (b) any unsecured Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Qualified Holdings Mirror Indebtedness) or (c) any Subordinated Indebtedness; provided that any Indebtedness owing to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary shall not be Junior Indebtedness.
“KBCM” means KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
“Leasehold Property” means, as of any time of determination, any leasehold interest then owned by any Credit Party in any leased real property.
“Lender” means each Person listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto in accordance with the terms hereof pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, an Incremental Facility Agreement or a Refinancing Facility Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lender” includes the Swing Line Lender and, with respect to the Protective Advances, the Administrative Agent.
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“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued or to be issued by any Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement and any Existing Letter of Credit, in each case other than any Letter of Credit that ceases to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 10.8.
“Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs” as defined in Section 2.3(k).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $15,000,000; provided that the Letter of Credit Sublimit may be increased at any time by the written agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank that will commit to issue Letters of Credit under this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum aggregate amount that is, or at any time thereafter pursuant to the terms thereof may become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met) and (b) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by the Issuing Banks and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
“Limited Conditionality Transaction” means (a) any Acquisition or Investment (other than an intercompany Investment), including by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (b) any Disposition or (c) any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or similar repayment of Indebtedness with respect to which an irrevocable notice of prepayment or redemption is required.
“Line Cap” means, at any time, the lesser of (a) the Maximum Credit at such and (b) the Borrowing Base then in effect.
“Loan” means a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan or a Protective Advance.
“Lockbox” as defined in Section 5.13(a).
“Long-Term Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that, in conformity with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred, constituted) a long-term liability.
“Majority in Interest”, when used in reference to Lenders of any Class, means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments of such Class representing more than 50% of the Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders of such Class at such time. For purposes of this definition, the amount of Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments of any Class shall be determined by excluding the Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitment of such Class of any Defaulting Lender.
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U.
“Master Agreement” means that Master Agreement entered into between the Borrower and one or more other Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent in connection with the cash management services undertaken by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Credit Parties.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Credit Documents or (c) the rights and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
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“Material Indebtedness” means any Permitted Term Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Guarantees under the Credit Documents), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedge Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount. In the case of any Material Indebtedness that is a Guarantee of any other Indebtedness, each reference to “Material Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include a reference to such Guaranteed Indebtedness. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, (i) the “principal amount” of the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Hedge Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedge Agreement were terminated at such time and (ii) the principal amount of any Permitted Securitization shall be determined as set forth in the definition of such term.
“Material Real Estate Asset” means each Real Estate Asset located in the United States acquired by any Credit Party after the Closing Date (or owned by any Person that becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date and located in the United States) that, together with the improvements thereon and all contiguous and all related parcels and the improvements thereon, has a fair value of $7,000,000 or more (as determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower), in each case, as of the time of acquisition of such Real Estate Asset by such Credit Party or as of the time such Person becomes a Credit Party, as applicable.
“Material Subsidiary” means the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary (a) the total assets of which (determined on a consolidated basis for such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries, but excluding all amounts attributable to Unrestricted Subsidiaries) equal 5.0% or more of the Consolidated Total Assets or (b) the consolidated revenues of which (determined on a consolidated basis for such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries) equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; provided that if at the end of or for any Test Period the combined consolidated total assets or combined consolidated revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries that under clauses (a) and (b) above would not constitute Material Subsidiaries would, but for this proviso, exceed 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, then one or more of such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be Material Subsidiaries in descending order based on the amounts (determined on a consolidated basis for such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries) of their total assets or revenues, as the case may be, until such excess shall have been eliminated. At all times prior to the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b), determinations under this definition shall be made based on the Historical Financial Statements.
“Maturity Date” means the Revolving Maturity Date or the scheduled “maturity date” with respect to any Class of Loans established pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26, as the context requires.
“Maximum Credit” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders in effect at such time. The Maximum Credit as of the Closing Date is $125,000,000.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a Lien on any Material Real Estate Asset in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations. Each Mortgage shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which the Borrower, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions.
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“Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means, with respect to Inventory of any Credit Party, the orderly liquidation value thereof, net of all costs of liquidation thereof, as based upon the Current Appraisal and expressed as a percentage of Cost of such Inventory.
“Non-Credit Party Permitted Acquisition” means a Permitted Acquisition made in reliance on Section 6.6(k) that is an acquisition (a) of assets by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor Subsidiary (and such Restricted Subsidiary does not become a Guarantor Subsidiary within the time period permitted pursuant to Section 5.10) or (b) of Equity Interests in any Person that does not become a Guarantor Subsidiary within the time period required by Section 5.10.
“Non-Credit Party Permitted Acquisition Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the greater of (i) $83,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the then most recently ended Test Period, minus (b) the amount of Acquisition Consideration paid in respect of any Non-Credit Party Permitted Acquisition consummated on or prior to such date; provided that, in the case of clause (b), if the relevant Person acquired in any Non-Credit Party Permitted Acquisition subsequently becomes a Guarantor Subsidiary or if the relevant assets acquired in any Non-Credit Party Acquisition are subsequently transferred to a Guarantor Subsidiary, the Non-Credit Party Permitted Acquisition Amount shall be increased by the amount by which it was reduced pursuant to this clause (b) at the time such Person or assets were acquired.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Note” means a promissory note issued to any Lender pursuant to Section 2.6(c).
“Obligations” means (a) all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, whether for principal, interest (including default interest accruing pursuant to Section 2.9 and interest (including such default interest) that would continue to accrue pursuant to Credit Documents on any such obligation after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to any Credit Party, whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable against such Credit Party in any such proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, fees (including commitment fees), reimbursement of expenses, indemnification, Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights or otherwise, (b) all Specified Hedge Obligations, excluding, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor, and (c) all Specified Cash Management Services Obligations.
“Obligations Guarantee” means the Guarantee of the Obligations created under Section 7.
“OFAC” means the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation or company, its certificate or articles of incorporation, organization or association, as amended, and its bylaws, as amended, (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its certificate of formation or articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended, and in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, any analogous organizational documents. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes 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,
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engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.22).
“Parent” means any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings.
“Parent Company” means PetIQ, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Parent Company Capital Markets Indebtedness” means any debt securities of the Parent Company issued after the Closing Date.
“Parent Company Convertible Notes” means the 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 issued by the Parent Company on May 19, 2020 and outstanding on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to $143,750,000.
“Parent Company Joinder” as defined in the definition of the term “Permitted Term Indebtedness”.
“Participant Register” as defined in Section 10.6(g)(i).
“PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56).
“Payment Condition Transaction” means the incurrence of any Indebtedness, the incurrence of any Lien, the making of any Investment or other Acquisition, the designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the making of any Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment that, in each case, is permitted under this Agreement subject to satisfaction of the Payment Conditions.
“Payment Conditions” means, at any time of determination with respect to any Payment Condition Transaction, the requirement that:
(bz)in the case of the incurrence of any Indebtedness in reliance on Section 6.1(y), the making of any Permitted Non-Credit Party Acquisition in reliance on Section 6.6(k), the making of any Acquisition or Investment in reliance on 6.6(v) or the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in reliance on any clause of Section 6.6 (other than 6.6(u)), (i) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would arise as a result of such Payment Condition Transaction, and (ii) after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Payment Condition Transaction, (A) the average daily Specified Excess Availability Percentage during the 20-day period ending on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall be not less than 12.5%, (B) the Specified Excess Availability Percentage on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall be not less than 12.5% and (C) unless after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Payment Condition Transaction, (1) the average daily Specified Excess Availability Percentage during the 20-day period ending on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall be not less than 15% and (2) the Specified Excess Availability Percentage on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall not be less than 15%, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (regardless whether a Covenant Period has occurred and is continuing) shall be not less than 1.00 to 1.00; or
(ca)in the case of the incurrence of any Lien in reliance on Section 6.2(x), the making of any Restricted Payment in reliance on Section 6.4(a)(xi) or the making of any Restricted Debt
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Prepayment in reliance on Section 6.4(b)(vii), (i) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would arise as a result of such Payment Condition Transaction, and (ii) after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Payment Condition Transaction, (A) the average daily Specified Excess Availability Percentage during the 20-day period ending on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall be not less than 15.0%, (B) the Specified Excess Availability Percentage on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall be not less than 15% and (C) unless after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Payment Condition Transaction, (1) the average daily Specified Excess Availability Percentage during the 20-day period ending on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall be not less than 17.5% and (2) the Specified Excess Availability Percentage on the date of such Payment Condition Transaction shall not be less than 17.5%, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (regardless whether a Covenant Period has occurred and is continuing) shall be not less than 1.00 to 1.00.
“Payment Recipient” as defined in Section 9.12(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or is covered by Title IV of ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that:
(cb)immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(cc)(i) in the case of any Acquisition of Equity Interests in a Person, each of such Person and its Subsidiaries will become a Restricted Subsidiary (or will be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, with the continuing or surviving Person being the Borrower (in the case of any such transaction involving the Borrower) or another Restricted Subsidiary) and (ii) in the case of any Acquisition of other assets, such assets will be owned by Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(cd)all actions required to be taken with respect to such Person or such assets, as the case may be, in order to satisfy the requirements set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” (subject to the discretion of the Collateral Agent set forth in such definition) shall have been taken (or arrangements for the taking of such actions satisfactory to the Collateral Agent shall have been made) (it being understood that all other requirements set forth in such definition that are applicable to such Acquisition shall be required to be satisfied in accordance with (and within the time periods provided in) Sections 5.10 and 5.11); and
(ce)the business of any such acquired Person, or such acquired assets, as the case may be, constitutes a business permitted by Section 6.11.
