AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 26, 2024 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Hayward Intermediate, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Hayward Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “US Borrower” or “Lead Borrower”), Hayward Pool Products Canada, Inc. / Produits De Piscines Hayward Canada, Inc., a Canadian federal corporation (the “Canadian Borrower” and, together with the US Borrower, the “North American Borrowers”), Hayward Ibérica, S.L.U., a Spanish private limited liability corporation (Sociedad Limitada Unipersonal) (the “Spanish Borrower” and, together with the North American Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), the other Restricted Subsidiaries of the Lead Borrower party hereto, as Subsidiary Guarantors, Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (together with its designated branches and Affiliates in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”), and the Lenders party hereto (constituting all of the Lenders).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks are party to that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2018, by that certain Amendment No. 2 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2022, by that certain Amendment No. 3 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2022, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original ABL Credit Agreement” and as amended and restated by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.14(b) of the Original ABL Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower desire to amend the Original ABL Credit Agreement to, among other things, establish Term XXXXX as the alternate rate of interest for Canadian Dollars (as amended by this Amendment) and the other Loan Documents, and to make certain Conforming Changes in connection therewith, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment (the “XXXXX Replacement”) , which XXXXX Replacement shall become effective if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice of objection to such XXXXX Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 26, 2024 (the “Objection Deadline”); and
WHEREAS, the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent desire to memorialize the terms of this Amendment by amending the Original Credit Agreement as set forth in the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 2.14(b) of the Original Credit Agreement, such amendment to become effective at the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.Amendments.
(a)Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, the Original ABL Credit Agreement (excluding the Schedules and Exhibits thereto) is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
SECTION 2.[Reserved].
SECTION 3.[Reserved].
SECTION 4.Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.
(a)On and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Original ABL Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Original ABL Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the “Credit Agreement”, shall mean and be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement.
(b)Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Administrative Agent or any other party under the Original ABL Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement), and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Original ABL Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement), all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect, in each case, as amended or otherwise modified pursuant to this Amendment.
(c)From and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, this Amendment shall be deemed to be a Loan Document for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(d)The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Original ABL Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement) effected pursuant to this Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Original ABL Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement) or any of the obligations under any of the foregoing, in each case, as in effect immediately prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
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SECTION 5.Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment and the amendments to the Original ABL Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement) contained in Section 1 hereof shall become effective as of the first date (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”) on which the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived):
(a)The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b)The Administrative Agent has not received, by the Objection Deadline, written notice of objection to this Amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
SECTION 6.Representations and Warranties. The Lead Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date that:
(a)The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents by the Lead Borrower and each other Loan Party party hereto or thereto are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational power and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action of such Loan Party;
(b)None of the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents by the Lead Borrower and each other Loan Party party hereto or thereto (i) require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (A) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (B) in connection with the Perfection Requirements and (C) such consents, approvals, registrations, filings, or other actions the failure to obtain or make which would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) will violate any (A) of such Loan Party’s Organizational Documents or (B) Requirements of Law applicable to such Loan Party which violation, in the case of this clause (ii)(B), would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) will violate or result in (A) a Default (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) under the First Lien Credit Agreement or (B) a default under any other material Contractual Obligation to which such Loan Party is a party which violation, in the case of this clause (iii), would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Lead Borrower. This Amendment and the other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower, enforceable against each Borrower in accordance with its terms, subject to the Legal Reservations; and
(d)Each of the Loan Parties and each of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is (A) duly organized and validly existing and (B) in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and (iii) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) in, every jurisdiction
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where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification; except, in each case referred to in this clause (d) (other than clause (i)(A) with respect to the Borrowers and clause (ii) with respect to the Loan Parties) where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7.Costs and Expenses. The Lead Borrower agrees to pay (or cause to be paid) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP and, if reasonably necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to all such Persons, taken as a whole, to the extent provided for in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement) in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, the other Loan Documents and any other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith.
