Dated 5 March 2025 Senior Facilities Agreement Between AIR Limited as Initial Parent and Original Guarantor AIR Group Ventures Limited as Borrower Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC as Lead Bookrunner and Initial Mandated Lead Arranger Emirates NBD Capital...
Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION

Dated 5 March 2025
Between
AIR Limited
as Initial Parent and Original Guarantor
AIR Group Ventures Limited
as Borrower
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC
as Lead Bookrunner and Initial Mandated Lead Arranger
Emirates NBD Capital Limited and Mashreqbank psc
as Bookrunners and Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.), Barclays Bank PLC and Citibank N.A. UAE Branch
as Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC, Emirates NBD Capital Limited Mashreqbank psc, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.), Barclays Bank PLC and, Citibank N.A. UAE Branch
as Arrangers
The Financial Institutions
as Original Lenders
Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.)
as Agent
and others
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White & Case LLP PO ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ International Financial Centre Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Table of Contents |
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Page |
1. |
Definitions and Interpretation |
1 |
2. |
The Facilities |
47 |
3. |
Purpose |
50 |
4. |
Conditions of Utilisation |
51 |
5. |
Utilisation |
53 |
6. |
Repayment |
55 |
7. |
Prepayment and Cancellation |
57 |
8. |
Interest |
63 |
9. |
Interest Periods |
64 |
10. |
Changes to the Calculation of Interest |
65 |
11. |
Fees |
66 |
12. |
Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities |
67 |
13. |
Increased Costs |
72 |
14. |
Other Indemnities |
74 |
15. |
Mitigation by the Lenders |
76 |
16. |
Costs and Expenses |
76 |
17. |
Guarantee and Indemnity |
78 |
18. |
Representations |
84 |
19. |
Information Undertakings |
92 |
20. |
Financial Covenants |
97 |
21. |
General Undertakings |
103 |
22. |
Promissory Notes |
114 |
23. |
Events of Default |
115 |
24. |
Changes to the Lenders |
122 |
25. |
Accession of Hedge Counterparties |
127 |
26. |
Debt Purchase Transactions |
128 |
27. |
Changes to the Obligors |
131 |
28. |
Role of the Agent, the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers and Others |
134 |
29. |
The Security Agents |
144 |
30. |
Conduct of Business by the Finance Parties |
155 |
31. |
Sharing among the Finance Parties |
155 |
32. |
Payment Mechanics |
157 |
33. |
Set-Off |
160 |
34. |
Application and Consideration |
160 |
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(i) |
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35. |
Notices |
161 |
36. |
Calculations and Certificates |
164 |
37. |
Partial Invalidity |
164 |
38. |
Remedies and Waivers |
164 |
39. |
Amendments and Waivers |
164 |
40. |
Confidential Information |
172 |
41. |
Disclosure of Lender Details by Agent |
176 |
42. |
Bail-In |
177 |
43. |
Acknowledgment Regarding any Supported QFCs |
179 |
44. |
Counterparts |
180 |
45. |
USA Patriot Act |
180 |
46. |
Governing Law |
181 |
47. |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
181 |
48. |
Arbitration |
181 |
49. |
Jurisdiction of English Courts |
182 |
50. |
Jurisdiction of Committee for Banking Disputes |
183 |
51. |
Waiver of Immunity |
183 |
Schedule 1 |
The Original Parties |
184 |
Schedule 2 |
Conditions |
186 |
Schedule 3 |
Requests and Notices |
201 |
Schedule 4 |
Form of Transfer Certificate |
202 |
Schedule 5 |
Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Transferred |
204 |
Schedule 6 |
Form of Assignment Agreement |
205 |
Schedule 7 |
Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Transferred by Assignment, Release and Accession |
207 |
Schedule 8 |
Form of Accession Deed |
208 |
Schedule 9 |
Form of Resignation Letter |
210 |
Schedule 10 |
Form of Compliance Certificate |
211 |
Schedule 11 |
Timetables |
213 |
Schedule 12 |
Form of Increase Confirmation |
214 |
Schedule 13 |
Relevant Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Assumed by the Increase Lender |
216 |
Schedule 14 |
Agreed Security Principles |
217 |
Schedule 15 |
Forms of Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction Notice |
226 |
Schedule 16 |
Form of Promissory Note |
228 |
Schedule 17 |
Published Rate Contingency Periods |
230 |
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(ii) |
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This Agreement is dated _______________ 2025 and made between:
It is agreed as follows:
Section 1
Interpretation
In this Agreement:
“Acceptable Bank” means:
“Accession Deed” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Form of Accession Deed).
“Accounting Principles” means, in the case of members of the Group incorporated in England and Wales, generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom including (in the case of the Borrower) IFRS and in the case of members of the Group incorporated in any other jurisdiction, generally accepted accounting principles in that jurisdiction.
“Acquisition Costs” means all fees, costs, premia and expenses, stamp, registration and other Taxes incurred by the Borrower or any other member of the Group in connection with a Permitted Acquisition.
“Additional Guarantor” means a company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with Clause 27 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Additional Lender” means (i) any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party as a “Lender” in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) pursuant to a Transfer (other than in respect of a Transfer to an Original Lender); or (ii) any Increase Lender in respect of a Commitment assumed by that Lender in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) (other than where such Increase Lender is an Original Lender).
“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
“Agreed Security Principles” means the principles set out in Schedule 14 (Agreed Security Principles).
“Annual Financial Statements” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 19 (Information Undertakings).
“Applicable Reporting Date” means:
“Approved List” means the list of Lenders and potential Lenders as agreed between the Parent and the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers provided to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with paragraph 4(h) of Part 1 (Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation) of Schedule 2 (Conditions) and held by the Agent as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with paragraph (e) of Clause 24.2 (Parent Consent).
“Assignment Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Assignment Agreement) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Borrower.
“Auditors” means the auditors of the Group from time to time.
“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
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“Automatic Acceleration Event” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 23.16 (Acceleration).
“Availability Period” means:
“Available Commitment” means, in relation to a Facility, a ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Commitment under that Facility minus:
“Available Facility” means, in relation to a Facility, the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment in respect of that Facility.
“Bank Levy” means any amount payable by any Finance Party or any of its Affiliates on the basis of, or in relation to, its balance sheet or capital base or any part of that person or its liabilities or minimum regulatory capital or any combination thereof (and any tax in any jurisdiction levied on a similar basis or for a similar purpose) or any financial transactions taxes (or other taxes) of a kind proposed by the European Commission on 28 September 2011 and any tax in any jurisdiction levied on a similar basis.
“Base Case Model” means the financial model relating to the Group in the form agreed between the Parent and the Arrangers and delivered to the Agent pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent).
“Borrowings” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:
exceeds:
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“Business Day” means:
“Business Plan” means:
“Capital Expenditure” means any expenditure or obligation in respect of expenditure which, in accordance with the Accounting Principles, is treated as capital expenditure including the capital element of any expenditure or obligation incurred in connection with a Finance Lease).
“Cash” means, at any time, cash in hand or at bank and (in the latter case) credited to an account in the name of a member of the Group with an Acceptable Bank and to which such member of the Group is alone (or together with another member of the Group) beneficially entitled and for so long as:
“Cash Equivalent Investments” means at any time:
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“Cash Pooling Arrangements” means the cash pooling arrangements of the Group in the nature of overdraft or other fluctuating debit balances on a net balance basis and/or any guarantee in respect of such debit balances.
“Cashflow” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, EBITDA for that Relevant Period after:
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“Central Bank Rate” means:
“Central Bank Rate Adjustment” means, in relation to the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on any US Government Securities Business Day, 20 per cent trimmed arithmetic mean (calculated by the Agent) of the Central Bank Rate Spread for the five most immediately preceding US Government Securities Business Day for which CME Term SOFR is available.
“Central Bank Rate Spread” means, in relation to any US Government Securities Business Day, the difference (expressed as a percentage rate per annum) calculated by the Agent of (i) CME Term SOFR for that Business Day and (ii) the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on that US Government Securities Business Day.
“Change of Control” has the meaning given to it in Clause 7.2 (Change of Control).
“Clean-Up Period” means, in respect of a Permitted Acquisition by a member of the Group made after the Closing Date, the period from, and including, the date on which the closing of the relevant Permitted Acquisition occurs to, and including, the date falling 90 days after such date.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the first Utilisation of Facility A occurs.
“Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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“CME Term SOFR” means the Term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the publication of that rate).
“Commitment” means a Facility A Commitment or Revolving Facility Commitment.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 10 (Form of Compliance Certificate).
“Confidential Information” means all information relating to the Borrower, any Obligor, the Group, the Finance Documents or a Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or a Facility from either:
“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA as at that time or in any other form agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.
“Current Assets” means the aggregate (on a consolidated basis) of all inventory, work in progress, trade and other receivables of each member of the Group including prepayments in relation to operating items and sundry debtors (but excluding Cash and Cash Equivalent Investments) expected to be realised within twelve months from the date of computation but excluding amounts in respect of:
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“Current Liabilities” means the aggregate (on a consolidated basis) of all liabilities (including trade creditors, accruals and provisions) of each member of the Group expected to be settled within twelve months from the date of computation but excluding amounts in respect of:
“Debt Purchase Transaction” means, in relation to a person, a transaction where such person:
“Declared Default” means the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and in respect of which a notice has been given by the Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 23.16 (Acceleration).
“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 23 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender (other than a Lender which is a Sponsor Affiliate):
“Deferred Consideration” means amounts payable in connection with one or more existing acquisition agreements, contracts and/or other similar arrangements entered into by one or more members of the Group in an amount not exceeding USD 9,000,000 in aggregate.
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“Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by a Security Agent.
“Disposal” means a sale, lease, licence, transfer, loan or other disposal by a person of any asset, undertaking or business (whether by a voluntary or involuntary single transaction or series of transactions).
“Disruption Event” means either or both of:
“Dormant Entity” means any member of the Group which:
“EBITDA” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Effective Federal Funds Rate” means the interest rate set by the Federal Open Market Committee.
“Eligible Institution” means any Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the Borrower and which, in each case, is not a Sponsor Affiliate or a member of the Group.
“Employee Plan” means an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and in respect of which an Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any person that would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer with an Obligor pursuant to Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 or 4971(e) of the Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code or under common control with an Obligor under Section 4001 of ERISA.
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“ERISA Event” means:
“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 23 (Events of Default).
“Excess Cash” means (without any double counting), for any Financial Year, Cashflow for that Financial Year, less:
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“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee hereunder of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee hereunder of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Transaction Security” means any Transaction Security granted in respect of:
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“Existing Facility Agreement” means the USD 450,000,000 senior term loan facility and a USD 75,000,000 multicurrency revolving facilities agreement dated 14 September 2022 (as amended or amended and restated from time to time) between, amongst others, Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco as parent and UBS as facility agent.
“Facility” means Facility A or Revolving Facility.
“Facility A” means the term loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facilities).
“Facility A Commitment” means:
“Facility A Loan” means a loan made or to be made under Facility A or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Facility A Repayment Date” means each date specified under paragraph (a) of Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Facility A Loans).
“Facility A Termination Date” means the date falling 60 Months from the Closing Date.
“Facility Office” means:
“Fallback Interest Period” means:
“FATCA” means:
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“FATCA Application Date” means:
“FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.
“FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.
“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Borrower (or the Agent and the Borrower or a Security Agent and the Borrower) setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11 (Fees).
“Finance Document” means this Agreement, the Netting Letter, the Priority Agreement, any Accession Deed, any Compliance Certificate, any Fee Letter, any Hedging Agreement, any Resignation Letter, any Selection Notice, any Transaction Security Document, any Utilisation Request, each Promissory Note and any other document designated as a “Finance Document” by the Agent and the Borrower, provided that where the term “Finance Document” is used in, and construed for the purposes of, this Agreement, a Hedging Agreement shall be a Finance Document only for the purposes of:
“Finance Lease” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Finance Party” means the Agent, the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Lead Bookrunner, the Bookrunner, a Security Agent, a Lender or any Hedge Counterparty, provided that where the term “Finance Party” is used in, and construed for the purposes of, this Agreement or the Priority Agreement, a Hedge Counterparty shall be a Finance Party only for the purposes of:
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“Financial Half Year” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:
“Financial Quarter” means the period commencing on the day after one Financial Quarter Date and ending on the immediately following Financial Quarter Date.
“Financial Quarter Date” means each of 30 June, 30 September, 31 December and 31 March.
“Financial Year” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Group” means the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries for the time being.
“Group Structure Chart” means the group structure chart in the agreed form.
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“Guarantor” means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor, unless it has ceased to be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 27 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Guarantor Coverage Test” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21.22 (Guarantors).
“Hedge Counterparty” means any entity which has become a Party as a “Hedge Counterparty” in accordance with Clause 25 (Accession of Hedge Counterparties) and is, or has become, a party to the Priority Agreement as a Hedge Counterparty in accordance with the provisions of the Priority Agreement.
“Hedging Agreement” means any master agreement, confirmation, schedule or other agreement entered into or to be entered into by the Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty for the purpose of hedging the Borrower’s interest rate and/or exchange rate risks under a Facility.
“Historic CME Term SOFR” means, in relation to any Loan, the most recent applicable CME Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan and which is as of a day which is no more than three days before the Quotation Day.
“Holding Company” means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“Impaired Agent” means the Agent at any time when:
“Increase Confirmation” means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 12 (Form of Increase Confirmation).
“Industry Competitor” means:
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“Initial Investors” means any trust, fund or company owned or managed by Kingsway Capital Partners Limited, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ for General Trading, Chapter II AIR Limited, ▇▇▇ AIR Ltd, the Bank of Jordan, Cavenham Private Equity and Directs, Acacia Partners, Portland House Partners LLC or Middle East Insurance (or, in each case, any of their respective Affiliates or direct or indirect Subsidiaries or any entity controlled by all or substantially all of the managing directors of any such fund or any of the foregoing from time to time).
“Insolvency Event” in relation to an entity means that the entity:
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“Intellectual Property” means:
“Interest Payment” means the aggregate amount of interest that is, or is scheduled to become, payable under any Finance Document.
“Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default Interest).
“Intermediate Holdco” means any or all of:
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“Interpolated CME Term SOFR” means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as CME Term SOFR) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
“Interpolated Historic CME Term SOFR” means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as CME Term SOFR) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
“Investors” means the Initial Investors and any other person holding a direct or indirect investment in the Parent from time to time, and their or any subsequent successors or assigns or transferees.
“IRS” means the US Internal Revenue Service.
“Joint Venture” means any joint venture entity, whether a company, unincorporated firm, undertaking, association, joint venture or partnership or any other entity.
“Legal Opinion” means any legal opinion delivered to the Agent under Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent) or Clause 27 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Legal Reservations” means:
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“Lender” means:
“Listco Reorg” means the establishment of any Holding Company as the direct shareholder of 100% of the shares in:
(the “Listco”), provided that:
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“Listing” means an initial equity offering of common stock or other common equity interests of the Parent (the “Listing Entity”) following which there is a public market and, as a result of which, the common stock or other common equity interests of the Listing Entity subject to such offering are listed on an internationally recognised exchange or traded on an internationally recognised market.
“Limitation Acts” means the Limitation Act 1980 and the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984.
“LMA” means the Loan Market Association.
“Loan” means a Facility A Loan or a Revolving Facility Loan.