“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) and in accordance with customary business practices for comparable secured asset-based lending transactions.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(cf)Liens imposed by law for Taxes or other governmental charges that (i) are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith in compliance with Section 5.3, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained by the applicable Person in conformity with GAAP or (ii) are not required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.3;
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(cg)carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and other like Liens imposed by law (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code) arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations (i) that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.3 if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained by the applicable Person in conformity with GAAP or (ii) with respect to which the failure to make payment, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ch)pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code) and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;
(ci)pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for payment of Indebtedness), leases (other than capital leases), statutory obligations (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code), surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, completion guarantees and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above;
(cj)judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h);
(ck)any pledge or deposit securing any settlement of litigation;
(cl)(i) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, encroachments, protrusions and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) any other matters on title that are reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;
(cm)Liens disclosed in any title insurance policy with respect to any Real Estate Asset subject to a Mortgage or required pursuant to the terms hereof to become subject to a Mortgage and any replacement, extension or renewal thereof; provided that no such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal (and additions thereto, improvements thereon and the proceeds thereof);
(cn)any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(co)(i) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) Liens not securing Indebtedness for borrowed money that are granted in the ordinary course of business and customary in the operation of the business of Holdings, the Borrower and any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(cp)(i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business (and other agreements pursuant to which Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary has granted rights to end users to access and use Holdings’, the Borrower’s or any other Restricted Subsidiary’s products, technologies or services) which do not secure any Indebtedness, and which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary are located;
(cq)banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions; provided that such deposit accounts or funds are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness and are not subject to restrictions on access by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in excess of those required by applicable banking regulations;
(cr)Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(cs)Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 or 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection;
(ct)Liens arising by virtue of precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(cu)Liens representing any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor, or a lessee or sublessee, in the property subject to any lease (other than any capital lease) permitted by this Agreement (and all encumbrances and other matters affecting such interest or title);
(cv)Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(cw)(i) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business and bailment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business (excluding any general inventory financing) and permitted by this Agreement, or (ii) Liens arising by operation of law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (and any similar provision of any other requirement of law) in favor of a seller or buyer of goods;
(cx)Liens that are customary contractual rights of set-off;
(cy)Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds thereof securing obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit issued to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or such other goods;
(cz)deposits of Cash with the owner or lessor of premises leased and operated by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to secure the performance of its obligations under the lease for such premises, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and
(da)[reserved]; and
(db)Liens on Cash and Cash Equivalents deposited with a trustee or a similar Person to defease or to satisfy and discharge any Indebtedness, provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is permitted hereunder;
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provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed money, other than Liens referred to in clauses (c), (d), (t) or (w).
“Permitted Junior Lien Secured Term Indebtedness” means any secured Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any Guarantor Subsidiary in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes, bonds, debentures or loans, and the Guarantees thereof by any Credit Party that (a) is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral and (b) is secured by second priority Liens on all or a portion of the Term Priority Collateral (but senior in Lien priority to the Liens of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents on the Term Priority Collateral).
“Permitted Lien” means any Lien permitted by Section 6.2.
“Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor Subsidiary in the form of one or more series of senior secured or unsecured notes, bonds, loans or debentures or subordinated secured or unsecured notes, bonds, loans or debentures; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is not Guaranteed by any Person that is a Credit Party and (b) such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets constituting Collateral.
“Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the greater of (a) $62,000,000 and (b) 75% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the then most recently ended Test Period.
“Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness” means any secured Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any Guarantor Subsidiary in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes, bonds, debentures or loans, and the Guarantees thereof by any Credit Party that (a) is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral and (b) is secured by first priority Liens on all or a portion of the Term Priority Collateral. As of the Closing Date, the Indebtedness under the Term Credit Agreement shall constitute “Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness”.
“Permitted Securitization” means any receivables financing program providing for (a) the sale, transfer or conveyance of trade receivables by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary to a Receivables Subsidiary in a transaction or series of transactions purporting to be sales, and (b) the sale, transfer or conveyance of, or granting a Lien in, such trade receivables by a Receivables Subsidiary to any other Person, in each case under clause (a) or (b) above, without any recourse to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries (other than the Receivables Subsidiaries), whether pursuant to a Guarantee or otherwise, other than customary representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and servicing obligations that are usual and customary for securitization transactions involving trade receivables. The “amount” or “principal amount” of any Permitted Securitization shall be deemed at any time to be (i) in the case of any Permitted Securitization where the sale, transfer or conveyance referred to in clause (a) above is funded by the incurrence of Indebtedness or other Securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash flow derived from the applicable trade receivables, the aggregate principal or stated amount of such Indebtedness or other Securities (or, if there shall be no such principal or stated amount, the uncollected amount of the trade receivable sold, transferred or conveyed pursuant to such Permitted Securitization, net of any such trade receivable that have been written off as uncollectible), and (ii) in the case of any Permitted Securitization involving a direct sale, transfer or conveyance by a Receivables Subsidiary to one or more investors or purchasers, the uncollected amount of the trade receivables transferred pursuant to such Permitted Securitization, net of any such trade receivables that have been written off as uncollectible.
“Permitted Tax Distributions” means, with respect to any taxable period in which the Borrower is treated as a pass-through entity for United States federal, state and/or local income Tax purposes, dividends or distributions by any Credit Party and their Restricted Subsidiaries, in order for (A) the Parent Company and any of its Subsidiaries to pay such entity’s taxes attributable to the income of the Credit Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the product of (x) the combined effective corporate federal, state and/or local income tax rate applicable to the Parent Company (as estimated by Borrower in good faith, after taking into account the character of the income, deductions and/or credits available, including under Section 250 or 960 of the Internal Revenue Code and the deductibility of U.S. state and local income Tax for United States federal income Tax purposes) and
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(y) the taxable income of the Borrower for such taxable year (or portion thereof) allocated to the Parent Company or such Subsidiaries (taking into account carryover of unused prior year losses or excess interest deductions and the impact of any step-up under Section 743 or 734 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case of clauses (x) and (y) available at the level of the Borrower or the Parent Company (or their relevant Subsidiaries), as applicable and, without duplication, (B) any of the other owners (direct or indirect) of any Credit Party that are not specified in clause (A) above, (if indirect, which hold through an unbroken chains of one or more pass-through entities) to pay such owner’s federal, state or local (as applicable) income and franchise taxes attributable to the income of any Credit Party and their Restricted Subsidiaries that result directly from such owner’s direct or indirect beneficial ownership of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such taxable period (or portion thereof), in an aggregate amount not to exceed the product of (x) the highest combined marginal federal and state and/or local statutory Tax rate applicable to an individual resident in New York, New York (including any Medicare contribution tax on net investment income, if applicable) (as estimated by Borrower in good faith, after taking into account the character of the income, deductions and/or credits available under Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code and the deductibility of United States state and local income Tax for United States federal income Tax purposes) and (y) the taxable income of the Borrower for such taxable year (or portion thereof) allocated to such other owners (taking into account excess interest deductions and the impact of any step-up under Section 743 or 734 of the Internal Revenue Code and any unused loss carryovers attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (to the extent available under applicable law)), in each case of clauses (x) and (y), available at the level of the Borrower or such owners, as applicable; provided that payments with respect to any Taxes attributable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary for any taxable period shall be limited to the amount actually paid with respect to such period by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for the purposes of paying such income Taxes.
“Permitted Term Indebtedness” means Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(j).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, at any time after the Closing Date, in connection with the incurrence of any Permitted Term Indebtedness, the Borrower may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to join the Parent Company as an additional Guarantor and a Credit Party for all purposes under the Credit Documents on substantially the same terms as Holdings (such joinder, a “Parent Company Joinder”); provided that no Parent Company Joinder shall become effective unless (a) the Parent Company is a Person organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (b) the Borrower shall have provided written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to effect a Parent Company Joinder of not less than 15 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the effective date of the Parent Company Joinder, (c) the Borrower shall cause the Parent Company to deliver the documents required to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to the Parent Company (assuming, for purposes of this clause (c), each reference to Holdings in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” were also a reference to the Parent Company), in each case, with such changes thereto as is necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to effectuate the intentions of this paragraph, (d) at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of any Parent Company Joinder, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information in respect of the Parent Company required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, that shall have been requested in writing at least ten Business Days prior to the such effective date, and a Beneficial Ownership Certification from the Parent Company if it is a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, and (e) the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that no Agent or Lender to be in violation of law as a result of the Parent Company Xxxxxxx and any related documentation executed and delivered therewith. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any amendment to this Agreement or to any other Credit Document as may be necessary or appropriate in order to effect any Parent Company Joinder and such technical amendments, and other customary amendments with respect to provisions of this Agreement, in each case as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection therewith.
“Permitted Term Indebtedness Documents” means any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the rights of the holders of any Permitted Term
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Indebtedness. As of the date hereof, the Term Credit Agreement and the other “Credit Documents” (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement) constitute Permitted Term Indebtedness Documents.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
“Platform” means IntraLinks/IntraAgency, Debtdomain, SyndTrak or another similar website or other information platform.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the ABL Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit I with such changes approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, together with all supplements thereto.
“Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant” means, at any time, (a) any financial maintenance covenant that is not included in this Agreement at such time and (b) any financial maintenance covenant that is included in this Agreement at such time but has covenant levels or effectiveness triggers that are more restrictive on Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries than the covenant levels or effectiveness triggers set forth in this Agreement at such time.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent’s “prime rate”, whether or not such rate shall be publicly announced, as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. Any Agent and any Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Prior Claims” means all Liens created by applicable law (in contrast with Liens voluntarily granted) that rank or are capable of ranking prior or pari passu with the Liens of the Collateral Agent created under the Collateral Documents (or similar Liens under applicable law), against all or part of the assets of any Credit Party, including for amounts owing for wages, vacation pay, severance pay, employee source deductions and contributions, goods and services taxes, sales taxes, harmonized sales taxes, municipal taxes, income taxes, VAT, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, pension plan or fund obligations (including pension plan deficits) or other statutory deemed trusts or overdue rents.
“Private Lenders” means Lenders that wish to receive Private-Side Information.
“Private-Side Information” means any information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries that is not Public-Side Information.
“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to any Pro Forma Event, that such Pro Forma Event 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 for the applicable covenant or requirement: (a) historical income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person, if any, subject to such Pro Forma Event, (i) in the case of a Disposition of a business unit, division, product line or line of business of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, a Disposition that otherwise results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary or a designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of an Acquisition by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, or any other Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or a designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, shall be included, (b) any repayment, retirement, redemption, satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of Indebtedness and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith, and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to
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such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination (taking into account any hedging obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such hedging obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). “Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” in respect of any Pro Forma Event shall be calculated in a reasonable and factually supportable manner by the Borrower and in the manner that is consistent with the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or to be taken in connection with any Pro Forma Event may be included in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in the manner, and subject to the limitations, set forth in the definition of such term.
“Pro Forma Entity” means any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Pro Forma Event” means (a) any Acquisition by Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, or any other Investment, that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, (b) any Disposition of a business unit, division, product line or line of business of Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary and any other Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary, (c) any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (d) any incurrence or issuance or repayment, retirement, redemption, satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of Indebtedness, (e) any Restricted Payment, (f) the cessation of the operations of a business unit, division, product line or line of business of Holdings, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary, (g) the implementation of any Cost Savings Initiative or (h) any other transaction where the consummation thereof, or the determination of whether such transaction is permitted to be consummated under this Agreement, requires that the Financial Covenant, the Payment Conditions or any other financial ratio or test be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or after giving Pro Forma Effect to such transaction.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Commitment of such Lender at such time by (b) the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders at such time, provided that if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Pro Rata Share shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Protective Advance” as defined in Section 2.2(a).
