FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of October 22, 2018 among GLOBE INTERMEDIATE CORP., as Holdings, GOBP HOLDINGS, INC., as the Borrower, The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative...
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
Dated as of October 22, 2018
among
GLOBE INTERMEDIATE CORP.,
as Holdings,
GOBP HOLDINGS, INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swingline Lender,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, and
JEFFERIES FINANCE, LLC
as Letter of Credit Issuers
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
Table of Contents
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
Defined Terms |
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1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
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1.3 |
Accounting Terms |
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1.4 |
Rounding |
93 | ||||
1.5 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. |
93 | ||||
1.6 |
Times of Day |
94 | ||||
1.7 |
Timing of Payment or Performance |
94 | ||||
1.8 |
Currency Equivalents Generally |
94 | ||||
1.9 |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
95 | ||||
1.10 |
Limited Condition Transactions |
95 | ||||
1.11 |
Pro Forma and Other Calculations |
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT FACILITIES |
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2.1 |
Loans |
99 | ||||
2.2 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings |
101 | ||||
2.3 |
Notice of Borrowing |
101 | ||||
2.4 |
Disbursement of Funds |
103 | ||||
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
104 | ||||
2.6 |
Conversions and Continuations |
105 | ||||
2.7 |
Pro Rata Borrowings |
106 | ||||
2.8 |
Interest |
107 | ||||
2.9 |
Interest Periods |
107 | ||||
2.10 |
Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc |
108 | ||||
2.11 |
Compensation |
111 | ||||
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office |
111 |
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2.13 |
Notice of Certain Costs |
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2.14 |
Incremental Facilities |
112 | ||||
2.15 |
Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments |
116 | ||||
2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders |
121 | ||||
2.17 |
Term Loan Exchange Notes |
123 | ||||
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT |
125 | |||||
3.1 |
Issuance of Letters of Credit |
125 | ||||
3.2 |
Letter of Credit Requests |
127 | ||||
3.3 |
Letter of Credit Participations |
128 | ||||
3.4 |
Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings |
129 | ||||
3.5 |
Increased Costs |
131 | ||||
3.6 |
New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer |
132 | ||||
3.7 |
Role of Letter of Credit Issuer |
133 | ||||
3.8 |
Cash Collateral |
133 | ||||
3.9 |
Conflict with Issuer Documents |
134 | ||||
3.10 |
Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries |
134 | ||||
3.11 |
Other |
134 | ||||
3.12 |
Applicability of ISP and UCP |
135 | ||||
SECTION 4. FEES; COMMITMENT REDUCTIONS AND TERMINATIONS |
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4.1 |
Fees |
135 | ||||
4.2 |
Voluntary Reduction of Commitments |
136 | ||||
4.3 |
Mandatory Termination of Commitments |
138 | ||||
SECTION 5. PAYMENTS |
138 | |||||
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
138 | ||||
5.2 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
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5.3 |
Method and Place of Payment |
145 | ||||
5.4 |
Net Payments |
145 |
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5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees |
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5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest |
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SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CLOSING DATE |
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6.1 |
Credit Documents |
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6.2 |
Collateral |
150 | ||||
6.3 |
Legal Opinions |
151 | ||||
6.4 |
Structure and Terms of the Transaction |
151 | ||||
6.5 |
Closing Certificates |
151 | ||||
6.6 |
Corporate Proceedings |
151 | ||||
6.7 |
Corporate Documents |
152 | ||||
6.8 |
Solvency Certificate |
152 | ||||
6.9 |
Financial Statements |
152 | ||||
6.10 |
PATRIOT ACT |
152 | ||||
6.11 |
Fees and Expenses |
152 | ||||
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS |
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7.1 |
No Default; Representations and Warranties |
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7.2 |
Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request |
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SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS |
153 | |||||
8.1 |
Corporate Status |
153 | ||||
8.2 |
Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability |
153 | ||||
8.3 |
No Violation |
154 | ||||
8.4 |
Litigation |
154 | ||||
8.5 |
Margin Regulations |
154 | ||||
8.6 |
Governmental Approvals |
154 | ||||
8.7 |
Investment Company Act |
154 | ||||
8.8 |
True and Complete Disclosure |
154 | ||||
8.9 |
Financial Statements |
155 | ||||
8.10 |
Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. |
155 |
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8.11 |
Compliance with ERISA |
156 | ||||
8.12 |
Subsidiaries |
156 | ||||
8.13 |
Intellectual Property |
156 | ||||
8.14 |
Environmental Laws |
157 | ||||
8.15 |
Properties, Assets and Rights |
157 | ||||
8.16 |
Solvency |
157 | ||||
8.17 |
Material Adverse Change |
157 | ||||
8.18 |
Use of Proceeds |
158 | ||||
8.19 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
158 | ||||
8.20 |
Sanctioned Persons |
158 | ||||
8.21 |
PATRIOT ACT |
158 | ||||
8.22 |
Labor Matters |
158 | ||||
8.23 |
Subordination of Junior Financing |
159 | ||||
8.24 |
No Default |
159 | ||||
SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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9.1 |
Information Covenants |
159 | ||||
9.2 |
Books, Records and Inspections |
162 | ||||
9.3 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
163 | ||||
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes |
163 | ||||
9.5 |
Consolidated Corporate Franchises |
164 | ||||
9.6 |
Compliance with Statutes |
164 | ||||
9.7 |
ERISA |
164 | ||||
9.8 |
Good Repair |
165 | ||||
9.9 |
End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters |
165 | ||||
9.10 |
Additional Guarantors and Grantors |
165 | ||||
9.11 |
Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness |
165 | ||||
9.12 |
Use of Proceeds |
166 | ||||
9.13 |
Changes in Business |
166 |
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9.14 |
Further Assurances |
166 | ||||
9.15 |
Designation of Subsidiaries |
168 | ||||
9.16 |
Maintenance of Ratings |
168 | ||||
9.17 |
Post-Closing Obligations |
168 | ||||
SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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10.1 |
Limitation on Indebtedness |
169 | ||||
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens |
179 | ||||
10.3 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes |
186 | ||||
10.4 |
Limitation on Sale of Assets |
188 | ||||
10.5 |
Limitation on Investments |
192 | ||||
10.6 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments |
198 | ||||
10.7 |
Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments |
205 | ||||
10.8 |
Negative Pledge Clauses |
206 | ||||
10.9 |
Passive Holding Company; Etc. |
209 | ||||
10.10 |
Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
211 | ||||
10.11 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
211 | ||||
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
215 | |||||
11.1 |
Payments |
215 | ||||
11.2 |
Representations, Etc. |
215 | ||||
11.3 |
Covenants |
216 | ||||
11.4 |
Default Under Other Agreements |
216 | ||||
11.5 |
Bankruptcy, Etc. |
216 | ||||
11.6 |
ERISA |
217 | ||||
11.7 |
Guarantee |
217 | ||||
11.8 |
Security Document |
217 | ||||
11.9 |
Judgments |
217 | ||||
11.10 |
Change of Control |
218 | ||||
11.11 |
Borrower’s Right to Cure |
218 |
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SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT |
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12.1 |
Appointment |
220 | ||||
12.2 |
Limited Duties |
220 | ||||
12.3 |
Binding Effect |
220 | ||||
12.4 |
Delegation of Duties |
220 | ||||
12.5 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
221 | ||||
12.6 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
221 | ||||
12.7 |
Notice of Default |
222 | ||||
12.8 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
222 | ||||
12.9 |
Indemnification |
222 | ||||
12.10 |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
223 | ||||
12.11 |
Successor Agent |
223 | ||||
12.12 |
Withholding Tax |
224 | ||||
12.13 |
Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent |
225 | ||||
12.14 |
Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees |
225 | ||||
12.15 |
Intercreditor Agreements |
225 | ||||
12.16 |
Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements |
226 | ||||
12.17 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
226 | ||||
12.18 |
ERISA Lender Acknowledgement |
227 | ||||
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS |
228 | |||||
13.1 |
Amendments and Waivers |
228 | ||||
13.2 |
Notices; Electronic Communications |
231 | ||||
13.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
235 | ||||
13.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
235 | ||||
13.5 |
Payment of Expenses; Indemnification |
235 | ||||
13.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc. |
237 | ||||
13.7 |
Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances |
245 | ||||
13.8 |
Adjustments; Set-off |
246 |
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13.9 |
Counterparts |
247 | ||||
13.10 |
Severability |
247 | ||||
13.11 |
Integration |
247 | ||||
13.12 |
GOVERNING LAW |
247 | ||||
13.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
247 | ||||
13.14 |
Acknowledgments |
248 | ||||
13.15 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL |
248 | ||||
13.16 |
Confidentiality |
248 | ||||
13.17 |
Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens |
249 | ||||
13.18 |
USA PATRIOT ACT |
251 | ||||
13.19 |
Legend |
251 | ||||
13.20 |
Payments Set Aside |
251 | ||||
13.21 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
251 |
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1(a) | Commitments of Lenders | |
Schedule 1.1(b) | Existing Letters of Credit | |
Schedule 1.1(c) | Mortgaged Property | |
Schedule 8.12 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 8.15 | Owned Real Property | |
Schedule 9.17 | Post-Closing Obligations | |
Schedule 10.1 | Indebtedness | |
Schedule 10.2 | Liens | |
Schedule 10.4 | Dispositions | |
Schedule 10.5 | Investments | |
Schedule 10.8 | Negative Pledge Clauses | |
Schedule 10.11 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
Schedule 13.2 | Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Guarantee | |
Exhibit B | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit C | Form of Pledge Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Notice of Borrowing | |
Exhibit E | Form of Closing Certificate | |
Exhibit F-1 | Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans) | |
Exhibit F-2 | Form of Promissory Note (Initial Term Loans) | |
Exhibit G-1 | Form of Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit G-2 | Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement | |
Exhibit H | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit I | Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit J | Form of Solvency Certificate | |
Exhibit K | Form of United States Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit L | Form of Intercompany Subordinated Note | |
Exhibit M | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
Exhibit N | Form of Notice of Voluntary Prepayment |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 22, 2018, among GLOBE INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware Corporation (“Holdings”; as hereinafter further defined), GOBP HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”; as hereinafter further defined), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto and Letter of Credit Issuers (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, and XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swingline Lender.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not defined in the preamble and these recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the financial institutions signatory thereto as lenders (the “Existing Lenders”), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as the administrative agent, collateral agent and swingline lender, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, each as a letter of credit issuer, are party to a First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2014 (as amended by Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of May 12, 2015, Incremental Agreement No. 2, dated as of June 22, 2016, and Incremental Agreement No. 3, dated as of June 14, 2017, and as otherwise amended prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; as hereinafter further defined);
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the satisfaction in full of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 below, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) $725,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans to be borrowed on the Closing Date (the “Initial Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) a revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Revolving Credit Facility”);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the borrowing under the Initial Term Loan Facility, the Borrower will borrow $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of second lien term loans (the “Second Lien Initial Term Loans”) pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Second Lien Initial Term Loans and a portion of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ cash on hand, will be used to pay the 2018 Dividend, the Existing Debt Refinancing and the Transaction Expenses;
WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to extend such credit and the Letter of Credit Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below;
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, the Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee all of its Obligations and to secure its guarantees by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock).
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires:
“2018 Dividend” shall mean the declaration and payment of a Restricted Payment in the form of a dividend to Holdings, Holdings’ declaration and payment of a dividend or other distribution to its Parent Entity and its Parent Entity’s declaration and payment of a dividend or other distribution to the holders of its Capital Stock (including related payments to the holders of equity options and similar rights) in each case in an aggregate amount not to exceed $156,000,000.
“ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect for such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a one month Interest Period determined on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided that, if the ABR shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination should be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.
“ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at the rate provided in Section 2.8(a) and, in any event, shall include all Swingline Loans.
“Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment” shall mean a binding commitment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into at any time prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest the proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.
“Accounting Change” shall mean any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, equivalent authorities for IFRS, or, if applicable, the SEC.
“Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its subsidiaries that will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.
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“Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“acquired Person” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(k)(i)(D).
“Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, contribution or otherwise, of (a) at least a majority of the assets or property and/or liabilities (or any other substantial part for which financial statements or other financial information is available), or a business line, product line, unit or division of, any other Person, (b) Capital Stock of any other Person such that such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) additional Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not then held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Acquisition Consideration” shall mean, in connection with any Acquisition, the aggregate amount (as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Acquisition at the time such Acquisition is made) of, without duplication: (a) the purchase consideration paid or payable for such Acquisition, 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 contingency, and including any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness and/or Guarantee Obligations, “earn-outs” 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 any Person or business and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness assumed in connection with such Acquisition; provided in each case, 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 (as determined at the time of the consummation of such Acquisition) to be established in respect thereof by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Additional ECF Reduction Amounts” shall mean the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (v) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property made in cash or accrued during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
(ii) cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
(iii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (v) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments made in cash (other than Investments made pursuant to Sections 10.5(b), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (l), (n) and (s)) during such period, except to the extent that such Investments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
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(iv) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (b)(vii) of the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow”, the amount of Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) paid in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Restricted Payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business; and
(v) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period and (B) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”) in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), relating to Acquisitions (or other similar Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business); provided that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Acquisitions (or other similar Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of the mandatory prepayment required for such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters under Section 5.2(a)(ii), at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters.
“Additional Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(d).
“Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.14(a).
“Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean any loan made to the Borrower under a Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.
“Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.
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“Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
“Administrative Agent” shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. or any successor to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with any Persons that are appointed as sub-agents in accordance with Section 12.4, in each case, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the office and, as appropriate, the account of the Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other office or account as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. The term “Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by agreement or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, Xxxxxxxxx LLC and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of Jefferies Finance LLC and its Affiliates.
“Affiliated Lender” shall mean a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate or a Debt Fund Affiliate.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g)(i)(C).
“Agents” shall mean each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Agreement” shall mean this First Lien Credit Agreement.
“AHYDO Catch Up Payment” shall mean any payment with respect to any obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code thereto.
“Alternative Currency” shall mean, subject to Section 1.8, any freely transferable currency reasonably acceptable to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent and, in respect of Letters of Credit, each applicable Letter of Credit Issuer.
“Applicable Laws” shall mean, as to any Person, any international, foreign, provincial, territorial, federal, state, municipal, and local law (including common law and Environmental Laws), statute, regulation, by-law, ordinance, treaty, rule, order, code, regulation, decree, guideline, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement, governmental requirement and administrative or judicial precedents enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding on such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
“Applicable Margin” shall mean:
(a) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, (x) 3.75% for Eurodollar Loans per annum and (y) 2.75% for ABR Loans per annum;
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(b) with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurodollar Loans |
Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline Loans |
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1 |
Greater than 4.00:1.00 | 3.75 | % | 2.75 | % | |||||
2 |
Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater than 3.75:1.00 | 3.50 | % | 2.50 | % | |||||
3 |
Less than or equal to 3.75:1.00 | 3.25 | % | 2.25 | % |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans shall be determined by reference to the applicable “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the tables above. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders (with written notice to the Administrative Agent), the highest pricing level (as set forth in the tables above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which the certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) was required to have been delivered but has not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans and any Swingline Loans for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans and/or any Swingline Loans, as applicable, shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans and/or Swingline Loans, as applicable, was applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.
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“Applicable Period” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin”.
“Approved Foreign Bank” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”.
“Approved Fund” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b).
“Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of any business unit, asset or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall include only Dispositions (or a series of related Dispositions) made pursuant to clauses (c), (d)(ii), (g), (j), (q), (r) and (t) of Section 10.4.
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.6) substantially in the form of Exhibit H or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Authorized Officer” shall mean the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer, any Manager, any Vice President, the Assistant Treasurer, with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, managing member, managing director, general partner or authorized signatory thereof, any other senior officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, as applicable, and, with respect to any document (other than the solvency certificate) delivered on the Closing Date, the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of any Credit Party, and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Sections 2, 3, 4 or 5, any other officers of the applicable Credit Party so designated by any of the foregoing Persons in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer of the applicable Credit Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Credit Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).
“Available Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:
(i) the amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 100.0% of Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA less the product of 1.50 times the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ consolidated Fixed Charges for such corresponding period;
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(ii) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA, the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time (other than the portion of any such dividends and other distributions that is used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay taxes related to such amounts);
(iii) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA, the aggregate amount of all repayments made in cash or Cash Equivalents of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time in respect of loans made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that constituted Investments;
(iv) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA or in the calculation of Available Equity Amount pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition thereof or applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), the Second Lien Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof) or to prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire, or make any other similar payment on any Permitted Additional Debt or on any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Disposition of its ownership interest in any Investment to any Person other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; and
(v) the amount of any Investment of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15 or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.3 or the amount of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary Disposed of to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case following the Closing Date and at or prior to the Available Amount Reference Time, in each case, such amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary immediately prior to giving pro forma effect to such re-designation or merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the Fair Market Value of the assets so Disposed of and (y) the amount originally invested from the Available Amount by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (provided that, in the case of original investments made in cash, the Fair Market Value shall be such cash value);
minus (b) the sum, without duplication and without taking into account the proposed portion of the Available Amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Amount Reference Time, of:
(i) the aggregate amount of any Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time;
(ii) the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time; and
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(iii) the aggregate amount expended on prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, acquisitions, defeasances and other similar payments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time.
“Available Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Amount.”
“Available Equity Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Equity Amount Reference Time”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:
(i) the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property, in each case, contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of any Capital Stock (or Incurrences of Indebtedness that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock), in each case during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time, but excluding:
(A) all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock;
(B) any Excluded Contribution; and
(C) any Cure Amount;
(ii) the Fair Market Value or, if the Fair Market Value of such Term Loans cannot be ascertained, the Fair Market Value shall be the purchase price of such Term Loans (which shall not in any event be calculated in excess of par) of Term Loans contributed directly or indirectly by a Permitted Holder or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate to the Borrower during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; plus
(iii) the greater of (x) $80,000,000 and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to any such Available Equity Amount Reference Time (measured as of such date) based upon the Internal Financial Statements most recently available on or prior to such date; plus
(iv) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; plus
(v) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Refused Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; plus
(vi) the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on Investments made using the Available Equity Amount during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;
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minus (b) the sum, without duplication, and, without taking into account the proposed portion of the Available Equity Amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Equity Amount Reference Time, of:
(i) the aggregate amount of any Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;
(ii) the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and
(iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments, made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time.
“Available Equity Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Equity Amount.”
“Available Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations at such time.
“Available RP Capacity Amount” shall mean the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to Sections 10.6(b), (f), (l), (s), and (v) minus the sum of the amount of the Available RP Capacity Amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to (A) make Restricted Payments in reliance on Sections 10.6(b), (f), (l), (s) and (v) and (B) incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 10.1(w) utilizing the Available RP Capacity Amount.