“Loan to Own/Distressed Investor” means any person (including an Affiliate of a Lender or any transferee) which satisfies the requirements set out under Clause 24.3 (Other Conditions of Transfer) and whose principal business or material activity is in investment strategies whose primary purpose is the purchase of loans or other debt securities with the intention of (or view to) owning the equity or gaining control of a business (directly or indirectly), provided that:
“LTM EBITDA” means, on any day, EBITDA as at the Applicable Reporting Date.
“Major Default” means any event or circumstance constituting an Event of Default that is continuing under:
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“Majority Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments immediately prior to that reduction).
“Majority Senior Creditors” has the meaning given to it in the Priority Agreement.
“Margin” means, in relation to any Facility A Loan or Unpaid Sum, 3.00 per cent. per annum and, in relation to any Revolving Facility Loan, 2.75 per cent. per annum, but if:
Consolidated Net Leverage |
Margin % p.a. in respect of Facility A |
Margin % p.a. in respect of Revolving Facility |
Greater than 3.0:1 |
3.25 |
3.00 |
Greater than 2.5:1 but less than or equal to 3.0:1 |
3.00 |
2.75 |
Greater than 2.0:1 but less than or equal to 2.5:1 |
2.75 |
2.50 |
Greater than 1.5:1 but less than or equal to 2.0:1 |
2.50 |
2.25 |
Equal to or less than 1.5:1 |
2.25 |
2.00 |
However:
“Margin Stock” means margin stock or “margin security” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereof.
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“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (in each case after taking into account all mitigating factors or circumstances including, any warranty, indemnity or other resources available to the Group or right of recourse against any third party with respect to the relevant event or circumstance and any obligation of any person in force to provide any additional equity investment):
“Material Company” means, at any time:
Compliance with the conditions set out in paragraph (c) above shall be determined by reference to the most recent Compliance Certificate supplied by the Borrower and/or the latest audited financial statements of that Subsidiary (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) and the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group. However, if a Subsidiary has been acquired since the date as at which the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Group were prepared, the financial statements shall be deemed to be adjusted in order to take into account the acquisition of that Subsidiary.
A report by the Auditors that a Subsidiary is or is not a Material Company shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.
“Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
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The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section (3)(37) of ERISA) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA in respect of which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate has any actual or contingent, direct or indirect, liability.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means the consideration received in cash (and if the recipient is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of a member of the Group, an amount of such cash consideration received which is proportionate to the interest held by the Group in the recipient) of any Disposal made by any member of the Group after deducting:
“Netting Letter” means the letter dated on or about the date of this Agreement between, amongst others, the Borrower and the Agent.
“New Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 24.1 (Assignments and Transfers by the Lenders).
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 39.6 (Replacement of Lender).
“Non-Obligor” means a member of the Group which is not an Obligor.
“Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c) of Clause 26.2 (Disenfranchisement of Sponsor Affiliates).
“Obligor” means the Parent, the Borrower or a Guarantor.
“Obligors’ Agent” means the Parent, appointed to act on behalf of each Obligor in relation to the Finance Documents pursuant to Clause 2.4 (Obligors’ Agent).
“Obligor / Non-Obligor Basket” means, at any time, an amount in aggregate of not more than the greater of:
“Obligor / Non-Obligor Balances” means at any time the aggregate of:
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“Original Financial Statements” means the Group’s audited consolidated financial statements for its Financial Year ended 31 December 2023.
“Original Jurisdiction” means, in relation to an Obligor, the jurisdiction under whose laws that Obligor is incorporated as at the date of this Agreement or, in the case of an Additional Guarantor, as at the date on which that Additional Guarantor becomes Party as a Guarantor.
“Original Obligor” means the Borrower or an Original Guarantor.
“Parent” means:
“Parent Subsidiary” means the immediate Subsidiary of the Parent.
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Party” means a party to this Agreement.
“PBGC” means the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Perfection Requirements” means the making or the procuring of the appropriate registrations, filing, endorsements, notarisation, stampings and/or notifications of or under the Transaction Security Documents and/or the Security created thereunder and any other actions or steps, necessary in any jurisdiction or under any laws or regulations in order to create or perfect or make valid or enforceable any Security or the Transaction Security Documents or to achieve the relevant priority expressed therein.
“Permitted Acquisition” means:
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“Permitted Disposal” means any sale, lease, licence, transfer or other disposal:
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26
“Permitted Distribution” means:
“Permitted Financial Indebtedness” means Financial Indebtedness:
27
“Permitted Guarantee” means:
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“Permitted Holding Company Activity” has the meaning given to it in Clause 21.9 (Holding Companies).
“Permitted Intellectual Property Activity” means:
“Permitted Joint Venture” means:
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“Permitted Loan” means:
“Permitted Merger” means:
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“Permitted Payment” means:
“Permitted Reorganisation” means a reorganisation (the “Reorganisation”) of the Group limited to (i) the transfer of all of the shares in the Borrower to the Parent; (ii) the transfer of all the shares in Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and Advanced Inhalation Rituals ▇▇▇▇▇ plc to either the Parent or the Borrower or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent (other than the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries) or the Borrower; (iii) the transfer of all of the shares of each member of the Group (other than the Parent and the Borrower and, to the extent transferred to the Parent or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent, which is not the Borrower or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower, Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and Advanced Inhalation Rituals ▇▇▇▇▇ plc) to be direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Borrower; and (iv) following the transfers referred to in (i), (ii) and (iii), the liquidation of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited and Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing the Parent may elect to (in its discretion) also liquidate Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and Advanced Inhalation Rituals ▇▇▇▇▇ plc as part of the Reorganisation, and provided further that:
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“Permitted Security” means:
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“Permitted Share Issue” means an issue of:
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“Permitted Transaction” means:
“Priority Agreement” means the priority agreement dated on or around the date of this Agreement between, amongst others, the Agent, the Global Security Agent, the KSA Security Agent and the Parent.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding USD 10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Quasi-Security” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 21.12 (Negative Pledge).
“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined:
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“Receiver” means a receiver or receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Secured Property.
“Reference Rate” means in relation to any Loan:
“Refinancing” has the meaning given to such term in paragraph (a)(i) of Clause 3.1 (Purpose).
“Regulations T, U and X” means, respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Related Fund” in relation to a fund (the “first fund”), means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the first fund.
"Relevant Market" means the market for overnight cash borrowing collateralised by US Government securities.
“Release Condition” means the occurrence of a Listing which does not constitute a Change of Control and where Consolidated Net Leverage at the time of such Listing (calculated pro forma for the application of the proceeds received by the Group to the extent so applied) is equal to or less than 2.50:1, as evidenced in a Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent, which sets out the applicable Consolidated Net Leverage using, at the sole discretion of the Parent, either:
“Release Condition Date” means the date on which the Release Condition has been satisfied.
“Relevant Jurisdiction” means, in relation to an Obligor:
“Relevant Period” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
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“Repayment Instalment” means a Repayment Instalment as referred to in paragraph (a) of Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Facility A Loans).
“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clause 18.2 (Status) to Clause 18.7 (Governing Law and Enforcement), Clause 18.11 (No Default), Clause 18.19 (Ranking of Transaction Security), Clause 18.21 (Legal and Beneficial Ownership), and Clause 18.27 (Sanctions).
“Reporting Day" means:
“Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.
“Resignation Letter” means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Resignation Letter).
“Restricted Country” means a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of general export, import, financial, investment or trade embargos by any Sanctions Authority.
“Restricted Party” means any person, entity or other party that is:
“Retained Cash” means the aggregate of:
“Retained Excess Cashflow” means the aggregate Excess Cash for all Financial Years of the Borrower:
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“Revolving Facility” means the revolving credit facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facilities).
“Revolving Facility Commitment” means:
“Revolving Facility Extended Termination Date” means the date falling 48 Months from the Closing Date.
“Revolving Facility Further Extended Termination Date” means the date falling 60 Months from the Closing Date.
“Revolving Facility Loan” means a loan made or to be made under Revolving Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Revolving Facility Original Termination Date” means the date falling 36 Months from the Closing Date.
“Revolving Facility Termination Date” means:
“Rollover Loan” means one or more Revolving Facility Loans:
“Sanctions” means the economic or financial sanctions laws, regulations, trade embargoes or other restrictive measures enacted, administered, implemented and/or enforced from time to time by any of the following (and including through any relevant Sanctions Authority):
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“Sanctions Authority” means any agency or person which is duly appointed, empowered or authorised to enact, administer, implement and/or enforce Sanctions, including (without limitation):
“Sanctions List” means the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list, the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List and the List of Foreign Sanctions Evaders maintained by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets maintained by HMT, or any similar list maintained by, or public announcement of a Sanctions designation made by a Sanctions Authority, each as amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time.
“Secured Obligations” means all obligations at any time due, owing or incurred by the Obligors to any Secured Party under the Finance Documents, whether present or future, actual or contingent (and whether incurred solely or jointly and whether as principal or surety or in some other capacity), including the obligations set out in Clause 29.2 (Parallel Debt (Covenant to pay the Security Agents)) and interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Obligor or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any US Debtor Relief Laws naming such person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided, that the Secured Obligations shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means each Finance Party from time to time party to this Agreement, any Receiver or Delegate.
“Secured Property” means all of the assets of any Obligor which from time to time are, or are expressed to be, the subject of the Transaction Security.
“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
“Security Agent” means, as the context requires, the Global Security Agent and/or the KSA Security Agent and “Security Agents” means all of them.
“Selection Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Requests and Notices) given in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) in relation to Facility A.
“Semi Annual Date” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
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“Semi-Annual Financial Statements” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 19 (Information Undertakings).
"SOFR" means the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the publication of that rate.
“Specified Time” means a day or time determined in accordance with Schedule 11 (Timetables).
“Sponsor” means Kingsway Capital Partners Limited.
“Sponsor Affiliate” means the Sponsor, each of its Affiliates, any trust of which the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates is a trustee, any partnership of which the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates is a partner and any trust, fund or other entity which is managed by, or is under the control of, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates provided that any such trust, fund or other entity which has been established for at least 6 months solely for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans or debt securities and which is managed or controlled independently from all other trusts, funds or other entities managed or controlled by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates which have been established for the primary or main purpose of investing in the share capital of companies shall not constitute a Sponsor Affiliate.
“Subordinated Debt” has the meaning given to such term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006 and a subsidiary within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.
“Super Majority Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 80 per cent. of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 80 per cent. of the Total Commitments immediately prior to that reduction).
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
“Termination Date” means the Facility A Termination Date or the Revolving Facility Termination Date.
“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Total Facility A Commitments and the Total Revolving Facility Commitments, being USD 480,200,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Facility A Commitments” means the aggregate of the Facility A Commitments, being USD 405,200,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Net Debt” has the meaning given to such term in Clause 20.1 (Financial Definitions).
“Total Revolving Facility Commitments” means the aggregate of the Revolving Facility Commitments, being USD 75,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
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“Trade Instruments” means any performance bonds, advance payment or similar bonds or guarantees issued in respect of the obligations of any member of the Group arising in the ordinary course of trading of that member of the Group including, without limitation, guarantees issued in relation to customs and excise obligations of the Group.
“Transaction Security” means the Security created or expressed to be created in favour of a Security Agent pursuant to the Transaction Security Documents.
“Transaction Security Documents” means each of the documents listed as being a Transaction Security Document in paragraph 2(e) of Part 1 (Conditions Precedent) of Schedule 2 (Conditions), paragraph 2(b) of Part 2 (Conditions Subsequent) of Schedule 2 (Conditions) and any document required to be delivered to the Agent under paragraph 14 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Conditions) or under paragraph (b) of Clause 21.22 (Guarantors), together with any other document entered into by any Obligor creating or expressed to create any Security over all or any part of its assets in respect of the obligations of any of the Obligors under any of the Finance Documents.
“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Borrower.
“Transfer Date” means, in relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:
“Treasury Transactions” means any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price.
“UAE” means the United Arab Emirates.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of an Employee Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Employee Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.
“UK Obligor” means any Obligors incorporated in England and Wales.
“US” and “United States” means the United States of America, its territories, possessions and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America.
“US Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy” as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“US Debtor Relief Laws” means the US Bankruptcy Law and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, judicial management or similar debtor relief laws of the United States from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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"US Government Securities Business Day" means any day other than:
“US Guarantor” means a Guarantor created or organised under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
“US Obligor” means an Obligor organised under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“Utilisation” means a Loan.
“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made.
“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the relevant form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Requests and Notices).
“VAT” means:
“Working Capital” means, on any date, Current Assets less Current Liabilities.
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“USD”, “$” and “dollars” denote the lawful currency of the United States.
No Finance Party will have any recourse to any Investor that is not party to a Finance Document (and to the extent an Investor is a party to a Finance Document there shall only be recourse to the extent of its liability under the terms of such Finance Document) in respect of any term of any Finance Document, any statements by Investors, or otherwise.
Where any natural person gives a certificate or other document or otherwise gives a representation or statement on behalf of any of the parties to the Finance Documents pursuant to any provision thereof and such certificate or other document, representation or statement proves to be incorrect, the individual shall incur no personal liability in consequence of such certificate, other document, representation or statement being incorrect save where such individual acted fraudulently in giving such certificate, other document, representation or statement (in which case any liability of such individual shall be determined in accordance with applicable law) and each such individual may rely on this Clause 1.6 subject to Clause 1.4 (Third Party Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
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Section 2
The Facilities
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower:
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No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), the Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ Participation) in relation to a Utilisation if, on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:
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The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation:
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Section 3
Utilisation
The Borrower may utilise a Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
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The Revolving Facility may not be utilised unless Facility A has been utilised (but for the avoidance of doubt, the Revolving Facility may be utilised contemporaneously with Facility A, including on the Closing Date).
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Section 4
Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation
Facility A Repayment Date (Months from the Closing Date) |
Repayment Instalment (%) |
6 Months |
2.50 |
12 Months |
2.50 |
18 Months |
5.00 |
24 Months |
5.00 |
30 Months |
8.75 |
36 Months |
8.75 |
42 Months |
12.50 |
48 Months |
12.50 |
54 Months |
12.50 |
Facility A Termination Date |
30.00 (or if different such percentage amount as is required to repay the remaining aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Facility A Loans) |
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the aggregate amount of the new Revolving Facility Loans shall, unless the Borrower notifies the Agent to the contrary in the relevant Utilisation Request, be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Revolving Facility Loan so that:
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If, in any applicable jurisdiction, at any time, it becomes unlawful for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund, issue or maintain its participation in any Loan or at any time it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of a Lender for that Lender to do so:
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“Disposal” means a sale, lease, licence, transfer, loan or other disposal by a person of any asset, undertaking or business (whether incurred in connection with Cash Pooling Arrangements or by a voluntary or involuntary single transaction or series of transactions).
“Disposal Proceeds” means the Net Cash Proceeds received by any member of the Group for any Disposal made by any member of the Group, other than in respect of a Disposal falling under paragraphs, (b) to (u) (inclusive), (other than in request of a Disposal made pursuant to paragraph (f) or (g) of the definition of “Permitted Transaction” and unless the Majority Lenders provide their consent conditional upon the Net Cash proceeds received by the Group from any such Disposal being applied in prepayment of the Facility) or (w) to (x) (inclusive) of the definition of Permitted Disposal and excluding all Excluded Disposal Proceeds.
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“Excluded Disposal Proceeds” means the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposal which:
At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of USD 1,000,000) of an Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.4 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under that Facility.