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Company Costs” means, as to the Parent Company, fees, costs, expenses and charges associated with, or in compliance with, the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (and any similar applicable law in any other jurisdiction), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’, managers’ and employees’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement to the extent attributable to being a public company, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders associated with being a public company, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other legal and other professional fees and listing fees, in each case associated with being a public company.
“Public Lenders” means Lenders that do not wish to receive Private-Side Information.
“Public-Side Information” means information that is either (a) available to all holders of Traded Securities of (i) the Parent Company or (ii) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries or (b) not material non-public information (for purposes of United States federal, state or other applicable securities laws).
“QFC Credit Support” as defined in Section 10.26.
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“Qualified Accounts” means all checking or other demand deposit account, securities account, commodities account or other bank account maintained by any of the Credit Parties that are either (i) in the name of the Collateral Agent or (ii) subject to a segregated account Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent; provided that the applicable depositary (if not the Administrative Agent) shall provide daily reports to the Administrative Agent setting forth the balances in such accounts (which reports may relate to the previous Business Day); provided further that, in each case, such Qualified Account is not subject to any other Lien other than Liens permitted by Section 6.2, and such Liens do not have priority over, and are junior to, the Lien of the Collateral Agent (other than (i) nonconsensual Permitted Liens arising by operation of law or (ii) Permitted Encumbrances under clause (l) of the definition thereof). To the extent any Cash or Cash Equivalents have been withdrawn from any Qualified Account, then, prior to or concurrently with either (A) a Borrowing hereunder or (B) the consummation of a transaction hereunder which requires satisfaction of the Payment Conditions, in each case subsequent to such withdrawal, then either (1) the Borrower shall deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate (which updated Borrowing Base Certificate shall be updated only for the withdrawal of such Cash or Cash Equivalents and which shall supersede any previously delivered Borrowing Base Certificate for the applicable period) within one Business Day or (2) the Borrower may notify the Administrative Agent of such withdrawal and in lieu of delivering the updated Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in the foregoing clause (1), the Administrative Agent shall take a Reserve in the amount of such withdrawal under the Borrowing Base; provided that such Reserve shall no longer be in effect upon the delivery of an updated Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting such withdrawal.
“Qualified Cash” means, at any time, the amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the relevant Credit Parties held in Qualified Accounts as such time.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualified Holdings Mirror Indebtedness” means (a) the Existing Holdings Mirror Indebtedness and (b) any unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings issued after the Closing Date in favor of the Parent Company incurred substantially concurrently with the incurrence by the Parent Company of any Parent Company Capital Markets Indebtedness; provided that, in the case of this clause (b), (i) the net proceeds of such Parent Company Capital Markets Indebtedness shall have been transferred to Holdings as a loan, (ii) except as provided in clause (iii) below, the payment terms of any Qualified Holdings Indebtedness, including interest, fees, prepayment or redemption terms (including “no call” terms and other restrictions thereunder) and premiums) are substantially identical to the related Parent Company Capital Markets Indebtedness, and (iii) such Indebtedness shall be incurred as Permitted Term Indebtedness in compliance with Section 6.1(j).
“Quarterly Average Excess Availability” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the average for such Fiscal Quarter of the daily amounts determined as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) for each day during such Fiscal Quarter expressed as a percentage equivalent to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the Excess Availability at such time and (b) the denominator of which is the Maximum Credit in effect at such time.
“Quarterly Average Facility Utilization” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the average for such Fiscal Quarter of the daily amounts determined as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) for each day during such Fiscal Quarter expressed as a percentage equivalent to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding at such time and (ii) the Letter of Credit Usage at such time and (b) the denominator of which is the Maximum Credit in effect at such time.
“Real Estate Asset” means any interest owned by any Credit Party in fee in any real property.
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“Receivables Subsidiary” means any special purpose, bankruptcy remote wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings formed for the sole and exclusive purpose of engaging in activities in connection with a Permitted Securitization.
“Recipient” means (a) any Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Refinancing Facility Agreement” means a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Refinancing Lenders, establishing Refinancing Revolving Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Credit Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.25.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means, in respect of any Indebtedness (the “Original Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness that extends, renews, refinances or replaces such Original Indebtedness (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided that (a) the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount of such Original Indebtedness except by an amount not greater than accrued and unpaid interest on such Original Indebtedness, any original issue discount applicable to such Refinancing Indebtedness, any unused commitments in respect of such Original Indebtedness (only if and to the extent that, had such Original Indebtedness been incurred under such commitments at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred, it would have been permitted hereunder) and any reasonable fees, premiums and expenses relating to such extension, renewal or refinancing; (b) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be earlier than that of such Original Indebtedness; (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Original Indebtedness (and, for purposes of determining the weighted average life to maturity of such Original Indebtedness, the effects of any prepayments made prior to the date of the determination shall be disregarded); (d) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of any Restricted Subsidiary that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become) an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness; (e) if such Original Indebtedness shall have been subordinated to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Obligations on terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders; and (f) except where the Original Indebtedness is Permitted Term Indebtedness (it being understood that any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Permitted Term Indebtedness (other than Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness) shall be subject to the requirements set forth in clauses (II) and (III) of Section 6.1(j), such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset other than the assets that secured (or, in the case of after-acquired assets, would be required to secure pursuant to the terms thereof) such Original Indebtedness or, to the extent such assets would have been required to secure such Original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, that are proceeds and products of, or after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into, the assets that secured such Original Indebtedness.
“Refinancing Revolving Commitments” as defined in Section 2.25(a).
“Refinancing Revolving Lender” as defined in Section 2.25(a).
“Refinancing Revolving Loans” as defined in Section 2.25(a).
“Register” as defined in Section 2.6(b).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors.
“Reimbursement Date” as defined in Section 2.3(d).
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“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, employees, controlling persons, agents, administrators, managers, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into or through the indoor or outdoor environment, including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Rent Reserve” means, with respect to any real property leased by a Credit Party on which any Inventory is located (other than any such leased real property in respect of which the Administrative Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the applicable landlord pursuant to which, among other things, such landlord waives or subordinates, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, any rights and claims it has to such Inventory for any rent or other amounts payable to such landlord), an amount determined in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion; provided that such amount shall not exceed three months’ rental expense for such leased real property.
“Reports” means reports prepared by the Administrative Agent or another Person showing the results of appraisals, field examinations or audits pertaining to the assets of the Borrower or any other Credit Party from information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Credit Party, which Reports (except where prepared for internal purposes of the Administrative Agent) may be distributed to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent.
“Requisite Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having or holding Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders at such time; provided that if there shall be two or more unaffiliated Lenders (that are not Defaulting Lenders), Requisite Lenders shall constitute at least two unaffiliated Lenders. For purposes of this definition, the amount of Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments shall be determined by excluding the Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitment of any Defaulting Lender.
“Reserves” means (a) the Specified Pari Cash Management Services Reserves, (b) the Specified Pari Hedge Reserves, (c) the Rent Reserve, (d) the Dilution Reserve and (e) without duplication (including with respect to any items that are otherwise addressed through eligibility criteria), any and all other reserves that the Administrative Agent deems necessary, in its Permitted Discretion, to maintain (including reserves for accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations, contingent liabilities of any Credit Party, reserves for uninsured losses of any Credit Party, reserves to cover any Prior Claims, reserves for political risks or other risks (including risks of natural disasters) in respect of jurisdictions of customer locations, reserves for warehousemen’s and other bailee’s charges (except, in the case of any warehouseman or other bailees having possession of any Inventory, if such warehouseman or other bailee shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an executed Collateral Access Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, it shall have waived or subordinated, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, any rights and claims it has to such Inventory for any service charges or other amounts payable to it), reserves for freight charges, reserves for changes in the determination of the saleability or realization values of Inventory, reserves for uninsured, underinsured, unindemnified or underindemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation, reserves for export or import restrictions and reserves for Taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges) with respect to any Collateral, any Account Debtor or any Credit Party.
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“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restricted Debt Prepayment” means any Cash payment or other Cash distribution, direct or indirect of or in respect of principal of any Junior Indebtedness, or any Cash payment or other Cash distribution, including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the redemption, retirement, purchase, acquisition, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), exchange, conversion, cancellation or termination of the principal of any Junior Indebtedness, in each case, prior to the date that is one year before the scheduled maturity thereof; provided that any Special Mandatory Redemption/Repayment shall be deemed not to be a Restricted Debt Prepayment.
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect (whether in Cash, Securities or other property), with respect to any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (b) any payment or distribution, direct or indirect (whether in Cash, Securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of any redemption, retirement, purchase, acquisition, exchange, conversion, cancellation or termination of, or any other return of capital with respect to, any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Resulting Revolving Borrowings” as defined in Section 2.23(e).
“Returns” means (a) with respect to any Investment in the form of a loan or advance, the repayment to the investor in Cash or Cash Equivalents of principal thereof and (b) with respect to any Acquisition or other Investment, any return of capital (including dividends, distributions and similar payments and profits on sale to a Person other than the Holdings, Borrower or another Subsidiary) received by the investor in Cash or Cash Equivalents in respect of such Acquisition or other Investment.
“Revolving Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Exposure hereunder. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.1 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement or an Incremental Facility Agreement, as applicable, subject to any increase or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $125,000,000.
“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (a) the Revolving Maturity Date and (b) the date on which all the Revolving Commitments are terminated or permanently reduced to zero pursuant hereto.
“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans of such Lender outstanding at such time, (b) such Xxxxxx’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, (c) such Xxxxxx’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time and (d) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of the Protective Advances outstanding at such time.
“Revolving Loan” means a revolving loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“Revolving Maturity Date” means the date that is five years after the Closing Date.
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“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary whereby Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of such property to any Person and Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary leases such property, or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property Disposed of, from such Person or its Affiliates.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory that is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the date of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United States Department of State, the United States Department of Treasury (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled or 50% or more owned by any such Person or Persons described in clause (a) or (b) above.
“Sanctions” as defined in Section 4.23(a).
“Sanctions Laws” as defined in Section 4.23(a).
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.
“Secured Parties” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.