“Average Store Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Test Period, the numeric average of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Store EBITDA of Grocery Stores in the Designated Sample calculated beginning in the 18th fiscal month and continuing through and including the 29th fiscal month, in each case, after the month in which such Grocery Stores were opened (e.g., the sum of each such Grocery Store’s Consolidated Store EBITDA for such Test Period, divided by the number of applicable Grocery Stores in the Designated Sample).
“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC §§ 101 et seq., as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Basel III” shall mean, collectively, those certain agreements on capital requirements, leverage ratios and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More
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Resilient Banks and Banking Systems”, “Basel III: International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring”, and “Guidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical Capital Buffer”, each as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to time), and as implemented by a Lender’s primary U.S. federal banking regulatory authority or primary non-U.S. financial regulatory authority, as applicable.
“Beneficial Owner” shall mean, in the case of a Lender (including the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer), the beneficial owner of any amounts payable under any Credit Document for U.S. federal withholding tax purposes.
“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” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).
“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement and shall include any Successor Borrower, to the extent applicable.
“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.
“Borrowing” shall mean and include (a) the Incurrence of Swingline Loans from the Swingline Lender on a given date (or swingline loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments from any swingline lender thereunder on a given date), (b) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Initial Term Loan on the Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the Closing Date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (c) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Incremental Term Loan on an Incremental Facility Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (d) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Revolving Credit Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (e) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period
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(provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans) and (f) the Incurrence of one Type of Extended Revolving Credit Loan of a specified Class on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans).
“Business Day” shall mean (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that shall be in The City of New York a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close and (b) if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Loans, any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) all Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs during such period and (c) all fixed asset additions financed through Financing Lease Obligations Incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and recorded on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP during such period; provided that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include:
(i) expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed from insurance proceeds or compensation awards paid on account of a Recovery Event (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),
(ii) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time,
(iii) the purchase of property, plant or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions outside the ordinary course of business (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),
(iv) expenditures that constitute any part of Consolidated Lease Expense,
(v) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for, or reimbursed, by a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and for which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period, it being understood, however, that only the amount of expenditures actually provided or incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such period and not the amount required to be provided or incurred in any future period shall constitute “Capital Expenditures” in the applicable period),
(vi) the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital
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expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (x) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,
(vii) any expenditures made as payments of the consideration for an Acquisition (or other Investments) and expenditures made in connection with the Transactions and any amounts recorded pursuant to purchase accounting required under GAAP pertaining to Acquisitions (or other Investments) or the Transactions,
(viii) any capitalized interest expense and internal costs reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or capitalized as Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs for such period, or
(ix) any non-cash compensation or other non-cash costs reflected as additions to property, plant and equipment, Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capital Stock” shall mean 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 and including membership interests and partnership interests) and, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, acquire or exchange any of the foregoing.
“Capitalized Research and Development Costs” shall mean, for any period, all research and development costs that are, or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Captive Insurance Company” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower formed from time to time that engages primarily in the business of insuring risks of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Cash Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).
“Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).
“cash equivalents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” shall mean:
(a) Dollars;
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(b) Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU;
(c) other currencies held by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(d) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e) securities issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state or commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;
(f) commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes issued by or guaranteed by any Lender or any bank holding company owning any Lender;
(g) commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;
(h) time deposits with, or domestic and eurocurrency certificates of deposit, demand deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof and overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by, any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination);
(i) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (d), (e) and (h) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (h) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;
(j) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Xxxxx’x shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);
(k) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any non-U.S. government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(l) Investments with average maturities of no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);
(m) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within 24 months after the date
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of acquisition thereof, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and who otherwise meets the qualifications specified in clause (f) above (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank;
(n) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither S&P or Xxxxx’x shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(o) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (n) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign Rating Agencies and (ii) other short term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments described in clauses (a) through (n) of this paragraph;
(p) investment funds investing 90.0% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (o) above;
(n) to the extent not otherwise included, cash amounts receivable by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from independent operators related to daily Grocery Store receipts and amounts receivable and other payment intangibles due to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Credit Card Issuer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency or securities listed in clauses (a) through (d) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement entered into from time to time by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with cash management services for collections, other Cash Management Services or for operating, payroll and trust accounts of such Person, including automatic clearing house services, controlled disbursement services, electronic funds transfer services, information reporting services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
“Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that is a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, Agent or any Affiliate of a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner or Agent at the time it provides any Cash Management Services or any Person that shall have become a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent at any time after it has provided any Cash Management Services.
“Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in connection with, or in respect of, any Cash Management Services.
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“Cash Management Services” shall mean (a) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, (b) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services) and (c) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including under any Cash Management Agreements.
“CFC” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration or interpretation 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, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) Basel III and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if:
(a) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than the Permitted Holders or any Guarantor has occurred;
(b) Holdings becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by (A) any Person (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) (but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group or any entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator for such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings or IPO Entity) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) (or any successor provision) in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings, Successor Holdings or IPO Entity), unless the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right (pursuant to contract, proxy or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate, nominate or appoint directors (or similar position) having a majority of the aggregate votes on the Board of Directors of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings, Successor Holdings or IPO Entity);
(c) unless a Holdings Termination Event has occurred, at any time prior to an IPO of the Borrower (or, for the avoidance of doubt, a Successor Borrower), the failure of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings), directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, to own beneficially and of record, all of the Capital Stock of the Borrower; and/or
(d) the occurrence of a “change of control” or any comparable event under, and as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Refinancing thereof) or the documentation governing any other First Lien Obligations (other than any Cash Management Agreement or Hedging Agreement).
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Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), (i) a Person or “group” shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) if any “group” includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings or IPO Entity) beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such “group” shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such “group” for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a Person or “group” will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s Parent Entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Entity. For purposes of this definition and any related definition to the extent used for purposes of this definition, at any time when 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings, Successor Holdings or IPO Entity) is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity, all references to Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings, Successor Holdings or IPO Entity) shall be deemed to refer to its ultimate Parent Entity (but excluding any Permitted Holder (other than any Permitted Parent)) that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock.
“Claims” shall have meaning provided in the definition of Environmental Claims.
“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans (of the same Class), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline loans thereunder), Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Class and any related swingline loans thereunder) or Swingline Loans, and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Initial Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (of the same Class), an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline commitment thereunder), an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Class and any related swingline commitment thereunder) or a Swingline Commitment, and when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of such Class.
“Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Event under this Agreement, which date is October 22, 2018.
“Closing Date Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and, to the extent in excess of $15,000,000, described on Schedule 10.1.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning provided for such term or a similar term in each of the Security Documents; provided that, with respect to any Mortgages, “Collateral” shall mean “Mortgaged Property” or a similar term as defined therein.
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“Collateral Agent” shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with any Person that is appointed as a sub-agent in accordance with Section 12.4, as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties.
“Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires) and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, or swingline lender under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, its Swingline Commitment or swingline commitment, as applicable.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean a rate equal to the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):
Pricing Level |
Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio |
Commitment Fee Rate |
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1 |
Greater than 4.00:1.00 | 0.50 | % | |||
2 |
Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater than 3.75:1.00 | 0.375 | % | |||
3 |
Less than or equal to 3.75:1.00 | 0.25 | % |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the table above. Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders (with written notice to the Administrative Agent), the highest pricing level (as set forth in the table above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Commitment Fee Rate for any Applicable Period than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Commitment Fee Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.
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“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Communications” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.
“Company” shall mean Grocery Outlet Inc., a California corporation.
“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.
“Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated October 2018, delivered to the prospective lenders in connection with this Agreement.
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, Capital Expenditures, including Capitalized Software Expenditures, intangible assets established through recapitalization or purchase accounting, and the accretion or amortization of OID resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par, of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, plus:
(a) without duplication and to the extent already deducted or, in the case of clauses (vi) and (viii) below, to the extent not included (and not added back or excluded) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, and sales taxes, including, without limitation, federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, unitary, property, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person and any distributions or payments pursuant to Sections 10.6(g)(i) or 10.6(g)(iii), in each case, paid or accrued during such period (including taxes in respect of expatriated or repatriated funds and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations),
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in such Consolidated Interest Expense, bank and letter of credit fees, debt rating monitoring fees and net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization of deferred financing fees, OID or costs, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (A) through (N) thereof,
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period,
(iv) the amount of any restructuring charge, accrual or reserve or non-recurring (on a per-transaction basis) integration costs and related costs and charges, including proposed or actual hiring and on-boarding of any senior level executives and any one-time (on a per-transaction basis) costs or charges incurred in connection with
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Acquisitions and other Investments or Tax Restructurings, including costs, expenses and charges incurred in conforming Grocery Stores acquired in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and similar Investments to the branding and aesthetic standards of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including in respect of signage, labor, training, leaseholder improvement, remodeling, fixtures, firmware and equipment) and costs, charges and expenses, including put arrangements and headcount reductions or other similar actions including severance charges in respect of employee termination or relocation costs, excess pension charges, severance and lease termination expenses and other expenses and/or costs, including excess pension charges, related to the closure, discontinuance, consolidation and/or integration of locations, information technology infrastructure, legal entities (including any legal entity restructuring), Grocery Stores and/or facilities,
(v) any other non-cash charges, including (A) all non-cash compensation expenses and costs, (B) the non-cash impact of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (C) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, (D) any non-cash portion of Consolidated Lease Expense and (E) other non-cash charges; provided that, to the extent that any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to such extent; and provided, further, that amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period shall be excluded),
(vi) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof to the extent already included in Consolidated Net Income,
(vii) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, termination payments, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Permitted Holders (including any termination fees payable in connection with the early termination of management and monitoring agreements and any expenses paid in connection with the shareholders agreements applicable to any Parent Entity) (including amortization thereof) and any directors’, officers’, employees’, consultants’ and board of directors’ fees or reimbursements (including pursuant to any management agreement) in any such case to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 10.11 or to (or on behalf of) Affiliates of the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (and following the Closing Date, with respect to any indemnification or other amounts owed in respect of arrangements in effect prior to the Closing Date),
(viii) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other synergies related to mergers, business combinations, Acquisitions and other Investments, Dispositions, any Permitted Change of Control and other similar transactions, or related to restructuring initiatives, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case, within eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such merger, business combination, Acquisition or other Investment, Disposition, any Permitted Change of Control or other similar transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, cost savings initiative or other initiative; provided that, for the purpose of this clause (viii), (I) any such adjustments shall be added
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to Consolidated EBITDA for each Test Period until fully realized and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such adjustments had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period and shall be calculated net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions, (II) any such adjustments shall be reasonably identifiable and (III) no such adjustments shall be added pursuant to this clause (viii) to the extent duplicative of any items related to adjustments included in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, clause (iv) above or pursuant to the effects of Section 1.11 (it being understood that for purposes of the foregoing and Section 1.11 “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any such action),
(ix) Receivables Fees and the amount of loss on Dispositions of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Facility,
(x) (A) any deductions, charges, costs or expenses (including compensation charges and expenses) incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan, share option plan, a “phantom” stock plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any severance agreement, non-compete agreement or any equity subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement or in connection with grants of stock appreciation or similar rights or other rights to directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the employer portion of payroll taxes associated therewith, to the extent funded with cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) solely to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Available Equity Amount, and (B) any charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(xi) cash received in respect of acquired contingent commission revenue in such period, to the extent such revenue does not constitute Consolidated Net Income in such period; provided that if such revenue later constitutes Consolidated Net Income in a subsequent period, it will reduce Consolidated EBITDA in such period to the extent such revenue so constitutes Consolidated Net Income;
(xii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not otherwise included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back,
(xiii) 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 Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities, the curtailment or modification of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including settlement of pension liabilities), and any other items of a similar nature,
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(xiv) in respect of any Hedging Obligations that are terminated (or early extinguished) prior to the stated settlement date, any loss (or gain as applicable) reflected in Consolidated Net Income in or following the quarter in which such termination or early extinguishment occurs,
(xv) all adjustments of the type that are described on pages 40 and 41 of the Public Lender Presentation, to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period,
(xvi) costs, expenses, charges, accruals, reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions prior to, on or after the Closing Date) or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or the implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other restructuring and integration and transition costs, costs associated with inventory category and distribution optimization programs, pre-opening, opening and other business optimization expenses (including software development costs), future lease commitments, consolidation, discontinuance and closing and consolidation costs and expenses for locations, facilities and/or Grocery Stores, contract termination payments (including future lease payments), signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs related to entry and expansion into new markets (including consulting fees) or the exit from existing markets (including with respect to the termination of customer, vendor, supplier, lease or other contracts), marketing costs related to rebranding efforts, marketing costs incurred in connection with new Grocery Store openings and in connection with the entry and expansion into new markets and to modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, system design, establishment and implementation costs and project start-up costs,
(xvii) adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act,
(xviii) earn-out obligations and other post-closing obligations to sellers (including transaction tax benefit payments or to the extent accounted for as bonuses or otherwise) incurred in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement (including any Acquisition or other Investment consummated prior to the Closing Date) or adjustments thereof, which is paid or accrued during the applicable period,
(xix) one-time start-up costs and expenses for Grocery Stores, any costs or expenses incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries associated with any Grocery Store openings and any Capital Expenditures made in connection with any such opening to the extent expensed,
(xx) costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives and one-time Public Company Costs,
(xxi) the amount of any charge or deduction associated with any Restricted Subsidiary that is attributable to any non-controlling interest or minority interest of any third party,
(xxii) charges, expenses or losses incurred in connection with any Tax Restructuring,
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(xxiii) charges associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and charges relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, 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, employees’, consultants’, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, charges relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees and listing fees,
(xxiv) charges relating to the sale of products in new locations, including, without limitation, start-up costs, initial testing and registration costs in new markets, the cost of feasibility studies, travel costs for employees engaged in activities relating to any or all of the foregoing and the allocation of general and administrative support in connection with any or all of the foregoing,
(xxv) add-backs and adjustments of the type set forth in any quality of earnings analysis prepared by independent registered public accountants of recognized national standing or any other accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment; and
(xxvi) charges or losses on any loans and advances to independent operators of Grocery Stores;
less
(b) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, decreased by, without duplication, any non-cash gains, but excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period,
plus
(c) the New Stores Adjustment,
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of during such period (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 the Transactions or 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
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(II) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not subsequently reacquired, reclassified or continued, in each case, during such period (each such Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary), 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 to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustment as provided in clauses (I) and (II) of the immediately preceding proviso with respect to acquisitions and Dispositions occurring prior to, on and following the Closing Date and, without any duplication of any adjustments already included in the amounts below, other adjustments contemplated by Section 1.11, clause (a)(viii), (a)(xv) and (a)(xvi) above or clause (c) above, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $42,943,206, $43,131,813, $37,040,332 and $38,263,864, respectively, for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2017, December 31, 2017, March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018.
“Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the date of determination multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the date of determination.
“Consolidated First Lien Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Change of Control, Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on the Collateral that do not rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and cash equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date. It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or cash equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.
“Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
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“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(a) the consolidated cash interest expense of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt (but, including in any event, (i) all commissions, discounts and other cash fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (ii) the cash interest component of Financing Lease Obligations, (iii) net cash payments, if any, made (less net cash payments, if any, received), pursuant to obligations under Hedging Agreements for any such Indebtedness) and (iv) Restricted Payments on account of Disqualified Capital Stock made pursuant to Section 10.6(r), but in any event excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
(A) the accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par;
(B) amortization or write off of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses;
(C) any accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness during such period and any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar premium, make-whole, breakage, penalty or inducement or other loss in connection with the early Refinancing or modification of Indebtedness paid or payable during such period;
(D) any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in the proviso to the definition thereof and any interest in respect of Indebtedness not otherwise included in the definition of “Consolidated Total Debt” (other than as described in clauses (i) through (iv) in the parenthetical to clause (a) above);
(E) penalties or interest relating to taxes and any other amount of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of the acquisition method of accounting or pushdown accounting;
(F) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the xxxx-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815 (Derivatives and Hedging);
(G) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates and any payments with respect to make-whole and redemption premiums or other breakage costs in respect of any Indebtedness;
(H) all additional interest or liquidated damages then owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement and any comparable “additional interest” or liquidated damages with respect to other securities designed to compensate the holders thereof for a failure to publicly register such securities;
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(I) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting;
(J) any expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees or closing payments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Fees);
(K) any lease, rental or other expense in connection with Non-Financing Lease Obligations,
(L) Receivables Fees, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Facility,
(M) any capitalized interest, whether paid in cash or otherwise; and
(N) any other non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued;
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(b) cash interest income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Lease Expense” shall mean, for any period, all rental expenses of any Person during such period in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations for real or personal property (including in connection with Sale Leasebacks), but excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income; provided that Consolidated Lease Expense shall not include (a) obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to the Transactions and pursuant to an Acquisition (or other Investment) to the extent that such rental expenses relate to Non-Financing Lease Obligations (i) in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and (ii) related to periods prior to such acquisition, (c) Financing Lease Obligations, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (d) the effects from applying purchase accounting.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, attributable to such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate,
(a) any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring gains, losses or expenses; costs associated with preparations for, and implementation of, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and other Public Company Costs; earn-out payments or other consideration paid or payable in connection with an Acquisition to the extent recorded as cash compensation expense; severance costs (which may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the forgiveness of amounts that arose from, or reserves in connection with, advances paid to financial planners that had not yet been repaid at the time of severance); relocation costs; integration costs; pre-opening, opening, consolidation, discontinuation, integration and closing
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costs and expenses for locations, facilities, Grocery Stores, information technology infrastructure and/or for legal entities (including any legal entity restructuring); recruiting fees, signing, retention and completion bonuses (and the employer portion of payroll taxes associated therewith), transition costs, restructuring costs, accruals, reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions after the Closing Date and adjustments to existing reserves and any restructuring charge relating to any Tax Restructuring), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements; business optimization charges, including related to new product introductions; systems implementation charges; charges relating to entry into a new market; consulting charges; product and intellectual property development; charges; software development charges; charges associated with new systems design; project startup charges; charges in connection with new operations; corporate development charges; internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives; duplicative rent expense and in respect of the implementation of any enhanced accounting function (including in connection with becoming a standalone entity or public company); charges in connection with curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of multi-employer plan or pension liabilities); and charges related to litigation settlements, fines, judgments, orders or losses and related costs and expenses, in each case shall be excluded,
(b) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles, including if reflected through a restatement or retroactive application, during such period,
(c) any net gains or losses realized on (i) Disposed of, discontinued or abandoned operations (which shall not, unless the Borrower otherwise elects, include assets then held for sale), or (ii) the sale or other Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, shall be excluded,
(d) any net gains or losses realized attributable to asset Dispositions, other than those in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and Dispositions of books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers, shall be excluded,
(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(f) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available under clause (i) of the definition of “Available Amount”, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Credit Party) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders, (other than: (i) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (ii) restrictions pursuant to this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (iii) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions
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contained in the Credit Documents or the Second Lien Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith)) unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,
(g) any income (loss) (and all related fees and expenses or charges related thereto) from the purchase, acquisition, early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,
(h) any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, Investments in debt and equity securities, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates, warranties, inventories and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), shall be excluded,
(i) any (i) non-cash compensation expense as a result of grants of equity appreciation or similar rights, profits interests, equity options, phantom equity, restricted equity or other rights or equity incentive programs and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock or options, phantom equity, profits interests or other rights with respect thereto by, or to, future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts and (iii) any expense (including taxes) in respect of payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests, phantom equity, restricted equity or restricted equity units of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests, phantom equity, restricted equity or restricted equity units as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (to the extent such distribution to equityholders is excluded from Consolidated Net Income), shall be excluded,
(j) any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus, similar payments, commissions or discounts) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any Acquisition, Investment, asset Disposition, Change of Control or any Permitted Change of Control, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition, defeasance, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock (including any IPO), or amendment, supplement or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken, but not completed and/or not successful) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(k) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions or after the closing of any Acquisition, any Permitted Change of Control or Investment in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment, restatement or a retroactive application in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded,
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(l) the effects from applying purchase accounting, including applying recapitalization or purchase accounting to inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill and other intangible assets, in-process research and development, post-employment benefits, leases, Deferred Revenue and debt-like items required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any other consummated Acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, shall be excluded,
(m) any foreign exchange gains or losses (whether or not realized) resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower shall be excluded,
(n) any non-cash interest expense and non-cash interest income, in each case to the extent there is no associated cash disbursement or receipt, as the case may be, before the Latest Maturity Date, shall be excluded,
(o) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period shall be included,
(p) Transaction Expenses and Permitted Change of Control Costs including ((i) payment of any severance and the amount of any other success, change of control or similar bonuses or payments payable to any current or former employee, director, officer or consultant of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of the consummation of the Transactions without the requirement of any action on the part of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (ii) costs in connection with payments related to the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by management and members of the board of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or Parent Entities, including the payment of any employer taxes related to the items in this clause (p), and similar costs, expenses or charges incurred in connection with the Transactions or a Permitted Change of Control) shall be excluded,
(q) income or expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent liabilities recorded in connection with the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment shall be excluded,
(r) proceeds received from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Net Income), shall be included,
(s) charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified, reimbursed or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification or reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, an Acquisition or any other Investment, in each case, to the extent that indemnification, reimbursement or insurance coverage has not been denied, the Borrower in good faith believes that such amounts are recoverable from such indemnitors, reimbursers or insurers, and so long as such amounts are actually paid or reimbursed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash or Cash Equivalents within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (s) (and if not so reimbursed within one year, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated Net Income during the next measurement period), shall be excluded; provided that such amounts shall only be included in Consolidated Net Income under clause (i) of the definition of “Available Amount” after such amounts are actually reimbursed in cash,
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(t) any non-cash expenses, accruals, reserves or income related to adjustments to historical tax exposures shall be excluded; provided that, if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for cash payments in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in such future period, but only to the extent of such non-cash expense, accrual or reserve excluded pursuant to this clause (t),
(u) any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the xxxx-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain or loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, shall be excluded,
(v) any gain or loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Net Income in prior periods and excluded from, or included in, as applicable, Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the preceding clause (u) shall be included,
(w) any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded; provided such payment has not been included in determining Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods);
(x) all discounts, commissions, fees and other charges (including interest expense) associated with any Receivables Facility shall be excluded, and
(y) the amount of any expense required to be recorded as compensation expense related to contingent transaction consideration and the employer portion of any payroll taxes associated therewith shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Secured Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement and under the Second Lien Credit Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with any Permitted Change of Control, Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on the Collateral minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and cash equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date. It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or cash equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.
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“Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Store EBITDA” shall mean a Grocery Store’s Consolidated EBITDA excluding any costs or income that would be recorded as Distribution, General and administrative, and Marketing and advertising costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of income as calculated in the detailed store database maintained by the Company.
“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total amount of all assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date.
“Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with any Permitted Change of Control, Acquisition or other Investments), consisting of third party indebtedness for borrowed money, Unpaid Drawings, Financing Lease Obligations and third-party debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and cash equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date. It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or cash equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition. It is also understood that no Receivable Facility shall be considered Indebtedness of the type included in the definition of “Consolidated Total Debt”.
“Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (excluding all cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date less (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b)) current and long-term Deferred Revenue but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b) above, as applicable), without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness (including Letter of Credit Obligations) under the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(u), to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of interest, (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (v) non-cash compensation costs and expenses, (vi) any other liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (vii) the effects from applying recapitalization or purchase accounting, (viii) any earn out obligations until 30 days after such obligation becomes contractually due and payable and any earn-out obligation that
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becomes contractually due and payable to the extent (A) such Person is indemnified for the payment thereof by a solvent Person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (B) amounts to be applied to the payment thereof are in escrow through customary arrangements and (ix) any asset or liability in respect of net obligations of such Person in respect of Swaps entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without giving effect to (x) the depreciation of the Dollar relative to other foreign currencies or (y) changes to Consolidated Working Capital resulting from non-cash charges and credits to consolidated current assets and consolidated current liabilities (including, without limitation, derivatives and deferred income tax); provided, further, that for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital shall exclude the impact of adjusting items in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.
“Contract Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Additional ECF Reduction Amounts.”
“Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound other than the Obligations.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Borrower and/or other Persons.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Corrective Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(f).
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt or (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt; provided that, in each case, such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), or any Loans under any then-existing Incremental Facility (or, if applicable, unused Commitments thereunder), or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, further, that (i) except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default and guarantees of such Indebtedness (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts, maturity, currency types and denominations and prepayment or redemption premiums and terms) (when taken as a whole) are determined by the Borrower to be either (A) consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (B) not materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt, when taken as a whole (provided that if the documentation governing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall be given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) both the
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Refinanced Debt and the related Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) the applicable Previously Absent Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Covenant shall only be required to be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (ii) any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes, loans or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the earlier of the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and the Latest Maturity Date and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (ii) shall not apply (x) to the extent such Indebtedness either is subject to Customary Escrow Provisions or constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (ii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges and/or (y) to Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in an amount up to the Incremental/Refinancing Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount, (iii) any such Indebtedness which Refinances any existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of such Refinanced Debt and shall not require any mandatory commitment reductions prior to the maturity of such Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (iii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness either is subject to Customary Escrow Provisions or constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (iii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (iv) except to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement (subject to a dollar-for-dollar usage of any other basket set forth in Section 10.1, if applicable), such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount (or shall not have a greater accreted value, if applicable) than the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt plus unpaid accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) associated with the Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and letters of credit undrawn, (v) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased, acquired or satisfied and discharged on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid substantially concurrently with the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred or made effective, (vi) except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, the aggregate unused revolving commitments under such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the unused Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, being replaced plus undrawn letters of credit, (vii) in the case of any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes, loans or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans,
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the terms thereof shall not require any mandatory prepayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition or defeasance (other than Indebtedness that is subject to Customary Escrow Provisions) and otherwise other than (x) in the case of bonds, notes or debentures, customary change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event offers, AHYDO Catch Up Payments and customary acceleration any time after an event of default and (y) in the case of any term loans, mandatory prepayments that are on terms (when taken as a whole) not materially more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (when taken as a whole) prior to the maturity date of the Refinanced Debt, (viii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be guaranteed by any Persons that do not guarantee the Obligations and (ix) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations.
“Credit Card Issuer” means any Person (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) who issues or whose members issue credit cards, including MasterCard or VISA bank credit or debit cards or other bank credit or debit cards issued through MasterCard International, Inc., Visa, U.S.A., Inc. or Visa International and American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and other non-bank credit or debit cards, including credit or debit cards issued by or through American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and Novus Services, Inc.
“Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee, the Fee Letter, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each Letter of Credit, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, any Incremental Agreement, any Extension Agreement and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement entered into after the Closing Date to which the Collateral Agent and/or the Administrative Agent is a party.
“Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance, increase in the amount, or extension of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Term Loan Facility or any Extended Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable.
“Credit Party” shall mean, collectively and/or, as applicable, individually, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, as at any date of determination, Consolidated EBITDA for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on October 1, 2018 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Internal Financial Statements are available.
“Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).
“Cure Deadline” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).
“Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).
“Customary Escrow Provisions” shall mean customary prepayment or redemption terms relating to Escrowed Proceeds under escrow arrangements.
“Customary Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean (a) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but
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without regard to the control of remedies), at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) any intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and (b) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.
“Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) and any other Affiliate of the Sponsor that is a bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course.
“Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any Incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, but excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1 (other than Incremental Term Loans Incurred in reliance on clause (i)(x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), Permitted Additional Debt Incurred in reliance on Section 10.1(u)(i)(x) and, to the extent relating to Term Loans, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness).
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”
“Deferred Revenue” shall mean, at any date, the amount set forth opposite the caption “deferred revenue” (or any like caption or included in any other caption, including current and non-current designations) on a consolidated balance sheet at such date; provided that such balance should be determined excluding the effects of acquisition method accounting.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the Fair Market Value of consideration that is not deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and that is received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.4(c) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation (less the amount of the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent Disposition, redemption or repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-Cash Consideration).
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“Designated Sample” shall mean the number of Grocery Stores (other than online stores) opened from and including the 25th fiscal quarter to occur prior to the last fiscal quarter in any such Test Period to and including the 10th fiscal quarter to occur prior to the last fiscal quarter in any such Test Period (e.g., for the Test Period ended June 30, 2018, the Designated Sample shall include all Grocery Stores (other than online stores) opened during and including the first fiscal quarter of 2012 through and including the fourth fiscal quarter of 2015).
“Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated 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 and its Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business.
“Disposition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.4. The terms “Disposal”, “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.
“Disposition Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), the applicable percentage of Net Cash Proceeds required to be offered on any date of determination to prepay Term Loans.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), (b) is redeemable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), in whole or in part, or (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash, in each case prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that, if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers, directors, employees or consultants, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such officer’s, director’s, employee’s or consultant’s termination, death or disability.
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“Disqualified Lenders” shall mean (a) such Persons that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lead Arrangers on or prior to the Closing Date as being “Disqualified Lenders”, (b) those Persons who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsor from time to time to the Administrative Agent (which shall not become effective until the next Business Day after the date such identification is provided) and (c) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any bona fide debt investment funds that are Affiliates of the Persons referenced in clause (b) above) that are either (i) identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or the Sponsor from time to time or (ii) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name as an Affiliate of such entity; provided that any Person that is a Lender and subsequently becomes a Disqualified Lender (but was not a Disqualified Lender on the Closing Date or at the time it became a Lender) shall not retroactively be deemed to be a Disqualified Lender hereunder. The identity of Disqualified Lenders may be communicated by the Administrative Agent to a Lender upon request, but will not be otherwise posted or distributed to any Person by the Administrative Agent.
“Distressed Person” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress Event.”
“Divided LLC” shall mean any LLC which has been formed upon the consummation of an LLC Division.
“Dollars”, “U.S. Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Applicable Laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
“Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(b).
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (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 Person established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Yield” shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield paid by the Borrower on such Indebtedness as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate “floors” (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below and assuming that, if interest on such Indebtedness is calculated on the basis of a floating rate, that
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the “Eurodollar Rate” or similar component of such formula is included in the calculation of Effective Yield) or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness and (y) the four years following the date of Incurrence thereof, and, if applicable, assuming any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments were fully drawn) payable generally by the Borrower to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness, but excluding any commitment fees, arrangement fees, structuring fees, underwriting fees, closing payments or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with all relevant Lenders (in their capacities as lenders) and, if applicable, ticking fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness and customary consent or amendment fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders (and regardless of whether any such fees are paid to, or shared in whole or in part with, any Lender); provided that, with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a “floor”, (a) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
“Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (subject, in each case, to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 13.6(b)), other than, in each case, (i) a natural person, (ii) a Defaulting Lender or (iii) a Disqualified Lender.
“Employee Investors” shall mean current, former or future the officers, directors, managers and employees (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity who are or who become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any of its Parent Entities, any Equityholding Vehicle, or in the Borrower, including any such officers, directors, managers or employees owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.
“EMU” shall mean the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, orders, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, municipal or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, permit, binding agreement issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case
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relating to pollution or the protection of the Environment including, those relating to generation, use, handling, storage, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health or safety.
“Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of one or more classes of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.
“Equityholding Vehicle” shall mean any Parent Entity and any equityholder thereof through which current, former or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or Parent Entity hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect on the Closing Date and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) that together with Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof is treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Code.
“Escrowed Proceeds” shall mean the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness paid into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or Incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events. The term “Escrowed Proceeds” shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Borrowing” shall mean each Borrowing of a Eurodollar Loan.
“Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) 0.00% and (b) the product of (i) the LIBOR in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves
Where,
“LIBOR” shall mean, (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the applicable Bloomberg page which
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displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for the Interest Period elected, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate; and
“Statutory Reserves” shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate, or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, an interest rate per annum equal to the LIBOR in effect for an Interest Period of one month
Where,
“LIBOR” shall mean (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the applicable Bloomberg page which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), on the day of determination of such rate, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the date of determination of such rate; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for a one-month Interest Period, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of
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(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period;
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (provided that, in each case, if any non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Excess Cash Flow in such future period);
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital and decreases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such decreases or increases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course of assets, business units or property by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the Disposition of assets, business units or property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
(v) cash payments received in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
(vi) income tax expense to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (net of any adjustments pursuant to clause (o) of Consolidated Net Income for cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period); and
(vii) to the extent deducted, or not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (A) increases in non-current deferred income tax liabilities, (B) decreases in non-current deferred income tax assets, (C) accruals for future lease payments in respect of closed stores plus accretion thereof, (D) increases in non-current GAAP rent equalization and deferred rent liabilities, (E) increases in deferred landlord allowances and (F) accretion of asset retirement obligations recorded in accordance with GAAP;
minus
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (a)(ii) above) and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (w) of the definition of the term “Consolidated Net Income”;
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(ii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Financing Lease Obligations, (B) all scheduled principal repayments of the Term Loans, Second Lien Term Loans (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof), Permitted Additional Debt and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder and actually made and (C) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans actually made pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) and any mandatory prepayment of Second Lien Term Loans actually made pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof) and any mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment of Permitted Additional Debt or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each such case from the proceeds of any Disposition and that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income (and have not otherwise been excluded under clause (c) of the definition thereof) and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (1) all other prepayments, repurchases, defeasances, acquisitions, redemptions and/or similar payments of Term Loans, Second Lien Term Loans (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), Permitted Additional Debt or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (2) all prepayments of revolving credit loans and swingline loans permitted hereunder made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (other than in respect of (x) the Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility and (y) other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)), except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
(iii) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than the Disposition of property in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
(iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital and increases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such increases or decreases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);
(v) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period, except to the extent that such expenditures were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
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(vi) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or repurchase and/or similar payment of Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
(vii) without duplication of any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition of the term “Additional ECF Reduction Amounts”, the aggregate amount of all payments paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions;
(viii) income taxes, including penalties and interest, paid in cash in such period;
(ix) to the extent included, or not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (A) decreases in non-current deferred income tax liabilities, (B) increases in non-current deferred income tax assets, (C) lease payments made in respect of closed Grocery Stores, (D) decreases in non-current GAAP rent equalization and deferred rent liabilities, (E) decreases in deferred landlord allowances and (F) amounts paid with respect to asset retirement obligations; and
(x) cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Rate” shall mean on any day with respect to any currency (other than Dollars), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into any other currency (including Dollars), as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Bloomberg page or screen for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg page or screen, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange quoted to the Administrative Agent by three major banks in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m., local time, on such date for the purchase of the relevant currency for delivery two Business Days later.
“Excluded Capital Stock” shall mean:
(a) any Capital Stock with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Capital Stock shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,
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(b) solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO to secure the Obligations, any Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65.0% of the outstanding Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO,
(c) any Capital Stock to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Applicable Law (including financial assistance, fraudulent conveyance, preference, thin capitalization, capital preservation or similar laws or regulations and any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority to such pledge unless such consent has been obtained),
(d) any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U),
(e) the Capital Stock of any Person, other than any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge of such Capital Stock would be prohibited by the terms of any Contractual Obligation, Organizational Document, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement applicable to such Person or legally effective Contractual Obligations or create an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower),
(f) the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of a FSHCO,
(g) the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or of any Receivables Subsidiary,
(h) any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock would result in material adverse Tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with but without the consent of the Collateral Agent; and
(i) the Capital Stock of any Immaterial Subsidiary (except to the extent perfected by a UCC or equivalent statutory financing statement).
“Excluded Contribution” shall mean the Net Cash Proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or the Qualified Proceeds, in each case received by the Borrower from capital contributions to the common Capital Stock of the Borrower or sales or issuances of common Capital Stock of the Borrower permitted hereunder, in each case, after the Closing Date (other than any amount to the extent used in the Cure Amount) and designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as an Excluded Contribution within 10 Business Days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date the applicable Capital Stock is issued or sold.
“Excluded Property” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.
“Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean:
(a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.10 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly owned Subsidiary),
(b) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (x) Applicable Law (including financial assistance, fraudulent conveyance, preference, thin capitalization, capital preservation or similar
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laws or regulations) or (y) Contractual Obligation from guaranteeing the Obligations (and for so long as such restrictions or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect); provided that in the case of clause (y), such Contractual Obligation existed on the Closing Date or, with respect to any Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (and so long as such Contractual Obligation was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition) and only for so long as such restriction is continuing, on the date such Subsidiary is so acquired,
(c) any Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) a FSHCO or (ii) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC,
(d) any Immaterial Subsidiary (provided that the Borrower shall not be permitted to exclude Immaterial Subsidiaries from guaranteeing the Obligations to the extent that (i) the aggregate amount of gross revenue for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10.0% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of the other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination or (ii) the aggregate amount of total assets for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10.0% of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), as at the end of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination),
(e) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent), the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse Tax consequences) of providing a guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,
(f) each Foreign Subsidiary and each Unrestricted Subsidiary,
(g) each other Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment and financed with secured Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) and the Liens securing which are permitted by Section 10.2(f) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not Incurred in contemplation of such Acquisition or other Investment), and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Acquisition or other Investment that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations,
(h) any Subsidiary to the extent that the guarantee of the Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with (but without the consent of) the Administrative Agent, and confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent,
(i) any Subsidiary that would require any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to provide a guarantee unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or is received after commercially reasonable efforts by such Subsidiary to obtain the same, which efforts may be requested by the Administrative Agent,
(j) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, Captive Insurance Companies, Receivables Subsidiary or other Special Purpose Subsidiaries designated in writing by the Borrower from time to time to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and
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(k) any Subsidiary that does not have the legal capacity to provide a guarantee of the Obligations (provided that the lack of such legal capacity does not arise from any action or omission of the Borrower or any other Credit Party).
