CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 17, 2022 among MURPHY OIL CORPORATION, MURPHY EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY – INTERNATIONAL, and MURPHY OIL COMPANY LTD., as Borrowers JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and THE LENDERS PARTY...
EXHIBIT 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of November 17, 2022
among
XXXXXX OIL CORPORATION,
XXXXXX EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY – INTERNATIONAL,
and
XXXXXX OIL COMPANY LTD.,
as Borrowers
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
MUFG BANK, LTD. AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, HOUSTON BRANCH
as Co-Syndication Agents
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
____________________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MUFG BANK, LTD. AND
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, HOUSTON BRANCH
as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
____________________________
as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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Schedules:
Schedule 2.01 Global Commitments
Schedule 2.05 Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 2.21 Sustainability Targets
Schedule 3.14 Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.14 Accounts
Schedule 6.01 Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.03 Existing Liens
Schedule 6.09 Existing Investments
Exhibits:
Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B-1 Form of Opinion of the Loan Parties’ Counsel
Exhibit B-2 Form of Opinion of MOCL’s Counsel
Exhibit C-1 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-2 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-3 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-4 U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit D Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Guaranty Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Subordinated Intercompany Note
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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 17, 2022, among XXXXXX OIL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), XXXXXX EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY – INTERNATIONAL, a Delaware corporation (“Expro-Intl.”), XXXXXX OIL COMPANY LTD., a Canadian corporation (“MOCL”), the LENDERS party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MUFG BANK, LTD. AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, HOUSTON BRANCH (“Scotiabank”), as Co-Syndication Agents, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agent.
RECITALS
A. The Company, Expro-Intl. and MOCL, as borrowers, have requested that the Lenders provide certain loans to and extensions of credit on behalf of the Borrowers.
B. The Lenders have agreed to make such loans and extensions of credit subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
C. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“1999 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of May 4, 1999, between the Company, as issuer and SunTrust Bank, Nashville, N.A., as trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
“2012 Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of May 18, 2012, between the Company, as issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Additional Financial Covenant” means any affirmative or negative “maintenance” financial covenant contained in any Other Debt Agreement applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary (regardless of whether such provision is labeled or otherwise characterized as a “financial covenant”), including any defined terms as used therein.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
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“Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.01(d).
“Agent-Related Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.03(c).
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
“Alternate Base Rate” means , for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.13(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Ancillary Document” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.06(b).
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“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any other Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender’s Commitment; provided that, in the case of Section 2.19 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Revolving Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Revolving Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Term Benchmark Loan, RFR Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth in the following grid under the caption “ABR Spread”, “Term Benchmark Spread”, “RFR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the ratings by Moody’s and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt:
| Level | Index Debt Ratings | Commitment Fee Rate | Term Benchmark and RFR Spread | ABR Spread | ||||||||||
| I | BBB / Baa2 or higher | 0.175% | 1.250% | 0.250% | ||||||||||
| II | BBB- / Baa3 | 0.200% | 1.500% | 0.500% | ||||||||||
| III | BB+ / Ba1 | 0.400% | 2.250% | 1.250% | ||||||||||
| IV | BB / Ba2 | 0.500% | 2.500% | 1.500% | ||||||||||
| V | BB- / Ba3 or lower | 0.500% | 3.000% | 2.000% | ||||||||||
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Level V; (ii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within different categories, the rate shall be based on the higher of the two ratings unless one of the ratings is two or more Levels lower than the other, in which case the rate shall be determined by reference to the Level one Level lower than the higher of the two ratings; and (iii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or
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S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.04(b).
“Approved Petroleum Engineer” means (a) Netherland, Xxxxxx & Associates, Inc., (b) Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx & Associates, Inc., (c) Xxxxx Xxxxx Co. LP, (d) X.X. Xxx Xxxxxx & Co. Petroleum Engineering, (e) Xx Xxxxxx and XxxXxxxxxxx, (f) XxXxxxxx & Associates Consultants, or (g) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Debt” means, in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended); provided, however, that if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of and will constitute “Capital Lease Obligations.” Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments; provided that when used in reference to any Mexico Loan or Mexico Letter of Credit, “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Mexico Commitment.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e) of Section 2.13.
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“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“BAMSA” means Bank of America Mexico, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple.
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR Rate, as applicable, or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.13.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
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If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Company) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (in consultation with the Company) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer
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representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” means each of the Company, Expro-Intl., and MOCL, and “Borrowers” means the Company, Expro-Intl. and MOCL, collectively.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means (a) in the case of a request for a Revolving Borrowing, a request by the Company on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL for such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03; and (b) in the case of a request for a Mexico Borrowing, a request by the Company, on behalf of Expro-Intl., for such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04.
“Business Day” means, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, a Business Day shall be (a) in relation to RFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such RFR Loan, or any other dealings of such RFR Loan; (b) in relation to Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or any other dealings of such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, any such day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day; and (c) in relation to Mexico Loans, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in Mexico City.
“Canadian Dollars” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Canadian Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company organized or incorporated under the laws of Canada or any province thereof (including, without limitation, MOCL).
“Canam” means Canam Offshore Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Bahamas.
“Canam Cash Amount” means, on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, treasury
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bonds and bills, certificates of deposit, investments in money market funds and commercial paper and Permitted Investments, in each case, held or owned by (whether directly or indirectly), credited to the account of, or otherwise reflected as an asset on the balance sheet of, the Excluded Canam Entities on such day.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases or financing leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management services.
“Cash Receipts” means all cash received by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, including without limitation: (a) amounts payable under or in connection with any Oil and Gas Properties; (b) cash representing operating revenue earned or to be earned by the Company or any Subsidiary; (c) proceeds from Loans; and (d) any other cash received by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary from whatever source (including amounts received in respect of the Liquidation of any Hedging Agreement and amounts received in respect of any Disposition or Casualty Event).
“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Certifying Officer” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).
“Change in Control” means either: (a) any Person or group of related Persons (other than members of the Xxxxxx Family) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of more than 35% of the outstanding voting shares of the Company (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder); or (b) during any period of 12 consecutive calendar months, individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the first day of such period shall cease to constitute at least 66-2/3% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence after the Effective Date, or with respect to any Lender, any later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, of (a) the adoption of or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street
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Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Charges” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.14.
“Class” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Mexico Loans.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).
“Co-Syndication Agents” means each of Bank of America, N.A., Capital One, National Association, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Scotiabank, in its capacity as syndication agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Revolving Lender’s Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and Section 2.18(b), and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The amount of each Revolving Lender’s Commitment on the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Commitments on the Effective Date is $740,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) the Mexico Lender is not a Revolving Lender and has no Commitment; and (b) the Commitment of a Revolving Lender does not include a commitment of such Revolving Lender to (i) make any Mexico Loans or (ii) acquire participations in any Mexico Letter of Credit.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.11(a).
“Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean, for any day, the applicable rate per annum set forth next to the row heading “Commitment Fee Rate” in the definition of “Applicable Rate”.
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Commitment Increase Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Commodity Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.
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“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, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Communications” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.01(d).
“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary paragraph of this Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.01(d).
“Computation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05.
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, (a) the following expenses or charges (without duplication) to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) income tax expense, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) depletion, depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) exploration expense for such period (including all drilling, completion, geological and geophysical costs), (v) extraordinary or non-recurring cash costs, expenses and charges, including those related to severance, cost savings, operating expense reductions, facilities closings, percentage of completion contracts, consolidations, and integration costs and other restructuring charges or reserves (provided that the aggregate amount of all amounts added back pursuant to this clause (v) shall not, in the aggregate, exceed (A) $75,000,000 during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company or (B) $200,000,000 during the term of this Agreement), (vi) any non-cash losses or charges under Hedging Agreements resulting from the application of FASB ASC 815, (vii) noncash compensation expenses or costs related to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement and (vii) all other non-cash charges, expenses or losses including, without limitation, accretion expenses associated with asset retirement obligations and minus, (b) to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) interest income, (ii) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business), (iii) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income tax expense), (iv) any other non-cash income and (v) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (a)(v) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”) pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, (i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition
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for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (x) is permitted pursuant to Section 6.09, (y) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (z) would result in an increase in Consolidated EBITDA equal to or in excess of $30,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that (x) is permitted pursuant to Section 6.11 and (y) would result in a decrease in Consolidated EBITDA equal to or in excess of $30,000,000.
“Consolidated EBITDA Ex-Canam” means, for any period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus (b) Excluded Canam EBITDA.