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the Borrower may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment(s) of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s participation in the Utilisations or give the Agent notice of its intention to replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (c) below.
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Where Excluded Disposal Proceeds include amounts which are intended to be used for a specific purpose within a specified period (as set out in the definition of Excluded Disposal Proceeds), the Parent shall ensure that those amounts are used for that purpose and, if requested by the Agent, shall promptly deliver a certificate to the Agent at the time of such application and at the end of such period confirming the amount (if any) which has been so applied within the requisite time periods provided for in the definition of Excluded Disposal Proceeds.
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Section 5
Costs of Utilisation
The rate of interest on each Loan for any day during an Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
provided that, in each case, only such ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ who participated in that Loan during such period and remain so at the time of payment shall be paid such lower or higher Margin (as applicable) to the extent of their participation in that Loan during such period.
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the Agent may shorten an Interest Period for any Facility A Loan to ensure there are sufficient Facility A Loans (in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the Repayment Instalment) which have an Interest Period ending on a Facility A Repayment Date for the Borrower to make the Repayment Instalment due on that date.
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If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
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The Borrower shall pay to the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers an upfront fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to the Global Security Agent (for its own account) an global security agent fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to the KSA Security Agent (for its own account) an KSA security agent fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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Section 6
Additional Payment Obligations
In this Agreement:
"Protected Party" means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.
“Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document and which is:
“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.
“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.
“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under Clause 12.2 (Tax Gross-Up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax Indemnity).
“Treaty Lender” means a Lender which:
“Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement with the United Arab Emirates (a “UAE Treaty”) which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Arab Emirates on interest.
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to "determines" or "determined" means a determination made in the reasonable discretion of the person making the determination (acting in good faith).
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if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or
If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:
the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Obligor.
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The Borrower shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Secured Party against any cost, loss or liability that Secured Party suffers or incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document other than such cost, loss or liability incurred in respect of an assignment, novation, transfer or sub-participation by any Secured Party of any of its rights and/or obligations under any Finance Document (unless (i) such assignment, novation, transfer or sub-participation is entered into at the request of an Obligor or (ii) such assignment, novation transfer or sub-participation is entered into pursuant to Clause 15 (Mitigation).
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which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document;
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that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Secured Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.
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The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Agent against:
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The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay the Agent, the Arrangers and the Security Agents the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees and related taxes, subject to any agreed caps) reasonably and properly incurred by any of them (and, in the case of a Security Agent, by any Receiver or Delegate) in connection with the negotiation, preparation, translation, printing, execution, syndication and perfection of:
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If:
the Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse each of the Agent and each Security Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent and each Security Agent (and, in the case of a Security Agent, by any Receiver or Delegate) in responding to, evaluating, negotiating, complying with or implementing that request or requirement.
the Borrower shall pay to each Security Agent any additional remuneration that may be agreed between them or determined pursuant to paragraph (c) below.
The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Secured Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of or the preservation of any rights under any Finance Document and the Transaction Security and any proceedings instituted by or against the Security Agent as a consequence of taking or holding the Transaction Security or enforcing these rights.
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Section 7
Guarantee
Subject in respect of each Guarantor incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Clause 17.15 (Limitations on Guarantee under the Laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, upon any Automatic Acceleration Event any presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind required by the foregoing clauses are expressly waived.
Any term or provision of this Clause 17 or any other term in this Agreement or any Finance Document notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations for which any Guarantor shall be liable under this Agreement or any other Finance Document shall in no event exceed an amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement subject to avoidance under (i) applicable US Debtor Relief Laws, in all cases before taking into account any liabilities under any other guarantee by such Guarantor; and (ii) with respect to any US Guarantor created or organised under the laws of the State of Texas, any usury law.
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This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by a Finance Party in whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability of each Guarantor under this Clause 17 will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.
The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 17 will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 17, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 17 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Finance Party) including:
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Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 17.6 (Waiver of Defences), each Guarantor expressly confirms that it intends that this guarantee shall extend from time to time to any (however fundamental) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to any of the Finance Documents and/or any facility or amount made available under any of the Finance Documents for the purposes of or in connection with any of the following: business acquisitions of any nature; increasing working capital; enabling investor distributions to be made; carrying out restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other indebtedness; making facilities available to new borrowers; any other variation or extension of the purposes for which any such facility or amount might be made available from time to time; and any fees, costs and/or expenses associated with any of the foregoing.
Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 17. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:
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Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 17:
If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in accordance with Clause 32 (Payment Mechanics).
If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”) ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose of any sale or other disposal of that Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor:
This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party.
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To the extent possible under the UAE Civil Code, each Guarantor expressly agrees that the provisions of Articles 1080, 1089, 1092, 1101 and 1105 of the UAE Civil Code (to the extent that a court would hold these Articles to be applicable to the guarantee provided under this Clause 17) shall not apply to this guarantee and, insofar as Article 1092 is concerned, that no Finance Party shall be obliged to make any demand within the six-month period mentioned in that Article.
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The guarantee of any Additional Guarantor is subject to any limitations relating to that Additional Guarantor on the amount guaranteed or to the extent of the recourse of the beneficiaries of the guarantee which is set out in the Accession Deed applicable to such Additional Guarantor and agreed with the Agent (acting reasonably in accordance with the Agreed Security Principles).
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Section 8
Representations, Undertakings and Events of Default
Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 18 to each Finance Party.
Status, authorisations and governing law
Subject to the Legal Reservations and the Perfection Requirements:
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents and the granting of the Transaction Security pursuant to the Agreed Security Principles do not and will not conflict with:
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have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect, or will be obtained or effected prior to the date on which they are required.
Subject to the Legal Reservations and Perfection Requirements,
No insolvency, default or tax liability
No:
has been taken or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in relation to a member of the Group and none of the circumstances described in Clause 23.6 (Insolvency) applies to a member of the Group.
The Borrower is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under any Finance Document to a Lender.
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Under the laws of its Relevant Jurisdiction it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be registered, filed, recorded, notarised or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration, notarial or similar Taxes or fees be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents except:
Provision of information – general
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Save as disclosed in writing to the Agent and the Arrangers prior to the date of this Agreement:
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No proceedings or breach of laws
No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations of, or before, any court, arbitral body or agency which, if adversely determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been started or threatened against any member of the Group or its assets.
It has not (and none of its Subsidiaries has) breached any law or regulation applicable to it in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which it operates which breach has, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Security and ownership of assets
Each member of the Group has conducted its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”) and has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with the FCPA and any other applicable anti-corruption laws.
Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except for obligations mandatorily preferred by laws of general application.
Subject to the Legal Reservations and the Perfection Requirements, the Transaction Security has or will have first ranking priority and it is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking Security.
It and each of its Subsidiaries has a good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets necessary to carry on its business as presently conducted.
It and each of its Subsidiaries is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the respective assets over which it purports to grant Security.
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The shares of any member of the Group which are subject to the Transaction Security are (or will be on the Closing Date) fully paid and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights (other than those arising under applicable law). The constitutional documents of companies whose shares are subject to the Transaction Security do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on creation or enforcement of the Transaction Security. There are no agreements in force which provide for the issue or allotment of, or grant any person the right to call for the issue or allotment of, any share or loan capital of any member of the Group (including any option or right of pre-emption or conversion).
Provision of information – Group
Before the Closing Date, the Parent has not traded or incurred any liabilities or commitments (actual or contingent, present or future) other than any Permitted Holding Company Activity.
Miscellaneous
For the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (the “Regulation”), its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.
that any Finance Party should be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in any of its Relevant Jurisdictions.
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None of the Obligors, no member of the Group nor, to the knowledge of the Obligors, any of their respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or any persons acting on any of their behalf:
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No Obligor, person controlling an Obligor or Subsidiary of an Obligor is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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The undertakings in this Clause 19 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
In this Clause 19:
“Annual Financial Statements” means the financial statements of the Borrower for a Financial Year delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 19.1 (Financial Statements).
“Semi-Annual Financial Statements” means the financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (c) of Clause 19.1 (Financial Statements).
Provided that the Closing Date has occurred, the Parent shall supply to the Agent (and if requested by the Agent, a sufficient number of copies for all the Lenders):
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unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, the Parent notifies the Agent that there has been a change in the Accounting Principles or the accounting practices and the Auditors (or, if appropriate, the Auditors of the Obligor) deliver to the Agent:
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Any reference in this Agreement to any financial statements shall be construed as a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the Base Case Model or, as the case may be, the Original Financial Statements were prepared.
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The Parent shall procure that the end of its annual accounting period falls on 31 December.
The Parent shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders where applicable, if the Agent so requests):
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obliges the Agent, a Security Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender) to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the Agent, the relevant Security Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender), the relevant Security Agent or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, the relevant Security Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
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In this Agreement:
“Acquired Entity or Business” means, in relation to a Relevant Period, any person, property, business of material fixed asset acquired and not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, by any member of the Group during that Relevant Period.
“Borrowings” means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal, capital or nominal amount (and any fixed or minimum premium payable on prepayment or redemption) of any indebtedness of members of the Group for or in respect of:
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“Consolidated Net Leverage” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the ratio of Total Net Debt on the last day of that Relevant Period to EBITDA in respect of that Relevant Period.
“Debt Service” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the aggregate of:
and so that no amount shall be included more than once.
“Debt Service Cover” means the ratio of EBITDA to Debt Service in respect of any Relevant Period.
“EBITDA” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the consolidated operating profit of the Group before taxation for that Relevant Period:
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in each case, to the extent added, deducted or taken into account, as the case may be, for the purposes of determining operating profits of the Group before taxation.
“Exceptional Items” means any items of an exceptional, one off, non-recurring or extraordinary nature.
“Finance Charges” means, for any Relevant Period, the aggregate amount of the accrued interest in respect of Borrowings paid or payable by any member of the Group (calculated on a consolidated basis) in cash in respect of that Relevant Period:
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and so that no amount shall be added (or deducted) more than once.
“Finance Lease” means any lease or hire purchase contract, a liability under which would, in accordance with the Accounting Principles, be treated as a balance sheet liability (other than a lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with the Accounting Principles in force prior to 1 January 2019, have been treated as an operating lease).
“Financial Half Year” means the period commencing on the day after one Semi Annual Date and ending on the immediately following Semi Annual Date.
“Financial Quarter” means the period commencing on the day after one Quarter Date and ending on the next Quarter Date.
“Financial Year” means the annual accounting period of the Group ending on or about 31 December in each year.
“Net Finance Charges” means, for any Relevant Period, the Finance Charges for that Relevant Period after deducting any interest payable in that Relevant Period to any member of the Group (other than by another member of the Group) on any Cash or Cash Equivalent Investment.
“New Shareholder Injections” means the aggregate amount subscribed for by any person (other than a member of the Group) for ordinary shares in the Parent or for subordinated loan notes or other subordinated debt instruments in the Parent pursuant to the Priority Agreement or on terms otherwise acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).
“Non-Group Entity” means any investment or entity (which is not itself a member of the Group (including associates and Joint Ventures)) in which any member of the Group has an ownership interest.
“Pension Items” means any income or charge attributable to a post-employment benefit scheme other than the current service costs attributable to the scheme.
“Quarter Date” means each of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December or such other dates which correspond to the quarter end dates within each Financial Year.
“Relevant Period” means:
“Semi Annual Date” means each of 30 June and 31 December.
“Sold Entity or Business” means, in relation to a Relevant Period, any person, property, business of material fixed asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, by any member of the Group during that Relevant Period.
“Subordinated Debt” means any loans made to the Parent by any of its direct or indirect shareholders which are subordinated under the terms of the Priority Agreement or which are subordinated to the Facilities to the satisfaction of the Agent acting reasonably.
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“Total Net Debt” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of all obligations of members of the Group for or in respect of Borrowings at that time but:
and so that no amount shall be included or excluded more than once.
The Parent shall ensure that with respect to each Relevant Period ending on and after 30 June 2025:
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Relevant Period expiring 30 June 2025 |
3.50:1.00 |
Relevant Period expiring 31 December 2025 |
3.25:1.00 |
Relevant Periods expiring 30 June 2026 and for each Relevant Period expiring thereafter prior to the Facility A Termination Date. |
2.75:1.00 |
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The undertakings in this Clause 21 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force (other than the undertaking listed at Clause 21.17 (Dividends and Share Redemption) which shall remain in force only until the earlier of: (i) the date of satisfaction of the Release Condition and (ii) the date on which no amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or no Commitment is in force).
Authorisations and compliance with laws
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Subject to the Legal Reservations and, where applicable, Perfection Requirements, each Obligor shall promptly:
any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of a Relevant Jurisdiction to:
Each Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that each member of the Group will) comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject, if failure so to comply has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Restrictions on business focus
No Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger, consolidation or corporate reconstruction other than a Permitted Transaction or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal permitted pursuant to Clause 21.13 (Disposals).
The Parent shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Parent, the Obligors or the Group taken as a whole from that carried on by the Group at the date of this Agreement.
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The Parent shall not (and the Parent shall procure that each Intermediate Holdco shall not) trade, carry on any business, own any assets or incur any liabilities except for:
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(all the activities and transactions referred to in paragraphs (a) to (m) being the “Permitted Holding Company Activity”).
Restrictions on dealing with assets and Security
Each Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that each other member of the Group will) maintain in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its material assets necessary in the conduct of its business.
Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times any unsecured and unsubordinated claims of a Finance Party against it under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except those creditors whose claims are mandatorily preferred by laws of general application to companies.
In this Clause 21.12, “Quasi-Security” means an arrangement or transaction described in paragraph (b) below.
Except as permitted under paragraph (c) below:
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in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset.
(a) Except as permitted by paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any transaction with any person except on arm’s length (or better) terms and for at least full market value.
(b) The following transactions shall not be a breach of this Clause 21.14:
(i) transactions where an Obligor receives the benefit of terms which are not arm’s length terms or for full market value;
(ii) intra-Group loans permitted under Clause 21.15 (Loans or Credit);
(iii) any Permitted Transaction (other than a transaction falling under paragraph (e) of that definition); and
(iv) any Liabilities Acquisition which is permitted by, and as defined in, the Priority Agreement.
Restrictions on movement of cash – cash out
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Restrictions on movement of cash – cash in
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No Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) issue any shares except pursuant to:
Miscellaneous
No Obligor shall (and the Parent will procure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any Treasury Transaction, other than:
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is party to this Agreement as an Additional Guarantor, but calculated in each case:
(the “Guarantor Coverage Test”).
Each Obligor shall:
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Each Obligor shall maintain all Employee Plans that are presently in existence or may, from time to time, come into existence, in compliance with the terms of any such Employee Plan, the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code and all other applicable laws, in each case, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Obligor will use the Loans without violating Regulations T, U and X.
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The Parent shall ensure that all UK Obligors will:
With respect to Al Fakher Pioneer for Trading and any other Guarantor incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (each, a “Saudi Guarantor”), such Saudi Guarantor shall deliver to the Agent on or prior to the date such Guarantor enters into or accedes to this Agreement and thereafter as contemplated in this Clause 22:
together, the “Promissory Notes”.