“Settlement Date” as defined in Section 2.26(b).
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Borrowing” means a Term SOFR Borrowing and/or a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing, as the context may require.
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“SOFR Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“SOFR Index Adjustment” means for any calculation with respect to a Daily Simple SOFR Loan or a Term SOFR Loan, a percentage per annum as set forth below for the applicable Type of such Loan and (if applicable) Interest Period therefor:
Daily Simple SOFR Loans | 0.10% | ||||
Term SOFR Loans Interest Period: | |||||
One month | 0.10% | ||||
Three months | 0.10% | ||||
Six months | 0.10% |
“SOFR Loan” means each Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon (a) Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”) or (b) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate executed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit J or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Solvent” means that, as of the date of determination, (a) the fair value of the assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis, as such liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability.
“Special Mandatory Redemption/Repayment” means, with respect to any Indebtedness incurred to finance, in whole or in part, any Acquisition and any related transactions, the redemption or other satisfaction and discharge thereof pursuant to a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) as a result of such Acquisition not having been consummated by the date specified in the definitive documents evidencing or governing such Indebtedness.
“Specified Cash Management Services Agreement” means any agreement relating to Cash Management Services that is entered into, or was entered into prior to the Closing Date and is in existence on the Closing Date, between Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary and a Cash Management Services Provider and that is designated as a “Specified Cash Management Services Agreement” in a writing from the Borrower and such Cash Management Services Provider to the Administrative Agent in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such
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designation in writing from the Borrower and the applicable Cash Management Services Provider (or any subsequent writing from the Borrower and such Cash Management Services Provider to the Administrative Agent) may further designate any Specified Cash Management Services Agreement as being a “Specified Pari Cash Management Services Agreement” as defined under this Agreement; provided that in the event of any such further designation, such writing specifies the Specified Pari Amount with respect thereto.
“Specified Cash Management Services Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary (whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)) arising in respect of Cash Management Services provided under any Specified Cash Management Services Agreement, including obligations for interest (including interest that would continue to accrue pursuant to such Specified Cash Management Services Agreement on any such obligation after the commencement of any proceeding under the Debtor Relief Laws with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable against Holdings, the Borrower or such other Restricted Subsidiary in any such proceeding), fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise.
“Specified Event of Default” means (a) any Event of Default arising under Section 8.1(a), 8.1(f) or 8.1(g), (b) any Event of Default arising under 8.1(c) (solely with respect to a breach of Section 5.13 or Section 6.7), (c) any Event of Default arising under 8.1(d) (solely with respect to representations in any Borrowing Base Certificate) or (c) any Event of Default arising under 8.1(e) (solely with respect to a breach of Section 5.1(l)(i) or Section 5.13).
“Specified Excess Availability” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) Excess Availability at such time plus (b) the lesser of (i) Suppressed Availability and (ii) 5.0% of the Maximum Credit at such time.
“Specified Excess Availability Percentage” means, at any time of determination, the percentage equivalent to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is Specified Excess Availability at such time and (b) the denominator of which is the Line Cap.
“Specified Hedge Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement the obligations under which constitute Specified Hedge Obligations and that is designated as a “Specified Hedge Agreement” in a writing from the Borrower and such Hedge Provider to the Administrative Agent in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such designation in writing from the Borrower and the applicable counterparty (or any subsequent writing from the Borrower and such counterparty to the Administrative Agent) may further designate any Designated Hedge Agreement as being a “Specified Pari Hedge Agreement” as defined under this Agreement; provided that in the event of any such further designation, such writing specifies the Specified Pari Amount with respect thereto.
“Specified Hedge Obligations” means, with respect to each Hedge Agreement in respect of interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates that (a) is with a counterparty that is, or was on the Closing Date, an Agent, an Arranger or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, whether or not such counterparty shall have been an Agent, an Arranger or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing at the time such Hedge Agreement was entered into, (b) is in effect on the Closing Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or (c) is entered into after the Closing Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, all obligations of every nature of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary under such Hedge Agreement (whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)), including obligations for interest (including interest that would continue to accrue pursuant to such Hedge Agreement on any such obligation after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable against Holdings, the Borrower or such other Restricted Subsidiary in any such proceeding), payments for early termination of such Hedge Agreement, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise.
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“Specified Pari Amount” means, with respect to any Specified Cash Management Services Agreement or any Specified Hedge Agreement, an amount (up to the maximum possible amount of obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) specified in a writing from the Borrower and the applicable Cash Management Services Provider or the applicable Hedge Provider, as the case may be, to the Administrative Agent, which amount may be increased or decreased by further such written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
“Specified Pari Cash Management Services Agreement” means each Specified Cash Management Services Agreement in respect of which the notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower and the applicable Cash Management Services Provider confirms that such Specified Cash Management Services Agreement constitutes a “Specified Pari Cash Management Services Agreement” for all purposes hereof, including Section 2.15(e).
“Specified Pari Cash Management Services Amount” means, with respect to any Specified Pari Cash Management Services Agreement, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Specified Pari Amount from time to time designated with respect thereto and (b) the maximum amount of the Specified Cash Management Services Reserve that could be established at the time of the designation thereof that would not result in the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceeding the Borrowing Base.
“Specified Pari Cash Management Services Reserve” means, with respect to any Specified Pari Cash Management Services Agreement, the reserve that the Administrative Agent from time to time establishes in its Permitted Discretion as being reasonably appropriate to reflect the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of such Specified Pari Cash Management Services Agreement. Without limiting the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, a Specified Pari Cash Management Services Reserve at any time may be established by reference to the amount of such Obligations set forth in most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(l) (or, prior to the first such delivery, the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in Section 3.1(i)).
“Specified Pari Hedge Agreement” means each Specified Hedge Agreement in respect of which the notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower and the applicable Hedge Provider confirms that such Specified Hedge Agreement constitutes a “Specified Pari Hedge Agreement” for all purposes hereof, including Section 2.15(e).
“Specified Pari Hedge Amount” means, with respect to any Specified Pari Hedge Agreement, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Specified Pari Amount from time to time designated with respect thereto and (b) the maximum amount of the Specified Pari Hedge Reserve that could be established at the time of the designation thereof that would not result in the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceeding the Borrowing Base.
“Specified Pari Hedge Reserves” means, with respect to any Specified Pari Hedge Agreement, the reserves that the Administrative Agent from time to time establishes in its Permitted Discretion as being reasonably appropriate to reflect the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of such Specified Pari Hedge Agreement. Without limiting the Administrative Agent's Permitted Discretion, a Specified Pari Hedge Reserve at any time may be established by reference to the amount of such Obligations set forth in most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(l) (or, prior to the first such delivery, the Borrowing Base Certificate referred to in Section 3.1(i)).
“Specified Permitted Term Indebtedness Documentation Requirements” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the requirements that the terms of such Indebtedness (except with respect to yield and components thereof, fees, lien priority, prepayment or redemption terms (including “no call” terms and other restrictions thereunder) and premiums), when taken as a whole, (a) are not materially more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than those applicable under this Agreement when taken as a whole (other than terms benefitting such lenders or holders (i) where this Agreement is amended to include such beneficial terms for the benefit of all Lenders or (ii) applicable only to periods after the latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness), as determined by the Borrower in good faith, (b) reflect markets terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at
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the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, as determined by the Borrower in good faith or (c) are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Specified Permitted Term Indebtedness Ratio Requirement” means, with respect to any Permitted Term Indebtedness, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness in accordance with Section 1.2, (a) if such Indebtedness is Permitted Pari Passu Secured Term Indebtedness, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed the greater of (i) 3.75:1.00 and (ii) if such Indebtedness is incurred to finance an Acquisition or any other similar Investment permitted hereunder, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, (b) if such Indebtedness is Permitted Junior Lien Secured Term Indebtedness, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed the greater of (i) 4.00:1.00 and (ii) if such Indebtedness is incurred to finance an Acquisition or any other similar Investment permitted hereunder, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, or (c) if such Indebtedness is unsecured or secured solely by assets that do not constitute Collateral, the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed the greater of (A) 6.00:1.00 and (B) if such Indebtedness is incurred to finance an Acquisition or any other similar Investment permitted hereunder, the Total Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof.
“Standard Letter of Credit Practice” means, for any Issuing Bank, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which such Issuing Bank issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a) which letter of credit practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under ISP or UCP, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” of any Person means any Indebtedness of such Person that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Person.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, (a) any Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP as of such date and (b) any other Person of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity value or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to Subsidiaries shall be deemed to refer to Subsidiaries of Holdings.
“Supermajority Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having or holding Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders at such time; provided that if there shall be two or more unaffiliated Lenders (that are not Defaulting Lenders), Supermajority Lenders shall constitute at least two unaffiliated Lenders. For purposes of this definition, the amount of Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments shall be determined by excluding the Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitment of any Defaulting Lender.
“Supplemental Collateral Questionnaire” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit K or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent and the Borrower.
“Supported QFC” as defined in Section 10.26.
“Suppressed Availability” means, at any time, the amount by which the Borrowing Base exceeds the Maximum Credit at such time; provided that if such amount shall be less than zero, Suppressed Availability shall be deemed to be zero.
“Swap Obligation” as defined in “Excluded Swap Obligation”.
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“Swing Line Lender” means KeyBank, in its capacity as the Swing Line Lender hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Swing Line Loan” means a loan made by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.26.
“Swing Line Loan Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Swing Line Loan, the earlier of (a) the first Settlement Date after the date such Swing Line Loan is made and (b) the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means $15,000,000.
“Tax” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Credit Agreement” means the Term Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Guarantor Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and Jefferies, as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder.
“Term Priority Collateral” as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Term SOFR” means for any calculation with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Lookback Day”) that is two (2) SOFR Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (and rounded in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s customary practice), as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Lookback Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding SOFR Business Day is not more than three (3) SOFR Business Days prior to such Lookback Day, and for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one (1) month on the day that is two (2) SOFR Business Days prior to the date the Base Rate is determined, subject to the proviso provided above.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Term SOFR Loans.
“Term SOFR Loan” means each Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon Adjusted Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Test Period” means, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b), the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower ended December 31, 2020).
“Threshold Amount” means, on any date of determination, the greater of (i) $29,000,000 and (ii) 35% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.
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“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.
“Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Exposures of all the Lenders at such time.
“Traded Securities” means any debt or equity Securities issued pursuant to a public offering registered under the Securities Act or Rule 144A offering or other similar private placement.