“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee pursuant to the Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (i) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant”, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving pro forma effect to any applicable keep well, support, or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all applicable guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Credit Parties), at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (ii) in the case of a Swap Obligation that is subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act, because such Guarantor is a “financial entity”, as defined in section 2(h)(7)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligations. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to the Swap for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).
“Existing Class” shall mean Existing Term Loan Classes and each Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Existing Credit Agreements” shall mean (a) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2014, by and among, among others, the Borrower, Holdings, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto as lenders and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended pursuant to Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of May 12, 2015, Incremental Agreement No. 2, dated as of June 22, 2016, and Incremental Agreement No. 3, dated as of June 14, 2017, and as further amended, amended and restated and/or supplemented prior to the Closing Date and (b) that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2014, by and among, among others, the Borrower, Holdings, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto as lenders and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, amended and restated and/or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.
“Existing Debt Refinancing” shall mean (a) the repayment in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premium, if any, and other amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements, other than (i) contingent obligations not then due and payable and that by their terms survive the termination of the Existing Credit Agreements and (ii) the Existing Letters of Credit, and (b) the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (c) the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
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“Existing Lenders” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean all the letters of credit listed on Schedule 1.1(b).
“Existing Revolving Credit Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
“Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
“Existing Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
“Existing Term Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
“Expected Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).
“Extended Loans/Commitments” shall mean Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Extended Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
“Extended Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.15(b).
“Extended Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
“Extended Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.15.
“Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
“Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
“Extending Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(c).
“Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(d).
“Extension Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(e).
“Extension Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(c).
“Extension Request” shall mean Term Loan Extension Requests and Revolving Credit Extension Requests.
“Extension Series” shall mean all Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) that are established pursuant to the same Extension Agreement (or any subsequent Extension Agreement to the extent such Extension Agreement expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, if any, and amortization schedule.
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“Fair Market Value” shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as reasonably determined by the Borrower.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“FCPA” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, 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, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the 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.
“Fee Letter” shall mean the Agent Fee Letter, dated as of October 22, 2018, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., the Borrower and Holdings.
“Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to or referred in Section 4.1.
“Financial Performance Covenant” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.10.
“Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.3.
“Financing Lease Obligation” shall mean, as applied to any Person, an obligation that is required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not a straight-line or operating lease) on both the balance sheet and income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. At the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a financing or capital lease would be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
“First Lien Obligations” shall mean the Obligations, any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (other than any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations that are unsecured or are secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies)) and any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Indebtedness in respect of Term Loan Exchange Notes, collectively.
“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 dated as of the Closing Date, among
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as Senior Priority Representative for the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (each as defined therein), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as Second Priority Representative for the Second Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (each as defined therein), the Credit Parties, and each additional representative party thereto from time to time.
“First Refused Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c)(ii).
“Fixed Charges” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period,
(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during such period, and
(iii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Capital Stock made during such period.
“Flood Hazard Property” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c)(i).
“Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (a) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (c) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Plan” shall mean any pension plan maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to their respective employees employed outside the United States.
“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).
“FSHCO” shall mean any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than (a) Capital Stock (including any debt instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or (b) Capital Stock and Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“Funded Debt” shall mean all indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
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“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, subject to Section 1.3(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after adoption of IFRS by the Borrower for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Borrower may elect to apply IFRS for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in lieu of United States GAAP, and, upon any such election, references herein or in any other Credit Document to GAAP shall be construed to mean IFRS as in effect from time to time; provided that (a) any such election once made shall be irrevocable (and shall only be made once), (b) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared on the basis of IFRS and (c) from and after such election, all ratios, computations and other determinations (i) based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity with IFRS and (ii) in this Agreement that require the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrower’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, further, that in the event of any such election by the Borrower, any financial ratio calculations or thresholds (including the Financial Performance Covenant) in this Agreement may be recalibrated to reflect the election to implement IFRS so long as (1) such recalibration is limited to changes in the calculation of such thresholds or covenant levels due to the effect of differences between GAAP and IFRS, (2) the recalibrated ratios and calculations shall be mutually agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, unless the Required Lenders have given notice of their objection to such recalibration within five Business Days of receiving notice thereof, and (3) any such recalibration shall be done in a manner such that after giving effect to such recalibration, the recalibrated thresholds and covenant levels shall be consistent with the intention of the respective thresholds and covenant levels calculated under GAAP prior to such election. The Borrower shall give notice of any election to the Administrative Agent with 10 Business Days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any foreign country or any multinational authority, or any state, province, territory, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the PBGC and other quasi-governmental entities established to perform such functions.
“Grocery Stores” shall mean stores, locations and outlets, including physical and online stores, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Guarantee” shall mean the First Lien Guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date, made by each Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any
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acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Guarantors” shall mean (a) Holdings, (b) each wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) on the Closing Date, (c) the Borrower (other than with respect to its own Obligations) and (d) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.10.
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contains dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, mold and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “subject waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment.
“Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in its capacity as such, and that either (i) is a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger, a Joint Bookrunner or an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger or a Joint Bookrunner at the time it enters into such Hedging Agreement or (ii) becomes a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent after it has entered into such Hedging Agreement; provided that no such Person (except an Agent) shall be considered a Hedge Bank until such time as it shall have delivered written notice to the Collateral Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that such Person constitutes a Hedge Bank entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Person may deliver one notice confirming that it constitutes a “Hedge Bank” with respect to all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Agent shall constitute a Hedge Bank to the extent it has entered into a Hedging Agreement.
“Hedging Agreement” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.
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“Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and the related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for, the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 and (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as of June 30, 2018, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010.
“Holdings” shall mean (i) Holdings (as defined in the preamble to this Agreement) or (ii) at the election of the Borrower, any other Person or Persons (the “New Holdings”) that is a Subsidiary of (or are Subsidiaries of) Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) (the “Previous Holdings”) but not the Borrower; provided that (a) such New Holdings directly or indirectly owns 100.0% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (b) the New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) the New Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such substitution and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents, (d) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (e) all Capital Stock of the Borrower and substantially all of the other assets of the Previous Holdings are contributed or otherwise transferred to such New Holdings and pledged to secure the Obligations and (f) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default or material Tax liability; provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, the Previous Holdings shall be automatically released from all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to “Holdings” in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to the “New Holdings.”
“Holdings Termination Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11(h).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such determination date were an amount equal to or less than 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (b) whose gross revenues (when combined with the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) for such Test Period were an amount equal to or less than 5.0% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Immediate Family Members” shall mean with respect to any individual, such individual’s estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any person sharing an individual’s household (other than an unrelated tenant or employee) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
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“Incremental Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).
“Incremental Base Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) (x) the greater of $160,000,000 and (y) 100.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Internal Financial Statements most recently available on or prior to such date (less the aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Incremental Facilities then outstanding and Incurred in reliance on (after giving effect to any applicable reclassification thereof) the Second Lien Incremental Base Amount) plus (b) (i) the aggregate principal amount of (A) Term Loans voluntarily prepaid prior to such date pursuant to Section 5.1, (B) Second Lien Term Loans voluntarily prepaid prior to such date pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or, in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the documentation governing any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) and (C) secured Permitted Additional Debt and secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness voluntarily prepaid, repurchased, defeased, acquired or redeemed, (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness retired pursuant to the repurchase of Term Loans, Second Lien Terms Loans, secured Permitted Additional Debt and secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i) of this Agreement and to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or, in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the documentation governing any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all permanent reductions of Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2 effected prior to such date (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such commitment reductions required by the proviso to Section 2.14(b) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case of this clause (b), except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Indebtedness Incurred under a revolving credit facility Incurred as Permitted Additional Debt or otherwise Incurred under Section 2.14) by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business.
“Incremental Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Facilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Facility Closing Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).
“Incremental Limit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b) and Section 10.1(u).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(f)(ii).
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the Commitment of any Lender to make Incremental Term Loans of a particular Class pursuant to Section 2.14(a).
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“Incremental Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14, the final maturity date thereof.
“Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental/Refinancing Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the greater of (x) $120,000,000 and (y) 75.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Internal Financial Statements most recently available on or prior to such date minus the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Incremental Term Loans Incurred without regard to clause (B) of Section 2.14(c)(i), (y) the aggregate amount of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred without regard to the requirements under clause (ii) of the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” pursuant to sub-clause (y) of the proviso to such clause (ii) and (z) the aggregate amount of Permitted Additional Debt Incurred without regard to the requirements under clause (a) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”.
“Incur” shall mean create, issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.1:
(a) amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;
(b) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms; and
(c) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment or making of a mandatory offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or similarly pay such Indebtedness;
will not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving pro forma effect to any prior drawings or reductions which have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
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(c) net Hedging Obligations of such Person;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) current trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals, or replacements thereof) Incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the Incurrence thereof except if such trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses bear interest, (ii) any earn-out or similar obligation, unless such obligation has not been paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable and becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Financing Lease Obligations;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; and
(h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing;
provided that Indebtedness shall not include (i) prepaid or Deferred Revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (iii) amounts owed to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions, Permitted Change of Control or any other Acquisition permitted under the Credit Documents, (iv) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and other accrued obligations (including transfer pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) Non-Financing Lease Obligations or other obligations under or in respect of straight-line leases, operating leases or Sale Leasebacks (except resulting in Financing Lease Obligations), (vi) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation arrangements, (vii) contingent post-closing purchase price adjustments, non-compete or consulting obligations or earn-outs to which the seller in an Acquisition or Investment may become entitled and (viii) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiary solely by reason of “pushdown” accounting under GAAP.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or Joint Venture (other than a Joint Venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt of such Person and (B) in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, 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 or consistent with past practice. The amount of any net Hedging Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall, unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
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“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).
“Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date” shall mean the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1 for the first full fiscal quarterly or annual period of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date.
“Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount” shall mean the amount of one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans on the Closing Date.
“Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(a).
“Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $725,000,000.
“Initial Term Loan Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Initial Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.
“Initial Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, or if such anniversary of the Closing Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.
“Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
“Initial Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).
“Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning provided for such term or a similar term in the Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” shall mean the Intercompany Subordinated Note, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower party thereto.
“Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.
“Internal Financial Statements” shall mean the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements of the Borrower that are internally available at the Borrower.
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“Interpolated Rate” shall mean, in relation to LIBOR, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) the applicable LIBOR (as used in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate”) for the longest period (for which LIBOR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and
(b) the applicable LIBOR (as used in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate”) for the shortest period (for which LIBOR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,
each as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period of that Loan.
“Investment” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee Obligation with respect to any obligation of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or Joint Venture interest in such other Person, excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances or 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 or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any payments in cash or Cash Equivalents actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment, 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, (ii) any Investment in the form of a guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Capital Stock or other non-cash property or services by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Capital Stock or other property or services as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a Return in respect of such Investment, 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 date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Capital Stock, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment, except that the amount of any Investment in the form of an Acquisition shall be the Acquisition Consideration, minus (i) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor as a Return in respect of such Investment (without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), 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 date of such Investment. For purposes of Section 10.5, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise Disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto shall not be deemed to be a new Investment at such time.
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“Investment Grade Rating” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Xxxxx’x and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Investment Grade Securities” shall mean, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents), (b) securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) investments in any fund that invests at least 95.0% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution and (d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
“Investors” shall mean, collectively, the Sponsor and the Employee Investors.
“IPO” shall mean (a) the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) of common Capital Stock in Holdings, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of Holdings (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering) or (b) the acquisition, purchase, merger or combination of Holdings, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of Holdings, by, or with, a publicly traded special acquisition company that (i) is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) prior to the IPO, shall have engaged in no business or activities in any material respect other than activities related to becoming and acting as a publicly traded special acquisition company and entry into the IPO and (iii) immediately prior to the IPO, shall have no material assets other than cash and Cash Equivalents; provided that any merger or combination pursuant to this sentence involving Holdings shall comply with the requirements of Section 10.9(b).
“IPO Entity” shall mean, at any time at and after an IPO, Holdings, the Borrower or a Parent Entity of Holdings, as the case may be, the Capital Stock in which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO or, in the case of an IPO described in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the publicly traded entity immediately following such IPO, so long as such entity is Holdings or a Parent Entity of Holdings.
“IPO Listco” shall mean a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings or of any Parent Entity thereof formed in contemplation of an IPO to become the IPO Entity. Holdings shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of any IPO Listco that is a Subsidiary of Holdings.
“IPO Reorganization Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions taken in connection with and reasonably related to consummating an IPO, including the (a) formation and ownership of IPO Shell Companies, (b) entry into, and performance of, (i) a reorganization agreement among any of Holdings, its Subsidiaries, Parent Entities and/or IPO Shell Companies implementing IPO Reorganization Transactions and other reorganization transactions in connection with an IPO so long as after giving effect to such agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, the value of the Collateral, taken as a whole, and the value of the Guarantees, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired and (ii) customary underwriting agreements in connection with an IPO and any future follow-on underwritten public offerings of common Capital Stock in the IPO Entity, including the provision by such IPO Entity and any Affiliate thereof of customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification to the underwriters thereunder, (c) the merger of any IPO Subsidiary with one or more direct or indirect holders of Capital Stock in Holdings or the Borrower with any IPO Subsidiary surviving and holding, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock in Holdings or the Borrower and no other material assets or the dividend or other distribution by Holdings or the Borrower of Capital Stock of IPO Shell Companies or any other transfer of ownership, directly or indirectly, to the holders of Capital Stock of Holdings or the Borrower, (d) the
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amendment and/or restatement of organization documents of Holdings or the Borrower and any IPO Subsidiaries, (e) the issuance of Capital Stock of IPO Shell Companies to the direct or indirect holders of Capital Stock of Holdings or the Borrower in connection with any IPO Reorganization Transactions, (f) the making of Restricted Payments to (or Investments in) an IPO Shell Company or Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiaries to permit Holdings or the Borrower to make distributions or other transfers, directly or indirectly, to IPO Listco, in each case solely for the purpose of paying, and solely in the amounts necessary for IPO Listco to pay, IPO-related expenses and the making of such distributions by Holdings or the Borrower, (g) the repurchase by IPO Listco, directly or indirectly, of its Capital Stock from Holdings or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (h) the entry into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which the direct or indirect holders of Capital Stock in Holdings or the Borrower and certain non-economic/voting Capital Stock in IPO Listco will be permitted to exchange such interests for certain economic/voting Capital Stock in IPO Listco, (i) any issuance, dividend or distribution, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock of the IPO Shell Companies or other Disposition of ownership thereof to the IPO Shell Companies and/or the direct or indirect holders of Capital Stock of Holdings or the Borrower and (j) all other transactions reasonably incidental to, or necessary for the consummation of, the foregoing so long as after giving effect to such agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, the value of the Collateral, taken as a whole, and the value of the Guarantees, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired.
“IPO Shell Company” shall mean each of IPO Listco and IPO Subsidiary.
“IPO Subsidiary” shall mean a wholly owned subsidiary of IPO Listco formed in contemplation of, and to facilitate, IPO Reorganization Transactions and an IPO. Holdings shall, promptly following its formation, notify the Administrative Agent of the formation of an IPO Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of Holdings.
“ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by a Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Joint Bookrunners” shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC, each in its capacity as joint bookrunner.
“Joint Venture” shall mean a joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.
“Junior Debt” shall mean any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Credit Party.
“Junior Debt Documentation” shall mean any document or instrument issued or executed with respect to any Junior Debt.
“Junior Debt Payment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).
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“Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Capital Stock, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Credit Facility that is outstanding hereunder as determined on the date such Indebtedness is Incurred or such Capital Stock is issued.
“LCT Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.10.
“LCT Test Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.10.
“Lead Arrangers” shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC, each in its capacity as lead arranger.
“Lender” shall mean (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(a), (b) any other Person that shall become a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to Section 13.6 and (c) each Person that becomes a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14, in each case other than a Person who ceases to hold any outstanding Loans, Letter of Credit Exposure, Swingline Exposure or any Commitment.
“Lender Default” shall mean (a) the refusal (in writing) or failure of any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility) to make available its portion of any Incurrence of Revolving Credit Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, (b) the failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, (c) the notification by a Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement, (d) the failure by a Revolving Credit Lender to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its obligations under this Agreement (e) the admission of a Distressed Person in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (f) any Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action.
“Lender-Related Distress Event” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility), that such Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, is or becomes subject to a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation or winding up, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt or no longer viable, or if any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person has taken control of such Distressed Person or has taken steps to do so; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender by a governmental authority or an instrumentality thereof; provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such
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person 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 person (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contract or agreements made by such person or its parent entity.
“Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1(a).
“Letter of Credit Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.
“Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4 at such time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4).
“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(c).
“Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean (a) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., (b) Bank of America, N.A., (c) Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, (d) Jefferies Finance LLC and (e) any one or more Persons who shall become a Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.6. Any Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates, unaffiliated financial institutions or other designees of such Letter of Credit Issuer, and in each such case the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate, unaffiliated financial institution or designee with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate, unaffiliated financial institution or designee and the term “Letter of Credit” shall include any Letter of Credit issued by such Affiliate, unaffiliated financial institution or designee. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless separately agreed with the Borrower, none of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or Jefferies Finance LLC, nor any of their respective branches, Affiliates, unaffiliated financial institutions or designees shall be required to issue any commercial or trade letters of credit hereunder.
“Letter of Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
“Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms, but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Letter of Credit Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
“Letter of Credit Participation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
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“Letter of Credit Request” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by a Letter of Credit Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment” shall mean $35,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 4.2(b).
“Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment Obligation” shall mean, in the case of each Letter of Credit Issuer that is a Letter of Credit Issuer on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Letter of Credit Issuer’s “Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment Obligation” (as such amount may be amended from time to time with the consent of the Borrower and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer).
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance and any easement, right-of-way, restriction (including zoning restrictions), defect, exception or irregularity in title or similar charge or encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof); provided that in no event shall a Non-Financing Lease Obligation be deemed to be a Lien.