If at any time during a 12 Month period, the Agent reasonably believes that the aggregate interest that will be payable in respect of a Loan under this Agreement during the remainder of such 12 Month period will exceed the aggregate amount of the Additional Promissory Note that has been issued and delivered to the Agent by a Saudi Guarantor pursuant to this Clause 22 and which has not expired and/or returned to such Saudi Guarantor pursuant to Clause 22.4 (Return of Promissory Notes), the Agent shall notify that Saudi Guarantor and that Saudi Guarantor shall issue such further Additional Promissory Note to the Agent as is necessary to ensure that the amount of an Additional Promissory Note held by the Agent with respect to the Loans outstanding is at least equal to the interest that the Agent reasonably estimates will fall due for payment during the remainder of such 12 Month period.
No later than the date falling 11 Months after the date on which the Promissory Notes contemplated by Clause 22.1 (Principal Notes and Second Notes) were issued and thereafter at 11 Month intervals (each such 11 Month period being referred to as a “Promissory Note Period”) each Saudi Guarantor will provide to the Agent:
in substitution for the Promissory Notes held by the Agent in respect of the immediately preceding Promissory Note Period.
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The Agent shall return the Promissory Notes then held by it to such Saudi Guarantor where:
The Agent undertakes that it will not present any of the Promissory Notes for payment or permit the presentation thereof other than to the relevant enforcement judge or such other appropriate forum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the Agent may choose to have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute arising out of or relating to any Promissory Note and then only in respect of an Event of Default which is continuing and for a claim in respect of that Saudi Guarantor in an amount no greater than the amounts which are then due and payable by a Saudi Guarantor, notwithstanding that the face amount of the Promissory Note(s) may be greater.
Each Promissory Note to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be:
Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 23 is an Event of Default (save for Clause 23.16 (Acceleration) and Clause 23.17 (Clean-Up Period)).
An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless:
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or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction including any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step in respect of being declared "bankrupt" within the meaning of Article 8 of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954.
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and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed, or, in the case of paragraph (ii) above, an order, judgment or decree approving or ordering such action shall be entered and continue unstayed and in effect, in each case, for 60 or more days, or an order for relief against such member of the Group.
Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution or any analogous process in any jurisdiction affects any asset or assets of a member of the Group having an aggregate value of USD20,000,000 and is not discharged within 30 days of commencement.
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and, if the non-compliance or circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation are capable of remedy, it is not remedied within 20 Business Days of the earlier of the Agent giving notice to that party or that party becoming aware of the non-compliance or misrepresentation.
Any member of the Group suspends or ceases to carry on (or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on) all or a material part of its business except as a result of a Permitted Disposal or a Permitted Transaction.
The Auditors qualify the audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Parent in relation to continuing as a going concern or otherwise as a result of facts or circumstances which result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Parent or an Obligor (or any other relevant party (other than the Finance Parties)) rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Finance Document or any of the Transaction Security or evidences an intention to rescind or repudiate a Finance Document or any Transaction Security.
Any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations of, or before, any court, arbitral body or agency are started or threatened, or any judgment, award, decision or order of a court, arbitral body or agency is made, in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents or against any member of the Group or its assets which has, or is, reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Any event or circumstance occurs which the Majority Lenders reasonably believe has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document:
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during a Clean-Up Period will be deemed not to be a breach of representation or warranty, a breach of undertaking or an Event of Default or constitute a drawstop or allow acceleration of the Facilities (as the case may be) if:
If the relevant circumstances are continuing on or after the end of the applicable Clean-Up Period, there shall be a breach of representation or warranty, breach of undertaking or Event of Default, as the case may be notwithstanding the above (and without prejudice to the rights and remedies of the Finance Parties).
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Section 9
Changes to Parties
Subject to this Clause 24 and to Clause 26 (Debt Purchase Transactions), a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may:
under any Finance Document (each a “Transfer”) to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the “New Lender”).
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then the New Lender, the Lender granting the sub-participation or sub-contract or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, Transfer or change had not occurred.
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and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
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The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate or an Assignment Agreement, send to the Parent a copy of that Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation.
In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 24, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:
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The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof (and only such Persons) as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. A copy of the Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Any person which becomes a party to the Priority Agreement as a Hedge Counterparty shall, at the same time, become a Party to this Agreement as a Hedge Counterparty in accordance with paragraph (c) of clause 17.9 (Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking) of the Priority Agreement.
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in ascertaining:
has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote under the Finance Documents such Commitment shall be deemed to be zero and such Sponsor Affiliate or the person with whom it has entered into such sub-participation, other agreement or arrangement shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of paragraphs (A) and (B) above (unless in the case of a person not being a Sponsor Affiliate it is a Lender by virtue otherwise than by beneficially owning the relevant Commitment).
such notification to be substantially in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 15 (Forms of Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction Notice).
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Any Sponsor Affiliate which is or becomes a Lender and which enters into a Debt Purchase Transaction as a purchaser or a participant shall, by 5.00 pm on the Business Day following the day on which it entered into that Debt Purchase Transaction, notify the Agent of the extent of the Commitment(s) or amount outstanding to which that Debt Purchase Transaction relates. The Agent shall promptly disclose such information to the Lenders.
No Obligor or any other member of the Group may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.
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Delivery of an Accession Deed constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary that the representations and warranties referred to in paragraph (e) of Clause 18.31 (Times when Representations Made) are true and correct in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.
If a Guarantor is or is proposed to be the subject of a Third Party Disposal, the Permitted Reorganisation or the Listco Reorg in accordance with this Agreement then:
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Upon satisfaction of the Release Condition, upon request by the Parent:
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Section 10
The Finance Parties
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Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arrangers have no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.
The Agent and the Arrangers may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.
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as sufficient evidence that that is the case and, in the case of paragraph (A) above, may assume the truth and accuracy of that certificate.
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unless such error or such loss was directly caused by the Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the Borrower and to the other Finance Parties.
None of the Agent or the Arrangers is responsible or liable for:
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The Agent shall not be bound to enquire:
including (in each case and without limitation) such damages, costs, losses, diminution in value or liability arising as a result of: nationalisation, expropriation or other governmental actions; any regulation, currency restriction, devaluation or fluctuation; market conditions affecting the execution or settlement of transactions or the value of assets (including any Disruption Event); breakdown, failure or malfunction of any third party transport, telecommunications, computer services or systems; natural disasters or acts of God; war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution; or strikes or industrial action.
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on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arrangers that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Arrangers.
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and (in each case) the Borrower or a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and the Borrower or that ▇▇▇▇▇▇, by notice to the Agent, requires it to resign.
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unless it has received not less than five Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Arrangers that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:
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If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.
Each Finance Party and Secured Party (other than the Security Agents) confirms that each of the Arrangers and the Agent has authority to accept on its behalf (and ratifies the acceptance on its behalf of any letters or reports already accepted by the Arrangers or Agent) the terms of any reliance letter or engagement letters relating to any reports or letters provided by accountants in connection with the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents and to bind it in respect of the reports or letters and to sign such letters on its behalf and further confirms that it accepts the terms and qualifications set out in such letters.
(whether arising under this Clause 28.21 or otherwise) which relate to an Erroneous Payment will be affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this paragraph (b), would reduce, release or prejudice any such obligation or remedy (whether or not known by the Agent or any other Party).
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Nothing in this Agreement constitutes any Security Agent as an agent, trustee or fiduciary of any Obligor.
Each Security Agent shall not be bound to account to any other Secured Party for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
Each Security Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Obligor, any member of the Group or its Affiliates.
as sufficient evidence that that is the case and, in the case of paragraph (A) above, may assume the truth and accuracy of that certificate; and
(iv) instead of acting personally, employ and pay any agent on any terms, to transact or conduct, or concur in transacting or conducting, any business and to do or concur in doing all acts required to be done by each Security Agent (including the receipt and payment of money) and each Security Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct on the part of any person appointed by it hereunder or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any such person.
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unless such error or such loss was directly caused by that Security Agent’s, Receiver’s or Delegate’s gross negligence or wilful default.
None of the Security Agents, any Receiver nor any Delegate is responsible or liable for:
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The Security Agents shall not be bound to enquire:
including (in each case and without limitation) such damages, costs, losses, diminution in value or liability arising as a result of: nationalisation, expropriation or other governmental actions; any regulation, currency restriction, devaluation or fluctuation; market conditions affecting the execution or settlement of transactions or the value of assets; breakdown, failure or malfunction of any third party transport, telecommunications, computer services or systems; natural disasters or acts of God; war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution; or strikes or industrial action.
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on behalf of any Secured Party (other than that Security Agent) and each Secured Party (other than that Security Agent) confirms to the Security Agents that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Security Agents.
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Each Lender shall supply the Security Agents with any information that each Security Agent may reasonably specify as being necessary or desirable to enable such Security Agent to perform its functions as Security Agent.
Without affecting the responsibility of each Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each other Secured Party confirms to each Security Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:
No Security Agent shall be liable for any failure to:
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and no Security Agent shall be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of the lack of, or inadequacy of, any such insurance.
The Security Agents may appoint and pay any person to act as nominee on any terms in relation to any asset of the trust as such Security Agent may determine and the Security Agents shall not be responsible for any loss, liability, expense, demand, cost, claim or proceedings incurred by reason of the misconduct, omission or default on the part of any person appointed by it under this Agreement or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any person.
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and such Security Agent shall give prior notice to the Borrower, the other Security Agents and the Secured Parties of that appointment.
Each Security Agent shall be entitled to accept without enquiry, and shall not be obliged to investigate, any right and title that the Obligors may have to any of the Secured Property and shall not be liable for, or bound to require any Obligor to remedy, any defect in its right or title.
If the Security Agents (with the approval of the Agent) determine that:
then:
Upon a disposal of any of the Secured Property pursuant to the enforcement of the Transaction Security by a Receiver or a Security Agent, such Security Agent shall (at the cost of the Obligors) release that property from the Transaction Security and is authorised to execute, without the need for any further authority from the Secured Parties, any release of the Transaction Security or other claim over that asset and to issue any certificates of non-crystallisation of floating charges that may be considered necessary or desirable.
The rights, powers, authorities and discretions given to the Security Agents under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Security Agents by law or regulation or otherwise.
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Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Security Agents in relation to the trusts constituted by this Agreement. Where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Act 1925 or the Trustee Act 2000 and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law and regulation, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000, the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act.
Notwithstanding anything in any Finance Document to the contrary, the Global Security Agent shall not do, or be authorised or required to do, anything which might constitute a regulated activity for the purpose of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”), unless it is authorised under FSMA to do so. The Global Security Agent shall have the discretion at any time:
No provision of this Agreement will:
If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 32 (Payment Mechanics) (a “Recovered Amount”) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:
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The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) (the “Sharing Finance Parties”) in accordance with Clause 32.6 (Partial Payments) towards the obligations of that Obligor to the Sharing Finance Parties.
On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 31.2 (Redistribution of Payments) of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from an Obligor, as between the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:
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Section 11
Administration
Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 32.3 (Distributions to an Obligor) and Clause 32.4 (Clawback and Pre-Funding) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
The Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 33 (Set-Off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.
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In each case such payments must be made on the due date for payment under the Finance Documents.
give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the relevant amount (together with any accrued interest) to that Recipient Party.
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All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
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If either the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has occurred or the Agent is notified by the Borrower that a Disruption Event has occurred:
A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
In consideration for the covenants given to the Security Agent by the Obligors in Clause 29.2 (Parallel Debt (Covenant to Pay the Security Agents)), each Security Agent agrees with the Obligors to apply all moneys from time to time paid by the Obligors to the Security Agent in accordance with the provisions of Clause 15.1 (Order of Application) of the Priority Agreement.
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Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by letter or email.
35.2 Addresses
The address and email address (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:
or any substitute address, email address or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 35.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.
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Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address or email address or changing its address or email address, the Agent shall notify the other Parties.
If the Agent is an Impaired Agent the Parties may, instead of communicating with each other through the Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while the Agent is an Impaired Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Documents which require communications to be made or notices to be given to or by the Agent shall be varied so that communications may be made and notices given to or by the relevant Parties directly. This provision shall not operate after a replacement Agent has been appointed.
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If any Lender (a “Paper Form Lender”) does not agree to the delivery of information electronically then the Agent shall notify the Borrower accordingly and the Parent shall, at its own cost, supply the information to the Agent (in sufficient copies for each Paper Form Lender) in paper form. In any event the Parent shall, at its own cost, supply the Agent with at least one copy in paper form of any information required to be provided by it.
If the Borrower notifies the Agent under paragraph (c)(i) or paragraph (c)(v) above, all information to be provided by the Borrower under this Agreement after the date of that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and until the Agent and each Website Lender is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing.
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In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
If, at any time, any provision of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party or Secured Party, any right or remedy under a Finance Document shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any Finance Document. No election to affirm any Finance Document on the part of any Finance Party or Secured Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in each Finance Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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Subject to Clause 39.4 (Changes to Reference Rates), an amendment, waiver or (in the case of a Transaction Security Document) a consent of, or in relation to, any term of any Finance Document that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
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shall not be made, or given, without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
except insofar as it relates to a sale or disposal of an asset which is the subject of the Transaction Security where such sale or disposal is expressly permitted under this Agreement or any other Finance Document; and
shall not be made, or given, without the prior consent of the Super Majority Lenders.
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may be made with the consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) and the Borrower.
“Published Rate” means:
“Published Rate Replacement Event” means, in relation to a Published Rate:
provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate;
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"Quoted Tenor" means, in relation to CME Term SOFR, any period for which that rate is customarily published.
“Relevant Nominating Body” means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.
“Replacement Reference Rate” means a reference rate which is:
and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the “Replacement Benchmark” will be the replacement under paragraph (ii) above;
If any Lender fails to respond to a request for a consent, waiver, amendment of or in relation to any term of any Finance Document or any other vote of Lenders under the terms of this Agreement within ten Business Days of that request being made, (unless the Borrower and the Agent agree to a longer time period in relation to any request):
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then the Borrower may, on 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent and such Lender:
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then any Lender who does not and continues not to consent or agree to such waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”.
has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents,
that Defaulting Lender’s Commitments under the Facilities will be reduced by the amount of its Available Commitments under the Facilities and, to the extent that that reduction results in that Defaulting Lender’s Total Commitments being zero, that Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
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unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Agent) or the Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender.
such transfer shall be deemed (subject to the satisfaction of paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 24.3 (Other Conditions of Transfer) or paragraph (b) of Clause 24.6 (Procedure for Transfer), as applicable) to have been completed two Business Days after the transferee concerned delivers a Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement executed by it to the Lender concerned and pays the relevant amount to the Agent.
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Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 40.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) and Clause 40.3 (Disclosure to Numbering Service Providers), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.
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in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if:
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to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.
This Clause 40 constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information.
Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.
Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Borrower:
The obligations in this Clause 40 are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on each Finance Party for a period of 24 months from the earlier of:
No press announcements or other media communication regarding this Agreement or a Finance Party’s role in connection with this Agreement shall be made without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Arrangers prior to its release.
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The Agent shall provide to the Borrower, within ten Business Days of a written request by the Borrower (but no more frequently than once per calendar month), a list (which may be in electronic form) setting out the names of the Lenders as at that Business Day, their respective Commitments, the address (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention any communication is to be made) of each Lender for any communication to be made or document to be delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents, the electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by electronic mail or other electronic means to and by each Lender to whom any communication under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by that means and the account details of each Lender for any payment to be distributed by the Agent to that Lender under the Finance Documents.