SECTION 8.Execution in Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic imaging (including in .pdf format) means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures (including, without limitation, facsimile and .pdf) and shall be considered an original, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. This Amendment may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Administrative Agent of a manually signed paper communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Administrative Agent may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Amendment in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (an “Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of the Administrative Agent’s business, and destroy the original paper document. This Amendment in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification so long as it reasonably believes such Electronic Signature is genuine and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed, original counterpart. For purposes
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hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
SECTION 9.GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Clauses (b) and (c) of Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 10.WAIVER OF RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AMENDMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
HAYWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Responsible Employee
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Responsible Employee
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to ABL Credit Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to ABL Credit Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
CREDIT AGREEMENT
[Attached]
Execution Version
EXHIBIT A
Amended ABL Credit Agreement
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 4, 2017
as amended as of March 30, 2018,
as further amended and restated as of June 1, 2021,
and as further amended as of October 7, 2022,
and as further amended as of June 26, 2024
among
Dated as of August 4, 2017
as amended as of March 30, 2018,
as further amended and restated as of June 1, 2021,
and as further amended as of October 7, 2022,
and as further amended as of June 26, 2024
among
HAYWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as US Borrower,
HAYWARD POOL PRODUCTS CANADA, INC. /
PRODUITS DE PISCINES HAYWARD CANADA, INC.,
PRODUITS DE PISCINES HAYWARD CANADA, INC.,
as Canadian Borrower,
HAYWARD IBÉRICA, S.L.U.,
as Spanish Borrower,
HAYWARD INTERMEDIATE, INC.,
as Holdings,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO,
as Xxxxxxx,
as Xxxxxxx,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender,
BofA SECURITIES, INC.,
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
BofA SECURITIES, INC.,
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
and
TRUIST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.01 Defined Terms 1
Section 1.02 Classification of Revolving Loans and Borrowings 8483
Section 1.03 Terms Generally 8483
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP 8685
Section 1.05 Quebec and Spanish Terms 8786
Section 1.06 Effectuation of Transactions 8887
Section 1.07 Timing of Payment of Performance 8887
Section 1.08 Times of Day 8887
Section 1.09 Currency Generally; Exchange Rate 8887
Section 1.10 Cashless Rollovers 8988
Section 1.11 Certain Conditions, Calculations and Tests 8988
Section 1.12 Rounding 9492
Section 1.13 Alternate Currencies 9492
Section 1.14 Divisions 9593
Section 1.15 Interest Rates 9594
ARTICLE 2 THE CREDITS 9594
Section 2.01 Commitments 9594
Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings 9795
Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings 9897
Section 2.04 Overadvances 10099
Section 2.05 Letters of Credit 101100
Section 2.06 Protective Advances 107105
Section 2.07 Funding of Borrowings 107106
Section 2.08 Type; Interest Elections 108107
Section 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments 110108
Section 2.10 Repayment of Revolving Loans; Evidence of Debt 111109
Section 2.11 Prepayment of Revolving Loans 113111
Section 2.12 Fees 114113
Section 2.13 Interest 116114
Section 2.14 Inability to Determine Rates 117116
Section 2.15 Increased Costs 121119
Section 2.16 Break Funding Payments 122121
Section 2.17 Taxes 123121
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Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Payments 127125
Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 130128
Section 2.20 Illegality 131129
Section 2.21 Defaulting Lenders 132130
Section 2.22 Incremental Credit Extensions 134132
Section 2.23 Extensions of Revolving Loans and Additional Revolving Commitments 141139
Section 2.24 Swingline Loans. 144142
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 147145
Section 3.01 Organization; Powers 147145
Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability 147145
Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts 147145
Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect 148145
Section 3.05 Properties 148146
Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters 148146
Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws 149147
Section 3.08 Investment Company Status 149147
Section 3.09 Taxes 149147
Section 3.10 ERISA 149147
Section 3.11 Disclosure 149147
Section 3.12 Solvency 150148
Section 3.13 Capitalization and Subsidiaries 150148
Section 3.14 Security Interest in Collateral 150148
Section 3.15 Labor Disputes 151148
Section 3.16 Federal Reserve Regulations 151149