“Limited Condition Transaction” shall mean any (a) prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment of Indebtedness or Capital Stock transaction that requires irrevocable notice in advance thereof or (b)(i) Permitted Change of Control or (ii) Acquisition (or proposed Acquisition) by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement or any transaction that, if consummated would constitute an Acquisition or Permitted Change of Control, in each case whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
“LLC” shall mean any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“LLC Division” shall mean the statutory division of any LLC into two or more LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
“Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan, Extended Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan (including any swingline loan pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or Term Loan made by any Lender hereunder.
“Losses” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).
“Mandatory Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(ii).
“Market Capitalization” shall mean an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 10.6(m) multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.
“Market Convention Rate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(d).
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“Master Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Hedging Agreement”.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a circumstance or condition that would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its 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 Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.
“Material Junior Debt” shall mean Junior Debt in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $35,000,000.
“Material Real Property” shall mean any parcel or parcels of Real Property owned in fee by any Credit Party, now or hereafter, having a Fair Market Value (on a per property basis) of at least $10,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Agreement with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (x) the Closing Date for Real Property now owned, (y) the date of acquisition for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date or (z) the date on which the entity owning such Real Property becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date, in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
“Maturity Date” shall mean, as to the applicable Loan or Commitment, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, any maturity date related to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or any maturity date related to any Class of Extended Term Loans or any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.
“Maximum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).
“MFN Exceptions” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
“MFN Protection” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).
“Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Term Loans, $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent or as may be required in order to accommodate Borrowings described under Section 2.14(b)), (b) with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, $1,000,000 and (c) with respect to a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, $100,000.
“Minimum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).
“Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock.
“Xxxxx’x” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage or a deed of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deed or other security document entered into by the owner of a Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties creating a Lien on such Mortgaged Property, substantially in such form as may be reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
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“Mortgaged Property” shall mean (a) the Real Property identified on Schedule 1.1(c) and (b) all Real Property owned in fee with respect to which a Mortgage is required to be granted pursuant to Section 9.14(b).
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate contributes, has an obligation to contribute or had an obligation to contribute over the five preceding calendar years.
“Necessary Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, any issuance of Capital Stock or any capital contribution or any Disposition of any Investment (including any Designated Non-Cash Consideration), (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment or earn-out obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and, with respect to any Recovery Event, any insurance proceeds, eminent domain awards or condemnation awards in respect of such Recovery Event) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, receipt of a capital contribution or Disposition of any Investment, less (b) the sum of:
(i) in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount, if any, of all Taxes paid or estimated to be payable by any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or such Disposition (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation or expatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds),
(ii) in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction,
(iii) in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest or other amounts on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and such Indebtedness is actually so repaid (other than Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Documents or otherwise subject to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement and any costs associated with the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction),
(iv) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13); provided that:
(A) the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;
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(B) any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment and (y) be offered to be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), to the prepayment of Second Lien Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the documentation governing the First Lien Obligations and not otherwise required to be applied to First Lien Obligations) (or any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, redemption or similar payment of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and
(C) any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), to the prepayment of Second Lien Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the documentation governing the First Lien Obligations and not otherwise required to be applied to First Lien Obligations) (or any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, redemption or similar payment of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,
(v) in the case of any Recovery Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Recovery Prepayment Event (x) that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13), including for the repair, restoration or replacement of the asset or assets subject to such Recovery Prepayment Event, or (y) for which the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has provided a Restoration Certification prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period; provided that:
(A) the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;
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(B) any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of a Recovery Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or shall have provided a Restoration Certification and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), to the prepayment of Second Lien Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the documentation governing the First Lien Obligations and not otherwise required to be applied to First Lien Obligations or any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, redemption or similar payment of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and
(C) any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or a Restoration Certification that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment, repair, restoration or replacement contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification, as the case may be, is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), to the prepayment of Second Lien Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (to the extent permitted by the documentation governing the First Lien Obligations and not otherwise required to be applied to First Lien Obligations or any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, redemption or similar payment of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or provides another Restoration Certification with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,
(vi) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event by any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof,
(vii) in the case of any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disposition, issuance of Capital Stock or receipt of a capital contribution, the reasonable and customary fees, commissions, expenses (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums and search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes and other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees or commissions), issuance costs, discounts and other costs and expenses (and, in the case of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness the proceeds of which are required to be used to prepay any Class
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of Loans and/or reduce any Class of Commitments under this Agreement, accrued interest and premium, if any, on such Loans and any other amounts (other than principal) required to be paid in respect of such Loans and/or Commitments in connection with any such prepayment and/or reduction), and payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent required by Applicable Law, in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (a) above, and
(viii) in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition, any amounts funded into escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition until such amounts are released to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred Capital Stock (other than dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock).
“New Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings”.
“New Sponsor” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Holders”.
“New Stores” shall mean, with respect to any Test Period, the number of Grocery Stores (other than online stores) opened by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries within the last 24 months, measured from and including the last month in such Test Period.
“New Stores Adjustment” shall mean for any applicable Test Period, the excess (not to be less than zero) of (i) the aggregate amount derived from the product of (a) the aggregate number of New Stores and (b) Average Store Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period over (ii) the actual Consolidated Store EBITDA generated by New Stores during such Test Period.
“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).
“Non-Credit Party” shall mean any Person that is not a Credit Party.
“Non-Credit Party Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).
“Non-Credit Party Recovery Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).
“Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).
“Non-Financing Lease Obligations” shall mean a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For avoidance of doubt, a straight-line or operating lease shall be considered a Non-Financing Lease Obligation.
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“Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).
“Note” shall mean a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, in each case of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, evidencing the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.
“Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a request of the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
“Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
“Notice Period” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(d).
“Obligations” shall mean the collective reference to:
(a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in this Agreement (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral, and (iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any applicable proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
(b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
(c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the covenants, agreements, obligations, and liabilities of each other Credit Party under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,
(d) the due and punctual payment and performance of all Cash Management Obligations under each Secured Cash Management Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and
(e) the due and punctual payment and performance of all Hedging Obligations under each Secured Hedging Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than with respect to any such Credit Party’s Hedging Obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower, the obligations of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof under any Secured Cash Management Agreement and Secured Hedging Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents and only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed, (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not require the consent of the holders of the Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or the consent of the holders of the Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and (iii) Obligations shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
“OFAC” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.20.
“OID” shall mean original issue discount.
“Organizational Documents” shall mean (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement and (c) with respect to any partnership, Joint Venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, Joint Venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and, if applicable, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(b).
“Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Parent Entity” shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership) of Holdings and/or the Borrower, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person that is formed to effect a public offering of common Capital Stock that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the Voting Stock of Holdings will be deemed a Parent Entity of Holdings.
“Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(i).
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(ii).
“PATRIOT ACT” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.21.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
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of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or, solely with respect to representations and covenants that relate to liability under Section 4069 of ERISA, that was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate would have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit M or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as (a) such Acquisition and all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with all Applicable Laws, (b) if such Acquisition involves the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person that upon such Acquisition would become a Subsidiary, such Acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Capital Stock becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and, to the extent required by Section 9.10, a Guarantor, (c) to the extent required by Sections 9.10, 9.11 and/or 9.14(b), such Acquisition shall result in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, being granted a security interest in any Capital Stock or any assets so acquired, (d) subject to Section 1.10, after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing and (e) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 9.13.
“Permitted Additional Debt” shall mean (i) secured or unsecured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) or (ii) secured or unsecured loans (or commitments to provide loans or other extensions of credit) (which loans or commitments, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations), in each case Incurred by or provided to the Borrower or another Guarantor; provided that (a) the terms of such Indebtedness or commitments do not provide for a maturity date that is earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans or mandatory prepayments, mandatory redemptions, mandatory commitment reductions, mandatory offers to purchase or mandatory sinking fund obligations prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than customary prepayments, commitment reductions, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions or satisfactions and discharges, or offers to prepay, reduce, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge, in each case upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow (in the case of loans or commitments), AHYDO Catch Up Payments and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (a) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness or commitments either are subject to Customary Escrow Provisions or that constitute a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (a) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Additional Debt in an amount not exceeding the Incremental/Refinancing Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount may be Incurred without regard to this clause (a), (b) except for any of the following that are applicable only to periods following the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default, Subsidiary guarantees and other terms for such Indebtedness or commitments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue
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discounts, currency types and denominations and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums), when taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of this Agreement, when taken as a whole (provided that, if the documentation governing such Indebtedness or commitments contains any Previously Absent Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that, if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Additional Debt that includes a Previously Absent Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, then this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Indebtedness or commitments shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities)); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or the providing of such commitments, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or commitments or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) if such Indebtedness is senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness, the terms of such Indebtedness provide for customary “high yield” subordination of such Indebtedness to the Obligations, (d) any Permitted Additional Debt may not be guaranteed by any subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations, (e) any secured Permitted Additional Debt Incurred may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations and shall be subject to an applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (f) any Permitted Additional Debt in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Permitted Additional Debt were an Incremental Term Loan.
“Permitted Additional Debt Documents” shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security or collateral agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Additional Debt by any Credit Party.
“Permitted Additional Debt Obligations” shall mean, if any secured Permitted Additional Debt has been Incurred by or provided to a Credit Party and is outstanding, the collective reference to (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on any such Permitted Additional Debt, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the
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Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties under the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any Credit Party under or pursuant to applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents.
“Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of the secured Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).
“Permitted Change of Control” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions that occurs prior to the date that is two years after the Closing Date that would otherwise constitute a Change of Control pursuant to the definition thereof (without giving effect to the exception for a Permitted Change of Control); provided that (i) subject to Section 1.10, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transactions or series of related transactions (including any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith), with (x) a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, of not greater than 5.00:1.00 and (y) a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination, of not greater than 5.95:1.00 and (ii) subject to Section 1.10, in connection with such Permitted Change of Control, affiliated or unaffiliated investors or co-investors, including any New Sponsor, shall invest an aggregate amount equal to, when combined with the Fair Market Value of any Capital Stock of any equity holders of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) and/or its Subsidiaries, including management of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, who may be given the opportunity to roll over Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), rolled over or invested in connection with such Permitted Change of Control transaction, at least 25.0% of the sum of (x) the pro forma Consolidated Total Debt of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) and its Subsidiaries on the closing date of such Permitted Change of Control after giving effect thereto and (y) the equity capitalization of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on the closing date of such Permitted Change of Control after giving effect thereto.
“Permitted Change of Control Costs” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred or payable by Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Change of Control.
“Permitted Debt Exchange” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).
“Permitted Debt Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:
(a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges (including any Lien imposed by any pension authority or similar Liens) or claims that are not yet overdue by more than sixty days or more, or if more than sixty days overdue either (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (ii) with respect to which the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries imposed by Applicable Law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and mechanics’ Liens, supplier of materials, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case so long as such Liens secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than sixty days or, if more than sixty days overdue either (i) no action has been
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taken to enforce such Lien, (ii) such amount is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (iii) with respect to which the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.9;
(d) Liens incurred or pledges or deposits (i) made in connection with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax and other types of social security or similar legislation, (ii) securing insurance premiums, other liabilities (including in respect of reimbursement and indemnified obligations) to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements (including in respect of deductibles, co-payment, co-insurance, self-insurance retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereof), (iii) securing the performance of tenders, public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, indemnity, warranty release, customs and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), contracts (including government contracts and trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness)), performance, performance and completion, completion and return-of-money bonds or guarantees, government contracts, financial assurances and completion obligations and other similar obligations, (iv) securing contested Taxes or import duties or the payment of rent, (v) securing surety bonds or appeal bonds or similar bonds required in respect of judicial proceedings and (vi) securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar items issued or posted to support the payment of or for the benefit of items in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(e) ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of Real Property on which locations, facilities and/or Grocery Stores owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are located;
(f) (i) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, licenses, special assessments, survey exceptions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, servitudes, drains, sewers, exceptions or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or encumbrances or restrictions on the use of Real Property, which in each case do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and that were not incurred in connection with and do not secure any Indebtedness, and (ii) to the extent reasonably agreed by the Collateral Agent, any exception on the title policies issued in connection with any Mortgaged Property;
(g) any (i) Lien or interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense permitted by this Agreement (other than in respect of a Financing Lease Obligation or arising by virtue of granting licenses or leases permitted by this Agreement), (ii) landlord Liens permitted by the terms of any lease, (iii) Lien or restriction or encumbrance that the interest or title of any such lessor, sublessor, licensor or a sublicensor may be subject (including ground lease) or (iv) subordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee under such lease or license to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause (iii);
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(h) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Applicable Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods or to secure the performance of leases of Real Property;
(i) Liens on goods or inventory or proceeds thereof the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptance or similar obligation issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptance or similar obligation to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;
(j) licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses of Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(k) Liens arising from (i) UCC or equivalent statutory financing statements regarding operating leases, consignments or other obligations not constituting Indebtedness and (ii) precautionary UCC or equivalent statutory financing statements, other applicable personal property or movable property security registry financing statements or similar filings made in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations, consignment arrangements or bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(l) any zoning, building or similar law or right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any Real Property or any structure thereon that does not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including of Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person (including any Governmental Authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(n) Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or other authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(o) servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, subdivision agreements and other agreements with Governmental Authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the Real Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any obligations to deliver letters of credit and other security as required; so long as the same do not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(p) undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
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(q) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any Governmental Authority or other grant of real or immovable property or interests therein;
(r) Liens consisting of royalties payable with respect to any asset, right or property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;
(s) statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a Governmental Authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(t) all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar right conferred by or reserved by any federal, state or municipal Governmental Authority;
(u) the right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(v) Liens arising from Cash Equivalents described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”;
(w) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Applicable Law;
(x) Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(y) statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a governmental authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under environmental laws to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(z) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; and
(aa) 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 consistent with past practice.
“Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes, bonds, debentures or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on an equal priority basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower
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or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos to the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”, (c) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Persons other than Persons that are Guarantors and (d) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement described in clause (a) of the definition thereof providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies).
“Permitted Holder Group” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Holders”.
“Permitted Holders” shall mean each of (a) the Investors, (b) the Employee Investors (including any Employee Investors owning through an Equityholding Vehicle), (c) any Permitted Parent and (d) any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other “group” (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above or the last sentence of this definition) own, directly or indirectly, more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings, Successor Holdings or any IPO Entity) or any Parent Entity of Holdings held by such Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) whose acquisition of beneficial ownership of Voting Stock constitutes a Permitted Change of Control will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder (the “New Sponsor”).
“Permitted Investments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5.
“Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean secured Indebtedness Incurred by any Credit Party in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes, bonds or debentures or junior lien secured loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”), (c) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and the Collateral Agent shall become parties to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or another Customary Intercreditor Agreement described in clause (b) of the definition thereof providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, and (d) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Persons other than Persons that are Guarantors.
“Permitted Parent” shall mean (a) any Parent Entity of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, of any New Holdings, Successor Holdings or IPO Entity) formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions) that (but for the application to such Person of clause (c) of the definition of “Permitted Holders”) would constitute a Change of Control and (b) any Public Company (or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Public Company), except to the extent (and until such time as) any Person or group is deemed to be or becomes a beneficial owner of Capital Stock of such Public Company representing more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Public Company.
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“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness Incurred in exchange for or as a replacement of (including by entering into alternative financing arrangements in respect of such exchange or replacement (in whole or in part), by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, or, after the original instrument giving rise to such Indebtedness has been terminated, by entering into any credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement), or the net proceeds of which are to be used for the purpose of modifying, extending, refinancing, renewing, replacing, redeeming, repurchasing, defeasing, acquiring, amending, supplementing, restructuring, repaying, prepaying, retiring, extinguishing or refunding (collectively to “Refinance” or a “Refinancing” or “Refinanced”), such Refinanced Indebtedness (or previous refinancing thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such Refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder, (B) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not changed (except that any Credit Party may be added as an additional direct or contingent obligor in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (C) other than with respect to a Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of the final maturity date of the Refinanced Debt and the Latest Maturity Date, and shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (C) shall not apply (x) to the extent such Indebtedness either is subject to Customary Escrow Provisions or constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (C) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges and (y) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in an amount not exceeding the Incremental/Refinancing Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount, and (D) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b) 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of incurrence or effectiveness (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the obligor or obligors of such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Refinanced Indebtedness being Refinanced (including, if applicable, as to collateral priority and subordination, but excluding as to interest rates (including through fixed exchange rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, currency types and denominations, funding discounts, original issue discount and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) (provided that, if the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Covenant shall only be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any
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term loan facility hereunder) and such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities)); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement in clause (D) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
“Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness Incurred by any Credit Party in the form of one or more series of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated unsecured notes, bonds, debentures or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” and (b) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Persons other than Persons that are Guarantors.
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, Joint Venture, firm, corporation, unlimited liability company, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
“Planned Expenditures” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Additional ECF Reduction Amounts”.
“Platform” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.
“Pledge Agreement” shall mean the First Lien Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary pledgors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Preferred Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
“Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Recovery Prepayment Event or Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event.
“Prepayment Premium Period” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.1(b).
“Present Fair Saleable Value” shall mean the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the applicable Person and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going-concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.
“Previous Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings”.
“Previously Absent Covenant” shall mean, at any time (x) any financial maintenance covenant or other covenant or requirement that is not included in this Agreement at such time and (y) any financial maintenance covenant or other covenant or requirement in any other Indebtedness that is included in this Agreement at such time but with covenant levels or requirements that are more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the covenant levels or requirements included in this Agreement at such time.
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“Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest announced from time to time by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. as its “prime rate” and set by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. based upon various factors including Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc.’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the Prime Rate announced by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. shall take effect at the opening of business on the day of the announcement of such change.
“Proceeding” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).
“Pro Forma Entity” shall mean any Acquired Entity or Business, any Sold Entity or Business, any Converted Restricted Subsidiary or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“PTE” shall mean 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” shall mean any Person with a class or series of Capital Stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange or any comparable stock exchange or similar market.
“Public Company Costs” shall mean costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case 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’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing.
“Public Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.
“Public Lender Presentation” shall mean the Lender Presentation of the Borrower, dated October 4, 2018, delivered to the prospective Lenders.
“Purchasing Borrower Party” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a Transferee pursuant to Section 13.6(g).
“Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Qualified Proceeds” shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the Fair Market Value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Qualified Receivables Facility” shall mean any Receivables Facility of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) all sales of accounts receivables and related assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Receivables Subsidiary or any other Person are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be
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on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings; and (d) the obligations under such Receivables Facility are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary).
“Rating Agency” shall mean Xxxxx’x and S&P or if Xxxxx’x or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Initial Term Loans and/or the Borrower and/or any other Person, instrument or security publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Xxxxx’x or S&P or both, as the case may be.
“Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned or leased by any person, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership thereof.
“Receivables Facility” shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by selling its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person, in each case, that constitutes a Qualified Receivables Facility.