“Transactions” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is to be a party, the creation of the Liens provided for in the Collateral Documents and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowing of Loans, the obtaining of Letters of Credit and the use of the proceeds thereof, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the “Credit Documents” to which it is to be a party and the creation of the Liens provided for in the “Collateral Documents”, in each case under the Term Credit Agreement, (c) the Closing Date Refinancing and (d) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.
“Type” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or the Base Rate.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 2007 Revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 and any subsequent revision thereof adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date such Letter of Credit is issued.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unrestricted Cash” means, on any date, Cash and Cash Equivalents owned on such date by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, as reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date in conformity with GAAP, provided that such Cash and Cash Equivalents do not appear (and would not be required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in conformity with GAAP.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Escrow Subsidiary, (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in the manner provided below and not subsequently redesignated as a “Restricted Subsidiary” in the manner provided below and (c) each Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Borrower may designate any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower and any Co-Borrower) to be an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” by delivering to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower specifying such designation and certifying that such designated
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Subsidiary satisfies the requirements set forth in this definition; provided that no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) at the time each such designation becomes effective (i) except to the extent such designation is made in reliance on Section 6.6(u), (A) the applicable Payment Conditions are satisfied after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and (B) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that all the requirements of the applicable Payment Conditions have been satisfied with respect thereto and including reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of such requirements, and (ii) if such Subsidiary is a Credit Party that owns any ABL Priority Collateral, the Borrower shall have (A) delivered to the Administrative Agent a completed Borrowing Base Certificate calculating and certifying the Borrowing Base and the Excess Availability as of the most recent Borrowing Base Reporting Date for which a calculation of the Borrowing Base shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(m) giving Pro Forma Effect to such designation as if effected immediately prior to such Borrowing Base Reporting Date and (B) shall have substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of such designation, to the extent that Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments would otherwise exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect, prepaid Loans and/or Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess, (c) such Subsidiary does not own any Equity Interests in any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, (d) such Subsidiary does not own (or hold or control by lease, exclusive license or otherwise) any asset (including any Intellectual Property) that is material to the operation in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (e) each Subsidiary of such Subsidiary has been designated as (and, for so long as it is a Subsidiary of the Borrower, continues as) an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” in accordance with this definition, (f) the Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary by Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries (including, after giving effect to the next sentence, those resulting from such designation) are permitted under Section 6.6, and (g) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under any Permitted Term Indebtedness (other than Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness). Upon the designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have made an Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount equal at the time of such designation to the fair value of such Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower). The Borrower shall cause each Unrestricted Subsidiary to satisfy at all times the requirements set forth in clauses (c), (d) and (g) above.
The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than any Escrow Subsidiary) as a “Restricted Subsidiary” by delivering to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower specifying such redesignation and certifying that such redesignation satisfies the requirements set forth in this paragraph; provided that (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence, at the time of such redesignation, of any Indebtedness, Liens and Investments of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (c) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated a “restricted subsidiary” (or otherwise be subject to the covenants) under any Permitted Term Indebtedness (other than Permitted Non-Credit Party Indebtedness).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary, nothing shall restrict or prohibit (a) the formation of an Escrow Subsidiary and (b) the holding by any Escrow Subsidiary of any Escrow Funds in any Escrow Account and the granting by any Escrow Subsidiary of, or the existence of, any Liens on any Escrow Account, the Escrow Funds or any documentation relating thereto, in each case, in favor of any Escrow Agent (or its designee).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary Reconciliation Statement” means, with respect to any balance sheet or statement of operations, comprehensive income, equity or cash flows of Holdings, such financial statement (in substantially the same form) prepared on the basis of consolidating the accounts of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries and treating Unrestricted Subsidiaries as if they were not consolidated with Holdings and otherwise eliminating all accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, together with an explanation of reconciliation adjustments in reasonable detail.
“US Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” as defined in Section 10.26.
“US Tax Compliance Certificate” as defined in Section 2.19(g)(ii)(B)(3).
“VIE” as defined in Section 1.2(g).
“VIP Indebtedness Agreements” means (a) the 2018 Contingent Note, dated as of January 17, 2018, between the Borrower, as issuer, and VIP Lender, as holder, (b) the 2019 Contingent Note, dated as of January 17, 2018, between the Borrower, as issuer, and VIP Lender, as holder, (c) the Guaranty Promissory Note, dated as of January 17, 2018, between the Borrower, as issuer, and VIP Lender, as holder, and (d) the Guaranty, dated as of January 17, 2018, among the Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower and certain other Guarantor Subsidiaries party thereto, as guarantors, and VIP Lender, as subordinated creditor.
“VIP Lender” means VIP Petcare Holdings, Inc., a California corporation.
“Walmart Account Debtor” means Walmart, Inc. or any of its Affiliates (including Sam’s Club).
“Weekly Reporting Period” means each period (a) commencing on the date that Specified Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) $9,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Line Cap for five consecutive Business Days and continuing until the first day thereafter on which Specified Excess Availability shall have been equal to or in excess of the greater of (i) $9,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Line Cap for at least 20 consecutive calendar days or (b) commencing on any day when a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and continuing until the first day thereafter on which no Specified Event of Default shall exist.
“wholly owned”, when used in reference to a Subsidiary of any Person, means that all the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by other Persons under applicable law) are owned, beneficially and of record, by such Person, another wholly owned Subsidiary of such Person or any combination thereof.
“Withholding Agent” means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) 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, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.2.Accounting Terms; Certain Calculations. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed in conformity with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that (i) if the Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, shall request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose) (in each case, other than as a result of the adoption of the Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842)), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith, it being agreed that the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith such amendment,
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and (ii) notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (A) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 000-00-00 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (B) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof. It is understood and agreed that when any term of an accounting or financial nature refers to a determination being made on a “consolidated basis”, when such reference is made with respect to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries (or any Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries), such determination shall exclude from such consolidation the accounts of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement (including any First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test, any Total Net Leverage Ratio, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test and/or any Payment Conditions test and/or any cap expressed as a percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets) and any other financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving Pro Forma Effect to each Pro Forma Event occurring during the applicable period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters to which such calculation relates or after the end of such period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters but not later than the date of such calculation (notwithstanding that such ratio may be said to be determined as of the end of a Test Period).
(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio (including any First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test, any Total Net Leverage Ratio test, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and/or any Payment Conditions test and/or the calculation and utilization of the Unrestricted Incremental Term Amount) (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio (including any First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test, any Total Net Leverage Ratio test, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and/or any Payment Conditions test and/or the calculation and utilization of the Incurrence-Based Incremental Term Amount) (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that (i) the Fixed Amounts and any concurrent borrowing of Loans (even if part of the same transaction or, in the case of Indebtedness, the same tranche as any Incurrence-Based Amounts) shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts, but giving full Pro Forma Effect to any increase in the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets (including Unrestricted Cash) resulting from the reliance on the Fixed Amounts and (ii) the incurrence of the Fixed Amounts shall be calculated thereafter.
(c)It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Prepayment, Investment, Disposition and/or any other action subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6 need not be permitted solely by reference to one clause or subclause of Section 6.1 (including as between or among amounts incurred in reliance on the Unrestricted Incremental Term Amount and the Incurrence-Based Incremental Term Amount), 6.2, 6.4, 6.6 or 6.8 or other applicable Section, respectively, but may instead be permitted in part under any combination thereof, all as classified or, to the extent such alternative classification would have been permitted at the time of the relevant action, reclassified by the Borrower in its sole discretion, and shall constitute a usage of any availability under such clause or subclause only to the extent so classified or reclassified thereto; provided that (i) Indebtedness incurred
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under this Agreement may only be classified under Section 6.1(a) and the Liens securing such Indebtedness may only be classified under Section 6.2(a) (and may not be reclassified) and (ii) Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.1(j) or 6.1(k) (in each case, other than any such Indebtedness that is unsecured), and the Liens securing such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.2(f) or 6.2(g), as applicable, may not be reclassified to any other clause of Section 6.1 or 6.2, as applicable. In addition, for purposes of determining compliance at any time with Section 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6 or 6.8, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, reclassify any Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Prepayment, Investment or Disposition (or a portion thereof), as applicable, that was previously incurred, made or otherwise undertaken as having been incurred, made or otherwise undertaken under any “ratio-based” basket set forth in such Section if such item (or such portion thereof) would, using the figures as of the end of or for the most recently ended Test Period, be permitted under the applicable “ratio-based” basket; provided that (x) in the case of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, any such reclassification shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence and (y) unless otherwise elected by the Borrower in its sole discretion, if the applicable ratio test required for the reclassification of any such transaction would be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis in any period subsequent to such transaction, the reclassification described in this paragraph shall be deemed to have occurred automatically.
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require (including any such requirement that is to be determined on a Pro Forma Basis) (i) compliance with any financial ratio or test (including any First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test, any Total Net Leverage Ratio test, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test (including Section 6.7) and/or any Payment Conditions test) and/or any cap expressed as a percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets), (ii) the accuracy of any representations and warranties or (iii) the absence of any Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) as a condition to the consummation or making of any Limited Conditionality Transaction (or, in each case, any incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, including any Incremental Revolving Loans) the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the election of the Borrower, (A) in the case of any Acquisition or other Investment, at the time of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of) either (x) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Acquisition or Investment or (y) the consummation of such Acquisition or Investment, (B) in the case of any Disposition, at the time of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of) either (x) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Disposition or (y) the consummation of such Disposition and (C) in the case of any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or similar repayment of Indebtedness constituting a Limited Conditionality Transaction, at the time of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of) (x) delivery of irrevocable (which may be conditional) notice with respect to such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or similar repayment or (y) the making of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or similar repayment, in each case, after giving effect to the relevant Acquisition, Investment, Disposition and/or prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or similar repayment on a Pro Forma Basis. If the Borrower has exercised its election to apply clause (A)(x), (B)(x) or (C)(x) above in connection with any Limited Conditionality Transaction and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the relevant date referred to in such applicable clause are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations; provided that if any ratios improve or baskets increase as a result of such fluctuations, such improved ratios or baskets may be utilized. If the Borrower has exercised its election to apply clause (A)(x), (B)(x) or (C)(x) above in connection with any Limited Conditionality Transaction, then, in connection with any subsequent calculation of financial ratios or tests on or following the relevant date referred to in such applicable clause and prior to the earlier of (1) the date on which such Limited Conditionality Transaction is consummated and (2) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Conditionality Transaction is terminated or
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expires without consummation of such Limited Conditionality Transaction, any such financial ratios or tests shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Conditionality Transaction and the other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, including any Incremental Revolving Loans) have been consummated.