“Consolidated EBITDA Ex-MOCL” means, for any period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus (b) Excluded MOCL EBITDA.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum (determined without duplication) of the aggregate gross interest expense of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including (a) to the extent included in interest expense under GAAP: (i) amortization of debt discount, (ii) capitalized interest, (iii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Hedging Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP, (iv) the portion of any payments or accruals under capital leases (and imputed interest with respect to Sale and Leaseback Transactions) allocable to interest expense, plus the portion of any payments or accruals under Synthetic Leases allocable to interest expense whether or not the same constitutes interest expense under GAAP, and (v) financing fees (including arrangement, amendment and contract fees), debt issuance costs, commissions and expenses and, in each case, the amortization thereof; and (b) all cash dividend payments or other cash distributions in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock or on any series of preferred equity of the Company or the Consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, with respect to the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries after allowances for taxes for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) the net income of (i) any Person in which the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary has an ownership interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income of the
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Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) and (ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, the Permitted JV, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash (and including, in the case of the Permitted JV, the amount of cash distributions declared by the Permitted JV during such period but retained by the Permitted JV as an offset against capital contributions made by Expro-USA in such period in accordance with the terms of the Permitted JV LLC Agreement) during such period by such other Person or the Permitted JV, as the case may be, to the Company or to a Consolidated Subsidiary (other than the Permitted JV), as the case may be; (b) the net income (but not loss) during such period of any Consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans by that Consolidated Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument or Governmental Requirement applicable to such Consolidated Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP (provided that, so long as the Permitted JV constitutes a Consolidated Subsidiary, the net income of the Permitted JV shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (b) solely as a result of the conditions and requirements in respect of the payment of distributions pursuant to the Permitted JV LLC Agreement); (c) the net income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries; (d) any gains or losses attributable to writeups or writedowns of assets, including ceiling test writedowns; (e) any non-cash gains or losses or positive or negative adjustments under FASB ASC 815 as a result of changes in the fair market value of derivatives; and (f) any cancellation of debt income.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date, (a) total assets of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus (b) the sum of (i) current liabilities (excluding short-term Indebtedness and the current portion of long-term Indebtedness) of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries and (ii) goodwill and other intangible assets of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, all as reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), as applicable. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any such assets and current liabilities of any Subsidiary that is not Wholly-Owned by the Company shall be included or deducted, as the case may be, only to the extent of the proportional Equity Interests directly or indirectly owned by the Company in such Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of any such liabilities, to the extent such liabilities are recourse to the Company or any other Subsidiary (or any of their Property), the full amount of such liabilities that are so recourse shall be deducted for purposes of this definition.
“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of the Company (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of the Company in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the amount that would in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date.
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“Consolidated Total Assets Ex-Canam” means, for any period, (a) Consolidated Total Assets minus (b) Excluded Canam Assets.
“Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, at any date, the sum of (a) the consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) Consolidated Total Debt at such date.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date (excluding undrawn letters of credit), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.21.
“Credit Exposure” means, with respect to: (a) any Revolving Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure at such time; and (b) the Mexico Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Mexico Lender’s Mexico Loans and the Mexico LC Exposure at such time.
“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank or any Lender.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR
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shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Company.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“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.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations as of the date of certification) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (A) a Bankruptcy Event or (B) a Bail-In Action.
“Deposit Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.
“Designated Currency” means Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling or any other currency agreed to by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank and the applicable Borrower.
“Disposition” means with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, Sale and Leaseback Transaction, Casualty Event, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof (including by way of merger or consolidation). The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days
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after the earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the date on which there are no Loans, LC Exposure, Mexico LC Exposure or other obligations hereunder outstanding and all of the Commitments are terminated and the Mexico Commitment is terminated.
“Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Division”.
“Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
“Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.
“Documentation Agent” means, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, in its capacity as documentation agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any amount denominated in any Designated Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on the basis of the Exchange Rate on such date for the purchase of dollars with such other Designated Currency.
“Dollars”, “dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the unused total Commitments on such date plus (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
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“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02).
“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Electronic System” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks®, ClearPar®, Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent and/or any Issuing Bank and any of its respective Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any hazardous material, or to health and safety matters (solely as it relates to exposure to hazardous materials).
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Material, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the failure of a Plan to meet the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than the payment
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of PBGC premiums that are not past due); (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than dollars, the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged into dollars at the time of determination on such day as set forth on the Reuters WRLD Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters WRLD Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about such time as the Administrative Agent shall elect after determining that such rates shall be the basis for determining the Exchange Rate, on such day for the purchase of dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Excluded Canam Assets” means, for any period, the portion of the Consolidated Total Assets attributable to the Excluded Canam Entities.
“Excluded Canam EBITDA” means, for any period, the portion of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the Excluded Canam Entities.
“Excluded Canam Entities” means the collective reference to (a) Canam, (b) Canam Brunei Oil Ltd., Xxxxxx Peninsular Maylasia Oil Co., Ltd., Xxxxxx Xxxxx Oil Co., Ltd., Xxxxxx Sarawak Oil Co., Ltd. and each other direct and indirect subsidiary of Canam that is directly engaged in exploration and production and other related operations in Malaysia and (c) Xxxxxx Xxx Long Tay Oil Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Xxxxxx Semai Oil Co., Ltd.).
“Excluded DDA” means (a) zero balance disbursement accounts and (b) segregated Deposit Accounts, the balance of which consists exclusively of (i) funds due and owing in the ordinary course of business to unaffiliated third parties in connection with Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ royalty payment obligations to such third parties, (ii) payroll, healthcare and other employee wage and benefit accounts, (iii) tax accounts, including, without limitation, sales tax accounts and (iv) escrow, defeasance and redemption accounts.
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“Excluded Guaranteed Hedging Obligation” means, shall mean, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Guaranteed Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to, or the grant by such Subsidiary Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Guaranteed Hedging Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof or other agreement or undertaking agreeing to guarantee, repay, indemnify or otherwise be liable therefor) 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) (a) by virtue of such Subsidiary 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 obligation or other liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Guaranteed Hedging Obligation or (b) in the case of a Guaranteed Hedging Obligation subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Subsidiary Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), at the time the guarantee obligation or other liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such related Guaranteed Hedging Obligation. If a Guaranteed Hedging Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Guaranteed Hedging Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee obligation or other liability or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded MOCL EBITDA” means, for any period, the portion of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the Excluded MOCL Entities.
“Excluded MOCL Entities” means the collective reference to MOCL and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under Section 2.18(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Xxxxxx’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(f), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain 5-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 28, 2018 among the Company, Expro-Intl. and MOCL, as borrowers, JPMorgan
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Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and agents party thereto, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date.
“Existing Letter of Credit” means each letter of credit issued prior to the Effective Date by a Person that is an Issuing Bank and listed on Schedule 2.05.
“Existing Notes” means, collectively, (a) the 4.000% Notes due 2022, issued by the Company pursuant to the first supplement to the 2012 Indenture, (b) the 3.700% Notes due 2022, issued by the Company pursuant to the second supplement to the 2012 Indenture, (c) the 6.875% Notes due 2024, issued by the Company pursuant to the third supplement to the 2012 Indenture, (d) the 5.750% Notes due 2025, issued by the Company pursuant to the fourth supplement to the 2012 Indenture, (e) the 7.050% Notes due 2029, issued by the Company pursuant to the first supplement to the 1999 Indenture and (f) the 5.125% Notes due 2042, issued by the Company pursuant to the second supplement to the 2012 Indenture, in each case outstanding as of the Effective Date.
“Expro-Intl.” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary paragraph of this Agreement.
“Expro-USA” means Xxxxxx Exploration & Production Company – USA, a Delaware corporation.
“Farm-In Agreement” shall mean an agreement whereby a Person agrees, among other things, to pay all or a share of the drilling, completion or other expenses of one or more xxxxx or perform the drilling, completion or other operation on such well or xxxxx as all or a part of the consideration provided in exchange for an ownership interest in an Oil and Gas Property.
“Farm-Out Agreement” shall mean a Farm-In Agreement, viewed from the standpoint of the party that grants to another party the right to earn an ownership interest in an Oil and Gas Property.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as shall set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
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“Fee Letter” means each of (a) that certain Fee Letter dated as of October 11, 2022, by and among the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (b) that certain Fee Letter dated as of October 11, 2022 by and among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Capital One, National Association, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Scotiabank and (c) any other fee letter between the Company and any Lender.
“Financial Covenant” means (a) prior to the Investment Grade Rating Date, each of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a)(i) and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio covenant set forth in Section 6.14(a)(ii) and (b) from and after the Investment Grade Rating Date, the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated Total Capitalization covenant set forth in Section 6.14(b).
“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person. The term “Financial Officer” without reference to a Person shall mean a Financial Officer of the Company.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate. For the avoidance of doubt the initial Floor for the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be 0.00%.
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if any Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if any Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than a Domestic Subsidiary.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Global Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of the total Commitments at such time plus the Mexico Commitment at such time. The aggregate amount of the Global Commitments on the Effective Date is $800,000,000.
“Global LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the LC Exposure at such time plus the Mexico LC Exposure at such time.
“Global Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the Total Credit Exposure at such time plus the Mexico Lender’s Credit Exposure at such time.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
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“Governmental Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, rules of common law, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, of any Governmental Authority.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” when used as a verb to refer to the act of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Person (for example, as such term is used in the phrase “no Subsidiary shall Guarantee any Indebtedness”) has a correlative meaning thereto.
“Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement between any Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Person that entered into such Cash Management Agreement prior to the time, or during the time, that such Person was, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (including any such Cash Management Agreement in existence prior to the Effective Date), even if such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) for any reason (any such Person, a “Guaranteed Cash Management Provider”); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the term “Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement” shall not include any Cash Management Agreement or transactions under any Cash Management Agreement entered into after the time that such Guaranteed Cash Management Provider ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Guaranteed Cash Management Obligations” means any and all amounts and other obligations owing by any Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Guaranteed Cash Management Provider under any Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement (whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)).
“Guaranteed Cash Management Provider” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement.
“Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Party” means any Person that (a) constitutes a “Guaranteed Hedging Party” as such term is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date and (b) is not a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) under this Agreement on the Effective Date.
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“Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Agreement” means any Hedging Agreement between any Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Party that (a) was entered into prior to the Effective Date and (b) is outstanding on the Effective Date (without giving effect to any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto entered into after the Effective Date); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the term “Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Agreement” shall not include any Hedging Agreement or transactions under any Hedging Agreement entered into on or after the Effective Date.
“Guaranteed Hedging Agreement” means (a) any Hedging Agreement between any Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Person that entered into such Hedging Agreement prior to the time, or during the time, that such Person was, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (including any such Hedging Agreement in existence prior to the Effective Date), even if such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) for any reason (any such Person, a “Guaranteed Lender Hedging Party”); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the term “Guaranteed Hedging Agreement” shall not include any Hedging Agreement or transactions under any Hedging Agreement entered into after the time that such Guaranteed Hedging Party ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; and (b) any Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Agreement.
“Guaranteed Hedging Obligations” means any and all amounts and other obligations owing to any Guaranteed Hedging Party under any and all Guaranteed Hedging Agreements (whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)); provided that the Guaranteed Hedging Obligations shall not, in any event, include any Excluded Guaranteed Hedging Obligation.
“Guaranteed Hedging Party” means any Guaranteed Lender Hedging Party or, solely with respect any Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Agreement to which it is party, any Guaranteed Exiting Lender Hedging Party.
“Guaranteed Lender Hedging Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Guaranteed Hedging Agreement.
“Guaranteed Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Guaranteed Cash Management Providers and the Guaranteed Hedging Parties, and “Guaranteed Party” means any of them individually.
“Guarantors” means (a) the Company and (b) each Subsidiary that is a party to a Guaranty Agreement as a “Guarantor” (as such term is defined in such Guaranty) and guarantees the Obligations (including pursuant to Section 4.01 and Section 5.12).
“Guaranty Agreement” means (a) in the case of the Company, each Domestic Subsidiary and each Canadian Subsidiary, the Guaranty Agreement executed by the Guarantors in substantially the form of Exhibit E, and (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary other than a Canadian Subsidiary, a guaranty agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in each case, with such changes thereto as determined by the Administrative Agent as shall be advisable under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized or
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in which its assets are located), unconditionally guarantying, on a joint and several basis, payment of the Obligations, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated as “hazardous” or “toxic” or words of similar import pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions (including any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act); provided that (i) no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) no agreement for the physical purchase and sale of any commodity shall be a “Hedging Agreement”.
“Hydrocarbon Interests” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Hydrocarbon Interests” shall mean Hydrocarbon Interests of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, as the context requires.
“Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all products refined or separated therefrom.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by or pursuant to bonds, debentures, notes, bankers’ acceptances, or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding those from time to time incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not greater than 60 days past the date of invoice or delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person under Synthetic Leases, (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as account party under all letters of credit and letters of guaranty, and including, for the avoidance of doubt, all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of surety bonds and similar instruments issued for the account of such Person, (h) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but limited to the fair
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market value of the property securing such obligations, (i) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness (as defined in other clauses of this definition) of others, (j) all obligations of such Person to deliver commodities, goods or services, including, without limitation, Hydrocarbons, in consideration of one or more advance payments, other than gas balancing arrangements in the ordinary course of business, (k) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such Person or for the creation of which such Person directly or indirectly received payment, and (l) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall exclude (i) the contractual carry of a portion of the development costs of Athabasca Oil Corporation’s interest in the Kaybob Xxxxxxxx lands in an aggregate amount not to exceed $171,000,000, (ii) the obligations of Expro-USA to make capital contributions to the Permitted JV under Section 4.4(e) of the Permitted JV LLC Agreement and (iii) unsecured contingent obligations under surety bonds and similar instruments issued for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary so long as (A) no Subsidiary is liable for any reimbursement or other payment obligations in respect thereof and (B) such obligations are not subject to any Guarantee or other form of credit support by any Subsidiary.
“Incorporated Provision” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.16(b).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a) hereof, Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.03(b).
“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.04(b).
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Company on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan , the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any RFR Loan, (1) each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and (2) the Maturity Date, and (c) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the
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availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment), as the Company may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.13(e) shall be available for specification in such Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect (a) acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise, and including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person) by such Person of Equity Interests in any other Person, (b) capital contribution or other investment by such Person to or in any other Person, (c) loan or advance made by such Person to any other Person, (d) assumption, purchase or other acquisition by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person, (e) Guarantee by such Person of Indebtedness of any other Person, or (f) purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) by such Person of any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit.
“Investment Grade Rating” means (a) a rating established by S&P for the Index Debt of BBB- or higher; (b) a rating established by Moody’s for the Index Debt of Baa3 or higher; or (c) a rating established by Fitch for the Index Debt of BBB- or higher.
“Investment Grade Rating Date” means the first date on which the Company obtains either (a) an Investment Grade Rating from two or more Rating Agencies; or (b) an Investment Grade Rating from one of Moody’s or S&P and a rating of One Notch Below Investment Grade from the other two Rating Agencies.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuing Bank” means (a) each of (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (ii) Bank of America, N.A, (iii) the Mexico Issuing Bank, (iv) Capital One, National Association, (v) MUFG Bank, Ltd. and (vi) Scotiabank, and (b) any other Lender acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Company that has agreed in its sole discretion to become an Issuing Bank hereunder pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i) (in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), through itself or through one of its designated affiliates or branch offices). Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. Each reference herein to the “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant Issuing Bank.
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“Junior Indebtedness” means, collectively, (a) each of the Existing Notes, (b) any Indebtedness that is incurred in exchange for, or the proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, replace, defease, discharge, refund or otherwise retire for value any Existing Notes and (c) any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (other than Mexico Letters of Credit) at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements (other than LC Disbursements made by the Mexico Issuing Bank) that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time. The LC Exposure of any Issuing Bank (other than the Mexico Issuing Bank) at any time shall be the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made by such Issuing Bank that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mexico Issuing Bank shall have no LC Exposure.
“Lead Arrangers” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., Capital One, National Association, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Scotiabank, in their respective capacities as co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners hereunder.
“Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“Lender-Related Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.03(d).
“Lenders” means (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01, (b) the Mexico Lender and (c) any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or pursuant to Section 2.08(d) or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Issuing Banks.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement and shall include each Existing Letter of Credit and each Mexico Letter of Credit. The term “Letter of Credit” shall also include any bank guarantee issued pursuant to this Agreement that is denominated in a Designated Currency, to the extent the applicable Issuing Bank agrees, in its sole discretion, to issue such bank guarantee.
“Letter of Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder. The initial amount of the Letter of Credit Commitment (a) for each of (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (ii) Bank of America, N.A., (iii) Capital One, National Association, (iv) MUFG Bank, Ltd. and (v) Scotiabank, is $30,000,000, (b) for the Mexico Lender, is $60,000,000, and (c) for any other Lender that is an Issuing Bank, is the amount agreed to in writing by such Issuing Bank as its Letter of Credit Commitment hereunder;
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or if an Issuing Bank has entered into an Assignment and Assumption or has otherwise assumed a Letter of Credit Commitment after the Effective Date, the amount set forth for such Issuing Bank as its Letter of Credit Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent; provided that the Letter of Credit Commitment of an Issuing Bank may be modified from time to time by agreement between such Issuing Bank and the Company, and notified to the Administrative Agent; provided further that the total Letter of Credit Commitments shall not exceed $250,000,000.
“Leverage Ratio Ex-MOCL” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA Ex-MOCL for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such day.
“Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Liquidate” means, with respect to any Hedging Agreement, (a) the sale, assignment, novation, unwind or termination of all or any part of such Hedging Agreement or (b) the creation of an offsetting position against all or any part of such Hedging Agreement. The terms “Liquidated” and “Liquidation” have correlative meanings thereto.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, including schedules and exhibits hereto, each Letter of Credit and any applications or agreements relating thereto, any promissory notes issued by the Borrowers under this Agreement, each Guaranty Agreement, each Fee Letter, any certificate required to be delivered under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, and any agreements entered into in connection herewith by any Borrower or any other Loan Party with or in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto or waivers thereof, and any other documents prepared in connection with the other Loan Documents, if any.
“Loan Parties” means each Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement (including Revolving Loans and Mexico Loans).