“Receivables Fees” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
“Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in, one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.
“Recovery Event” shall mean (a) any damage to, destruction of, or other casualty or loss involving, any property or asset or (b) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation or taking under the power of eminent domain of, or any requisition of title or use of or relating to, or any similar event in respect of, any property or asset, in each case, of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Recovery Prepayment Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds with respect to any settlement or payment in connection with any Recovery Event in respect of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the term “Recovery Prepayment Event” shall not include any Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
“Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).
“Reference Rate” shall mean an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day for delivery two Business Days later by reference to ICE Benchmark Administration Limited’s “LIBOR” rate (or by reference to the rates provided by any Person that take over the administration of such rate if ICE
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Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making a “LIBOR” rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth on the Bloomberg screen displaying such “LIBOR” rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Bloomberg page or screen, on any successor or substitute page or screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time, in each case as selected by the Administrative Agent)) for a period equal to three-months; provided that, to the extent that the Eurodollar Rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing, the Reference Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered for a three month Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date for delivery two Business Days later.
“Refinance”, “Refinancing” and “Refinanced” shall have the meanings provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinanced Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refunding Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).
“Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(v).
“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
“Reinvestment Period” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event, the day which is eighteen months after the receipt of cash proceeds by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, controlling persons and other representatives and successors of such Person or such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture.
“Repayment Amount” shall mean any Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series and the amount of any installment of Incremental Term Loans scheduled to be repaid on any date.
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“Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) and (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
“Repricing Transaction” shall mean (a) the Incurrence by the Borrower of any term loans (including, without limitation, any new or additional term loans under this Agreement, whether Incurred directly or by way of the conversion of Initial Term Loans into a new Class of replacement term loans under this Agreement) that is broadly syndicated to banks, financial institutions and/or other institutional lenders or investors in financings similar to the Initial Term Loan Facility provided for in this Agreement (i) having an Effective Yield that is less than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness Incurred in connection with an IPO, Change of Control (other than a Permitted Change of Control) (or a transaction that, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control (other than a Permitted Change of Control)), or a material Permitted Acquisition and (ii) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Initial Term Loans or (b) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with an IPO, Change of Control (other than a Permitted Change of Control) (or a transaction that, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control (other than a Permitted Change of Control)) or a material Permitted Acquisition and, in the case of any transaction under either clause (a) or clause (b) above, the primary purpose of which is to lower the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.
“Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.6(h), Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in the aggregate at such date, (b)(i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date and the Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of all Classes at such date or (ii) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment (or any Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class) has been terminated or, for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date and/or the outstanding principal amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure under such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (excluding any such Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such date, (c)(i) the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments at such date or (ii) if the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments has been terminated or for purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and the related revolving credit exposure (excluding the revolving credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date and (d) if applicable, the outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term Loan Commitments in the aggregate at such date.
“Required Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).
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“Restoration Certification” shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Prepayment Event, a certification made by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period certifying (a) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary intends to use the proceeds received in connection with such Recovery Prepayment Event to repair, restore or replace the property or assets in respect of which such Recovery Prepayment Event occurred, or otherwise invest in assets useful to the business, (b) the approximate costs of completion of such repair, restoration or replacement and (c) that such repair, restoration, reinvestment, or replacement will be completed within the later of (x) eighteen months after the date on which cash proceeds with respect to such Recovery Prepayment Event were received and (y) 180 days after delivery of such Restoration Certification.
“Restricted Investments” shall mean any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Payment Amount” shall mean, at any time, the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 31.25% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended (measured as of such date) based upon the Internal Financial Statements most recently available on or prior to such date, minus the sum of (a) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 10.6(f)(iv), (b) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Investments in reliance on Section 10.5(uu), (c) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to incur Indebtedness in reliance on Section 10.1(w) utilizing the Available RP Capacity Amount and (d) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance on Section 10.7(a)(iii)(D).
“Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6.
“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references herein to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Retained Asset Sale Proceeds” shall mean that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event not required to be offered to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) due to the Disposition Percentage being less than 100.0%.
“Retained Refused Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c)(ii).
“Return” shall mean, with respect to any Investment, any dividend, distribution, interest, fee, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profit (from a Disposition or otherwise) and any other similar amount received or realized in respect thereof.
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and Class and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment”, (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing
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Date, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and (c) in the case of any Lender that increases its Revolving Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case pursuant to Section 2.14, the amount specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean, at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment by (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure at such time and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Credit Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
“Revolving Credit Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b)(i).
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, or, if such anniversary is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.
“Revolving Credit Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
“Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Letter of Credit Obligations shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.
“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.
“Sale Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or Disposed of.
“Sanctions” shall mean any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
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“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent.
“Second Lien Credit Documents” shall mean the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and other Credit Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).
“Second Lien Incremental Base Amount” shall mean the amount of Second Lien Incremental Facilities that may be Incurred pursuant to the definition of “Incremental Base Amount” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Incremental Facilities” shall mean “Incremental Facilities” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Initial Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loans” shall mean “Term Loans” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or 9.1(b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any agreement relating to Cash Management Services that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a Cash Management Bank.
“Secured Hedging Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as “Specified Hedging Agreements”.
“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Letter of Credit Issuers, (c) the Swingline Lender, (d) the Administrative Agent, (e) the Collateral Agent, (f) each Hedge Bank, (g) each Cash Management Bank, (h) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents and (i) any successors, endorsees, permitted transferees and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” shall mean any obligation of a seller (or any guaranty of such obligation) of assets subject to a Receivables Facility in a Qualified Receivables Facility to repurchase such assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
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“Security Agreement” shall mean the First Lien Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Security Documents” shall mean, collectively the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.2, 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any other Customary Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 10.2 or pursuant to any of the Security Documents.
“Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
“Software” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.
“Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Solvent” shall mean, at the time of determination:
(a) each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Saleable Value of the assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; and
(b) such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and
(c) such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole can pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.
Defined terms used in the foregoing definition shall have the meanings set forth in the solvency certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.8.
“Special Purpose Subsidiary” shall mean any (a) not-for-profit Subsidiary, (b) captive insurance company or (c) Receivables Subsidiary and any other Subsidiary formed for a specific bona fide purpose not including substantive business operations and that does not own any material assets, in each case, that has been designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Borrower.
“Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(i).
“Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments belonging to a Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class.
“Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
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“Specified Restructuring” shall mean any restructuring initiative, cost saving initiative or other similar strategic initiative of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date described in reasonable detail in a certificate of an Authorized Officer delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
“Specified Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, (a) any Restricted Subsidiary whose total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination were equal to or greater than 15% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, (b) any Restricted Subsidiary whose gross revenues (when combined with the gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 15% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP or (c) each other Restricted Subsidiary that, when such Restricted Subsidiary’s total assets or gross revenues (when combined with the total assets or gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) are aggregated with each other Restricted Subsidiary (when combined with the total assets or gross revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries after eliminating intercompany obligations) that is the subject of an Event of Default described in Section 11.5 would constitute a “Specified Subsidiary” under clause (a) or (b) above.
“Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including Acquisitions) Permitted Change of Control, sale, transfer or other Disposition of assets or property, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, similar payment, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, provision of Incremental Term Loans (whether under, or as defined in, this Agreement or under the Second Lien Credit Agreement), provision of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, provision of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, creation of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other event that by the terms of the Credit Documents requires pro forma compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis.
“Sponsor” shall mean, collectively, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLC and/or its respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or its respective Affiliates (but excluding any operating portfolio companies of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLC or any such Affiliate), and any New Sponsor and, if applicable, its respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or its respective Affiliates.
“SPV” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c).
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Facility, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
“Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean, unless otherwise specified herein, the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving pro forma effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
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“Statutory Reserves” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate”.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any third-party Indebtedness for borrowed money owing by any Loan Party (and any Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof) that is subordinated expressly by its terms in right of payment to the Obligations.
“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50.0% of whose equity of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time equity of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association, Joint Venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50.0% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Successor Benchmark Rate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.10(d).
“Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).
“Successor Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.9(b).
“Swap” shall mean any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
“Swap Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swingline Commitment” shall mean $20,000,000.
“Swingline Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.
“Swingline Lender” shall mean Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or such other financial institution that, after the Closing Date, shall agree to act in the capacity of lender of Swingline Loans hereunder. In the event that there is more than one Swingline Lender at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to the Swingline Lender in respect of the applicable Swingline Loan or to all Swingline Lenders, as the context requires.
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“Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(i).
“Swingline Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swingline Loan, the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
“Tax Restructuring” means any reorganizations and other transactions entered into among Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries for tax planning (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) entered into after the Closing Date so long as such reorganizations and other transactions do not impair the value of the Collateral, when taken as a whole, or the value of the Guarantees, taken as a whole, in any material respect and is otherwise not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect and after giving effect to such reorganizations and other transactions, Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise comply with Section 9.14.
“Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).
“Term Loan” shall mean an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, as applicable.
“Term Loan Exchange Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).
“Term Loan Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).
“Term Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).
“Term Loan Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility and any Extended Term Loan Facility.
“Term Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Initial Term Loan Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Initial Term Loan Lender resulting from the Initial Term Loans made by such Initial Term Loan Lender.
“Test Period” shall mean, (a) for any determination under this Agreement other than with respect to any determination of the Financial Performance Covenant, any determination of the Applicable Margin or the Commitment Fee Rate or any determination pursuant to Sections 5.2(a)(i) and (ii), the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such date of determination (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which Internal Financial Statements are available for each fiscal quarter or fiscal year in such period and (b) for any determination of the Financial Performance Covenant, any determination of the Applicable Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate and or any determination pursuant to Sections 5.2(a)(i) and (ii), the most recent period of four consecutive quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such date of determination (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for each fiscal quarter or fiscal year in such period; provided that, prior to the first date that Internal Financial Statements or Section 9.1 Financials are available or shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended June 30, 2018. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e. the June 30, 2018 Test Period refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended June 30, 2018), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.
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“Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders providing any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, the Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series.
“Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposure of all Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series at such date (or if the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Extension Series shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposures of all lenders under such series at such date) and the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.
“Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of all Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders under each Extension Series.
“Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments of any Class of Incremental Term Loans of all the Lenders providing such Class of Incremental Term Loans.
“Total Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, on any date, the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments on such date of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Sponsor, Permitted Holders, Holdings (or Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the entering into of the Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other Second Lien Credit Documents and funding of the Loans and the Second Lien Initial Term Loans, (b) the Existing Debt Refinancing, (c) the declaration and payment of the 2018 Dividend, (d) the payment of the Transaction Expenses and (e) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including all or any of those contemplated by the recitals to this Agreement).
“Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(f).
“Treasury Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).
“Type” shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
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“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.
“UCP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Pension Plan exceeds the Fair Market Value of the assets allocable thereto as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in both cases using the applicable assumptions promulgated under Section 430 of the Code.
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d)(i).
“Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date, (b) any existing Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date and (c) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of Directors of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board of Directors will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board of Directors by the members of such Board of Directors which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board of Directors.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Person, all of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than (x) any director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to other Persons to the extent required by Applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
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“Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding tax, any other withholding agent, if applicable.
“Write-Down and Conversion Power” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(d) Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
(e) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(h) Any reference to any Person shall be constructed to include such Person’s successors or assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof.
(i) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
(j) The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning as the word “shall.”
(k) The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
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1.3 Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing, prior to the Closing Date, the Historical Financial Statements and, after the Closing Date, the Section 9.1 Financials, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein; provided, however, that (i) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such Accounting Change, then such provision shall be interpreted as if such Accounting Change had not occurred until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such Accounting Change, then such provision shall be interpreted as if such Accounting Change had not occurred until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith, but only to the extent that, without undue burden or expense, the Borrower, its auditors and/or its financial systems are capable of interpreting such provisions as if such Accounting Change had not occurred.
(b) Where reference is made to “the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis” or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the Disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Net Income of such Person or business shall not be excluded from the calculation of Net Income until such Disposition shall have been consummated.
1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained or complied with by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organizational Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Obligations shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by this Agreement; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
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1.6 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable), for times of the day in New York City, New York.
1.7 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 described in Section 2.5 or Section 2.9) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
1.8 Currency Equivalents Generally.
(a) For purposes of any determination under Section 9, Section 10 (other than for purposes of calculating the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio) or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts Incurred or proposed to be Incurred in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate then in effect on the date of such determination; provided, however, that (x) for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 is made, (y) for purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, if such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount (or accreted amount) of the Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted amount) of such Indebtedness being Refinanced, except by an amount equal to the accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.8 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 may be made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of calculating the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) or, prior to the Closing Date, the Historical Financial Statements.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to such change in currency.
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1.9 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Borrowing”).
1.10 Limited Condition Transactions.
(a) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement that requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the LCT Test Date (as defined below) for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (a), and any Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default occurs following the LCT Test Date for the applicable Limited Condition Transaction and prior to or on the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder.
(b) In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio or any other ratio test; or
(ii) testing baskets or any other calculations (including any minimum equity calculation) set forth in this Agreement (including baskets or any other calculations measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA);
in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be (x) the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction (including any Permitted Change of Control) are entered into, (y) the date of any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment or (z) in respect of sales in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies (or similar law or practice in other jurisdictions), the date on which a “Rule 2.7 announcement” of a firm intends to make an offer or similar announcement or determination in another jurisdiction subject to laws similar to the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers in respect of a target of a Limited Condition Transaction (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the applicable LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, calculation or basket, such ratio, calculation or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, calculations or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test
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Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, calculation or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets or the valuation of any rollover or existing equity in connection with any minimum equity calculation of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, on or prior to the date of consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, calculations or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio, calculation or test with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of distributions or Restricted Payments, Investments, payments pursuant to Section 10.7, Dispositions, mergers, Dispositions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio, calculation or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
1.11 Pro Forma and Other Calculations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios, calculations and tests (including measurements of baskets and other calculations calculated on the basis of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), including the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.11; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 1.11, when calculating the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Margin” and the “Commitment Fee Rate”, (ii) calculating the covenant in Section 10.10 and (iii) Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii), the events described in this Section 1.11 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect; provided, however, that, for purposes of any determination under the proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), Consolidated First Lien Debt shall be determined after giving pro forma effect to (A) the aggregate principal amount of (1) Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1, (2) Second Lien Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or, in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the documentation governing any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) and (3) secured Permitted Additional Debt and secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness voluntarily prepaid, repurchased, defeased, acquired or redeemed, (B) the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by any Purchasing Borrower Party (as defined in this Agreement or in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable) to effect any assignment to it of (1) Term Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(g) or (2) Second Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(g) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or, in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the documentation governing any Indebtedness representing secured Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), but only to the extent that such Term Loans or such Second Lien Term Loans (or such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), as applicable, have been cancelled and (C) the aggregate amount of all permanent reductions of Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2 (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such commitment reductions required by the proviso to Section 2.14(b) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case, after the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended full fiscal year and prior to the date of the applicable payment to be made pursuant to such
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Section 5.2(a)(ii) assuming such voluntary prepayments had been made on the last day of such fiscal year. In addition, whenever a financial ratio, calculation or test is to be calculated on a pro forma basis or requires pro forma compliance, the reference to “Test Period” for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period for which Internal Financial Statements are internally available.
(b) For purposes of calculating any financial ratio, calculation (including any minimum equity calculation) or test (including measurements of baskets and other calculations on the basis of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), Specified Transactions (with any Incurrence or Refinancing of any Indebtedness in connection therewith to be subject to clause (d) of this Section 1.11) that have been made (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets or “unrestricted” cash and cash equivalents, or any new cash equity contribution and/or rollover and/or valuation of existing equity in connection with such Specified Transaction, on the last day of the applicable Test Period). If, since the beginning of any applicable Test Period, any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.11, then such financial ratio, calculation or test (including measurements of baskets and other calculations on the basis of Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.11.
(c) Whenever pro forma effect or a determination of pro forma compliance is to be given to a Specified Transaction or a Specified Restructuring, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies and other synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from or relating to any Specified Transaction (including the Transactions) or Specified Restructuring that is being given pro forma effect or for which a determination of pro forma compliance is being made that have been realized or are expected to be realized and for which the actions necessary to realize such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies or other synergies have been taken, have been committed to be taken, with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or which are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, any action committed to be taken, any action with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or any action that is expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs, if any) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized) relating to such Specified Transaction or Specified Transaction, and any such adjustments included in the initial pro forma calculations shall continue to apply to subsequent calculations of such financial ratios or tests, including during any subsequent Test Periods in which the effects thereof are expected to be realizable; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, (B) such actions are taken, such actions are committed to be taken, substantial steps with respect to such action have been taken or such actions are expected to be taken no later than eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such Specified Transaction or the date of initiation
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of such Specified Restructuring (or, with respect to the Transactions, twelve fiscal quarters) and (C) no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period.
(d) In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs (including by assumption or guarantee) or Refinances (including by redemption, repurchase, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) any Indebtedness, in each case included in the calculations of any financial ratio or test, (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness (including pro forma effect to the application of the net proceeds therefrom), in each case to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period (except in the case of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio (or similar ratio), in which case such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness will be given effect, as if the same had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period); provided that, with respect to any Incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by the provisions of this Agreement in reliance on the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio and/or the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as applicable, pro forma effect shall not be given to any Indebtedness being Incurred (or expected to be Incurred) substantially simultaneously or contemporaneously with the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness in reliance on any “basket” set forth in this Agreement, including the Incremental Base Amount, any “baskets” measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA, any Credit Event under the Revolving Credit Facility or, except to the extent expressly required to be calculated otherwise in Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u), any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility.
(e) Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any interest Hedging Agreements applicable to such Indebtedness). To the extent interest expense generated by Hedging Obligations that have been terminated is included in Consolidated Interest Expense prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be adjusted to exclude such expense. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate. For purposes of making the computations referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, except as set forth in Section 1.11(d).
(f) Any such pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, (1) all adjustments of the type described in clause (a)(viii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Test Period, and (2) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
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(g) In connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness to be consummated in connection with any Permitted Change of Control, subject to the Borrower’s corporate credit rating being in B3 or better from Xxxxx’x and B- or better from S&P (in each case, with a stable outlook), respectively, at the time of the incurrence thereof or as of the LCT Test Date, as applicable, all leverage ratios related thereto shall be deemed to be 0.50 to 1.00 times higher than the otherwise applicable incurrence test ratio set forth in this Agreement.
(h) After an IPO, at the option of the Borrower (the exercising of such option to release Holdings from its obligations under the Credit Documents pursuant to this Section 1.11(h), a “Holdings Termination Event”), but only if, upon giving effect to such IPO and through a series of mergers, consolidations, dissolutions, amalgamations or otherwise, the Borrower would cease to have a direct or indirect Parent Entity that owns all of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings shall be released from its Guarantee and all of its property (including the Capital Stock of the Borrower) released as Collateral automatically, and Holdings shall be released from all obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including with respect to all representations and warranties, covenants, and defaults related to or referencing Holdings. Following any such release, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be deemed to be amended to eliminate or modify all references to Holdings, as applicable.