(e)For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including any First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test, any Total Net Leverage Ratio test, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, any Payment Conditions test and/or any cap expressed as a percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be (or, in each case, such other time as is applicable thereto pursuant to Section 1.2(e)), and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a subsequent change in such financial ratio or test.
(f)All references herein to the determination of any amount for Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case (other than as set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Total Assets”), be deemed to exclude each variable interest entity (“VIE”) that Holdings is required to consolidate pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 167 as if such VIE were a Subsidiary as defined herein. For the avoidance of doubt, each VIE shall not constitute a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and, as such, will not be taken into account for any financial calculations, including determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Total Net Debt.
1.3.Interpretation, Etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to an Article or a Section of, or a Schedule or an Exhibit to, this Agreement, unless otherwise specifically provided. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties, including Cash, Securities, accounts and contract rights. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law), and all judgments, orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement and the other Credit Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), and all references to any statute shall be construed as referring to all rules, regulations, rulings and official interpretations promulgated or issued thereunder, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority or any self-regulating entity, any other Governmental Authority or entity that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, and (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof. Terms defined in the UCC as in effect in the State of New York on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions.
1.4.Currency Translation. For purposes of any determination under Sections 6 and 8, amounts incurred or outstanding, or proposed to be incurred or outstanding, in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates in effect on the date of such determination; provided that (a) for purposes of any determination under Sections 6.1, 6.4, 6.6 and 6.8,
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the amount of each applicable transaction denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable currency exchange rate in effect on the date of the consummation thereof, which currency exchange rates shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower, and (b) for purposes of the Financial Covenant or any other financial test and the related definitions, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the currency exchange rates then most recently used in preparing the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein but subject to clause (b) above, (i) no Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold expressed in Dollars in this Agreement being exceeded in respect of any transaction solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those applicable for determining compliance with this Agreement at the time of, or at any time following, such transaction and (ii) in the case of any Indebtedness outstanding under any clause of Section 6.1 or secured under any clause of Section 6.2 that contains a limitation expressed in Dollars and that, as a result of changes in exchange rates, is so exceeded, such Indebtedness will be permitted to be refinanced with Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof incurred under such clause notwithstanding that, after giving effect to such refinancing, such excess shall continue.
1.5.Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan” or “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Loan” or “Term SOFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Revolving Loan” or “Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing”).
1.6.Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as set forth in the definition of “Interest Period”) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
1.7.Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding up if there is no nearest number).
1.8.Cashless Rollovers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document, to the extent that any Lender extends the maturity date of, or replaces, renews or refinances, any of its then-existing Loans or Commitments with loans or commitments incurred under a new credit facility, in each case, to the extent such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing is effected by means of a “cashless roll” by such Lender pursuant to settlement mechanics approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender, such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing shall be deemed to comply with any requirement hereunder or any other Credit Document that such payment be made “in dollars”, “in immediately available funds”, “in cash” or any other similar requirement.
1.9.Divisions. (a) For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (i) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (ii) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
(g)Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term,
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as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
1.10.Co-Borrowers. (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower, upon 15 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), may cause any Credit Party on or after the Closing Date by written election to the Administrative Agent to become a borrower (each such Credit Party, a “Co-Borrower”, and, together with the Borrower, the “Co-Borrowers”) under any Class of Loans and Commitments hereunder on a joint and several basis (such date, the “Co-Borrower Effective Date”); provided that such Credit Party shall:
(i)execute a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent assuming all obligations of a Co-Borrower hereunder;
(ii)at least three Business Days prior to the Co-Borrower Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information in respect of the Co-Borrower required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, that shall have been requested in writing at least ten Business Days prior to the Co-Borrower Effective Date, and a Beneficial Ownership Certification from the Co-Borrower if it is a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation;
(iii)be a domestic Guarantor Subsidiary wholly owned by the Borrower; and
(iv)not cause any Agent or Lender to be in violation of law as a result of becoming a Co-Borrower.
The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any amendment to this Agreement or to any other Credit Document as may be necessary or appropriate in order to establish any Co-Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.10 and such technical amendments, and other customary amendments with respect to provisions of this Agreement relating to taxes for borrowers, in each case as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection therewith.
(h)Upon the later of execution and delivery of a joinder to this Agreement by a Co-Borrower and the countersignature of the Administrative Agent thereto, each Co-Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for the obligations of each other Co-Borrower hereunder with respect to the applicable Class of Loans and Commitments, including with respect to the payment of principal of and interest and fees on all Loans of such Class, the payment of amounts owing in respect of Letters of Credit and the payment of fees and indemnities and reimbursement of costs and expenses. Each Co-Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Agents and the Lenders under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each of the Co-Borrowers and in consideration of the undertakings of each of the Co-Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the obligations of each of them. Each Co-Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with each other Co-Borrower, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, it being the intention of the parties hereto that all Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of all of the Co-Borrowers without preferences or distinction among them. If and to the extent that any of the Co-Borrowers shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of such Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event each other Co-Borrower will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligations. Each Co-Borrower further agrees that the Borrower will be such Co-Borrower’s agent for administrative, mechanical, and notice provisions in this Agreement and any
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other Credit Document and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that each Co-Borrower will have the same rights under the Credit Documents as if it is the Borrower and for any other purposes under the provisions of this Agreement, including the affirmative and negative covenants, each such Co-Borrower will be treated as a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor Subsidiary.
1.11.Rates. The interest rate on Loans denominated in Dollars may be determined by reference to a benchmark rate that is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform or cessation. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service. The Administrative Agent will, in keeping with industry practice, continue using its current rounding practices in connection with the Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR. In connection with the use or administration of Daily Simple SOFR and Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time in consultation with the Borrower and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Daily Simple SOFR and Term SOFR.
SECTION 2.LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
2.1.Revolving Loans. (a) Revolving Commitments. (i) During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding that will not result in (i) such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment or (ii) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceeding the Line Cap. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) that are repaid or prepaid may, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, be reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Each Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall terminate on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(i)Additional Classes of Commitments may be established as provided in Section 2.23, 2.24 or 2.25, and the Loans thereunder shall be made in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, such Section.
(i)Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans.
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(i)Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders of such Class proportionately to their applicable Pro Rata Shares. At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess of such amount; provided that a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the amount of such outstanding Borrowing. At the time each Base Rate Revolving Borrowing or Daily Simple SOFR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess of such amount; provided that such Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Maximum Credit or that is required to finance the reimbursement of a drawing under a Letter of Credit as contemplated by Section 2.3(d).
(ii)To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully completed and executed Funding Notice (A) in the case of a SOFR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date (which shall be a Business Day) and (B) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Credit Date (which shall be a Business Day). In lieu of delivering a Funding Notice, the Borrower may give the Administrative Agent, not later than the applicable time set forth above, telephonic notice of any proposed Revolving Borrowing; provided that such telephonic notice shall be promptly (and in no event later than the same Business Day) confirmed in writing by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a fully completed and executed Funding Notice. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender provides funds or initiates funding based upon such telephonic notice, the Borrower shall bear the risk with respect to any information furnished by the Borrower regarding such funding that is later determined to have been incorrect or unauthorized. Promptly upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Funding Notice in accordance with this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing. Following delivery of a Funding Notice for a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, any failure to make such Borrowing shall be subject to Section 2.17(d).
(iii)Each Lender shall make the principal amount of the Revolving Loan required to be made by it hereunder on any Credit Date available to the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make each such Revolving Loan available to the Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the account specified by the Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice (or, in the case of a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing specified by the Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice as made to finance reimbursement of a drawing under a Letter of Credit as contemplated by Section 2.3(d), to the applicable Issuing Bank).
2.2.Protective Advances. (a) General. Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Administrative Agent is authorized by the Borrower and the Lenders, from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but without any obligation to) (i) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default or (ii) at any time that any of the other conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 would not be satisfied, to make loans to the Borrower in Dollars on behalf of the Lenders, which the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (A) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (B) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations referred to in clause (a) of the definition of such term or (C) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including payments of reimbursable
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expenses (including costs, fees and expenses as described in Section 10.2) and other sums payable under the Credit Documents (any such loans are herein referred to as “Protective Advances”); provided that no Protective Advance shall be made if immediately after giving effect thereto (x) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Protective Advances would exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Borrowing Base in effect at the time of the making of such Protective Advance or (y) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments would exceed the Maximum Credit. Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have not been satisfied. The Protective Advances shall constitute Obligations for all purposes hereof and the other Credit Documents and shall be Guaranteed and secured as provided in the Credit Documents. All Protective Advances shall be Base Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent's authorization to make Protective Advances may be revoked at any time by the Requisite Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent's receipt thereof. The Administrative Agent may at any time (i) request, on behalf of the Borrower, the Lenders to make, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.1(a) and to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2, Base Rate Revolving Loans to repay any Protective Advance or (ii) require the Lenders to acquire participations in any Protective Advance as provided in Section 2.2(b). The Administrative Agent shall endeavor to notify the Borrower promptly after the making of any Protective Advance.
(j)Xxxxxxx’ Participations in Protective Advances. The Administrative Agent may by written notice given to each Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day require the Lenders to purchase, in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, participations in all or a portion of the Protective Advances outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of the Protective Advance or Protective Advances in which Xxxxxxx will be required to participate and such Xxxxxx's Pro Rata Share of such Protective Advance or Protective Advances and the accrued interest thereon. Each Lender shall make available an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Protective Advance or Protective Advances, and the accrued interest thereon, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day following the date of receipt of such notice, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. In the event that any Lender fails to make available for the account of the Administrative Agent any payment referred to in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by the Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. In order to evidence the purchase of participations under this Section 2.2(b), each Xxxxxx agrees to enter at the request of the Administrative Agent into a participation agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In the event the Lenders shall have purchased participations in any Protective Advance pursuant to this Section 2.2(b), the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender that has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.2(b) with respect to such Protective Advance such Xxxxxx’s Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by the Administrative Agent from or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of such Protective Advance; provided that any such payment so distributed shall be repaid to the Administrative Agent if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Protective Advance pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to repay such Protective Advance.