Section 3.17 Economic and Trade Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws 151149
Section 3.18 Borrowing Base Certificates 151149
Section 3.19 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts 152150
ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS 152150
Section 4.01 [Reserved] 152150
Section 4.02 Each Credit Extension 152150
ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 153150
Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Reports 153151
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Section 5.02 Existence 157155
Section 5.03 Payment of Taxes 158155
Section 5.04 Maintenance of Properties 158156
Section 5.05 Insurance 158156
Section 5.06 Inspections 158156
Section 5.07 Maintenance of Books and Records 159157
Section 5.08 Compliance with Laws 160157
Section 5.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws 160158
Section 5.10 Designation of Subsidiaries 160158
Section 5.11 Use of Proceeds 161159
Section 5.12 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security 161159
Section 5.13 [Reserved] 162160
Section 5.14 Further Assurances 162160
Section 5.15 Cash Management 163160
Section 5.16 Acknowledgement of Debt 165163
Section 5.17 Post-Closing Matters 165163
ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS 165163
Section 6.01 Indebtedness 166163
Section 6.02 Liens 171169
Section 6.03 No Further Negative Pledges 175173
Section 6.04 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness 177174
Section 6.05 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions 181179
Section 6.06 Investments 183180
Section 6.07 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets 186183
Section 6.08 [Reserved] 190187
Section 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates 190187
Section 6.10 Conduct of Business 191189
Section 6.11 [Reserved] 192189
Section 6.12 Amendments of or Waivers with Respect to Restricted Debt 192189
Section 6.13 Fiscal Year 192189
Section 6.14 Permitted Activities of Holdings 192189
Section 6.15 Financial Covenant 193191
ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT 194192
Section 7.01 Events of Default 194192
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ARTICLE 8 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 198195
ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS 206203
Section 9.01 Notices 206203
Section 9.02 Waivers; Amendments 210207
Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity 213210
Section 9.04 Waiver of Claim 215212
Section 9.05 Successors and Assigns 215212
Section 9.06 Survival 221218
Section 9.07 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 222218
Section 9.08 Severability 223220
Section 9.09 Right of Setoff 223220
Section 9.10 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process 224221
Section 9.11 Waiver of Jury Trial 225221
Section 9.12 Headings 225222
Section 9.13 Confidentiality 225222
Section 9.14 No Fiduciary Duty 226223
Section 9.15 Several Obligations 227223
Section 9.16 USA PATRIOT Act 227223
Section 9.17 Canadian Anti-Money Laundering 227224
Section 9.18 Disclosure 227224
Section 9.19 Appointment for Perfection 228224
Section 9.20 Interest Rate Limitation 228224
Section 9.21 ABL Intercreditor Agreement. 229225
Section 9.22 Conflicts 229226
Section 9.23 Release of Guarantors; Release of Spanish Borrower 229226
Section 9.24 Judgment Currency 230227
Section 9.25 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 230227
Section 9.26 Lender Representation. 231228
Section 9.27 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFC 232229
Section 9.28 Spanish Formalities. 233229
SCHEDULES: | ||||||||
Schedule 1.01(a) | – | Commitment Schedule | ||||||
Schedule 1.01(d) | – | Existing Letters of Credit | ||||||
Schedule 3.13 | – | Subsidiaries | ||||||
Schedule 3.15 | – | Labor Disputes | ||||||
Schedule 3.19 | – | Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts |
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Schedule 5.10 | – | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | ||||||
Schedule 5.17 | – | Post-Closing Matters | ||||||
Schedule 6.01 | – | Existing Indebtedness | ||||||
Schedule 6.02 | – | Existing Liens | ||||||
Schedule 6.06 | – | Existing Investments | ||||||
Schedule 6.07(s) | – | Dispositions | ||||||
Schedule 9.01 | – | Lead Borrower’s Website Address for Electronic Delivery; Administrative Agent’s Office | ||||||
EXHIBITS: | ||||||||
Exhibit A-1 | – | Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||||||
Exhibit B-1 | – | Form of Borrowing Request | ||||||
Exhibit B-2 | – | Form of Letter of Credit Request | ||||||
Exhibit B-3 | – | Form of Swingline Loan Request | ||||||
Exhibit C | – | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit D | – | Form of Interest Election Request | ||||||
Exhibit E | – | Form of Perfection Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit F | – | Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement | ||||||
Exhibit G | – | Form of Promissory Note | ||||||
Exhibit H | – | [Reserved] | ||||||
Exhibit I | – | Form of Loan Guaranty Agreement | ||||||
Exhibit J | – | Form of US Security Agreement | ||||||
Exhibit K-1 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit K-2 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit K-3 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit K-4 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit L | – | Form of Solvency Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit M | – | Form of North American Borrowing Base Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit N | – | Form of Hedge Agreement Designation Notice | ||||||