SECTION 2. Amount and Terms of Credit Facilities.
2.1 Loans.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each, an “Initial Term Loan”) to the Borrower, which Initial Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, (iii) shall be made on the Closing Date and shall be denominated in Dollars, (iv) may, at the option of the Borrower, be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all such Initial Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise provided herein, consist entirely of Initial Term Loans of the same Type and (v) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all outstanding Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full.
(b) (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, (B) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, (C) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, at any time result in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (D) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (E) may at the option of the Borrower be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and (F) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.
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(i) On the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid in full and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate.
(c) Each Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Eurodollar Loan; provided that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Eurodollar Loan and (ii) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any increased costs to the Borrower resulting therefrom (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2.10 shall apply).
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(i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Swingline Lender in its individual capacity agrees, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, to make a loan or loans (each, a “Swingline Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Swingline Loans (A) shall be ABR Loans, (B) shall have the benefit of the provisions of Section 2.1(d)(ii), (C) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Commitment, (D) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (E) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof and (F) shall mature no later than the date ten Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made. On the Swingline Maturity Date, all outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after receiving a written notice from either the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default exists and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have received written notice (x) of rescission of all such notices from the party or parties originally delivering such notice, (y) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or (z) from the Administrative Agent that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing.
(ii) On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders, with a copy to the Borrower, that all then-outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, in which case Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Loans (each such Borrowing, a “Mandatory Borrowing”) shall be made on the same Business Day by all Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied directly to the Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such outstanding Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make such Revolving Credit Loans upon same Business Days’ notice pursuant to each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the date specified to it in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i) that the amount of the Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for each Borrowing specified in Section 2.2, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 7 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing or (v) any reduction in the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after any such Swingline Loans were made. In the event that, in the sole judgment of the Swingline Lender, any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase from the Swingline Lender (without recourse or warranty) such participation of the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each such Lender to
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share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; provided that all principal and interest payable on such Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date the respective participation is purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to the Lender purchasing the same from and after such date of purchase.
(iii) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more applicable Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
(iv) The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a “Swingline Lender” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) the Swingline Lender’s acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans on the Closing Date, $100,000) and Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000 and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect for such Type of Loans (except that the Mandatory Borrowings shall be made in the amounts required by Section 2.1(d) and Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse any Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to any Unpaid Drawing shall be made in the amounts required by Section 3.3 or Section 3.4, as applicable). More than one Borrowing may be Incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than fifteen (15) Eurodollar Borrowings under this Agreement (which number of Eurodollar Borrowings may be increased or adjusted by agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in connection with any Incremental Facility or Extended Loans/Commitments). For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.
2.3 Notice of Borrowing.
(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans (unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Incremental Agreement), as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be ABR Loans; provided that any notice of a
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Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans to be made on the Closing Date or any Incremental Facility Closing Date may be given not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Such notice (together with each notice of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(b) and each notice of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(c), a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, to be made, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be, (x) in the case of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date, and, (y) in the case of the Incremental Term Loans, the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date in respect of such Class) and (iii) whether the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans and, if the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, are to include Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto; provided that the Notice of Borrowing for a Borrowing of Term Loans shall be revocable so long as the Borrower agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 upon any such revocation. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (other than Mandatory Borrowings or borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit), it shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be ABR Loans; provided that any Notice of Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans to be made on the Closing Date or on any Incremental Facility Closing Date may be given not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans, and, if Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(c) Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Swingline Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing of Swingline Loans prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) or such later time as agreed by the Swingline Lender on the date of such Borrowing. Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing and (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Swingline Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Swingline Loans and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(d) Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 2.1(d)(iv) or Section 2.1(d)(v), respectively, with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its Incurrence of any applicable Swingline Loan, to the making of Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in such Section.
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(e) Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit shall be made upon the terms set forth in Section 3.3 or Section 3.4(a).
(f) If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, in any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurodollar Loans), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.
(g) Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any notice it may give hereunder by telephone, the Administrative Agent may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. In each such case, the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of any such telephonic notice.
2.4 Disbursement of Funds.
(a) No later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing or, if any such Notice of Borrowing (including Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) is delivered on the same day as the requested Borrowing, no later than one hour after delivery thereof (including, in any such case, Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit), each Lender will make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that, on the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Incremental Facilities, on the relevant Incremental Facilities Closing Date), such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the relevant Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all Swingline Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Swingline Lender no later than one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the applicable Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender.
(b) Each Lender shall make available all such requested amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Mandatory Borrowings, Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) make available to the Borrower by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing, the aggregate of the amounts so made available. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Administrative Agent has made available same to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding
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amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
(c) The Swingline Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing of Swingline Loans in immediately available funds to the Borrower (as specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing), by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Swingline Lender in writing or otherwise in such Notice of Borrowing, the aggregate of the amount so made available in Dollars.
(d) Nothing in this Section 2.4, including any payment by the Borrower, shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder).
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, (i) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then outstanding Initial Term Loans, (ii) on the relevant Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, any then outstanding Incremental Term Loans of such Class, (iii) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, (iv) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, (v) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Term Loans, all then outstanding Extended Term Loans of such Class, (vi) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Extended Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and (vii) on the Swingline Maturity Date, the then outstanding Swingline Loans.
(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the ratable benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, beginning March 31, 2019 (each, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the Initial Term Loans equal to (i) the product of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date multiplied by (y) 0.25% (with respect to each Initial Term Loan Repayment Date prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, as such product may be reduced by, and after giving pro forma effect to, any voluntary and mandatory prepayments made in accordance with Section 5 or as contemplated by Section 2.15) or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans then outstanding (with respect to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date) (each amount, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount”).
(c) In the event any Incremental Term Loans are made, such Incremental Term Loans shall mature and be repaid in amounts and on dates as agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of such Incremental Term Loans in the applicable Incremental Agreement, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, mature and be repaid by the Borrower in the
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amounts (each such amount, an “Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates (each an “Extended Repayment Date”) set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement. In the event any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are established, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, be terminated (and all Extended Revolving Credit Loans of the same Extension Series repaid) on dates set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement.
(d) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(v), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), a Revolving Credit Loan, an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), or a Swingline Loan, as applicable, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender or the Swingline Lender hereunder, (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof and (iv) any cancellation or retirement of Loans contemplated by Section 13.6(i).
(f) The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded and, in the case of the Register, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, that in the event of any inconsistency between the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.5 and any Lender’s records, the accounts of the Administrative Agent shall govern.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, all Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.5 or otherwise, in Dollars.
2.6 Conversions and Continuations.
(a) The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day, subject to Section 2.11, to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and except as otherwise provided herein the Borrower shall have the option on the last day of an Interest Period to continue the outstanding principal amount of any Eurodollar Loans as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into Eurodollar Loans if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, (iii) Eurodollar
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Loans may not be continued as Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, and (iv) Borrowings resulting from conversions pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower giving the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days’, in the case of a continuation of, or conversion to, Eurodollar Loans or (ii) the same Business Day in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans), prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) (each a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued, the requested date of the conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), the principal amount of Loans to be converted or continued, as the case may be, and if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made or continued as the same Type of Loan, which if a Eurodollar Loan, shall have a one-month Interest Period. Any such automatic continuation shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Loans. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, Eurodollar Loans in any such Notice of Conversion or Continuation, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Loan. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of its Loans.
(b) If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any Eurodollar Loans and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans.
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages with respect to the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Term Loan Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Extended Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender, severally and not jointly, shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder, and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligations under any Credit Document.
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2.8 Interest.
(a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time plus the ABR in effect from time to time.
(b) The unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time plus the relevant Eurodollar Rate in effect from time to time.
(c) If at any time after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 11.1, all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or any interest payable thereon or any fees or other amounts due hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Law) at a rate per annum that is (i) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% or (ii) in the case of overdue interest, fees or other amounts due hereunder, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) plus 2.00% from and including the date of such non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full. All such interest shall be payable on demand.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but excluding the date of any repayment thereof, and shall be payable in Dollars and, except as otherwise provided below, shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (ii) in respect of each Eurodollar Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, (iii) in respect of each Loan (except in the case of prepayments of any ABR Revolving Credit Loans that are not made in connection with the termination or permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments), on any prepayment date (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand; provided that a Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day and (iv) in respect of each Loan, to the extent necessary to create a fungible tranche of Term Loans, the date of the incurrence of any Incremental Term Loans.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
(f) The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
(g) Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment or letter of credit fee or commission, as the case may be.
2.9 Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into, or continuation as, a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans (in the case of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto) on or prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall have the right to elect, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing), the Interest
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Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall be the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last Business Day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by all relevant Lenders participating in the relevant Credit Facility, twelve months thereafter or any other period, including a period shorter than one month).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans shall commence on the date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(c) if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(d) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period; and
(e) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date of such Loan.
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In the event that (x) in the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or (y) in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) below, any Lender, shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):
(i) on any date for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the London interbank eurocurrency market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”; or
(ii) that, due to a Change in Law, which shall (A) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement taken into account in determining the Statutory Reserves); (B) subject any Lender to any Tax (other than (1) Taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (2) Excluded Taxes or (3) Taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or (C) impose on any Lender or the London interbank eurocurrency market any other condition, cost or
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expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender (other than Taxes), which results in the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder) increasing by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems material or the amounts received or receivable by such Lender hereunder with respect to the foregoing shall be reduced; or
(iii) at any time after the Closing Date, that the making or continuance of any Eurodollar Loan has become unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law (or would conflict with any such Applicable Law not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the London interbank eurocurrency market;
then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above, Eurodollar Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by the Borrower with respect to Eurodollar Loans that have not yet been Incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly (but no later than ten Business Days) after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (z) in the case of clause (iii) above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in Section 2.10(b) as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by Applicable Law.
(b) At any time that any Eurodollar Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a Eurodollar Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, if applicable; provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly (but no later than ten Business Days) after written demand by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall
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pay to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the Closing Date except as a result of a Change in Law. Each Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower (on its own behalf) which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish any of the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) upon receipt of such notice.
(d) Notwithstanding any of the provisions in this Agreement (including Section 2.11) to the contrary, if the Borrower and the Administrative Agent reasonably determine in good faith that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the provisions of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or “Reference Rate” and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary, the “Eurodollar Rate” and “Reference Rate” shall be an alternate rate that is reasonably commercially practicable for the Administrative Agent to administer (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) that is either: (i) an alternate rate established by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that is generally accepted as the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such time, in which case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (including the making of appropriate adjustments to such alternate rate and this Agreement (x) to preserve pricing in effect at the time of selection of such alternate rate (but for the avoidance of doubt which would not reduce the Applicable Margin) and (y) other changes necessary to reflect the available interest periods for such alternate rate) (the “Market Convention Rate”) or (ii) if a Market Convention Rate is not available in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting in good faith, an alternate rate, at the option of the Borrower, either (x) established by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, so long as the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof (the “Notice Period”), in which case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable; provided that such alternate rate shall not apply to (and any such amendment shall not be effective with respect to) any Class for which the Administrative Agent has received a written objection within the Notice Period from the Required Lenders of such Class (with the Required Lenders of such Class determined as if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time), or (y) selected by the Borrower and the Required Lenders of any applicable Class (with the Required Lenders of such Class determined as if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time) solely with respect to such Class, in which case, the Required Lenders of such Class and the Borrower shall, subject to 15 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest for such Class and make such other related changes to this Agreement as may be necessary to reflect such alternate rate applicable to such Class) (any such alternate rate so established in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause (d), the “Successor Benchmark Rate”); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.1; provided, further, that until such Successor Benchmark Rate has been determined pursuant to this paragraph, (A) any request for Borrowing, the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (B) all outstanding Borrowings shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.
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(e) The agreements in this Section 2.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 2.10 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 2.10.
(g) This Section 2.10 shall not operate to provide payments that are duplicative of those required under Section 5.4.
2.11 Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of a Eurodollar Loan is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or failure to satisfy the conditions of Section 6 and Section 7, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a Eurodollar Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation, (d) any Eurodollar Loan is not continued as a Eurodollar Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of a Eurodollar Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount and, absent clearly demonstrable error, the amount requested shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender within ten Business Days of such request any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of such payment, failure to borrow, failure to convert, failure to continue, failure to prepay, reduction or failure to reduce, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain such Eurodollar Loan. The agreements in this Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.12 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(c), 3.5 or 5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such Section. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required by Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such
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Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
2.14 Incremental Facilities.
(a) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent request (i) one or more additional Classes of term loans or additional term loans of the same Class of any existing Class of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”), (ii) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (each such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”) or (iii) one or more additional Classes of revolving credit commitments in U.S. Dollars or any Alternative Currency (the “Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments”, and, together with the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, the “Incremental Facilities” and the commitments in respect thereof are referred to as the “Incremental Commitments”); provided that, subject to Section 1.10, at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment is made or effected (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), except as set forth in the proviso to clause (b) below, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of any Incremental Facility in connection with an Acquisition or other Investment, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans, each tranche of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 or like amount in an Alternative Currency, as applicable, (it being understood that such amount may be less than $5,000,000 or like amount in an Alternative Currency, as applicable, if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth below) (and in minimum increments of $1,000,000 or like amount in an Alternative Currency, as applicable, in excess thereof), and, subject to the proviso at the end of this Section 2.14(b), the aggregate amount of (x) the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof) Incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14(b), plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Additional Debt Incurred under Section 10.1(u)(ii)(A) shall not exceed, as of the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness or commitments, the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, subject to Section 1.10, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under this clause (B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Incremental Facility, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and transactions) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than either (x) 4.50:1.00 or (y) if Incurred in connection with an Acquisition or other Investment, the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio immediately prior to such Acquisition or other Investment (this clause (B), the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” and, together with the Incremental Base Amount, the “Incremental Limit”); provided that (i) Incremental Term Loans may be Incurred without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, without regard to the minimums set forth in the first part of this Section 2.14(b), to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds from such Incremental Term Loans are used on the date of Incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans (or substantially concurrently therewith) to either
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(x) prepay Term Loans and related amounts in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso), and (ii) Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to the minimums set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2.14(b) and without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent that the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced in accordance with Section 5.2(e)(ii) by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments so provided (and any such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso).
(c)
(i) The Incremental Term Loans (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Initial Term Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties on a senior basis, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (C) shall not have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the remaining Initial Term Loans, (D) shall have a maturity date (subject to clause (B)), an amortization schedule (subject to clause (C)), and interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, AHYDO Catch Up Payments, funding discounts, original issue discounts, currency types and denominations and prepayment terms and premiums for the Incremental Term Loans as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of the Incremental Term Loans; provided that, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars (other than Incremental Term Loans (1) Incurred pursuant to clause (B) of Section 2.14(b), (2) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (3) having a final maturity date that is more than one year after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or (4) Incurred in connection with an Acquisition or (5) in an aggregate principal amount equal to or less than the greater of (x) $120,000,000, (y) 75.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Internal Financial Statements most recently available on or prior to such date or (z) Incremental Terms Loans consisting of a customary bridge facility, so long as the Indebtedness outstanding under any such customary bridge facility may be converted into or exchanged for long term debt that satisfies clauses (B) and (C) and any such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges (clauses (x)(1) through (5) and (y), collectively, the “MFN Exceptions”)), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans by more than 0.75%, then the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Incremental Term Loans minus 0.75% (this proviso, the “MFN Protection”); provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Incremental Term Loans in an amount not exceeding the Incremental/Refinancing Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount may be Incurred without regard to clause (B) and/or (C) of this Section 2.14(c)(i); provided, further, that, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans that do not bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, for purposes of calculating the applicable increase (if any) in the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans in the immediately preceding proviso, the Applicable Margin for such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to be the interest rate (calculated after giving pro forma effect to any increases required pursuant to the immediately succeeding proviso) of such Incremental Term Loans less the then applicable Reference Rate; and (E) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Initial Term Loans; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B),
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(C) and (D) above, any differences shall be either, at the option of the Borrower, (1) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) or (2) consistent market terms and conditions, when taken as a whole, at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness of such Incremental Facility (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and (y) the documentation governing any Incremental Term Loans may include any Previously Absent Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility.
(ii) The Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be treated the same as the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased (including with respect to maturity date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Revolving Credit Facility being increased (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the interest rate margins, rate floors and undrawn commitment fees on the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased may be increased and additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the lenders participating in the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (without any requirement to pay such fees to any existing Revolving Credit Lenders)).
(iii) The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Revolving Credit Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties on a senior basis, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (C) shall have interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, undrawn commitment fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts, currency types and denominations, prepayment terms and premiums and commitment reduction and termination terms as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments, (D) may include provisions relating to swingline loans and/or letters of credit, as applicable, issued thereunder, which issuances shall be on terms substantially similar (except for the overall size of such subfacilities, the fees payable in connection therewith and the identity of the swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, as applicable, which shall be determined by the Borrower, the lenders of such commitments, the swingline lender and the applicable letter of credit issuers and borrowing, repayment and termination of commitment procedures with respect thereto, in each case which shall be specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement) to the terms relating to the Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit with respect to the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (E) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C), (D) and (E) above, any differences shall be either, at the option of the Borrower, (i) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) or (2) consistent with market terms and conditions when taken as a whole at the time of the incurrence or effectiveness of such Incremental Facility by the Borrower (as determined in good faith) and (y) the documentation governing any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may include any Previously Absent Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, further, however, that, if the applicable Previously Absent Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder)).
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(d) Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be given in writing and shall set forth the requested amount, currency types and denominations and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment will have an obligation to make a portion of any Incremental Term Loan, no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have any obligation to provide a portion of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have an obligation to provide a portion of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment) or by any other bank, financial institution, other institutional lender or other investor (any such other bank, financial institution or other investor being called an “Additional Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender; provided, further, that, solely with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender.