If any Lender believes that any entity is, or may be, a Lender and:
(a) that entity ceases to have an Investment Grade Rating; or
(b) an Insolvency Event occurs in relation to that entity,
the Agent shall, at the request of that Lender, indicate to that Lender the extent to which that entity has a Commitment.
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In this Clause 41:
“Investment Grade Rating” means, in relation to an entity, a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of BBB- or higher by S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. or Fitch Ratings Ltd or Baa3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency.
“Requisite Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate 15 per cent. (or more) of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated 15 per cent. (or more) of the Total Commitments immediately prior to that reduction).
In this Clause 42:
“Article 55 BRRD” means Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolutions Authority.
“Bail-In Legislation” means:
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“EEA Member Country” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time.
“Resolution Authority” means any body which has authority to exercise any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
“UK Bail-In Legislation” means Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Write-down and Conversion Powers” means:
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To the extent that the Finance Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “US Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Finance Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States or the laws of any other jurisdiction):
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.
Each Lender hereby notifies each Obligor that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, such Lender is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Obligor, which information includes the name and address of such Obligor and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Obligor in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
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Section 12
Governing Law and Enforcement
46. Governing Law
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
47. Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT AGREES TO IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. This waiver is intended to apply to all Disputes (as defined below). Each party acknowledges that (a) this waiver is a material inducement to enter into this Agreement, (b) it has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement and (c) it will continue to rely on this waiver in future dealings. Each party represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal advisers and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights after consultation with its legal advisers. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
48. Arbitration
48.1 Arbitration
Subject to Clause 48.4 (Agent’s Option) any claim, controversy, difference or dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a claim, controversy, difference or dispute relating to the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a “Dispute”) shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the arbitration rules, as amended from time to time (the “Rules”) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in force when the Request for Arbitration (as defined in the Rules) is submitted in accordance with those Rules, which Rules shall be incorporated by reference into this Clause 48.1.
48.2 Formation of Arbitral Tribunal, Seat and Language of Arbitration
(a) The arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators. The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall jointly nominate one arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall jointly nominate the second arbitrator, and a third arbitrator (who shall act as presiding arbitrator) shall be selected and nominated by the arbitrators nominated by the claimant(s) and respondent(s) or, in the absence of agreement on the third arbitrator within 30 days of the appointment of the second arbitrator, shall be selected and appointed by the LCIA Court (as defined in the Rules). In the event that either the claimant(s) or the respondent(s) fail to nominate an arbitrator in accordance with the Rules, the relevant arbitrator shall be selected and appointed by the LCIA Court.
(b) The seat (legal place) of arbitration shall be London, England.
(c) The language of the arbitration shall be English.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Rules, the Parties agree that any arbitrator (including the presiding arbitrator) may have the same nationality as any party to the arbitration.
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48.3 Recourse to Courts
For the purposes of arbitration pursuant to this Clause 48, the Parties waive any right of application to determine a preliminary point of law or appeal on a point of law under Sections 45 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
48.4 Agent’s Option
Before the Finance Parties have filed a Request for Arbitration or Response as defined in the Rules (as the case may be), the Agent may (and shall, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders) by notice in writing to all other Parties require that all Disputes or a specific Dispute be heard by a court of law. If the Agent gives such notice, the Dispute to which such notice refers shall be determined in accordance with Clause 49 (Jurisdiction of English Courts).
48.5 Governing Law
This Clause 48 shall be governed by English law.
49. Jurisdiction of English Courts
If the Agent issues a notice pursuant to Clause 48.4 (Agent’s Option), the provisions of this Clause 49 shall apply.
49.1 Jurisdiction
(a) The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Dispute.
(b) The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
(c) This Clause 49.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties and the Secured Parties only. As a result, and notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, no Finance Party or Secured Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties and Secured Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
49.2 Service of process
(a) Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law each Obligor (unless incorporated in England and Wales):
(i) irrevocably appoints AIR Global Brands Limited as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement; and
(ii) agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
(b) If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Borrower (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within 15 days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to the Agent. Failing this, the Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.
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50. Jurisdiction of Committee for Banking Disputes
The Saudi Guarantor irrevocably agrees for the benefit of the Finance Parties that:
(a) any legal action or proceedings arising out of this Agreement relating to the Saudi Guarantor may be filed with and brought before the Committee for Banking Disputes established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pursuant to High Order No. 729/8 dated 10/7/1407H. (corresponding to 10 March 1987), as reorganised pursuant to Royal Order No. 37441 dated 11/8/1433H. (corresponding to 1 July 2012) (the “37441 Decree”), and the Banking Disputes and Violations Appeal Committee established pursuant to the 37441 Decree (comprised of, pursuant to the Royal Order No. A/24 dated 18/2/1437H. (corresponding to 30 November 2015), the First Circuit of the Banking Disputes Committee and the First Circuit of the Banking Disputes and Violations Appeal Committee, each operating under the aegis of the Saudi Central Bank) or any successor forum; and
(b) any proceedings arising out of or relating to any Promissory Note may, at the election of the Finance Parties, be brought before the relevant enforcement judge at the general courts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pursuant to the Enforcement Law issued by Royal Decree No. M/53 dated 13/8/1433H (corresponding to 03/7/2012), and the jurisdiction conferred in each of paragraph (a) and (b) above shall be conferred on any successor forum to the Banking Disputes Committee and the relevant enforcement judge, respectively.
51. Waiver of Immunity
(a) To the extent that any Obligor may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), each Obligor hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity to the full extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(b) Each Obligor consents generally in respect of any proceedings to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with such proceedings including the making, enforcement or execution against any property whatsoever (irrespective of its use or intended use) of any order or judgment which may be made or given in such proceedings.
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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Schedule 1
The Original Parties
Part 1
The Original Guarantors
Name of Original Guarantor |
Registration number (or equivalent, if any) and Original Jurisdiction |
Parent |
|
AIR Limited |
129914, Jersey |
Holding Company of the Borrower |
|
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
14300539, England and Wales |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
12227434, England and Wales |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
12226959, England and Wales |
Borrower |
|
AIR Group Ventures Limited |
1667, DIFC |
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Part 2
The Original Lenders
Name of Original Lender |
Jurisdiction of incorporation |
Facility A Commitment |
Revolving Facility Commitment |
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC |
United Arab Emirates |
21,100,000 |
3,900,000 |
Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.) |
Bahrain |
50,000,000 |
/ |
Barclays Bank PLC |
United Kingdom |
17,670,000 |
12,530,000 |
Citibank N.A. UAE Branch |
United Arab Emirates |
21,100,000 |
3,900,000 |
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC |
United Arab Emirates |
126,570,000 |
23,430,000 |
Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.) |
United Arab Emirates |
84,380,000 |
15,620,000 |
Mashreqbank psc |
United Arab Emirates |
84,380,000 |
15,620,000 |
Total: |
|
USD 405,200,000 |
USD 75,000,000 |
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Schedule 2
Conditions
Part 1
Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisation
1. Obligors
(a) A copy of the constitutional documents of each Original Obligor.
(b) A copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or applicable governing body) of each Original Obligor:
(i) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
(ii) authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf;
(iii) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation Request and Selection Notice) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and
(iv) in the case of an Obligor other than the Parent, authorising the Parent to act as its agent in connection with the Finance Documents.
(c) A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above in relation to the Finance Documents and related documents.
(d) If required by law, a copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares in each Original Guarantor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Original Guarantor is a party.
(e) A certificate of each Original Obligor (signed by a director or other authorised signatory) confirming that:
(i) borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on any Original Obligor to be exceeded; and
(ii) each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
2. Finance Documents
(a) This Agreement executed by the members of the Group party to this Agreement.
(b) The Priority Agreement executed by the members of the Group party to that agreement.
(c) The Fee Letters executed by each party to it.
(d) The Netting Letter executed by each party to it.
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(e) The following Transaction Security Documents executed by the Original Obligors specified below opposite the relevant Transaction Security Document:
Security Provider |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
Parent |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
Security interest agreement between the Parent and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Parent |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to the Parent (if any) by Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
Security interest agreement between the Parent and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
Security interest agreement between the Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited (if any) by Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
Security interest agreement between the Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
Yes |
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Security Provider |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
First-priority floating charge over substantially all of the present and future assets of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
Yes |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
Security interest agreement between the Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited (if any) by Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
Security interest agreement between the Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
Yes |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
First-priority floating charge over substantially all of the present and future assets of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
Yes |
Advanced Inhalation |
First-priority security over the |
Security agreement between Advanced |
Dubai International Financial Centre |
No |
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Security Provider |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
issued share capital of the Borrower |
Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and the Global Security Agent |
|
|
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited (if any) by the Borrower |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
Yes |
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
First-priority floating charge over substantially all of the present and future assets of Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
Security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Borrower |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to the Borrower (if any) by any member of the Group. |
Security agreement between the Borrower and the Global Security Agent |
Dubai International Financial Centre |
No |
Borrower |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of the Borrower |
Security agreement between the Borrower and the Global Security Agent |
Dubai International Financial Centre |
Yes |
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(f) Any share certificates, blank stock transfer forms, director resignation letters, authorisation letters and notices of charge required to be delivered under the Transaction Security Documents in paragraph (e) above.
3. Legal Opinions
(a) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, LLP legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to English law.
(b) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, LLP, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to the laws of the Dubai International Financial Centre.
(c) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLP, legal advisers to the Borrower as to the laws of the Dubai International Financial Centre.
(d) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (Jersey) LLP, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to matters of Jersey law.
4. Other Documents and Evidence
(a) Evidence that all fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to the Finance Documents have been paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date.
(b) A copy of the Group Structure Chart.
(c) A copy of the Base Case Model.
(d) Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 49.2 (Service of Process), if not an Original Obligor, has accepted its appointment.
(e) A copy of the Original Financial Statements and the unaudited management account of the Initial Parent for the financial quarter ended 30 June 2024.
(f) A copy of a customary pay-off letter, release agreement and voluntary prepayment notice in connection with the discharge and release on the Closing Date of all existing indebtedness, Security and guarantees in relation to the Existing Facility Agreement or which is otherwise not permitted to remain outstanding under this Agreement.
(g) In respect of each company incorporated in the United Kingdom whose shares are the subject of the Transaction Security (a “Charged Company”), either:
(i) a certificate of an authorised signatory of the Parent certifying that:
(A) each member of the Group has complied within the relevant timeframe with any notice it has received pursuant to Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 from that Charged Company; and
(B) no “warning notice” or “restrictions notice” (in each case as defined in Schedule 1B of the Companies Act 2006) has been issued in respect of those shares, together with a copy of the “PSC register” (within the meaning of section 790C(10) of the Companies Act 2006) of that Charged Company which, in the case of a Charged Company that is a member of the Group, is certified by an authorised signatory of the Parent to be correct, complete and not amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the Closing Date; or
(ii) a certificate of an authorised signatory of the Parent certifying that such Charged Company is not required to comply with Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006.
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(h) A copy of the Approved List.
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Part 2
Conditions Subsequent
1. Additional Guarantors
(a) A copy of the constitutional documents of each Additional Guarantor (other than the Borrower or, if already provided pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Conditions), confirmation that such constitutional documents previously delivered documents have not been amended or superseded.
(b) To the extent not already provided pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Conditions), a copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or applicable governing body) of each Original Guarantor (other than the Borrower and Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited):
(i) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Security Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform the Transaction Security Documents to which it is a party;
(ii) authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Transaction Security Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
(iii) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Transaction Security Documents to which it is a party.
(c) A certificate of each Original Guarantor (other than the Borrower, the Parent and Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited) (signed by a director or other authorised signatory):
(i) to the extent not already provided pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 2 (Conditions), attaching a specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above;
(ii) confirming that securing the Total Commitments would not cause any security or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded; and
(iii) certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 2 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of the Transaction Security Document to which it is a party.
2. Transaction Security Documents
(a) The Promissory Notes executed by the Saudi Guarantor.
(b) The following Transaction Security Documents executed by the Original Guarantors specified below opposite the relevant Transaction Security Document:
Name of Guarantor |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
Parent |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts |
Security interest agreement between the Parent and the Global Security Agent |
Jersey |
Yes |
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Name of Guarantor |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
Air Holding USA, Inc |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of Air Distribution USA, Inc and Global Hookah, Inc |
Security agreement between Air Holding USA, Inc and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
Air Holding USA, Inc |
First-priority security over material intercompany receivables owed to Air Holding USA, Inc, Inc (if any) |
Security agreement between Air Holding USA, Inc and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
Air Holding USA, Inc |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Air Holding USA, Inc |
Security agreement between Air Holding USA, Inc and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
Air Holding USA, Inc |
First-priority floating charge (or equivalent) over substantially all of the present and future assets of Air Holding USA, Inc |
Security agreement between Air Holding USA, Inc and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
AIR Distribution USA, Inc. |
First-priority security over material intercompany receivables owed to AIR Distribution USA, Inc (if any) |
Security agreement between, amongst others, AIR Distribution USA, Inc. and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
AIR Distribution USA, Inc. |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of AIR Distribution USA, Inc. |
Security agreement between, amongst others, AIR Distribution USA, Inc. and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
Yes |
AIR Distribution USA, Inc. |
First-priority floating charge (or equivalent) over substantially all of |
Security agreement between, amongst others, AIR |
United States |
No |
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Name of Guarantor |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
|
the present and future assets of AIR Distribution USA, Inc. |
Distribution USA, Inc. and the Global Security Agent |
|
|
Global Hookah, Inc. |
First-priority security over material intercompany receivables owed to Global Hookah, Inc. (if any) |
Security agreement between, amongst others, Global Hookah, Inc. and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
Global Hookah, Inc. |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Global Hookah, Inc. |
Security agreement between, amongst others, Global Hookah, Inc. and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
Yes |
Global Hookah, Inc. |
First-priority floating charge (or equivalent) over substantially all of the present and future assets of Global Hookah, Inc. |
Security agreement between, amongst others, Global Hookah, Inc. and the Global Security Agent |
United States |
No |
Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading |
Security agreement between Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading and the KSA Security Agent |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Yes |
Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading (if any). |
Security agreement between Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading and the KSA Security Agent |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
No |
Borrower |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of Al Fakher |
Share security agreement between Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited |
Ajman Free Zone |
No |
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Name of Guarantor |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
|
Tobacco Factory F.Z.E. |
and the Global Security Agent |
|
|
Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of Al Fakher Pioneers for Trading |
Share security agreement between Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE and the KSA Security Agent |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
No |
Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE |
First-priority security over intercompany receivables owed to Al Fakher Tobacco Factory F.Z.E. (if any) |
Moveables security agreement between, amongst others, Al Fakher Tobacco Factory F.Z.E. and the Global Security Agent |
Ajman Free Zone |
No |
Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE |
First-priority security over all bank accounts of Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE |
Movable security agreement between Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE and the Global Security Agent |
Ajman Free Zone |
Yes |
Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE |
First-priority security over the material moveable assets (including trade receivables) of Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE (to the extent possible under relevant local law regulations) |
Movable security agreement between Al Fakher Tobacco Factory FZE and the Global Security Agent |
Ajman Free Zone |
No |
Borrower |
First-priority security over the issued share capital of AIR Global Brands Limited. |
Security interest agreement between the Borrower and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
AIR Global Brands Limited |
First-priority security over the |
Security interest agreement between AIR Global Brands |
Germany |
No |
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Name of Guarantor |
Transaction Security |
Transaction Security Document |
Governing law of Transaction Security Document |
Excluded Transaction Security |
|
issued share capital of Emtrada GmbH |
Limited and the Global Security Agent |
|
|
AIR Global Brands Limited |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of AIR Global Brands Limited |
Security interest agreement between AIR Global Brands Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
Yes |
AIR Global Brands Limited |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to AIR Global Brands Limited (if any). |
Security agreement between AIR Global Brands Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
AIR Global Brands Limited |
First-priority floating charge over substantially all of the present and future assets of AIR Global Brands Limited |
Security agreement between AIR Global Brands Limited and the Global Security Agent |
England and Wales |
No |
Emtrada GmbH |
First-priority security over all material bank accounts of Emtrada GmbH |
Security interest agreement between Emtrada GmbH and the Global Security Agent |
Germany |
Yes |
Emtrada GmbH |
First-priority security over all material intercompany receivables owed to Emtrada GmbH (if any). |
Security interest agreement between Emtrada GmbH and the Global Security Agent |
Germany |
No |
(c) Copies of any notices, documents or evidence of perfection steps which pursuant to the terms of the relevant security document (subject to the Agreed Security Principles) are required to be given, executed or carried out at the time of execution of the Transaction Security Documents referred to in paragraph (a) above.