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform any of their obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans, Letters of Credit and any Project Financing), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $75,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Material Subsidiary” means, (a) Expro-USA, (b) Expro-Intl., (c) MOCL, (d) Xxxxxx Exploration & Production Company, (e) Canam and (f) as of any date of determination, any other Subsidiary which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), contributed greater than (i) five percent of Consolidated EBITDA for such period or (ii) five percent of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of such period; provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets attributable to all Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries exceeds ten percent of Consolidated EBITDA for any such period or ten percent of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of any such fiscal quarter, then the Company shall, pursuant to Section 5.01(d), designate in the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, sufficient Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and upon the delivery of such Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent, such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Subsidiaries. In the event the Company fails to so designate sufficient additional Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” in the Compliance Certificate as aforesaid, the Administrative Agent may, by written notice to the Company, designate sufficient additional Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” on the Company’s behalf, whereupon such Subsidiaries shall constitute “Material Subsidiaries” for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Maturity Date” means November 17, 2027; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, then the “Maturity Date” shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such date; provided further that if on February 15, 2025 (the “Springing Maturity Date”), the outstanding principal amount of the Company’s 5.750% Notes due 2025 exceeds $50,000,000 in the aggregate, then the Maturity Date shall be the Springing Maturity Date.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.14.
“Mexico Commitment” means the commitment of the Mexico Lender to make Mexico Loans and to issue Mexico Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of the Mexico Lender’s Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, and (b) reduced from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The amount of the Mexico Lender’s Mexico Commitment on the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The amount of the Mexico Commitment on the Effective Date is $60,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mexico Commitment does not include a commitment of the Mexico Lender to (i) make any Revolving Loan or (ii) acquire participations in any Letter of Credit.
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“Mexico Issuing Bank” means BAMSA, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank.
“Mexico LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Mexico Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made by the Mexico Issuing Bank that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of Expro.-Intl. at such time.
“Mexico Lender” means BAMSA, in its capacity as a lender of Mexico Loans hereunder.
“Mexico Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit issued by the Mexico Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement.
“Mexico Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b).
“Mexico Loan” means a Loan made by the Mexico Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“MOCL” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary paragraph of this Agreement.
“MOCL Guarantee Trigger Event” means, at any time after the Effective Date, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the Global Exposure (excluding any Global LC Exposure) exceeds $650,000,000 at any time (provided that no such MOCL Guarantee Trigger Event shall occur pursuant to this clause (i) to the extent that all outstanding Global Exposure (excluding any Global LC Exposure) is attributable to Borrowings made to MOCL) or (ii) the Leverage Ratio Ex-MOCL as of the last day of any fiscal quarter exceeds 3.50 to 1.00.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Xxxxxx Exploration & Production Company” means Xxxxxx Exploration & Production Company, a Delaware corporation
“Xxxxxx Family” means (a) the X.X. Xxxxxx Family Investments Limited Partnership, (b) the Estate of X.X. Xxxxxx, Xx., and (c) siblings of the late X.X. Xxxxxx, Xx. and his and their respective Immediate Family. For purposes of this definition, “Immediate Family” of a person means such person’s spouse, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Notice of Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(b).
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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“NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Obligations” means (a) any and all amounts owing or to be owing by any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Guarantor (whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising) to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, any Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing under any Loan Document; (b) all Guaranteed Hedging Obligations; (c) all Guaranteed Cash Management Obligations; and (d) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the above. Without limitation of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans, the LC Exposure and the Mexico LC Exposure (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the maturity of the Loans, the LC Exposure, the Mexico LC Exposure and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations (including, without limitation, to reimburse LC Disbursements), obligations to post cash collateral in respect of Letters of Credit, payments in respect of an early termination of Guaranteed Hedging Obligations and unpaid amounts, fees, expenses, indemnities, costs, and all other obligations and liabilities of every nature of any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Guarantor, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Guaranteed Hedging Agreement or any Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement; provided that the definition of Obligation shall exclude any Excluded Guaranteed Hedging Obligation.
“Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future unitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including without limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests; and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates
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described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned or hereinafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including any and all oil xxxxx, gas xxxxx, injection xxxxx or other xxxxx, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Oil and Gas Properties” shall mean Oil and Gas Properties of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, as the context requires.
“One Notch Below Investment Grade” means (a) a rating established by S&P for the Index Debt of BB+; (b) a rating established by Moody’s for the Index Debt of Ba1; or (c) a rating established by Fitch for the Index Debt of BB+.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, enforced this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or this Agreement or any other Loan Document).
“Other Debt Agreement” means any agreement, instrument or other document governing any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than intercompany Indebtedness) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000 (with committed but unutilized amounts under such Other Debt Agreement being deemed fully drawn for purposes of measuring such threshold).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(c).
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“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(c).
“Patriot Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001).
“Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.02(a).
“Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.02(b).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established to the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP (or in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, the comparable accounting principles in the relevant jurisdiction), or for property taxes on property that the Company or any Subsidiary has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge or claim is to such property;
(b) Liens in respect of property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries imposed by law, such as landlords’, sublandlords’, vendors’, suppliers’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’, workers’ and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation or maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties, in each case so long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business and secure obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants, licenses, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, exceptions, deficiencies or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions, servitudes, permits, conditions and covenants and other similar charges or encumbrances (including in any rights-of-way or other property of the Company or its Subsidiaries for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment) not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) Liens in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or in the ordinary course of business under customary general terms and conditions encumbering
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deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institution’s general terms and conditions;
(g) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (other than fixed or capital assets) and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(i) judgment liens in respect of judgments that to do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(k);
(j) (i) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, liens reserved in oil, gas or other Hydrocarbons, minerals, leases for bonus, royalty or rental payments and for compliance with the terms of such lease and (ii) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or otherwise permitted by this Agreement and not securing Indebtedness;
(k) Liens which arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, Farm-Out Agreements, Farm-In Agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, gathering, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements that are usual or customary in the Oil and Gas Business and are for claims which are not delinquent or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established to the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP; provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such property is held by any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(l) Liens on pipelines, pipeline facilities and other midstream assets or facilities that arise by operation of law or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business and incidental to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties;
(m) Liens on equipment of the Company or any Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;
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(n) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by a Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(p) Liens created in the ordinary course of business on deposits to secure liability for premiums to insurance carriers or securing insurance premium financing arrangements;
(q) Liens arising in connection with conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement, purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(r) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(s) trustees’ Liens granted pursuant to any indenture governing any Indebtedness not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement in favor of the trustee under such indenture and securing only obligations to pay compensation to such trustee, to reimburse such trustee of its expenses and to indemnify such trustee under the terms of such indenture; and
(t) Liens on property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary consisting of marine Liens provided for in Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 or foreign equivalents;
(u) operating leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others not (i) interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) securing any indebtedness;
(v) (i) zoning, building, entitlement and other land use regulations by Governmental Authorities with which the normal operation of the business complies and (ii) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(w) any encumbrance or restriction, including any options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar rights, set forth in the Permitted JV LLC Agreement;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not, in any event, include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
“Permitted Investments” means: (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof
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and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s; (c) investments in certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (d) any evidence of Indebtedness issued, guaranteed or insured by the government of Canada or any province or territory thereof, and having terms to maturity of not more than three hundred sixty (360) days from the date of acquisition; (e) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and (f) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
“Permitted JV” means MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Permitted JV Agreements” means (i) the Permitted JV Contribution Agreement, (ii) the Permitted JV MEPU Conveyance, (iii) the Permitted JV Units Conveyance, (iv) the Permitted JV LLC Agreement, (v) the Permitted JV LLC Formation Document and (vi) the Permitted JV MSA.
“Permitted JV Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing (as defined in the Permitted JV Contribution Agreement) shall have occurred in accordance with the terms of the Permitted JV Contribution Agreement.
“Permitted JV Contribution Agreement” means that certain Contribution and Acquisition Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2018, by and among Expro-USA, Petrobras America Inc. and the Permitted JV.
“Permitted JV LLC Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Permitted JV, to be dated as of the Permitted JV Closing Date, in the form attached as Exhibit F to the Permitted JV Contribution Agreement.
“Permitted JV LLC Formation Document” means the “LLC Formation Document” as defined in the Permitted JV Contribution Agreement.
“Permitted JV MEPU Conveyance” means the “MEPU Conveyance” as defined in the Contribution Agreement.
“Permitted JV MSA” means the “Master Services Agreement” as defined in the Permitted JV Contribution Agreement.
“Permitted JV Units Conveyance” means the “Units Conveyance” as defined in the Contribution Agreement.
“Permitted Liens” means any Lien permitted to remain outstanding pursuant to Section 6.03.
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Company 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.
“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
“Pounds Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
“Pro Rata Percentage” means, with respect to: (a) any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the Global Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender’s Commitment; and (b) the Mexico Lender, the percentage of the Global Commitments represented by the Mexico Commitment; provided that, in the case of Section 2.19 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Pro Rata Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the Global Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment (or the Mexico Commitment if the Mexico Lender is a Defaulting Lender)) represented by such Xxxxxx’s Commitment (or the Mexico Commitment if the Mexico Lender is a Defaulting Lender). If the Global Commitments have terminated or expired, the Pro Rata Percentages shall be determined based upon the Global Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
“Proceeding” means any claim, litigation, investigation, action, suit, arbitration or administrative, judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction.