(k)Obligations Absolute. The obligations of the Lenders under Section 2.2(b) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances, notwithstanding (i) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Lender may have at any time against the Administrative Agent or any other Person or, in the case of any Lender, against the Borrower, whether in connection herewith, with the transactions contemplated herein or with any unrelated transaction, (ii) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (iii) any breach hereof or of any other Credit Document by any party thereto, (iv) any Default or Event of Default and (v) any other event or condition whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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2.3.Letters of Credit. (a) General. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or, so long as the Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant with respect thereto, the account of any Restricted Subsidiary, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it as requested by the Borrower; provided that no Letter of Credit shall be, or shall be required to be, issued, amended or extended by any Issuing Bank unless (i) such Issuing Bank (if other than the Person serving as the Administrative Agent) shall have given written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.3(g), (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto (A) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the Line Cap and (B) the Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (iii) such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be of the type approved for issuance by such Issuing Bank (it being understood that standby Letters of Credit are deemed to be approved, and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue any trade or commercial Letter of Credit unless otherwise expressly agreed to by such Issuing Bank), (iv) such Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date that is not later than the earlier of (A) five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date as in effect at the time of the issuance thereof (or, in the case of an extension of any Letter of Credit, at the time thereof) and (B) the date that is one year after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of an extension of any Letter of Credit, one year after the date thereof), provided that, in the case of any Letter of Credit, (x) such Issuing Bank may agree that such Letter of Credit will automatically extend for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each (but in any event to a date not later than five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date as in effect at the time of the issuance thereof (or, in the case of an extension of any Letter of Credit, at the time thereof)) unless such Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period or (y) such Letter of Credit will expire after the applicable date referred to above if such Letter of Credit is, at the time it is issued, extended, Cash Collateralized or otherwise backstopped in an amount equal to 102% of the face amount of such Letter of Credit pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Bank (any such Letter of Credit referred to in this clause (y) being a “Backstopped Letter of Credit”), and (v) such issuance (or amendment or extension) is in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures. Each Letter of Credit shall be in a form acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion, it being agreed that the Borrower is responsible for preparing or approving the final text of each Letter of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank, irrespective of any assistance such Issuing Bank may provide such as drafting or recommending text or by such Issuing Bank’s use or refusal to use text submitted by the Borrower. The Borrower is solely responsible for the suitability of the Letter of Credit for the Borrower’s purposes. With respect to any Letter of Credit containing an “automatic amendment” to extend the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank, in its sole and absolute discretion, may give notice of non-extension of such Letter of Credit and, if the Borrower does not at any time want such Letter of Credit to be extended, the Borrower will so notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank at least 15 calendar days before such Issuing Bank is required to notify the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any advising bank of such non-extension pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit. Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Agreement (including Sections 2.3(d) and 2.3(e) of this Section), to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder for the account of the Borrower. The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Existing Letter of Credit, it will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of drawings thereunder, the payment of interest thereon in accordance with Section 2.7(e) and the payment of fees due under Section 2.10 with respect thereto to the same extent as if it were the account party in respect of such Existing Letter of Credit.
(l)Request for Issuance, Amendment or Extension. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment or extension (other than an automatic extension permitted under Section 2.3(a)) of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank a fully completed and executed Issuance Notice not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days, or such shorter period as may be agreed to by such Issuing Bank in any particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance, amendment or extension. In connection with any such request, the Borrower shall specify (i) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, (iii) the requested expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (iv) the name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and (v) such other information (including the conditions to drawing, and, in the case of an amendment or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended or extended) as shall be necessary to
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prepare, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit, not later than the time set forth above, a completed and executed letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any such request and shall provide such other documents or information as such Issuing Bank may reasonably require in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of Credit; provided that in the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the terms and conditions of such letter of credit application and the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Agreement or such Credit Document shall govern and control.
(m)Responsibility of the Issuing Banks. In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the sole responsibility of an Issuing Bank shall be to examine the documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as to ascertain whether such documents appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, it being agreed that, with respect to such documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance, but are not in strict compliance, with the terms of such Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents. As between the Borrower and any Issuing Bank, the Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by, the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, any act taken or omitted to be taken by any Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or any documents or certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith and in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Issuing Bank (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), shall not give rise to any liability on the part of such Issuing Bank to the Borrower, and none of the Issuing Banks or any of their respective Related Parties shall have any responsibility for (and none of their rights or powers hereunder shall be affected or impaired by):
(i)the form, validity, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any Person in connection with the application for and issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged;
(ii)the validity or effectiveness of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason;
(iii)failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit, other than presentation that on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit;
(iv)the misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(v)honor of a presentation under any Letter of Credit that on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, even if such Letter of Credit requires strict compliance by the beneficiary;
(vi)honor of a presentation of any Drawing Document that appears on its face to have been signed, presented or issued (A) by any purported successor or transferee of any beneficiary or other Person required to sign, present or issue such Drawing Document or (B) under a new name of the beneficiary;
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(vii)acceptance as a draft of any written or electronic demand or request for payment under a Letter of Credit, even if nonnegotiable or not in the form of a draft or notwithstanding any requirement that such draft, demand or request bear any or an adequate reference to such Letter of Credit so long as the applicable Drawing Document on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit;
(viii)the identity or authority of any presenter or signer of any Drawing Document or the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Drawing Document (so long as such Issuing Bank determines that such Drawing Document on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit);
(ix)acting upon any instruction or request relative to a Letter of Credit or a requested Letter of Credit that such Issuing Bank in good faith believes to have been given by a Person authorized to give such instruction or request;
(x)any errors, omissions, interruptions, loss or delays in transmission or delivery of any message, advice or document (regardless of how sent or transmitted) or for errors in interpretation of technical terms or in translation or any delay in giving or failing to give notice to the Borrower;
(xi)any acts, omissions or fraud by, or the insolvency of, any beneficiary, any nominated person or entity or any other Person or any breach of contract between any beneficiary and the Borrower or any of the parties to the underlying transaction to which any Letter of Credit relates;
(xii)assertion or waiver of any provision of the ISP or UCP that primarily benefits an issuer of a letter of credit, including any requirement that any Drawing Document be presented to it at a particular hour or place;
(xiii)payment to any paying or negotiating bank (designated or permitted by the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit) claiming that it rightfully honored or is entitled to reimbursement or indemnity under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to it;
(xiv)acting or failing to act as required or permitted under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to where such Issuing Bank has issued, confirmed, advised or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be;
(xv)honor of a presentation after the expiration date of any Letter of Credit notwithstanding that a presentation was made prior to such expiration date and dishonored by such Issuing Bank if subsequently such Issuing Bank or any court or other finder of fact determines such presentation should have been honored;
(xvi)dishonor of any presentation that does not strictly comply or that is fraudulent, forged or otherwise not entitled to honor;
(xvii)honor of a presentation that is subsequently determined by the applicable Issuing Bank to have been made in violation of international, federal, state or local restrictions on the transaction of business with certain prohibited Persons; or
(xviii)any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts;
provided that, subject to Sections 2.3(k) and 2.3(l) and the other provisions hereof, the foregoing shall not release an Issuing Bank from such liability to the Borrower as may be determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction against such Issuing Bank following reimbursement or payment of the obligations and
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liabilities, including reimbursement and other payment obligations, of the Borrower to such Issuing Bank arising under, or in connection with, this Section 2.3 or any Letter of Credit.
(n)Reimbursement by the Borrower. In the event an Issuing Bank shall have determined to honor a drawing under any Letter of Credit, it shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof, and the Borrower shall reimburse such Issuing Bank for such drawing by paying to such Issuing Bank an amount in Dollars in same day funds equal to the amount of such drawing not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day next following the day that the Borrower receives such notice (the date on which the Borrower is required to reimburse a drawing under any Letter of Credit being referred to herein as the “Reimbursement Date” in respect of such drawing); provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.1(b) that such reimbursement payment be financed with a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing and, to the extent the applicable Issuing Bank shall have received the proceeds thereof, the Borrower’s obligation to make such reimbursement payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Base Rate Revolving Borrowing. The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary as provided in Section 2.3(a), the Borrower will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of any drawings thereunder, the payment of interest thereon in accordance with Section 2.7(e) and the payment of fees due under Section 2.10 with respect thereto to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit.
(o)Revolving Lenders’ Participations in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof), each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from the applicable Issuing Bank, and agrees to fund as set forth herein, a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of the maximum amount that is or at any time may become available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In the event the Borrower shall fail for any reason to fully reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for any drawing under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and of the unreimbursed amount of such drawing and, promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the details of such notice and of such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of such unreimbursed amount. Each Revolving Lender shall make available an amount equal to such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of such unreimbursed amount to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day following the date of receipt of such notice, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit the amounts so received, in like funds, to the applicable Issuing Bank. In the event that any Revolving Lender fails to make available, for the account of any Issuing Bank, any payment referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by such Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Each Revolving Lender agrees that, in issuing, amending or extending any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 3.2, unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Letter of Credit is issued, amended or extended (or, in the case of any Letter of Credit subject to automatic extension provisions, at least three Business Days prior to the time by which the election not to extend must be made by the applicable Issuing Bank), the Borrower, a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders or the Requisite Lenders shall have notified the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent and, if the notice is not sent by the Borrower, the Borrower) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 would not be satisfied if such Letter of Credit were then issued, amended or extended (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any Issuing Bank shall have received any such notice, or shall otherwise believe in good faith that such conditions would not be satisfied, it shall
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have no obligation to (and, in the event it shall have received any such notice, shall not) issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit until and unless it shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances giving rise thereto shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist). In the event an Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.3(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by such Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Revolving Lender that has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.3(e) with respect to such drawing such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by such Issuing Bank from or on behalf of the Borrower in reimbursement of such drawing when such payments are received; provided that any such payment so distributed shall be repaid to such Issuing Bank if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(e) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for a drawing under a Letter of Credit (other than the funding of a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing as contemplated by Section 2.3(d)) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such drawing or to pay interest thereon in accordance with Section 2.7(e).