3. Legal Opinions
(a) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, LLP legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to English law.
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(b) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, LLP, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(c) A legal opinion of The Law Firm of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, legal advisers to the Borrower as to the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(d) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, LLP, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to the laws of the Republic of Germany.
(e) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, legal advisers to the Borrower as to matters of US law.
(f) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, LLP, legal advisers to the Agent and the Arrangers as to the laws of the Ajman Free Zone.
(g) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, legal advisers to the Borrower as to the laws of the Ajman Free Zone.
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Part 3
Conditions Precedent Required to be Delivered by an Additional Guarantor
1. An Accession Deed executed by the Additional Guarantor and the Borrower.
2. A copy of the constitutional documents of the Additional Guarantor.
3. If required, a copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or applicable governing body) of the Additional Guarantor:
(a) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession Deed and the Finance Documents and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform the Accession Deed and any other Finance Document to which it is a party;
(b) authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Accession Deed and other Finance Documents on its behalf;
(c) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and
(d) authorising the Borrower to act as its agent in connection with the Finance Documents.
4. A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 3 above.
5. If required, a copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares of the Additional Guarantor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Additional Guarantor is a party.
6. If required, a copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each corporate shareholder of each Additional Guarantor approving the terms of the resolution referred to in paragraph 5 above.
7. A copy of a good standing certificate or the equivalent (to the extent such concept exists under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction) with respect to each Additional Guarantor whose jurisdiction of organization is a state of the US or the District of Columbia, issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such Additional Guarantor’s jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation.
8. A certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent of the chief financial officer, director of finance or other appropriate person of each Additional Guarantor created or organised under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia as to the solvency of such Additional Guarantor.
9. A certificate of the Additional Guarantor (signed by a director or other authorised signatory) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded.
10. A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Additional Guarantor certifying that each copy document listed in this Part 2 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession Deed.
11. A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Accession Deed or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
12. If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional Guarantor.
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13. A legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Agent in England, as to English law addressed to the Agent, the Security Agents and the Lenders in the form distributed to the Lenders prior to signing the Accession Deed.
14. Any security documents which, subject to the Agreed Security Principles, are required by the Agent to be executed by the proposed Additional Guarantor.
15. Any notices, documents or evidence of perfection steps which, pursuant to the terms of the relevant security document, are required to be given, executed or carried out at the time of execution of such security documents.
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Schedule 3
Requests and Notices
Part 1
Utilisation Request Loans
From: [Borrower]*
To: [Agent]
Dated:
[●] – USD [ ] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.
2. We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:
(a) Proposed Utilisation Date: |
[●] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) |
(b) Facility to be utilised: |
[Facility A] / [Revolving Facility] |
(c) Currency of Loan: |
USD |
(d) Amount: |
[●] or, if less, the Available Facility |
(e) Interest Period: |
[●] |
3. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further Conditions Precedent) of the Facilities Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
4. [This Loan is to be made in [whole]/[part] for the purpose of refinancing [identify maturing Revolving Facility Loan]/[The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account]].
5. This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
[●]
authorised signatory for and on behalf of
[the Borrower]
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Part 2
Selection Notice
Applicable to a Facility A Loan
From: [Borrower]
To: [Agent]
Dated:
[●] – USD [ ] Senior Facilities Agreement dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice.
2. We refer to the following Facility A Loans with an Interest Period ending on [●]**.
3. [We request that the above Facility A Loan[s] be divided into [ ] Facility A Loans with the following amounts and Interest Periods:] ***
or
[We request that the next Interest Period for the above Facility A Loan[s] is [●]].****
4. This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
[●]
authorised signatory for and on behalf of
[the Borrower]
Notes:
** Insert details of all Facility A Loans which have an Interest Period ending on the same date.
*** Use the option if division of a Loan is requested.
**** Use this option if sub-division is not required.
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Schedule 4
Form of Transfer Certificate
To: [●] as Agent
From: [The Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [The New Lender] (the “New Lender”)
Dated:
[●] – USD [ ] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement (as defined in the Facilities Agreement). This agreement (the “Agreement”) shall take effect as a Transfer Certificate for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement unless given a different meaning in this Agreement.
2. We refer to Clause 24.6 (Procedure for Transfer) of the Facilities Agreement:
(a) The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation and in accordance with Clause 24.6 (Procedure for Transfer) of the Facilities Agreement all of the Existing Lender’s rights and obligations under the Facilities Agreement and the other Finance Documents and in respect of the Transaction Security which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender’s Commitment(s) and participations in Utilisations under the Facilities Agreement as specified in Schedule 7 (Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred).
(b) The proposed Transfer Date is [●].
(c) The Facility Office and address and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 35.2 (Addresses) of the Facilities Agreement are set out in Schedule 7 (Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Transferred).
3. The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 24.5 (Limitation of Responsibility of Existing Lenders) of the Facilities Agreement.
4. The New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is:
(a) [a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender);]
(b) [a Treaty Lender (assuming all procedural formalities are completed);]
(c) [not a Qualifying Lender].*
5. The New Lender confirms that it [is]/[is not]* a Sponsor Affiliate.
6. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
7. This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
8. This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
Note: The execution of this Transfer Certificate may not transfer a proportionate share of the Existing ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s interest in the Transaction Security in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other
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formalities are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in the Existing ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Transaction Security in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities.
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Schedule 5
Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Transferred
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address and attention details for notices and account details for payments]
[Existing Lender]
For and on behalf of
By: [●]
[New Lender]
For and on behalf of
By: [●]
This Agreement is accepted as a Transfer Certificate for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement by the Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [●].
For and on behalf of
[Agent]
By: [●]
NOTES:
* Delete as applicable.
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Schedule 6
Form of Assignment Agreement
To: [●] as Agent and [●] as Borrower for and on behalf of each Obligor
From: [the Existing Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [the New Lender] (the “New Lender”)
Dated:
[●] – USD [ ] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is an Assignment Agreement. This agreement (the “Agreement”) shall take effect as an Assignment Agreement for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement unless given a different meaning in this Agreement.
2. We refer to Clause 24.7 (Procedure for Assignment) of the Facilities Agreement:
(a) The Existing Lender assigns absolutely to the New Lender all the rights of the Existing Lender under the Facilities Agreement, the other Finance Documents and in respect of the Transaction Security which correspond to that portion of the Existing Lender’s Commitment(s) and participations in Utilisations under the Facilities Agreement as specified in Schedule 7 (Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Transferred by Assignment, Release and Accession).
(b) The Existing Lender is released from all the obligations of the Existing Lender which correspond to that portion of the Existing Lender’s Commitment(s) and participations in Utilisations under the Facilities Agreement specified in Schedule 7 (Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred by assignment, release and accession).
(c) The New Lender becomes a Party as a Lender and is bound by obligations equivalent to those from which the Existing Lender is released under paragraph (b) above.
3. The proposed Transfer Date is [●].
4. On the Transfer Date the New Lender becomes party to the relevant Finance Documents as a Lender.
5. The Facility Office and address and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 35.2 (Addresses) of the Facilities Agreement are set out in Schedule 7 (Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred by assignment, release and accession).
6. The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 24.5 (Limitation of Responsibility of Existing Lenders) of the Facilities Agreement.
7. The New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is:
(a) [a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender);]
(b) [a Treaty Lender (assuming all procedural formalities are completed);]
(c) [not a Qualifying Lender].*
8. The New Lender confirms that it [is]/[is not]* a Sponsor Affiliate.
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9. This Agreement acts as notice to the Agent (on behalf of each Finance Party) and, upon delivery in accordance with Clause 24.8 (Copy of Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement to Borrower), to the Borrower (on behalf of each Obligor) of the assignment referred to in this Agreement.
10. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
11. This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
12. This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
Note: The execution of this Assignment Agreement may not transfer a proportionate share of the Existing ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s interest in the Transaction Security in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other formalities are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in the Existing Lender’s Transaction Security in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities.
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Schedule 7
Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Transferred by Assignment,
Release and Accession
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address and attention details for notices
and account details for payments]
[Existing Lender]
For and on behalf of
By: [●]
[New Lender]
For and on behalf of
By: [●]
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Schedule 8
Form of Accession Deed
To: [●] as Agent
From: [Subsidiary] and [Borrower]
Dated: [●]
[●] – USD [●] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement. This deed (the “Accession Deed”) shall take effect as an Accession Deed for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement and the Priority Agreement. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in paragraphs 1-5 of this Accession Deed unless given a different meaning in this Accession Deed.
2. [Subsidiary] agrees to become an Additional Guarantor and to be bound by the terms of the Facilities Agreement and the other Finance Documents as an Additional Guarantor pursuant to Clause 27.2 (Additional Guarantors) of the Facilities Agreement.
3. [Subsidiary] agrees to become a[n] [Intra-Group Lender/ Shareholder Lender/Debtor] under the Priority Agreement in accordance with Clause [17.7 (New Intra-Group Lender) / 17.8 (New Shareholder Lender) / 17.10 (New Debtor)] of the Priority Agreement and to be bound by the terms of the Priority Agreement, the Facilities Agreement and the other Finance Documents as a[n] [Intra-Group Lender/ Shareholder Lender/Debtor].
4. [Subsidiary] is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction] and is a limited liability company with registered number [●].
5. [Subsidiary’s] administrative details for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement are as follows:
Address: [●]
Attention: [●]
6. This Accession Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
This Accession Deed has been signed on behalf of the Borrower and executed as a deed by [Subsidiary] and is delivered on the date stated above.
[Subsidiary]
[Executed as a Deed |
|
Director |
|
|
Director/Secretary] |
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OR
[Executed as a Deed |
|
Signature of Director Name of Director |
Signature of witness Name of witness Address of witness Occupation of witness] |
|
|
The Borrower
For and on behalf of
[▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇]
By: [●]
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Schedule 9
Form of Resignation Letter
To: [●] as Agent
From: [resigning Obligor] and [▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇]
Dated: [●]
[●] – USD [●] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Resignation Letter. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Resignation Letter unless given a different meaning in this Resignation Letter.
2. Pursuant to Clause 27.3 (Resignation of a Guarantor) of the Facilities Agreement, we request that [resigning Obligor] be released from its obligations as a Guarantor under the Facilities Agreement and the Finance Documents.
3. We confirm that:
(a) no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of this request; [and]
(b) [this request is given in relation to a Third Party Disposal of [resigning Obligor]];*
(c) [●]**
4. This Resignation Letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
5. The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Finance Parties and Secured Parties for any costs, expenses, or liabilities which would have been payable by [resigning Obligor] in connection with the Finance Documents but for the release set out in paragraph 1 above.
For and on behalf of
|
|
For and on behalf of
|
[●] |
|
[●] |
Notes:
* Insert where resignation only permitted in case of a Third Party Disposal.
** Insert any other conditions required by the Facilities Agreement.
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Schedule 10
Form of Compliance Certificate
To: [●] as Agent
From: [Borrower]
Dated: [●]
[●] – USD [●] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.
2. We confirm that:
(a) in respect of the Relevant Period ending on [●] EBITDA for the Relevant Period was [●] and Debt Service for the Relevant Period was [●]. Therefore Debt Service Cover for such Relevant Period was [●] and the covenant contained in paragraph (a) of Clause 20.2 (Financial Condition) [has/has not] been complied with;
(b) on the last day of the Relevant Period ending on [●] Total Net Debt was [●] and EBITDA for such Relevant Period was [●]. Therefore Consolidated Net Leverage at such time [did/did not] exceed [●] for such Relevant Period and the covenant contained in paragraph (b) of Clause 20.2 (Financial Condition) [has/has not] been complied with;
(c) Consolidated Net Leverage is [●]:1 and, therefore, the Margin for each Loan should be [●]%; and
(d) in respect of the Relevant Period ending on [●]Consolidated Net Leverage in respect of the most recently completed Relevant Period is [●],
and we attach (in reasonable detail) the underlying calculations (which are reasonable in the opinion of the Borrower) in respect of the above figures.
3. [We confirm that no Default is continuing.]*
4. [We confirm that the following companies constitute Material Companies for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement: [●].]
We confirm that:
(a) the aggregate of the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (calculated on the same basis as EBITDA) of the Guarantors (calculated on an unconsolidated basis and excluding all intra-Group items, goodwill and investments in Subsidiaries of any member of the Group) exceeds [●]% of EBITDA of the Group; and
(b) the net revenues of the Guarantors represent not less than [●]% of the consolidated net revenues of the Group,
and therefore the Guarantor Coverage Test [is in compliance] / [is not in compliance]. And set out below are details of every member of the Group required to become Additional Guarantors to ensure compliance with the Guarantor Coverage Test:
[●]] **
Signed
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For and on behalf of
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For and on behalf of
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Director |
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Director |
[insert applicable certification language]
for and on behalf of
[name of [Auditors]]***
[●]
Notes:
* If this statement cannot be made, the certificate should identify any Default that is continuing and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.
** Only applicable if this Compliance Certificate accompanies the audited financial statements.
*** Only applicable if the Compliance Certificate accompanies the audited financial statements and is to be signed by the Borrower’s Auditors.
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Schedule 11
Timetables
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Loans in dollars |
Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) or a Selection Notice (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods and Terms)) |
First Utilisation Request: U-2 Any other Utilisation Request: U-3 9.30am (London) |
Agent notifies the Lenders of the Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ Participation) |
U-2 9:30 am (London) |
“U” |
= |
date of utilisation or, if applicable, in the case of a Loan that has already been borrowed, the first day of the relevant Interest Period for that Loan. |
“U – X” |
= |
X Business Days prior to date of utilisation |
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Schedule 12
Form of Increase Confirmation
To: |
[●] as Agent, [●] as Global Security Agent, [●] as KSA Security Agent, [●] and [●] as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, for and on behalf of each Obligor |
From: |
[Increase Lender] (the “Increase Lender”) |
Dated: |
[●] |
[●] – USD [●] Senior Facilities Agreement dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to the Facilities Agreement and to the Priority Agreement (as defined in the Facilities Agreement). This agreement (the “Agreement”) shall take effect as an Increase Confirmation for the purpose of the Facilities Agreement. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this Agreement unless given a different meaning in this Agreement.