“Project Financing” means any Indebtedness that is incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, improvement, installation, design, engineering, construction, development, completion, maintenance, operation, securitization or monetization, in respect of all or any portion of any project, any group of projects, or any asset related thereto, and any guaranty with respect thereto, other than such portion of such Indebtedness or guaranty that expressly provides for direct recourse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Project Financing Subsidiary) or any of their respective property other than recourse to the equity in, Indebtedness or other obligations of, or properties of, one or more Project Financing Subsidiaries; provided however, that support such as limited guaranties or obligations to provide or guaranty equity contributions
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or to make subordinated loans shall not be considered direct recourse for the purpose of this definition.
“Project Financing Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company whose principal purpose is to incur Project Financing or to become a direct or indirect partner, member or other equity participant or owner in a Person so created, and substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary are limited to (i) those assets for which the acquisition, improvement, installation, design, engineering, construction, development, completion, maintenance, operation, securitization or monetization is being financed in whole or in part by one or more Project Financings, or (ii) the equity in, Indebtedness or other obligations of, one or more other such Subsidiaries or Persons.
“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
“Proved Non-Producing Oil and Gas Properties” means all Oil and Gas Properties which constitute proved developed non-producing reserves as defined in the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.
“Proved Oil and Gas Properties” means, collectively, Proved Producing Oil and Gas Properties, Proved Non-Producing Oil and Gas Properties and Proved Undeveloped Oil and Gas Properties.
“Proved Producing Oil and Gas Properties” means all Oil and Gas Properties which constitute proved developed producing reserves as defined in the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.
“Proved Undeveloped Oil and Gas Properties” means all Oil and Gas Properties which constitute proved undeveloped reserves as defined in the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.
“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).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.21.
“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Redemption” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the redemption, purchase, defeasance, prepayment or other acquisition or retirement for value of such Indebtedness. The term “Redeem” has a meaning correlative thereto.
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“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if such Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, then four Business Days prior to such setting or (3) if such Benchmark is none of the Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(b)(iv).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means, the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or (ii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable.
“Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.19, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that at any time when the Mexico Commitment has not terminated, “Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.19, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures and unused Commitments and an unused Mexico Commitment representing more than 50% of the sum of the Global Exposure and unused Global Commitments at such time.
“Required Subsidiary Guarantor” means, as of any date of determination, each Domestic Subsidiary which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), contributed greater than (a) ten percent of Consolidated EBITDA Ex-Canam for such period or (b) ten percent of Consolidated Total Assets Ex-Canam as of the last day of such period; provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA Ex-Canam or Consolidated Total Assets Ex-Canam attributable to all Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors exceeds fifteen percent of Consolidated EBITDA Ex-Canam for any such period or fifteen percent of Consolidated Total Assets Ex-Canam as of the last day of any such fiscal quarter, then the Company shall, pursuant to Section 5.01(d), designate in the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, sufficient Subsidiaries, whether Domestic Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries or a combination thereof, as “Required Subsidiary Guarantors” to eliminate such excess, and upon the delivery of such Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent, such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Required Subsidiary Guarantors and each shall be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.12. In the event that the Company fails to designate sufficient additional Subsidiaries as “Required Subsidiary Guarantors” in the Compliance Certificate as aforesaid, the Administrative Agent may, by written notice to the Company,
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designate sufficient Subsidiaries, whether Domestic Subsidiaries, Foreign Subsidiaries or a combination thereof, as “Required Subsidiary Guarantors” on the Company’s behalf, to eliminate such excess, and upon delivery of such written notice to the Company, such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Required Subsidiary Guarantors and each shall be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.12. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Permitted JV shall not constitute a “Required Subsidiary Guarantor” for any purposes hereunder or any other Loan Documents.
“Reserve Report” means each report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of each January 1st or, to the extent required by Section 5.10, July 1st, the Proved Oil and Gas Properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, Taxes, operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon the pricing assumptions and discount rate consistent with the Administrative Agent’s lending requirements at the time.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Financial Officer or any Vice President of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein shall mean a Responsible Officer of the Company.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Revolving Lender” means each Lender other than the Mexico Lender.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any Property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property or asset as lessee.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, the so-called Donetsk People’s
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Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the Government of Canada, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any other jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any other Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries from time to time, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person 50% or more owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b), or (d) any Person otherwise the subject of any Sanctions.
“Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the Government of Canada, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction applicable to the Company, any other Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries from time to time.
“Securities Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any successor Governmental Authority.
“SLL Principles” has the meaning specified in Section 2.21(b).
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Determination Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“Solvent” means, in reference to any Person, (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities (subordinated, contingent or otherwise); (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities (subordinated, contingent or otherwise), as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) such
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Person will be able to pay its debts and liabilities (subordinated, contingent or otherwise), as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) such Person will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.
“Subordinated Intercompany Note” means a Subordinated Intercompany Note substantially in the form of Exhibit F pursuant to which intercompany obligations and advances owed by any Loan Party are subordinated to the Obligations.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.21.
“Surplus Inventory” means equipment of the Company or any Subsidiary, which the Company has determined in good faith (a) represents surplus equipment that is not necessary in the conduct of the exploration and production business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (b) is obsolete or worn-out and no longer used or usable in its business.
“Sustainability Assurance Provider” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(c).
“Sustainability Structuring Agent” means a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, as selected by the Company to act as a sustainability structuring agent in respect of this Agreement; provided that such Person agrees to act in such capacity.
“Sustainability Targets” means specified key performance indicators with respect to certain environmental, social and governance targets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which shall be confirmed by the Company and its counsel as being consistent with the SLL Principles.
“Synthetic Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income Taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess
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of, or pay upon early termination, an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Benchmark” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
“Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Total Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Loans and their LC Exposure at such time.
“Transactions” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and (b) with respect to each Guarantor, the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of the Guaranty Agreement to which it is a party and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, and its Guarantee of the Obligations.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
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“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
“UK Financial Institutions” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unrestricted Cash” means, as of any date of determination, cash or Permitted Investments of the Company or any of the Guarantors that are (i) Domestic Subsidiaries or (ii) Canadian Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company or any of such Guarantors on such date (it being understood that cash or Permitted Investments subject to a control agreement in favor of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be deemed “restricted”, and cash or Permitted Investments restricted in favor of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be deemed not “restricted”), but only to the extent that such cash and Permitted Investments are held in accounts with financial institutions in any jurisdiction located within the United States of America or Canada.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.21.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(B)(iii).
“Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any class or classes of Equity Interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors (or similar relevant governing body) of such Person.
“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a subsidiary of any Person, that all of the Equity Interests of such subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by such Person and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by applicable law to be owned by a Person other than such Person and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned subsidiaries).
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“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan” or a “Mexico Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Loan”, an “ABR Loan” or an “RFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Loan”, a “Term Benchmark Mexico Loan” or an “RFR Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing” or a “Mexico Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Borrowing”, an “ABR Borrowing” or an “RFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing”, a “Term Benchmark Mexico Borrowing” or an “RFR Revolving Borrowing”).
Section 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law, rule or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP,
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as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (i) any lease that would have been characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP prior to the date of the Company’s adoption of ASC 842 (whether or not such lease was in effect on such date) shall not be a Capital Lease, and any such lease shall be, for all purposes of this Agreement, treated as though it were reflected on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in the same manner as an operating lease would have been reflected prior to the Company’s adoption of ASC 842 and (ii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.
Section 1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the Global LC Exposure (and including any proposed Letter of Credit to be issued, amended, extended or renewed as of such date, as applicable, in the case of the following clauses (i) and (ii)): (i) as of the date of the commencement of the initial Interest Period of any Borrowing and as of the date of the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor (including on the date of conversion or continuation of any Borrowing); (ii) as of the date any Borrowing Request is submitted hereunder; (iii) as of the date of any Borrowing or the date that any Letter of Credit is issued, amended, extended or renewed; (iv) as of the date of any termination or reduction of the Commitments, the Mexico Commitment or any Letter of Credit Commitment; (v) as of the first Business Day of each calendar month; and (vi) during the continuation of an Event of Default, on any Business Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders. Except as expressly provided in the last sentence of Section 2.11(d), each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Global LC Exposure until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section 1.05(a). Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines the Dollar Equivalent of any amount as described in this Section 1.05(a) is herein referred to as a “Computation Date”.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Company’s consent to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market convention or practice relating to such change in currency.
Section 1.06 Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued
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or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to any Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Section 1.07 Letters of Credit. With respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time. Except as expressly provided in the last sentence of Section 2.11(d), for the purpose of determining LC Exposure and the Mexico LC Exposure hereunder, the undrawn amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in a Designated Currency or the amount of any unreimbursed LC Disbursement in respect of any Letter of Credit denominated in a Designated Currency shall, as of any date, be determined by reference to the Dollar Equivalent of such amount as of the most recent Computation Date pursuant to Section 1.05. For all purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to in a letter of credit application between a Borrower and an Issuing Bank with respect to a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or similar terms in the governing rules or laws or of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of each Borrower and each Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.