(p)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank and the obligations of the Lenders under Section 2.4(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances, notwithstanding:
(i)any lack of validity, enforceability or legal effect of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement or any term or provision therein or herein;
(ii)payment against presentation of any draft, demand or claim for payment under any Drawing Document that does not comply in whole or in part with the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit or which proves to be fraudulent, forged or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or which is signed, issued or presented by a Person or a transferee of such Person purporting to be a successor or transferee of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit;
(iii)such Issuing Bank or any of its branches or Affiliates being the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;
(iv)such Issuing Bank or any correspondent honoring a drawing against a Drawing Document up to the amount available under any Letter of Credit even if such Drawing Document claims an amount in excess of the amount available under the Letter of Credit;
(v)the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Lender may have at any time against any beneficiary, any assignee of proceeds, such Issuing Bank or any other Person or, in the case of any Lender, against the Borrower, whether in connection herewith, with the transactions contemplated herein or with any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit);
(vi)any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(vii)the fact that any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(viii)any force majeure or other event that under any rule of law or uniform practices to which any Letter of Credit is subject (including Section 3.14 of the ISP or
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any successor publication) permits a drawing to be made under such Letter of Credit after the expiration thereof or after the Revolving Maturity Date; or
(ix)any other event, circumstance or conduct whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing that might, but for this Section 2.3(f), constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of, or provide a right of set-off against, the Borrower’s, any Subsidiary’s or any Lender’s reimbursement and other payment obligations and liabilities, arising under, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit, whether against such Issuing Bank, the beneficiary or any other Person;
provided that, subject to Sections 2.3(k) and 2.3(l) and the other provisions hereof, the foregoing shall not release an Issuing Bank from such liability to the Borrower as may be determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction against such Issuing Bank following reimbursement or payment of the obligations and liabilities, including reimbursement and other payment obligations, of the Borrower to such Issuing Bank arising under, or in connection with, this Section 2.3 or any Letter of Credit.
(q)Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.3, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions and amendments, all expirations and cancellations and all honored drawings and reimbursements thereof, (ii) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, and the face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended or extended by such Issuing Bank and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each day on which such Issuing Bank honors any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the date and amount of the drawing so honored, (iv) on any Business Day on which the Borrower reimburses or fails to reimburse any drawing under a Letter of Credit as required hereunder, the date of such reimbursement or such failure and the amount of such reimbursed or unreimbursed drawing and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(r)Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the day that the Borrower receives a request from the Administrative Agent referred to in Section 8.1, the Borrower shall deposit in a deposit account in the name of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, Cash Collateral in an amount in Dollars equal to 102% of the Letter of Credit Usage as of such date; provided that the obligation to deposit such Cash Collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g). The Borrower also shall deposit Cash Collateral in accordance with this Section 2.3(h) as and to the extent required by Section 2.13(e) or 2.21. Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such deposit account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Funds in such account shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.15(f) or 2.16 or the Collateral Documents, be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Banks for honored drawings under Letters of Credit for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the Letter of Credit Usage at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to (i) the consent of the Requisite Lenders and (ii) in the case of any such application at a time when any Revolving
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Lender is a Defaulting Lender (but only if, after giving effect thereto, the remaining Cash Collateral shall be less than the aggregate Fronting Exposure), the consent of each Issuing Bank), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide Cash Collateral as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Cash Collateral (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower promptly after all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to that effect. If the Borrower is required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.13(e), such Cash Collateral (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments would not exceed the Line Cap. If the Borrower is required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.21, such Cash Collateral (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, no Issuing Bank shall have any Fronting Exposure.
(s)Termination of any Issuing Bank; Designation of Additional Issuing Banks.
(i)The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Issuing Bank as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder by providing written notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, and terminating such Issuing Bank’s obligations to issue Letters of Credit hereunder. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Issuing Bank acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the 10th Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Letter of Credit Usage attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or its Affiliates) shall have been reduced to zero. At the time any such termination shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b). Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Issuing Bank shall continue to have all the rights of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not issue any additional Letters of Credit.
(ii)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, conditioned or delayed), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Revolving Lenders (or an Affiliate thereof) that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender (or such Affiliate) of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Revolving Lender (or such Affiliate) and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Lender (or such Affiliate) shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender (or such Affiliate) in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
(t)Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of any Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any letter of credit application relating thereto (or of any other document, agreement or instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower and relating to such Letter of Credit), provides for one or more automatic increases prior to the expiration thereof (without giving effect to any automatic extension provisions therein or the reinstatement of an amount previously drawn thereunder and reimbursed) in the face amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum face 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.
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(u)Indemnity. Without limiting the provisions of Section 10.3 or any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), which may be incurred by or awarded against any such Indemnitee (other than (x) Taxes, except Taxes that represent claims, liabilities fines, costs, penalties or damages relating to or arising from any non-Tax claim, demand, suit, action, investigation or proceeding and (y) any liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, damages, fees and expenses arising out of claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations or proceedings commenced or threatened by a Credit Party, which shall be the subject of Section 10.3 and shall not be the subject of this Section 2.3(k)) (the “Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs”), and which arise out of or in connection with, or as a result of:
(i)any Letter of Credit or any pre-advice of its issuance;
(ii)any transfer, sale, delivery, surrender or endorsement of any Drawing Document at any time(s) held by any Indemnitee in connection with any Letter of Credit;
(iii)any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit (whether administrative, judicial or in connection with arbitration), including any action or proceeding to compel or restrain any presentation or payment under any Letter of Credit, or for the wrongful dishonor of, or honoring a presentation under, any Letter of Credit;
(iv)any independent undertakings issued by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;
(v)any unauthorized instruction or request made to an Issuing Bank in connection with any Letter of Credit or any requested Letter of Credit or error in computer or electronic transmission;
(vi)an adviser, confirmer or other nominated person seeking to be reimbursed, indemnified or compensated;
(vii)any third party seeking to enforce the rights of an applicant, beneficiary, nominated person, transferee, assignee of any Letter of Credit proceeds or holder of an instrument or document;
(viii)the fraud, forgery or illegal action of parties other than such Indemnitee;
(ix)an Issuing Bank’s performance of the obligations of a confirming institution or entity that wrongfully dishonors a confirmation; or
(x)the acts or omissions, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto Governmental Authority or cause or event beyond the control of such Indemnitee;
in each case, including that resulting from any Indemnitee’s own negligence; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such indemnity shall not be available to any Indemnitee claiming indemnification under this Section 2.3(k) to the extent that such Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs (i) have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Parties or (ii) arise out of or in connection with any action, claim or proceeding not involving any Credit Party or the equityholders or Affiliates of any Credit Party (or the Related Parties of any Credit Party) that is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other
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than against any Agent or any Arranger (or any holder of any other title or role) in its capacity as such). The Borrower hereby agrees to pay any Indemnitee claiming indemnity on demand from time to time all amounts owing under this Section 2.3(k). If and to the extent that the obligations of Borrower under this Section 2.3(k) are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower agrees to make the maximum contribution to the Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs permissible under applicable law. This indemnification provision shall survive termination of this Agreement and all Letters of Credit.
(v)Limitation of Liability. The liability of an Issuing Bank (or any other Indemnitee) under, in connection with or arising out of any Letter of Credit (or pre-advice), regardless of the form or legal grounds of the action or proceeding, shall be limited to direct or actual damages suffered by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries that are caused directly by such Issuing Bank’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) in (i) honoring a presentation under a Letter of Credit that on its face does not at least substantially comply with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, (ii) failing to honor a presentation under a Letter of Credit that strictly complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit or (iii) retaining Drawing Documents presented under a Letter of Credit. An Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have acted with due diligence and reasonable care if such Issuing Bank’s conduct is in accordance with Standard Letter of Credit Practice or in accordance with this Agreement. The Borrower’s aggregate remedies against any Issuing Bank and any other Indemnitee for wrongfully honoring a presentation under any Letter of Credit or wrongfully retaining honored Drawing Documents shall in no event exceed the aggregate amount paid by the Borrower to such Issuing Bank in respect of the honored presentation in connection with such Letter of Credit under Section 2.3(d), plus interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder. The Borrower shall take commercially reasonable action to avoid and mitigate the amount of any damages claimed against any Issuing Bank or any other Indemnitee, including by enforcing its rights against the beneficiaries of the Letters of Credit to the extent the Borrower deems such enforcement to be commercially reasonable. Any claim by the Borrower under or in connection with any Letter of Credit shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of (x) the amount (if any) saved by the Borrower as a result of the breach or alleged wrongful conduct complained of and (y) the amount (if any) of the loss that would have been avoided by the Borrower had it taken all commercially reasonable steps to mitigate any loss, and in case of a claim of wrongful dishonor by specifically and timely authorizing the applicable Issuing Bank to effect a cure.
(w)Concerning the Issuing Banks. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:
(i)No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally; or
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(C)any Revolving Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, except in accordance with Section 2.21(c).
(ii)An Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank 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.
(iii)Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 9 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” or “Agent” as used in Section 9 included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to any Issuing Bank (except, in the case of any Issuing Bank that is also an Agent, in its capacity as such Agent) under Section 9.6, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to Issuing Banks.
(x)Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP and the UCP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
2.4.Pro Rata Shares; Obligations Several; Availability of Funds. (a) All Loans on the occasion of any Borrowing shall be made, and all participations in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances shall be purchased, by the Lenders in proportion to their applicable Pro Rata Shares. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or fund any participation required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments and other obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan or fund any participation required hereunder or to satisfy any of its other obligations hereunder.
(y)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by a Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Loan requested to be made on such Credit Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Xxxxxx has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand, such corresponding amount, with interest thereon for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of such payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, (A) at any time prior to the third Business Day following the date such amount is made available to the Borrower, the customary rate set by the Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks and (B) thereafter, the Base Rate or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable hereunder to Base Rate Loans of the applicable Class. If the Borrower and such Lender shall both pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing.
2.5.Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans solely for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of Holdings, the Borrower
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and the other Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement, including for Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder. Letters of Credit will be used by the Borrower solely for general corporate purposes of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement.
2.6.Evidence of Debt; Register; Notes. (a) Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain records evidencing the Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Lender, including the principal amount of the Loans made by such Lender and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Subject to Section 2.6(b), such records maintained by any Lender shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error; provided that the failure to maintain any such records, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof; provided further that in the event of any inconsistency between the records maintained by any Lender and the records maintained by the Administrative Agent, the records maintained by the Administrative Agent shall govern and control.
(z)Register. The Administrative Agent shall maintain records of the name and address of, and the Commitments of and the principal amount of and stated interest on the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided that the failure to maintain the Register, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Lender to make a Loan or other payment hereunder or the obligation of the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender (but, in the case of a Lender, only with respect to any entry relating to such Xxxxxx’s Commitments or Loans) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Borrower hereby designates the Person serving as the Administrative Agent to serve as the Borrower’s non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.6(b) and agrees that, in consideration of such Person serving in such capacity, such Person and its Related Parties shall constitute “Indemnitees”.
(aa)Notes. Upon the request of any Lender by written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall promptly prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) to evidence such Xxxxxx’s Loans of any Class, which shall be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.
2.7.Interest on Loans and Letter of Credit Disbursements