2. We refer to Clause 2.2 (Increase) of the Facilities Agreement.
3. The Increase Lender agrees to assume and will assume all of the obligations corresponding to the Commitment specified in Schedule 13 (Relevant Commitment/rights and obligations to be assumed by the Increase Lender) (the “Relevant Commitment”) as if it was an Original Lender under the Facilities Agreement.
4. The proposed date on which the increase in relation to the Increase Lender and the Relevant Commitment is to take effect (the “Increase Date”) is [●].
5. On the Increase Date, the Increase Lender becomes party to the relevant Finance Documents as a Lender.
6. The Facility Office and address and attention details for notices to the Increase Lender for the purposes of Clause 35.2 (Addresses) of the Facilities Agreement are set out in Schedule 13 (Relevant Commitment/rights and obligations to be assumed by the Increase Lender).
7. The Increase Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders’ obligations referred to in paragraph (f) of Clause 2.2 (Increase).
8. The Increase Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is:
(a) [a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender);]
(b) [a Treaty Lender (assuming all procedural formalities are completed);]
(c) [not a Qualifying Lender].*
9. The Increase Lender confirms that it [is]/[is not]* not a Sponsor Affiliate.
10. The Increase Lender confirms that it is not an Industry Competitor, a Defaulting Lender or a Loan to Own/Distressed Investor.
11. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
12. This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
13. This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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Note: The execution of this Increase Confirmation may not be sufficient for the Increase Lender to obtain the benefit of the Transaction Security in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the Increase Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other formalities are required to obtain the benefit of the Transaction Security in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities.
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Schedule 13
Relevant Commitment/Rights and Obligations to be Assumed by the Increase Lender
[insert relevant details]
[Facility office address and attention details for notices and account details for payments]
[Increase Lender]
By: [●]
This Agreement is accepted as an Increase Confirmation for the purposes of the Facilities Agreement by the Agent and by the Security Agents and the Increase Date is confirmed as [●].
Agent
By: [●]
Global Security Agent
By: [●] |
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KSA Security Agent
By: [●] |
Note:
* Delete as applicable.
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Schedule 14
Agreed Security Principles
1. Security Principles
(a) The guarantees and security to be provided will be given in accordance with the agreed security principles set out in this Schedule 14. This Schedule 14 addresses the manner in which the Agreed Security Principles will impact on the guarantees and security proposed to be taken in relation to this transaction.
(b) The Agreed Security Principles embody a recognition by all parties that there may be certain legal and practical difficulties in obtaining effective or commercially reasonable guarantees and security from Obligors in jurisdictions in which it has been agreed that guarantees and security will be granted. In particular:
(i) general legal and statutory limitations, regulatory restrictions, financial assistance, corporate benefit, capital maintenance, equity subordination, fraudulent preference, “interest stripping”, “controlled foreign corporation”, transfer pricing or “thin capitalisation” rules, tax restrictions, retention of title claims and similar principles may prohibit, limit or otherwise restrict the ability of a member of the Group to provide a guarantee or security or may require that the guarantee or security be limited by an amount or otherwise. If any such limit applies, the guarantees and security provided (or the enforceability thereof) will be limited to the maximum amount which the relevant member of the Group may provide, having regard to applicable law (including any jurisprudence) and subject to fiduciary duties of management. A guarantee or security interest will not be required if, or its enforceability will be limited if and to the extent that, giving such guarantee or taking such security would expose the directors, officers or employees of the relevant company to a risk of personal liability. The Parent will use reasonable endeavours to assist in demonstrating that adequate corporate benefit accrues to each Guarantor;
(ii) certain supervisory board, works council, regulator or regulatory board (or equivalent), or another external body’s or person’s consent may be required to enable a member of the Group to provide a guarantee or security. Such guarantee and/or security shall not be required unless such consent has been received provided that reasonable endeavours have been used by the relevant member of the Group to obtain the relevant consent to the extent permissible by law and regulation and such consent has no material adverse impact on relationships with third parties;
(iii) a key factor in determining whether or not a guarantee or security shall be taken (and the extent of the perfection and/or registration of such security) is the applicable time and cost to the Group (including adverse effects in relation to taxes, interest deductibility, stamp duty, notarisation and registration fees), which shall not be disproportionate to the benefit accruing to the Lenders of obtaining such guarantee, security or perfection;
(iv) where there is material incremental cost involved in creating security over all assets owned by an Obligor in a particular category the principle stated at paragraph (iii) above shall apply and, subject to these Agreed Security Principles, only the material assets in that category shall be subject to security;
(v) the maximum guaranteed or secured amount may be limited to minimise stamp duty, notarisation, registration or other applicable fees, taxes and duties where the benefit of increasing the guaranteed or secured amount is disproportionate
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to the level of such fee, taxes and duties (and in any event the maximum aggregate amount payable by the Group in respect of fees, costs, expenses, disbursements and VAT relating to the provision of guarantees and security shall be limited to an amount to be agreed between the relevant Security Agent and the Borrower);
(vi) it is acknowledged that in certain jurisdictions, it may be impossible, impractical, or disproportionately costly to create guarantees or security over certain categories of assets, in which event guarantees or security will not be taken over such assets;
(vii) any assets or companies subject to applicable legal requirements or third party arrangements which may prevent those assets from being charged, assigned, secured or subject to the applicable security document or those companies from giving a security or guarantee (or assets which, if charged, assigned, secured or subject to the applicable security document, would give a third party the right to terminate or otherwise amend any rights, benefits and/or obligations of the Group in respect of those assets or require any member of the Group to take any action materially adverse to the interests of the Group or any member thereof) will be excluded from any relevant security document and any requirement to give security or guarantee provided that reasonable endeavours to obtain consent to charging any such assets shall be used by the Obligors if the relevant asset is material and if, in the view of the Borrower (acting reasonably), taking such security will have no material adverse impact on commercial relationships with third parties or otherwise force the relevant Obligor or the Group to incur any material cost;
(viii) members of the Group will not be required to give guarantees or enter into security documents if (i) it is not within their legal capacity to do so or (ii) it would conflict with the fiduciary or statutory duties of their directors, officers or employees, contravene any legal or regulatory prohibition, bona fide contractual restriction or regulatory condition or result in a risk of personal or criminal liability on the part of any director, officer or employee provided that the relevant member of the Group shall use reasonable endeavours to overcome any such obstacle to the extent achievable at reasonable cost and without adverse impact on relationships with third parties;
(ix) the giving of a guarantee, the granting of security or the perfection of security granted will not be required if it would be unduly burdensome or restrict the ability of the relevant Obligor to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course or as otherwise permitted by the finance documents (including, without limitation, notification of receivables security to third party debtors until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Agent has given notice of intention to enforce in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless otherwise stated within these Agreed Security Principles), and any requirement under these Agreed Security Principles to seek the consent of any person or to take or not take any other action shall be subject to this paragraph (ix);
(x) unless granted under a global security document governed by the law of the jurisdiction of an Obligor or under English law all security (other than share security over its guarantor company subsidiaries) shall be governed by the law of and secure assets located in the jurisdiction of incorporation of that Obligor (except (i) in the case of any US Obligor, any such transaction security document will be governed by the law of the State of New York and will secure assets located in any jurisdiction in the US and (ii) in the case of any Obligor that is not a US Obligor, where the security to be granted cannot be legally,
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validly and effectively secured by the governing law of the jurisdiction of incorporation);
(xi) no title investigations will be required and no title insurance will be required;
(xii) no security will be granted over real estate;
(xiii) no guarantee or security will be required from or over, or over the assets of, any joint venture or similar arrangement or any minority interest;
(xiv) perfection action will only be required:
(A) in jurisdictions where Obligors are incorporated (or in the case of US Obligors, in jurisdictions within the US); or
(B) pursuant to the governing law jurisdiction of the relevant security agreement, other than in respect of assets subject to general floating charges or blanket liens or where such perfection action would result in costs that are disproportionate to the benefit obtained by the beneficiaries of that Security;
(xv) other than a general security agreement and related filing, no perfection action will be required with respect to assets of a type not owned by members of the Group; and
(xvi) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no perfection action will be required with respect to assets of US Obligors by any means other than through (A) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the office of the secretary of state (or similar central filing office) of the relevant state or (B) delivery to the Security Agent to be held in its possession of all collateral consisting of (x) certificated securities with accompanying stock transfer forms executed in blank and (y) debt instruments with value above a threshold mutually agreed to by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Security Agent with accompanying transfer forms executed in blank.
(c) The Security Agents or the Finance Parties, as the case may be, shall promptly discharge any guarantees and release any Security which is or are subject to any legal or regulatory prohibition as is referred to in paragraph 141(b)(viii) above.
2. Guarantors and Security
(a) Subject to the due execution of all relevant Transaction Security Documents, completion of relevant perfection formalities within statutorily prescribed time limits, payment of all registration fees and documentary taxes, any other rights arising by operation of law, obtaining any relevant foreign legal opinions and subject to any qualifications which may be set out in any finance document and any relevant legal opinions obtained and subject to these Agreed Security Principles:
(i) each guarantee will be an upstream, cross-stream and downstream guarantee and for all liabilities of the Obligors under the finance documents; and
(ii) the Transaction Security Documents will secure the obligations of the relevant security provider or, if such security is provided on a third party basis, all liabilities of the Obligors under the Finance Documents,
in each case in accordance with, and subject to, the requirements of these Agreed Security Principles in each relevant jurisdiction.
(b) Security will only be granted over shares in Obligors, in accordance with and subject to these Agreed Security Principles. Where an Obligor secures shares, the Transaction
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Security Documents will be governed by the laws of the Borrower whose shares are being secured and not by the law of the country of the pledgor.
(c) All security shall be given in favour of a Security Agent and not the Finance Parties individually. “Parallel debt” provisions will be used where necessary; such provisions are contained in the Priority Agreement and not the individual Transaction Security Documents unless required under local laws. Any Transaction Security Document governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall be given in favour of the KSA Security Agent and any Transaction Security Document not governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall be given in favour of the KSA Security Agent.
(d) To the extent possible, there should be no action required to be taken in relation to the guarantees or security when any Lender assigns or transfers any of its participation in the Facility to a new Lender.
(e) The Security Agents and the Parent shall negotiate the form of each Transaction Security Document in good faith in accordance with the terms of these Agreed Security Principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any guarantee and security arrangements agreed by the relevant Security Agent and the Borrower from time to time (including the identity and category of assets subject or not subject to security) shall be deemed to satisfy all relevant obligations of the Group to provide guarantees and security in respect of the Facility.
3. Scope of Security
Security shall be limited to:
(a) prior to the Release Condition Date: (i) share security in respect of shares in Obligors (other than an Obligor which is an Obligor as a result of paragraph (b) of the definition of Material Company) owned by members of the Group; (ii) security over shares in the Borrower granted by Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited; (iii) an assignment of all material intercompany receivables owed to each Obligor; (iv) security over material bank accounts of Obligors; (v) a moveable security interest over the movables assets (including receivables owed from third parties) of Al Fakher Tobacco Factory F.Z.E. (to the extent possible under extant regulations); and (vi) a floating charge granted by each relevant Obligor incorporated in England and Wales and any other jurisdiction where it is customary and market practice to grant floating charges or blanket liens; and
(b) on and following the Release Condition Date: Excluded Transaction Security only.
4. Terms Of Transaction Security Documents
The following principles will be reflected in the terms of any security taken as part of this transaction:
(a) the security will be first ranking, to the extent possible;
(b) security will not be enforceable until an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(c) subject to paragraph 9 (Trade Receivables), notification of receivables security to debtors and of security over goods held by third parties will, unless required for the perfection of security, only be given after an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (provided that, in the case of any Transaction Security Document entered into in respect of receivables due from other Obligors, each relevant
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Obligor shall be notified on the date of execution of that Transaction Security Document where required for the perfection of security);
(d) each Transaction Security Document (other than Transaction Security Documents which are required to be notarised in order to be valid and/or enforceable) will, to the extent legally possible, contain a clause which records that (i) if there is a conflict between the Transaction Security Document and this Agreement, then (to the extent permitted by law) the provisions of this Agreement shall take priority over the provisions of the Transaction Security Document, (ii) if there is a conflict between the Transaction Security Document and the Priority Agreement, then (to the extent permitted by law) the provisions of the Priority Agreement shall take priority over the provisions of the Transaction Security Document, and (iii) if there is a conflict between the Transaction Security Document, this Agreement and the Priority Agreement, then (to the extent permitted by law) the provisions of the Priority Agreement shall take priority over the provisions of this Agreement with respect to such conflict;
(e) the Security Agents shall only be able to exercise a power of attorney following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and if notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or if the relevant Obligor has failed to comply with a further assurance or perfection obligation (and any grace period applicable thereto has expired);
(f) the provisions of each Transaction Security Document will not be unduly burdensome on the Obligor or interfere unreasonably with the operation of its business, will be limited to those required by local law to create or perfect security and will not impose commercial obligations;
(g) in the Transaction Security Document there will be no repetition or extension of clauses set out in this Agreement such as those relating to notices, cost and expenses, indemnities, tax gross-up, distribution of proceeds and release of security (unless inclusion is required by local law); representations and undertakings shall be included in the Transaction Security Documents only to the extent relating to title or required by local law in order to create or perfect the security interest expressed to be created thereby (to the extent perfection is required by these Agreed Security Principles) and shall be the same as or no more onerous than the terms of this Agreement;
(h) representations in each Transaction Security Document shall be given only on the date on which such Transaction Security Documents are executed and shall not otherwise repeat;
(i) any rights of set off will not be exercisable until the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Such rights shall apply only to matured obligations due and payable to any Finance Party by an Obligor under a Finance Document;
(j) the Transaction Security Document should not operate so as to prevent transactions which are permitted under this Agreement or to require additional consents or authorisations;
(k) where an Obligor is permitted to dispose of an asset forming part of the Transaction Security pursuant to the terms of the Finance Documents, the Security Agents are under an obligation to release such asset upon request by the Borrower and will be entitled to do so without the consent of any other Finance Party. For the purposes of releasing such asset from the security created thereon, the Security Agents shall execute such documents, agreements and applications and shall undertake such actions as reasonably requested by the Borrower or the relevant Obligor;
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(l) in the case of any Permitted Transaction, the Security Agents, the Agent and the Lenders shall, upon request by the Borrower, execute, deliver and otherwise implement guarantee or security release and/or amendment of the Transaction Security Documents to effect such a Permitted Transaction;
(m) no Transaction Security Document will accrue interest on any amount in respect of which interest is accruing under this Agreement;
(n) information, such as lists of assets (including, without limitation, receivables), will be provided if, and only to the extent, required by local law to be provided to perfect or register the security and, when required, shall be provided annually or, following an Event of Default which is continuing, on a Security Agent’s reasonable request; and
(o) security will, where possible and practical, automatically create security over future assets of the same type as those already secured; where local law requires supplemental security to be delivered in respect of future acquired assets in order for effective security to be created over that class of asset, such supplemental security shall be provided at intervals no more frequently than annually, except where an Event of Default is continuing.
5. Bank Accounts
(a) If required under this Agreement, an Obligor shall grant security over its material bank accounts. For the purposes of this paragraph 5, a “material bank account” means any bank account of an Obligor with a balance exceeding USD 50,000 at any time.