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Section 1.08 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
THE CREDITS
Section 2.01 Commitments.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Xxxxxx’s Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment, (ii) the Total Credit Exposure exceeding the total Commitments or (iii) the Global Exposure exceeding the Global Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, any Borrower may borrow, prepay and re-borrow Revolving Loans.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period, the Mexico Xxxxxx agrees to make Loans to Expro-Intl. in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the Mexico Lender’s Credit Exposure exceeding the Mexico Commitment, or (ii) the Global Exposure exceeding the Global Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Expro-Intl. may borrow, prepay and reborrow Mexico Loans.
Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Revolving Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.13, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term Benchmark Loans as the Company, on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL, may request in accordance herewith, and each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term Benchmark Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that
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is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments (or in the case of an ABR Mexico Borrowing, the entire unused balance of the Mexico Commitment) or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of six Term Benchmark Borrowings or RFR Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company, on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL, shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
Section 2.03 Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the applicable Borrower and the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(v) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no Borrower is specified, the Company shall be the applicable Borrower. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Revolving Lender of
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the details thereof and of the amount of such Revolving Xxxxxx’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
Section 2.04 Requests for Mexico Borrowings. To request a Mexico Borrowing, the Company, on behalf of Expro-Intl., shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (ii) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Mexico Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, on behalf of Expro-Intl. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(a) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(b) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark Borrowing;
(c) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(d) the location and number of Expro-Intl.’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.
If no election as to the Type of Mexico Borrowing is specified, then the requested Mexico Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term Benchmark Mexico Borrowing, then the Company, on behalf of Expro-Intl., shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
Section 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in dollars or in any Designated Currency from any Issuing Bank, with any Borrower as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) only the Company, on behalf of Expro-Intl., may request the issuance of Letters of Credit from the Mexico Issuing Bank and (b) Letters of Credit requested to be issued by the Mexico Issuing Bank shall be denominated in dollars. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Company (on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL) to, or entered into by a Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank
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shall have any obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (iii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit by any Issuing Bank (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by such Issuing Bank) to such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05), the amount of such Letter of Credit, whether such Letter of Credit is to be dollar-denominated or denominated in a Designated Currency (it being understood that if no denomination is specified, the Letter of Credit shall be dollar-denominated) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Company, Expro-Intl. or MOCL, as applicable, also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (determined by reference to the Dollar Equivalent of Letters of Credit denominated in a Designated Currency on the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit): (i) the Global LC Exposure shall not exceed $250,000,000, (ii) no Revolving Lender’s Credit Exposure shall exceed its Commitment, (iii) the Total Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total Commitments, (iv) the LC Exposure of any Issuing Bank shall not exceed its Letter of Credit Commitment, (v) the Mexico LC Exposure shall not exceed the Mexico Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment, (vi) the Mexico Lender’s Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Mexico Commitment, and (vii) the Global Exposure shall not exceed the Global Commitments. The Company may, at any time and from time to time, reduce the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Issuing Bank with the consent of such Issuing Bank; provided that the Company shall not reduce the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Issuing Bank if, after giving effect of such reduction, the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) above shall not be satisfied.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit in any Designated Currency if (x) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Bank refrain from
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the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular, or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which the Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it; (y) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Bank generally applicable to the issuance of letters of credit or (z) such Issuing Bank does not generally issue, or is otherwise incapable of issuing, Letters of Credit in the Designated Currency requested by the applicable Borrower.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the applicable Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension; provided that, to the extent such date would extend beyond the date referred to in the immediately succeeding clause (c)(ii), such Letter of Credit shall, concurrently with, or prior to, the effectiveness of such renewal or extension (as applicable), be cash collateralized in a manner (and in such amount) acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank in its sole discretion) and (ii) subject to the parenthetical in the immediately preceding clause (i), the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (other than a Mexico Letter of Credit), and by an amendment to a Letter of Credit (other than a Mexico Letter of Credit) increasing the amount or extending the term thereof, and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank that issues such Letter of Credit or the Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Issuing Bank that issues a Letter of Credit hereunder (other than the Mexico Issuing Bank), such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit (other than Mexico Letters of Credit) is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit in accordance with this Agreement or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender shall acquire from the Mexico Issuing Bank a participation in any Mexico Letter of Credit.
(e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent, in the currency in which such Letter
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of Credit is denominated (except as specified below), an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Company prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, in the case of an LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit (other than a Mexico Letter of Credit), the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount (with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in dollars) or in the Dollar Equivalent on such date (as determined by the applicable Issuing Bank) of the amount of the LC Disbursement (with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in any Designated Currency), as applicable, and to the extent so financed, the applicable Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Issuing Bank may, at its option, specify in the applicable notice of LC Disbursement that such Issuing Bank will require reimbursements in dollars, in which case the applicable Borrower agrees to reimburse such Issuing Bank in dollars; provided that the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Company of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. If the applicable Borrower fails to make such payment when due (for the avoidance of doubt, other than a payment to reimburse an LC Disbursement in respect of a Mexico Letter of Credit issued by the Mexico Issuing Bank), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement (and the Dollar Equivalent thereof), the payment then due from the applicable Borrower (and the Dollar Equivalent thereof) in respect thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in dollars its Applicable Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the payment then due from the applicable Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank that issued such Letter of Credit the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the applicable Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank that issued such Letter of Credit or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The applicable Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii)
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payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (iv) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Designated Currency to the applicable Borrower or the other Loan Parties or in the relevant currency markets generally; or (v) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.05, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the applicable Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of any Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the applicable Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by a Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. An Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the reimbursement is due and payable at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans (or in the case such LC Disbursement is denominated in any Designated Currency, a rate per annum determined by such Issuing Bank (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate at such time used to determine interest applicable to Term
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Benchmark Loans) and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, then Section 2.12(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement and Resignation of an Issuing Bank.
(i) Any Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.11(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (A) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (B) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or extend or otherwise amend any existing Letter of Credit.
(ii) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, any Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank at any time upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Lenders, in which case, such resigning Issuing Bank shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.05(i)(i).
(j) Cash Collateralization. If (i) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure and Mexico LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the Global LC Exposure) demanding that the Borrowers cash collateralize the outstanding Global LC Exposure pursuant to this paragraph, (ii) any Borrower is required to cash collateralize the excess attributable to an LC Exposure or the Mexico LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(c) or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.10(d), or (iii) any Borrower is required to cash collateralize a Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to Section 2.19, then the applicable Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash (in the applicable currency) equal to such LC Exposure or the Mexico Exposure or the excess attributable to such LC Exposure, as the case may be, as of such date, in each case, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative
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Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the applicable Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the applicable Borrower for the Global LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure and Mexico LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the Global LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the applicable Borrower under this Agreement. If the applicable Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or pursuant to Section 2.19 as the result of a Defaulting Lender, and the Borrowers are not otherwise required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure or the Mexico LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(c), then such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the applicable Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived or the events giving rise to such cash collateralization pursuant to Section 2.19 have been satisfied or resolved.
(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, or states that a Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,” “customer,” “instructing party,” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower (i) shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the applicable Borrower and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of such Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that such Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(l) Existing Letters of Credit. On the Effective Date, each of the letters of credit listed on Schedule 2.05 shall be deemed to have been issued as Letters of Credit under this Agreement by the Issuing Bank specified for such Letter of Credit on Schedule 2.05, without payment of any fees otherwise due upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit, and such Issuing Bank shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from such Issuing Bank, a participation, to the extent of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage, in such Letter of Credit.
Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds
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by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the funds so received, in like funds, to an account of the applicable Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Company in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Xxxxxx’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 2.06 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the applicable Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
Section 2.07 Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Company may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.07. The Company may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.07, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 or Section 2.04, as applicable, if the Company were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Company.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof
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to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
(v) If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Company shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Xxxxxx’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Company fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, (A) each Term Benchmark Borrowing and (B) each RFR Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, (A) the Total Credit Exposure would exceed the total Commitments or (B) the Global Exposure would exceed the Global Commitments; provided further that the Company shall not terminate the Commitments if, after giving effect thereto, the Mexico Commitment has not been terminated.
(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.08 at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
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shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
(d) The Company may, at any time when the Mexico Lender has no Credit Exposure hereunder, terminate the Mexico Commitment upon written notice to the Mexico Lender and the Administrative Agent. Effective upon the termination of the Mexico Commitment, without any further action: (i) the Mexico Lender shall immediately cease to be a party hereto and (ii) the Mexico Issuing Bank shall immediately cease to be an Issuing Bank and a party hereto, and each of the Mexico Lender and the Mexico Issuing Bank shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement, but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14, Section 2.15, Section 2.16, Section 10.03 and Article IX).
Section 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from a Borrower for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 2.09 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of each Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such
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form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered not, to such payee and its registered assigns).