(e) Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Agreement”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, and each Additional Lender, if any, so long as any Additional Lender shall have complied with the provisions of Section 13.6(b)(ii)(C) and delivered such forms to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received prior notice of the proposed execution of such Incremental Agreement; provided that, except as specifically set forth in Section 2.14(d), the Administrative Agent shall not otherwise be required to execute any Incremental Agreement unless such Incremental Agreement would affect the Credit Documents in a manner that would require the consent of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.1(v) or pursuant to clause (x)(1) of the proviso to Section 2.14(c)(i)(E) or clause (x)(1) of the proviso to Section 2.14(c)(iii)(E). The Incremental Agreement may, subject to Section 2.14(c), without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section (including (i) in connection with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, to reallocate Revolving Credit Exposure on a pro rata basis among the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, (ii) in connection with Classes of Incremental Term Loans, to extend the Prepayment Premium Period for the benefit of any existing Class of Term Loans to the extent that such Class of Incremental Term Loans shall have the benefit of such longer Prepayment Premium Period, (iii) to increase the Effective Yield of the applicable Class of Term Loans to the extent necessary in order to ensure that any applicable Class of Incremental Term Loans are “fungible” with any applicable existing Class of Term Loans, (iv) to add or extend, in either case, any other “call protection” for the benefit of
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any applicable existing Class of Term Loans) and/or (v) in connection with any incurrence of any Incremental Facility denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, to add interest rate definitions and other currency provisions that are customarily included in agreements contemplating Borrowings or the execution of credit documents in any such currency. The effectiveness of any Incremental Agreement (an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) and the occurrence of any Credit Event pursuant to such Incremental Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, however, that the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans Incurred, and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments provided, in either case as described in the proviso to Section 2.14(b), shall be used in accordance with the terms thereof.
(f)
(i) No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments unless it so agrees and the Borrower shall not be obligated to offer any existing Lender the opportunity to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.
(ii) Upon each increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class pursuant to this Section 2.14, each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”) in respect of such increase, and each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving pro forma effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans held by each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class (including each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class of all Lenders represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class. If, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 2.11. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
(g) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.7 or 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any provisions of this Section 2.14 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Incremental Commitment without such Lender’s consent.
2.15 Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.
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(a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of each Term Loan of any Class (an “Existing Term Loan Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the scheduled final maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans or to make any other changes to the terms of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so extended or changed, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class, with such request offered equally to all such Lenders of such Existing Term Loan Class) (a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which terms shall be similar to the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class from which they are to be extended or changed except that (w) the scheduled final maturity date may be extended or changed and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of all or a portion of any principal amount of such Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Extension Agreement or the Incremental Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were extended or changed, in each case as more particularly set forth in Section 2.15(d) below), (x)(A) the interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be different than those for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Agreement, (y) subject to the provisions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and prepayment terms and premiums) and mandatory prepayment terms as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and (z) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which they were extended or changed.
(b) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class and/or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and, in each case, including any previously extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), existing at the time of such request or to make any other changes to the terms of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Loans (each, an “Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” and any related revolving credit loans under any such facility, “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an “Existing Revolving Credit Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Existing Revolving Credit Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments or to make any other changes to the terms of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Loans (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related revolving credit loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments,
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with such request offered equally to all Lenders of such Class) (a “Revolving Credit Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established thereunder, which terms shall be similar to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they are to be extended or changed (the “Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class”) except that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be extended or changed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, (x)(A) the interest rates, interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y)(1) the undrawn revolving credit commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and (2) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15, Section 5.2(e) or otherwise, (I) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with any borrowings and repayments of the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class (the mechanics for which may be implemented through the applicable Extension Agreement and may include technical changes related to the borrowing and repayment procedures of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class), (II) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the assignment and participation provisions set forth in Section 13.6 and (III) subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 4.2 and Section 5.2(e)(ii), permanent repayments of Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and corresponding permanent reduction in the related Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall be permitted as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted or exchanged into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).
(c) The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may determine in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date on which Lenders under the Existing Class are requested to respond, and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably, to accomplish the purpose of this Section 2.15. The Borrower may, at its election, specify as a condition to consummating any Extension Agreement that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request in the Borrower’s sole discretion and as may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable Classes be tendered. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) of an Existing Class subject to such Extension Request converted or exchanged into Extended Loans/Commitments shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit
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Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and/or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) which it has elected to convert or exchange into Extended Loans/Commitments (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Administrative Agent). In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Loans/Commitments requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to or exchanged to Extended Loans/Commitments on a pro rata basis (subject to such rounding requirements as may be established by the Administrative Agent) based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments included in each such Extension Election or as may be otherwise agreed to in the applicable Extension Agreement. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, unless expressly agreed by the holders of each affected Existing Revolving Credit Commitment of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be treated more favorably than all Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Swingline Loans under Section 2.1(d) and Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Agreement may provide that the Swingline Maturity Date and/or the last day for issuing Letters of Credit may be extended and the related obligations to make Swingline Loans and issue Letters of Credit may be continued (pursuant to mechanics to be specified in the applicable Extension Agreement) so long as the Swingline Lender and/or each applicable Letter of Credit Issuer have consented to such extensions (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).
(d) Extended Loans/Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Agreement”) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.15(d) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Loans/Commitments established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by this Section 2.15(d), each Extension Agreement in respect of Extended Term Loans may amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Incremental Agreement or Extension Agreement with respect to the Existing Class of Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were exchanged to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Class is to be reduced pursuant to such Extension Agreement (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof). In connection with any Extension Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Extending Lenders (i) as to the enforceability of such Extension Agreement, this Agreement as amended thereby, and such of the other Credit Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby (in the case of such other Credit Documents as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence) and covering customary matters and (ii) to the effect that such Extension Agreement, including the Extended Loans/Commitments provided for therein, does not breach or result in a default under the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Term Loan Class or Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments is converted
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or exchanged to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with paragraph (a) above (an “Extension Date”), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date), and (II) in the case of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender under any Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date (or by any greater amount as may be agreed by the Borrower and such Lender), and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be converted or exchanged to Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) of the applicable Class in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class.
(f) In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series or the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, in each case to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election timely submitted by such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (each, a “Corrective Extension Agreement”) within 15 days following the effective date of such Extension Agreement, as the case may be, which Corrective Extension Agreement shall (i) provide for the conversion or exchange and extension of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure), as the case may be, in such amount as is required to cause such Lender to hold Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related revolving credit exposure) of the applicable Extension Series into which such other Term Loans or commitments were initially converted or exchanged, as the case may be, in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension Agreement, in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree (including conditions of the type required to be satisfied for the effectiveness of an Extension Agreement described in Section 2.15(d)), and (iii) effect such other amendments of the type (with appropriate reference and nomenclature changes) described in the penultimate sentence of Section 2.15(d).
(g) No conversion or exchange of Loans or Commitments pursuant to any Extension Agreement in accordance with this Section 2.15 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.
(h) This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.4 or Section 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the provisions of this Section 2.15 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Extended Loans/Commitments without such Lender’s consent.
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2.16 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(a);
(b) the Commitment of and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 13.1); provided that (i) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (ii) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender;
(c) if any Swingline Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then (i) all or any part of such Letter of Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender and such Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will, subject to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage; of the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (A) each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure may not in any event exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation and (B) subject to Section 13.21, neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender, (ii) to the extent that all or any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure cannot, or can only partially, be so reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders, whether by reason of the first proviso in Section 2.16(c)(i) above or otherwise, the Borrower shall within two Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent, (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) and (y) second, Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above), in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding, (iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized, (iv) if the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to the Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the
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period that such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is reallocated, or (v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure shall be payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer until such Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated;
(d) (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer will not be required to issue any new Letter of Credit or amend any outstanding Letter of Credit to increase the face amount thereof, alter the drawing terms thereunder or extend the expiry date thereof, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or by Cash Collateralization or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer; and
(ii) the Swingline Lender will not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless the Swingline Lender is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above.
(e) If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each applicable Letter of Credit Issuer agree in writing in their discretion that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon, as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of the other Revolving Credit Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including such Lender) in accordance with their applicable percentages, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender and any applicable Cash Collateral shall be promptly returned to the Borrower and any Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure of such Lender reallocated pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.16(c) shall be reallocated back to such Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender; and
(f) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 11 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, in the case of a Revolving Credit Lender, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Swingline
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Lender hereunder; third, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize, in accordance with Section 3.8, the Letter of Credit Issuer’s potential future fronting exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any Secured Hedging Agreement with such Defaulting Lender as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Defaulting Lender) prior to such date of payment; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that, if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or a payment of any Unpaid Drawings, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the relevant Loans of, and Unpaid Drawings owed to, the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied in the manner set forth in this Section 2.16(f). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 3.8 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
2.17 Term Loan Exchange Notes.
(a) The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to offer (each a “Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”) to issue to Lenders holding Term Loans under this Agreement first priority senior secured notes and/or junior lien secured notes and/or unsecured notes (the “Term Loan Exchange Notes”) in exchange for the Term Loans (each such exchange, a “Permitted Debt Exchange”); provided that such Term Loan Exchange Notes may not be in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value) greater than the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans being exchanged plus unpaid accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees, commissions and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection with the issuance of the Term Loan Exchange Notes. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Term Loan Exchange Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be issued, which shall be a date not less than fifteen days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (w) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans being exchanged (it being understood that acceleration or mandatory repayment, prepayment, redemption or repurchase of such Term Loan Exchange Notes upon the occurrence of an event of default, a change in control, an event of loss or an asset disposition shall not be deemed to constitute a change in the stated final maturity thereof); (x) if secured, such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall rank equal to or junior in right of payment and of security with the Loans and Commitments being exchanged hereunder; (y) all other terms and conditions (other than interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest
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rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) applicable to such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); provided that the Term Loan Exchange Notes may have the benefit of any Previously Absent Covenant if the Administrative Agent has been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Covenant; and (z) the obligations in respect of the Term Loan Exchange Notes (A) shall not be secured by Liens on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than assets constituting Collateral, (B) if such Term Loan Exchange Notes are secured, all security therefor shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is not more restrictive than the Security Documents in any material respect taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower) and the representative for such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that junior Liens are not required to be equal to other junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by junior Liens may be secured by Liens that are equal to, or junior in priority to, other Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Obligations), or (C) shall not be incurred or guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Credit Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently guaranteed or borrowed such Term Loans being exchanged.
(b) The Borrower shall offer to issue Term Loan Exchange Notes in exchange for the Class of Term Loans to all Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower, is unable to certify that it is (i) a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (ii) an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) or (iii) not a “U.S. person” (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act)) on a pro rata basis, and such Lenders may choose to accept or decline to receive such Term Loan Exchange Notes in their sole discretion. Any such Term Loans exchanged for Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be automatically and immediately, without further action by any Person, cancelled on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date for all purposes of this Agreement (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), and accrued and unpaid interest on such Term Loans shall be paid to the exchanging Lenders on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date, or, if agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the next scheduled date interest is due with respect to such Term Loans (with such interest accruing until the date of consummation of such Permitted Debt Exchange).
(c) If the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of a given Class tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans under the relevant Class tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, or, if such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have been made with respect to multiple Classes without specifying a maximum aggregate principal amount offered to be exchanged for each Class, and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Classes tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of all relevant Classes offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans across all Classes subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered.
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(d) With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17, unless waived by the Borrower, such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing the Borrower may at its election specify (A) as a condition (a “Minimum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered and/or (B) as a condition (a “Maximum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that no more than a maximum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes will be accepted for exchange. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that this Section 2.17 shall supersede any provisions of Section 2.5, Section 5 and Section 13.1 to the contrary, waive the requirements of any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit the incurrence of any Indebtedness expressly provided for by this Section 2.17 and hereby agree not to assert any Default or Event of Default in connection with the implementation of any such Permitted Debt Exchange or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.17.
(e) In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.17; provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than five Business Days following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made. The Borrower shall provide the final results of such Permitted Debt Exchange to the Administrative Agent no later than one Business Day prior to the proposed date of effectiveness for such Permitted Debt Exchange and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such results.
(f) The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrower’s compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable “xxxxxxx xxxxxxx” laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Exchange Act.
SECTION 3. Letters of Credit.
3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the date that is three (3) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, each Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to issue (or cause its Affiliates or other financial institution with which the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have entered into an agreement regarding the issuance of letters of credit hereunder, to issue on its behalf), upon the request of and for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, letters of credit (each, a “Letter of Credit”) in such form as may be approved by such Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion; provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and be jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time, would exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment then in effect, (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations and the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (iii) no Letter of Credit shall be required to be issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, (iv) each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, (v) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars, (vi) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any Applicable Law for the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit to have a Letter of Credit issued in its favor, (vii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued after the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer has received a written notice from the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing and (viii) unless otherwise agreed by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer, no Letter of Credit shall be issued by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer if such issuance would cause the Letter of Credit Obligations of such Letter of Credit Issuer to exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment Obligation of such Letter of Credit Issuer.
(c) In connection with the establishment of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and subject to the availability of unused Commitments with respect to such newly established Class and the satisfaction of the Conditions set forth in Section 7, the Borrower may, with the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, designate any outstanding Letter of Credit to be a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to such Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. Upon such designation such Letter of Credit shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such prior Class and shall instead be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such newly established Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.
(d) On the Closing Date, without further action by any party hereto (including the delivery of a Letter of Credit Request or any consent of, or confirmation by or to, the Administrative Agent), subject to the terms of this Section 3, (i) each Existing Letter of Credit set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder shall become a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement and shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including Section 4.1) as if each such Letter of Credit was issued by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) each Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have granted each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof and each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof shall be deemed to have acquired from such Letter of Credit Issuer, on the terms and conditions of Section 3.3 hereof, for such Letter of Credit Participant’s own account and risk, an undivided participation interest in such Letter of Credit Issuer’s obligations and rights under each such Existing Letter of Credit equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of (A) the outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Existing Letter of Credit and (B) the aggregate amount of any outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof.
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3.2 Letter of Credit Requests.
(a) Whenever the Borrower (or the Borrower on behalf of any Restricted Subsidiary) desires that a Letter of Credit be issued (or amended, renewed or extended), it shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) at least three (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have also signed the applicable Letter of Credit Request), (ii) at least five (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (iii) at least ten (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower and sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof (which shall be not later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date); (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require.
(c) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent in writing that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the Borrower and, if not, the Letter of Credit Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 7 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof.
(d) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).
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(e) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Maturity Date; provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(f) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment, renewal or extension to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will notify the Administrative Agent of such delivery, amendment, renewal or extension and will also deliver to the Borrower a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, renewal or extension. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.
3.3 Letter of Credit Participations.
(a) Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3(a), a “Letter of Credit Participant”), and each such Letter of Credit Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each, a “Letter of Credit Participation”), to the extent of such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, in such Letter of Credit, each substitute letter of credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto (although Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Letter of Credit Participants as provided in Section 4.1(c) and the Letter of Credit Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any fees paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder).
(b) In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Letter of Credit Participants other than to confirm to the Administrative Agent that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.
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(c) Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Letter of Credit Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant to the aggregate amount funded or deposited by all Letter of Credit Participants) of the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Letter of Credit Participations; provided that the amount paid to any Letter of Credit Participant shall not exceed the amount funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant.
(d) The obligations of the Letter of Credit Participants to purchase Letter of Credit Participations from the Letter of Credit Issuer and make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents;
(v) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary
3.4 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars with respect to any drawing under any Letter of Credit, by making payment, whether with its own funds, with the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans or any other source, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in immediately available funds, for any payment or disbursement made by
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the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit issued by it (with respect to each such amount so paid under a Letter of Credit until reimbursed, a “Unpaid Drawing” (i) within one Business Day of the date of such payment or disbursement (or within two Business Days from such date of payment or disbursement, if the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of the applicable Class of Lenders equals the Total Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class of Lenders on the date of payment or disbursement), if the Letter of Credit Issuer provides notice to the Borrower of such payment or disbursement prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such next succeeding Business Day after the date of such payment or disbursement or (ii) if such notice is received after such time, on the next Business Day from the receipt of such notice (or within two Business Days from the receipt of such notice, if the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of the applicable Class of Lenders equals the Total Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class of Lenders on the date of payment or disbursement) following the date of receipt of such notice (such required date for reimbursement under clause (i) or (ii), as applicable (the “Required Reimbursement Date”), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such Letter of Credit Issuer, from and including the date of such payment or disbursement to but excluding the Required Reimbursement Date, at the per annum rate for each day equal to the rate described in Section 2.8(a); provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Letter of Credit, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Required Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be ABR Loans) on the Required Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Letter of Credit Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each Letter of Credit Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Required Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans made in respect of such Unpaid Drawing on such Required Reimbursement Date shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount and without regard to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for the purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing. If and to the extent such Letter of Credit Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or that in the sole judgment of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving Credit Loan cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Letter of Credit Participant hereby agrees that its participation in such Unpaid Drawing shall remain outstanding in lieu of funding its portion of such Revolving Credit Loan and such Letter of Credit Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Letter of Credit Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no Letter of Credit Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
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(b) The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.4 to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Unpaid Drawings (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as a Letter of Credit Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit (each, a “Drawing”) to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3.5 Increased Costs. If a Change in Law shall either (a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein, (b) subject any Letter of Credit Issuer to any Tax (other than (i) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) Excluded Taxes or (iii) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein or (c) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Letter of Credit Participant any other conditions affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Letters of Credit (other than Taxes) or such Lender’s Letter of Credit Participations therein (other than Taxes), and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit by an amount which such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender reasonably deems material, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender hereunder then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Person’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law that would have existed in the event that a Change in Law had not occurred. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 3.5 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 3.5.
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3.6 New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.
(a) Any Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of Credit Issuer upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower. Subject to the terms of the following sentence, the Borrower may replace the Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent and with the agreement of such new Letter of Credit Issuer. If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become a “Letter of Credit Issuer” hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue “back-stop” Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Letters of Credit being back-stopped, and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer’s resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to a Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b) To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.
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3.7 Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(d); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable order). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
3.8 Cash Collateral.
(a) If, as of the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, there are any Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event not later than the following Business Day) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations that for any reason remain outstanding. Section 2.16 and Section 5.2 set forth certain additional circumstances under which Cash Collateral may be, or is required to be, delivered hereunder.
(b) If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders may require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized; provided that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default referred to in Section 11.5, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit then outstanding and no notice or request by or consent from the Required Lenders shall be required.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Collateralize” or “Cash Collateralization” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) in an amount equal to the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
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the Letter of Credit Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such terms have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Letter of Credit Participants, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Letter of Credit Participants, other than any Liens permitted under Section 10.2, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the amount required to be delivered as described above, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Collateral Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Collateral Agent or any unaffiliated financial institution designated by the Collateral Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Letter of Credit Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein, any interest accrued on such obligation and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(e) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce or secure any obligations herein shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable obligation giving rise thereto or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however that (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Credit Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Credit Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support anticipated obligations.
3.9 Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
3.10 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.
3.11 Other.
(a) The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any requirement of law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise
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compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(ii) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies or procedures of the Letter of Credit Issuer;
(iii) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(iv) such Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or
(v) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder.
(b) No Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(c) Each Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 12 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Section 12 included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.
3.12 Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Letter of Credit Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any Applicable Law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Applicable Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
SECTION 4. Fees; Commitment Reductions and Terminations.
4.1 Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Revolving Credit Lenders) a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) in Dollars that shall accru