(b) If an Obligor grants security over its material bank accounts it shall be free to deal with those accounts in the course of its business (including opening and closing accounts) until an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) There shall be no “fixed” security over bank accounts, cash or receivables or any obligation to hold or pay cash and receivables in particular accounts;
(d) If required by local law to perfect the security, notice of the security (including notice that the Obligor is free to deal with those accounts in the course of its business until revocation of such authorisation upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing) will be served on the account bank on the date of the security being granted and the Obligor shall use its reasonable endeavours (not involving the payment of money or incurrence of any external expenses) to obtain an acknowledgement of that notice within 30 Business Days of service. If the Obligor has used its reasonable endeavours but has not been able to obtain acknowledgement or acceptance its obligation to obtain acknowledgement or acceptance shall cease on the expiry of that 30 Business Day period, provided that during such 30 Business Day period, such Obligor shall, upon request by the Agent, provide the Agent with reasonable detail of the steps it is taking to obtain such acknowledgment or acceptance. Irrespective of whether notice of the security is required for perfection, if the service of notice would prevent the Obligor from using a bank account in the course of its business no notice of security shall be served until an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that such requirement to obtain an acknowledgement or acceptance does not apply to any security granted over accounts in the UAE or the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(e) Any security over bank accounts shall be subject to any prior security interests and any other rights (including but not limited to set-off rights) in favour of the account bank which are created either by law or in the standard terms and conditions of the account bank (from time to time). The notice of security may request these are waived by the
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account bank but the Obligor shall not be required to change its banking arrangements if these security interests are not waived or only partially waived.
(f) Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the relevant Security Agent shall not have discretion to refrain from applying or to hold in suspense accounts moneys received from the Group in respect of the Group’s liabilities under the finance documents or to exercise any general rights of set-off.
(g) Any Obligor shall be free to close any bank account at any time without any prior consent or notification requirement until the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (unless the Finance Documents expressly provide for any specific account (by reference to its purpose) to be subject to specific restrictions on use), in which case, written notice must be delivered to the Security Agent; provided that any amounts standing to the credit of such bank account are transferred to another bank account encumbered in favour of the Security Agent.
(h) To the extent that a bank account held by an Obligor has a nil balance continuing for more than three months, that Obligor may close that account and if so closed, any security over it shall be released.
(i) If required under local law security over bank accounts will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
(j) No security will be granted in relation to any deposit account of any US Obligor or located in the US (i) that is used for the sole purpose of making payroll and withholding tax payments related thereto and other employee wage and benefits payments and accrued and unpaid employee compensation payments (including salaries, wages, benefits and expense reimbursements, 401(k) and other retirement plans and employee benefits), (ii) that is used for the sole purpose of paying taxes, including sales taxes, (iii) that is used solely as an escrow account, fiduciary or trust account or exclusively for the benefit of an unaffiliated third party or (iv) that has an aggregate average daily balance, together with any other deposit account subject to this limb (iv), of an agreed minimum amount (collectively, “Excluded US Accounts”).
(k) With respect to accounts (including deposit accounts or securities accounts) held in the United States, no account control agreements shall be required.
6. Intercompany Receivables
(a) If required under this Agreement, an Obligor shall grant security over its material intercompany receivables. For the purposes of this paragraph 6, a “material intercompany receivable” means any intercompany receivable of an Obligor in an amount exceeding USD 50,000 at any time.
(b) If an Obligor grants security over material intercompany receivables it shall be free to deal with those receivables in the course of its business until an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) If required by local law to perfect the security, notice of the security will be served on the relevant debtor on the date of the security being granted and the relevant Obligor shall promptly obtain an acknowledgement of that notice. Irrespective of whether notice of the security is required for perfection, if the service of notice would prevent the Obligor from dealing with an intercompany receivable in the course of its business, no notice of security shall be served until an Event of Default has occurred which is
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continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) If required under local law security over intercompany receivables will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
7. Shares
(a) Until an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the charging Obligor will be permitted to retain and to exercise voting rights and powers appertaining to any shares charged by it and the Parent whose shares have been charged will be permitted to pay dividends upstream on secured shares to the extent permitted under the finance documents with the proceeds to be available to the Parent and its subsidiaries.
(b) Where customary, on or within 5 Business Days following execution of the share charge, the share certificate and a stock transfer form executed in blank will be provided to the relevant Security Agent and where required by law the share certificate or shareholders’ register will be endorsed or written up and the endorsed share certificate or a copy of the written up register provided to the relevant Security Agent.
(c) Unless the restriction is required by law or regulation, the constitutional documents of the company whose shares have been charged will be amended to remove any restriction on the transfer or the registration of the transfer of the shares or on the taking or enforcement of the security granted over them.
8. Real Estate
(a) No Obligor will be required to grant security over its real estate.
(b) There will be no obligation to investigate title, provide surveys or other insurance of environmental due diligence.
9. Trade Receivables
(a) If required under this Agreement, an Obligor shall grant security over its material trade receivables. For the purposes of this paragraph 9, a “material trade receivable” means any trade receivable of an Obligor in an amount exceeding USD 50,000 at any time.
(b) If an Obligor grants security over its material trade receivables it shall be free to deal with those receivables in the course of its business until an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d) below, no notice of security may be prepared or served until the occurrence of an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and notice of acceleration has been given by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Al Fakher Tobacco Factory F.Z.E shall deliver notices of security to KM Tobacco General Trading FZ-LLC and Expert Global General Trading FZ-LLC following execution by it of the relevant Transaction Security Document, provided that no acknowledgment of such notices shall be required.
(e) No security will be granted over any trade receivables which cannot be secured under the terms of the relevant contract.
(f) Trade receivables that are part of a “qualified receivables financing” (or equivalent) shall not be secured. To the extent any property or assets (including trade receivables)
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are required to be released from the security in connection with or pursuant to a “qualified receivables financing”, such property or assets shall be released at the request of the relevant Obligor.
(g) If required under local law security over trade receivables will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles.
(h) Any list of trade receivables required shall not include details of the underlying contracts and no security shall be granted where it would put the details of trade receivables or the underlying contracts at risk of public disclosure or where disclosure of such a list would cause the relevant Obligor to breach any data protection obligations owed by it under applicable law.
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Schedule 15
Forms of Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction Notice
Part 1
Form of Notice on Entering into Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction
To: |
[●] as Agent |
From: |
[The Lender] |
Dated: |
[●] |
[●] – USD [●] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to paragraph (b) of Clause 26.2 (Disenfranchisement of Sponsor Affiliates) of the Facilities Agreement. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this notice unless given a different meaning in this notice.
2. We have entered into a Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction.
3. The Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction referred to in paragraph 2 above relates to the amount of our Commitment(s) as set out below.
Commitment |
Amount of our Commitment to which Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction relates (USD) |
[Commitment |
[insert amount (of that Commitment) to which the relevant Debt Purchase Transaction applies] |
For and on behalf of
[Lender]
By: [●]
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Part 2
Form of Notice on Termination of Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction/Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction ceasing to be with Sponsor Affiliate
To: |
[●] as Agent |
From: |
[The Lender] |
Dated: |
[●] |
[●] – USD [●] Senior Facilities Agreement
dated [●] (the “Facilities Agreement”)
1. We refer to paragraph (d) of Clause 26.2 (Disenfranchisement of Sponsor Affiliates) of the Facilities Agreement. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in this notice unless given a different meaning in this notice.
2. A Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction which we entered into and which we notified you of in a notice dated [●] has [terminated]/[ceased to be with a Sponsor Affiliate].1
3. The Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction referred to in paragraph 2 above relates to the amount of our Commitment(s) as set out below.
Commitment |
Amount of our Commitment to which Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction relates (USD) |
[Commitment |
[insert amount (of that Commitment) to which the relevant Debt Purchase Transaction applies] |
For and on behalf of
[Lender]
By: [●]
1 Delete as applicable
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Schedule 16
Form of Promissory Note
PROMISSORY NOTE |
ﺳﻨﺪ ﻷﻣﺮ |
Date of Issue: [●] [●] |
ﺗﺎرﯾﺦ الانشاء: [●] [●] |
Place of Issue: [city name], Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
ﻣﻜﺎن الانشاء: [اسم المدينة]، اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ اﻟﺴﻌﻮدﯾﺔ |
Value: [currency and amount in numbers] |
اﻟﻘﯿﻤﺔ: ]القيمة والعملة[ |
Issuer: [name of issuer], a [type of entity] company incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with commercial registration number [●]dated [●] issued by the Ministry of Commerce, with its registered head office located at PO Box [●], [city], [●], Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
ﻣﺤﺮر اﻟﺴﻨﺪ: ﺷﺮﻛﺔ[ اسم الشركة[،]نوع الشركة[، ﺗﺄﺳﺴﺖ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ اﻟﺴﻌﻮدﯾﺔ، ﺑﻤﻮﺟﺐ ﺳﺠﻞ ﺗﺠﺎري رﻗﻢ [●]ﺑﺘﺎرﯾﺦ [●]ھـ اﻟﺼﺎدر ﻣﻦ وزارة اﻟﺘﺠﺎرة، وﻋﻨﻮان ﻣﺮﻛﺰھﺎ اﻟﺮﺋﯿﺲ اﻟﻤﺴﺠﻞ ﻓﻲ ص.ب [●]، [●]،[●]، اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ السعودية. |
We, as the issuer, unconditionally and irrevocably undertake to pay at sight, to the order of [name of beneficiary bank/agent]. in the city of [city name], the sum of [currency and amount in numbers] [currency and amount in words] |
ﻧﺘﻌﮭﺪ ﻧﺤﻦ ﻣﺤﺮري ھﺬا اﻟﺴﻨﺪ، دون ﻗﯿﺪ أو ﺷﺮط وﺑﺼﻮرة ﻏﯿﺮ ﻗﺎﺑﻠﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﻘﺾ، ﺑﺄن ﻧﺪﻓﻊ ﻷﻣﺮ [●]، ﻓﻲ ﻣﺪﯾﻨﺔ [●]،مبلغ[●], [●] ﻟﺪى اﻻطﻼع.. |
The holder may obtain recourse without presentation or costs or notice or protest of non-payment. |
وﯾﺠﻮز ﻟﺤﺎﻣﻞ ھﺬا اﻟﺴﻨﺪ اﻟﺮﺟﻮع دون ﺣﺎﺟﺔ ﻟﺘﻘﺪﯾﻤﮫ ودون ﺗﻜﺎﻟﯿﻒ أو .إﺧﻄﺎر أو اﺣﺘﺠﺎج ﺑﻌﺪم اﻟﺪﻓﻊ |
Signature of authorised representative of the issuer: |
ﺗﻮﻗﯿﻊ اﻟﻤﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﻤﻔﻮض ﺑﺎﻟﺘﻮﻗﯿﻊ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ اﻟﺴﻨﺪ:` |
Name of the authorised representative of the issuer |
اﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﻤﻔﻮض ﺑﺎﻟﺘﻮﻗﯿﻊ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ اﻟﺴﻨﺪ: |
[●] |
|
Signature of authorised representative of the issuer: |
ﺗﻮﻗﯿﻊ اﻟﻤﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﻤﻔﻮض ﺑﺎﻟﺘﻮﻗﯿﻊ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ اﻟﺴﻨﺪ: |
Name of the authorised representative of the issuer |
اﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﻤﻔﻮض ﺑﺎﻟﺘﻮﻗﯿﻊ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ اﻟﺴﻨﺪ: |
[●] |
|
[STAMP] |
اﻟﺨﺘﻢ |
Witness:* |
اﻟﺸﺎھﺪ: * |
1. Name: |
اﻻﺳﻢ: |
I.D. No: |
رﻗﻢ اﻟﺴﺠﻞ اﻟﻤﺪﻧﻲ أو ﺟﻮاز اﻟﺴﻔﺮ: |
I.D. Place and date of issue: |
ﺟﮭﺔ اﻹﺻﺪار وﺗﺎرﯾﺦ اﻹﺻﺪار: |
Signature: |
اﻟﺘﻮﻗﯿﻊ: |
2. Name: |
اﻻﺳﻢ: |
I.D. No: |
رﻗﻢ اﻟﺴﺠﻞ اﻟﻤﺪﻧﻲ أو ﺟﻮاز اﻟﺴﻔﺮ: |
I.D. Place and date of issue: |
ﺟﮭﺔ اﻹﺻﺪار وﺗﺎرﯾﺦ اﻹﺻﺪار: |
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Signature: |
اﻟﺘﻮﻗﯿﻊ: |
Each witness declares himself an adult Muslim male of legal capacity. |
* أﻗﺮ ﻛﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺸﺎھﺪﯾﻦ ﺑﺄﻧﮫ ﻣﺴﻠﻢ راﺷﺪ ﻣﺘﻤﺘﻊ ﺑﺎﻷھﻠﯿﺔ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﯿﺔ |
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Schedule 17
Published Rate Contingency Periods
[Published Rate |
Period |
CME Term SOFR (all Quoted Tenors) |
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SOFR |
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Signatures
The Initial Parent
For and on behalf of
AIR Limited as Initial Parent
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: |
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
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Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
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|
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The Borrower
For and on behalf of
AIR Group Ventures Limited as Borrower
/s/ Bassem Lofty |
Bassem Lofty |
Director |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Original Guarantors
For and on behalf of
AIR Limited as Original Guarantor
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
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Name: |
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
|
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Bidco 2 Limited as Original Guarantor
/s/ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ |
Director |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
AIR Group Ventures Limited as Original Guarantor
/s/ Bassem Lofty |
Bassem Lofty |
Director |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Holdco Limited as Original Guarantor
/s/ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ |
Director |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Advanced Inhalation Rituals Midco Limited as Original Guarantor
/s/ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ |
Director |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Arrangers
Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers
For and on behalf of
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Group Head |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇’▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇’▇▇▇▇▇ |
First Vice President |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
VP, Senior Relationship Manager |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Barclays Bank PLC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ du Bouetiez |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ du Bouetiez |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Citibank N.A. UAE Branch
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Head of Legal |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Emirates NBD Capital Limited
/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Mashreqbank psc
/s/ Sanjekanth ▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ |
Authorized Signatory |
/s/ Shemaith ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Authorized Signatory |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Lead Bookrunner
For and on behalf of
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Head of Legal |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Bookrunners
For and on behalf of
Emirates NBD Capital Limited
/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Mashreqbank psc
/s/ Sanjekanth ▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ |
Authorized Signatory |
/s/ Shemaith ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Authorized Signatory |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Original Lenders
For and on behalf of
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Group Head |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇’▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇’▇▇▇▇▇ |
First Vice President |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
VP, Senior Relationship Manager |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Barclays Bank PLC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ du Bouetiez |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ du Bouetiez |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Citibank N.A. UAE Branch
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Director |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Head of Legal |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ |
A-6167 |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
A-1408 |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
For and on behalf of
Mashreqbank psc
/s/ Sanjekanth ▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ |
Authorized Signatory |
/s/ Shemaith ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Authorized Signatory |
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Agent
For and on behalf of
Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
A-6157 |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
B-6158 |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
Attention:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The Global Security Agent
For and on behalf of
Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C.)
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
A-6157 |
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
B-6158 |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
Attention:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]
The KSA Security Agent
For and on behalf of
Branch of Emirates NBD Bank – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
Contact details for the purposes of Clause 35 (Notices):
Address:
Phone No.:
Email:
Attention:
[Jupiter – Signature Page to the Senior Facilities Agreement]