Section 2.10 Prepayment of Loans. (a) Subject to any breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 2.15, each Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing made to it in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section 2.10.
(b) The Company, on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL, shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(a), (i) in the case of prepayment of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and breakage costs to the extent required by Section 2.15.
(c) If at any time (including, without limitation, on any Computation Date) the Global Exposure exceeds the Global Commitments, then, the Borrowers shall, without notice or demand, immediately (i) prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and (ii) if any excess remains (or would remain) after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure or the Mexico LC Exposure, cash collateralize such excess as provided in Section 2.05(j). Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowings; provided that if both Revolving Borrowings and Mexico Borrowings are then outstanding, the Borrowers shall prepay both Revolving Borrowings and Mexico Borrowings on a pro rata basis in proportion to the principal of Revolving Borrowings then outstanding and the principal of Mexico Borrowings then outstanding. Prepayments made pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and breakage costs to the extent required by Section 2.15.
(d) If at any time (including, without limitation, on any Computation Date) the aggregate Global LC Exposure exceeds the sum of all Letter of Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrowers shall, without notice or demand, immediately replace outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j), in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess; provided that if, at
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such time, both LC Exposure and Mexico LC Exposure are outstanding, the replacement of Letters of Credit or cash collateralization of Letters of Credit shall be effected on a pro rata basis in proportion to the LC Exposure then outstanding and the Mexico LC Exposure then outstanding.
(e) Prior to the Investment Grade Rating Date, if upon the consummation of any Disposition pursuant to Section 6.11(c) (to the extent the fair market value of the Property subject to the Casualty Event exceeds $25,000,000) or Section 6.11(e), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio exceeds 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on pro forma basis using (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day and (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b)), then, the Borrowers shall, without notice or demand, prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate amount necessary so that after giving effect to such prepayment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 (calculated on pro forma basis as set forth above). Such prepayment shall be due on the date that is three Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt of the cash proceeds of such Disposition. Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 2.10(e) shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowings; provided that if both Revolving Borrowings and Mexico Borrowings are then outstanding, the Borrowers shall prepay both Revolving Borrowings and Mexico Borrowings on a pro rata basis in proportion to the principal of Revolving Borrowings then outstanding and the principal of Mexico Borrowings then outstanding. Prepayments made pursuant to this Section 2.10(e) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and breakage costs to the extent required by Section 2.15. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any prepayment of Term Benchmark Borrowings is required to be made under this Section 2.05(e), prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrowers may, in their sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder with the Administrative Agent until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05(e).
Section 2.11 Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Lender, a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the daily amount of the unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the date on which the Commitments terminate (it being understood that LC Exposure shall constitute usage of the Commitments for purposes of this Section 2.11(a)). The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Mexico Lender, a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the daily amount of the unused amount of the Mexico Commitment during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the date on which the Mexico Commitment terminates (it being understood that Mexico LC Exposure shall constitute usage of the Mexico Commitment for purposes of this Section 2.11(a)).
(b) The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and
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including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank (other than the Mexico Issuing Bank) a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.20% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure of such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure of such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges of such Issuing Bank relating to the Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect. The Company agrees to pay to the Mexico Issuing Bank a fee (the “Mexico Letter of Credit Fee”) with respect to the Mexico Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans on the average daily amount of the Mexico LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which the Mexico Commitment terminates and the date on which the Mexico Issuing Bank ceases to have any Mexico LC Exposure, as well as the Mexico Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Mexico Letter of Credit and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges of the Mexico Issuing Bank relating to the Mexico Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect.
(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent.
(d) Participation fees, the Mexico Letter of Credit Fee and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments (or the Mexico Commitment, in the case of the Mexico Letter of Credit Fee) terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall be payable within ten days after demand. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that any fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All fees payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid hereunder shall not be refundable under any circumstances. For purposes of calculating participation fees and fronting fees pursuant to Section 2.11(b), the amount of LC Exposure or the Mexico LC Exposure on any day shall be the Dollar Equivalent thereof on such day, determined using the Exchange Rate on the first Business Day of the calendar month in which such day falls.
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Section 2.12 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Each RFR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the applicable Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.12 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2.12.
(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments, and in the case of Mexico Loans, upon termination of the Mexico Commitment; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.12 shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate only at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year). In each case interest shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination. The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.13 Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality. (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 2.13, if:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or
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published on a current basis) for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Company delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.07 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 or Section 2.04, (1) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above and (2) any Borrowing Request that requests an RFR Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for an ABR Borrowing; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then all other Types of Borrowings shall be permitted. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.13(a) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Company delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.07 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 or Section 2.04, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above, on such day, and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any
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amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any group of Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.13.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
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(f) Upon the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Company may revoke any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Company will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.13, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan.
Section 2.14 Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank, or the applicable offshore market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.14 shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the applicable Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or any Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.14 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.15 Break Funding Payments. (a) With respect to Term Benchmark Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or an optional or mandatory prepayment of Loans), (ii) the conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (iv) the assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof.
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(b) With respect to RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or an optional or mandatory prepayment of Loans), (ii) the failure to borrow or prepay any RFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (iii) the assignment of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.16 Payments Free of Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as applicable) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, then such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Each Loan Party shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.16, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Loan Parties have not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (e).
(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company, on behalf of itself, Expro-Intl. or MOCL, or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.16(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Company is a U.S. Person,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), an executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
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(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, an executed IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “ten percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an executed IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 or Exhibit C-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i)
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of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for any Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Xxxxxx’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.16 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
(i) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
Section 2.17 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. (a) Each Borrower shall make each payment or prepayment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Sections 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due or the date fixed for any prepayment hereunder, in immediately available funds, without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next
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succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute in like funds as those received any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Except as set forth in Section 2.05, all payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to a Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Company prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder that the applicable Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the applicable Borrower has made such
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payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the applicable Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Sections 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b), 2.17(d) or 10.03(c) then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
Section 2.18 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.16) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank) which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to
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the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that (A) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (B) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender; provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
Section 2.19 Defaulting Lenders.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender (or the Mexico Commitment if such Defaulting Lender is the Mexico Lender) pursuant to Section 2.11(a).
(b) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 7.02(c) or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank hereunder; third, to cash collateralize LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth, as the Company may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) cash collateralize future LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with this Section; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Banks against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Xxxxxx’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan
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Document; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to any Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(c) the Commitment (or the Mexico Commitment if such Defaulting Lender is the Mexico Lender) and Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.02); provided that this clause (c) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby.
(d) if any LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender (other than the Mexico Lender) becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only (x) to the extent that such reallocation does not, as to any non-Defaulting Lender, cause such non-Defaulting Lender’s Credit Exposure to exceed its Commitment and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at such time;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks only the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if the Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
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(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages;
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all commitment fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such LC Exposure) and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Banks until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
(vi) subject to Section 10.17, no reallocation pursuant to clause (i) shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Xxxxxx having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increase exposure following such reallocation; and
(e) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank (other than the Mexico Issuing Bank) shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.19(d), and LC Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.19(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the Effective Date and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) any Issuing Bank (other than the Mexico Issuing Bank) has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, such Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrowers or such Lender, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Issuing Banks each agrees that a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the LC Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Revolving Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Revolving Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
Section 2.20 Commitment Increase.
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(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company shall have the right from time to time to cause an increase in the total Commitments of the Lenders (a “Commitment Increase”) by adding to this Agreement one or more additional financial institutions that are not already Lenders hereunder (each, a “New Lender”) or by allowing one or more existing Lenders to increase their respective Commitments; provided that (i) both before and immediately after giving effect to such Commitment Increase, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the effective date of such Commitment Increase (such date, the “Commitment Increase Date”), (ii) no such Commitment Increase shall be in an amount less than $10,000,000, (iii) the aggregate amount of all such Commitment Increases shall not exceed $450,000,000, and after giving effect to all such Commitment Increases, the total Commitments shall not exceed $1,250,000,000, (iv) no Lender’s Commitment shall be increased without such Lender’s prior written consent (which consent may be given or withheld in such Xxxxxx’s sole and absolute discretion) and (v) each New Lender and any increase in the Commitment of an existing Lender pursuant to any Commitment Increase shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b) The Company shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice (a “Notice of Commitment Increase”) of its intention to increase the total Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20. Each such Notice of Commitment Increase shall specify (i) the proposed Commitment Increase Date, which date shall be no earlier than five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of such Notice of Commitment Increase, (ii) the amount of the requested Commitment Increase, (iii) as applicable, the identity of each New Lender and/or existing Lender that has agreed in writing to increase its Commitment hereunder, and (iv) the amount of the respective Commitments of the then existing Lenders and the New Lenders from and after the Commitment Increase Date.
(c) On any Commitment Increase Date, the Revolving Lenders shall purchase and assume (without recourse or warranty) from the other Revolving Lenders (i) Revolving Loans, to the extent that there are any Revolving Loans then outstanding, and (ii) undivided participation interests in any outstanding LC Exposure, in each case, to the extent necessary to ensure that after giving effect to the Commitment Increase, each Revolving Lender has outstanding Revolving Loans and participation interests in outstanding LC Exposure equal to its Applicable Percentage of the total Commitments. Each Revolving Lender shall make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to the preceding sentence via wire transfer to the Administrative Agent on the Commitment Increase Date. Each existing Revolving Lender shall be automatically deemed to have assigned any outstanding Revolving Loans on the Commitment Increase Date and the existing Revolving Lenders, each New Lender and the Borrowers each agree to take any further steps reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case to the extent deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent to effectuate the provisions of the preceding sentences, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of one or more joinder or similar agreements. If, on such Commitment Increase Date, any Revolving Loans that are Term Benchmark Loans have been funded, then the Borrowers shall be obligated to pay any breakage fees or costs that are payable pursuant to Section 2.15 in connection with the reallocation of such outstanding Revolving Loans to effectuate the provisions of this paragraph.
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(d) Each Commitment Increase shall become effective on the respective Commitment Increase Date and upon such effectiveness: (i) to the extent applicable, the Administrative Agent shall record in the Register each New Lender’s information as provided in the applicable Notice of Commitment Increase and pursuant to an Administrative Questionnaire that shall be executed and delivered by each New Lender to the Administrative Agent on or before such Commitment Increase Date, (ii) Schedule 2.01 shall be amended and restated to set forth all Lenders (including any New Lenders) that will be Lenders hereunder after giving effect to such Commitment Increase (which amended and restated Schedule 2.01 shall be set forth in Annex I to the applicable Notice of Commitment Increase) and the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each Lender (including each New Lender) a copy of such amended and restated Schedule 2.01, and (iii) each New Lender identified on the Notice of Commitment Increase for such Commitment Increase shall be a “Lender” for all purposes under this Agreement.
(e) As a condition precedent to any Commitment Increase, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company dated as of the Commitment Increase Date certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrowers approving or consenting to such Commitment Increase and certifying that, before and after giving effect to such Commitment Increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement made by the Borrowers are true and correct on and as of the Commitment Increase Date (unless such representations and warranties are stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist as of the Commitment Increase Date, and (ii) any legal opinions, certificates and/or other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Commitment Increase.
Section 2.21 Sustainability Targets.
(a) The parties hereto acknowledge that the Sustainability Targets have not been determined and agreed as of the date of this Agreement and that Schedule 2.21 therefore has been intentionally left blank. The Company may, at any time prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, submit a request in writing to the Administrative Agent that this Agreement be amended to include the Sustainability Targets and other related provisions (including without limitation those provisions described in this Section 2.21), to be mutually agreed among the parties hereto in accordance with this Section 2.21 and Section 10.02 (such amendment, the “ESG Amendment”). Such request shall be accompanied by the proposed Sustainability Targets as prepared by the Company in consultation with the Sustainability Structuring Agent and devised with assistance from the Sustainability Assurance Provider (defined below), which shall be included as Schedule 2.21 (the “Sustainability Table”).
(b) In connection with a request for the ESG Amendment, the Company shall engage in good faith discussions with the Administrative Agent and the Sustainability Structuring Agent in respect of the proposed Sustainability Targets and Sustainability Assurance Provider, and any proposed incentives and penalties for compliance and noncompliance, respectively, with the Sustainability Targets, including any adjustments to the Applicable Rate (and/or Commitment Fee Rate therein) (such provisions, collectively, the “ESG Pricing Provisions”); provided that the amount of any such adjustments made pursuant to an ESG Amendment shall not result in a decrease or an increase of more than (a) 0.01% in the Commitment Fee Rate set forth in the
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definition of “Applicable Rate” and/or (b) 0.05% in the Term Benchmark Spread and the ABR Spread set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate” during any fiscal year, which pricing adjustments shall be applied in accordance with the terms as further described in the ESG Pricing Provisions; provided that (i) in no event shall any of the Term Benchmark Spread, the ABR Spread or the Commitment Fee Rate be less than 0% at any time and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, such pricing adjustments shall not be cumulative year-over-year, and each applicable adjustment shall only apply until the date on which the next adjustment is due to take place. The Company agrees and confirms that the ESG Pricing Provisions shall follow the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles, as published in May 2021, and as may be updated, revised or amended from time to time by the Loan Market Association and the Loan Syndications & Trading Association (the “SLL Principles”).
(c) The proposed ESG Amendment shall: (i) set forth the Sustainability Targets and the ESG Pricing Provisions, (ii) shall identify a sustainability assurance provider, which shall be a qualified external reviewer, independent of the Company and its Subsidiaries, with relevant expertise, such as an auditor, environmental consultant and/or independent ratings agency of recognized national standing (the “Sustainability Assurance Provider”) and (iii) may contain provisions relating thereto, including, without limitation, the provisions described in this Section 2.21 and provisions setting forth indemnities and other protections for the benefit of the Sustainability Structuring Agent.
(d) A copy of the proposed ESG Amendment shall be posted to all the Lenders. The effectiveness of the ESG Amendment (including the ESG Pricing Provisions) shall be subject to the execution and delivery thereof by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders. Each Lender’s decision to approve of any proposed ESG Amendment shall be made in such Xxxxxx’s sole discretion.
(e) Following the effectiveness of the ESG Amendment, any amendment or other modification to the ESG Pricing Provisions which does not have the effect of reducing the Term Benchmark Spread, the ABR Spread, or the Commitment Fee Rate to a level not otherwise permitted by this Section 2.21 shall be subject only to the consent of the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Company and its Material Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate or equivalent powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
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and, if required, stockholder action. Each Loan Document to which each Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any third Person (including holders of its Equity Interests or any class of directors, managers or supervisors, as applicable, whether interested or disinterested, of any Borrower or any other Person), except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the Transactions, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained would not cause a Default hereunder, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or do not have an adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, (c) will not violate or result in a default under the Existing Notes, any indenture pursuant to which any Existing Notes are issued or any other indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries.
Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect; No Default. (a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, reported on by KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b) Since December 31, 2021, there has been no change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, has had or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3.05 Properties. (a) Each of the Company and its Material Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for (i) Liens permitted by Section 6.03 and (ii) minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.
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(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Prior to the Investment Grade Rating Date, except for such acts or failures to act as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Oil and Gas Properties (and Properties unitized therewith) of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been maintained, operated and developed in conformity with all Governmental Requirements and in conformity with the provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part of the Hydrocarbon Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a part of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Specifically in connection with the foregoing, except for those as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Oil and Gas Property of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to having allowable production reduced below the full and regular allowable (including the maximum permissible tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether or not the same was permissible at the time) and (ii) none of the xxxxx comprising a part of the Oil and Gas Properties (or Properties unitized therewith) of the Company or any Subsidiary is deviated from the vertical more than the maximum permitted by Governmental Requirements, and such xxxxx are, in fact, bottomed under and are producing from, and the well bores are wholly within, the Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of xxxxx located on Properties unitized therewith, such unitized Properties) of the Company or such Subsidiary. Prior to the Investment Grade Rating Date, all pipelines, xxxxx, gas processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment owned in whole or in part by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary to conduct normal operations are being maintained in a state adequate to conduct normal operations, and with respect to such of the foregoing which are operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in a manner consistent with the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ past practices (other than those the failure of which to maintain in accordance with this Section 3.05(c) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).
Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Transactions.
(b) Except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
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Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or the making of the Loans hereunder.
Section 3.08 Investment Company Status. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10 ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has (a) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Plan, (b) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or made any amendment to any Plan that has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code, or (c) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA that are not past due.
Section 3.11 Disclosure.
(a) The Company has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. There are no statements or conclusions in any Reserve Report which are based upon or include misleading information or fail to take into account material information regarding the matters reported therein,
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it being understood that projections concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries and production and cost estimates contained in each Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and that the Company and the Subsidiaries do not warrant that such opinions, estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate.
(b) As of the Effective Date, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.
Section 3.12 Insurance. The Company has, and has caused all of its Subsidiaries to have, (a) all insurance policies sufficient for the compliance by each of them with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements and (b) insurance coverage in at least amounts and against such risk (including, without limitation, public liability) that are usually insured against by companies similarly situated and engaged in the same or a similar business for the assets and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.13 Restriction on Subsidiary Distributions. Prior to the Investment Grade Rating Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any agreement or arrangement, or subject to any order, judgment, writ or decree, which either restricts or purports to restrict any Subsidiary from paying dividends or making any other distributions in respect of its Equity Interests to the Company or any Subsidiary, or restricts any Subsidiary from making loans or advances or transferring any Property to the Company or any Subsidiary, or which requires the consent of or notice to other Persons in connection therewith, except, in each case, for such restrictions permitted under Section 6.07.
Section 3.14 Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent by the Company in writing from time to time after the Effective Date, which shall be a supplement to Schedule 3.14, (a) Schedule 3.14 sets forth (i) each Subsidiary’s name as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization and jurisdiction of organization, and the location of i