Exhibit O | – | Form of ABL Intercreditor Agreement |
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ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2018, amended and restated pursuant to Amendment No. 2 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of as of June 1, 2021, amended pursuant to Amendment No. 3 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2022, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), by and among Hayward Intermediate, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Hayward Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “US Borrower”), Hayward Pool Products Canada, Inc. / Produits De Piscines Hayward Canada, Inc., a Canadian federal corporation (the “Canadian Borrower”), Hayward Ibérica, S.L.U., a Spanish private limited liability corporation (Sociedad Limitada Unipersonal) (in such capacity, the “Spanish Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party hereto, including Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), and Bank of America, in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent (together with its designated branches and Affiliates in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”), the Swingline Lender and an Issuing Bank, with BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA Securities”), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacities, the “Arrangers” and, each, an “Arranger”).
RECITALS
A. The Lenders and Issuing Banks have extended credit to the Borrowers in the form of an asset-based revolving credit facility with Initial Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to $475,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
B. The US Borrower has received extensions of credit in the form of senior secured term loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to $1,000,000,000.
C. The Borrowers have requested that, effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, (a) the Lenders extend credit hereunder in the form of a “first-in last-out” sublimit to the Initial Commitments under the Initial Revolving Facility in an aggregate amount equal to $35,000,000 and (b) make such other modifications to this Agreement as set forth in the Third Amendment and this Agreement.
D. The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers and to make such other modifications on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
•“30-Day Average Availability” means, during the 30-consecutive day period immediately preceding the relevant date of calculation, the quotient, obtained by dividing (a) the sum of each day’s Availability during the 30-consecutive day period immediately preceding the relevant date of calculation by (b) thirty (30) days.
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•“ABL Exclusive Collateral” means (a) the Additional European Facility Collateral and (b) all other Collateral of the Loan Parties other than US Collateral.
•“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) the Amended and Restated ABL Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit O hereto, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the First Lien Agent and the other parties thereto from time to time and acknowledged by the US Loan Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (b) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date with any material modifications which are reasonably acceptable to the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (c) if requested by the Lead Borrower, an intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens and Collateral proceeds on a Split Collateral Basis at the time the intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, so long as the terms of such intercreditor agreement are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower; provided, that (i) if required by the Administrative Agent prior to agreeing that any form (or modification) is reasonably acceptable to it, the form of any other intercreditor agreement shall be deemed acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and the Lenders) if posted to the Lenders and not objected to by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days thereafter, and (ii) any ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be limited to terms governing the sharing of Liens and the relative rights and obligations of the secured parties regarding Collateral (other than ABL Exclusive Collateral) and the proceeds thereof and shall not restrict or limit any Indebtedness or the terms and conditions thereof (including any amendments and refinancings) to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be permitted by the Loan Documents.
•“ABL Priority Collateral” means “ABL Priority Collateral” (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) of the US Loan Parties.
•“ABR”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
•“ABR Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan to the US Borrower bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
•“Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC (and/or, with respect to any Accounts of any Canadian Loan Party, as defined in the PPSA), including all rights to payment for Inventory, merchandise and goods sold or leased, or for services rendered.
•“Account Debtor” means any Person obligated on an Account.
•“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.
•“Acquired North American Eligible Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “North American Borrowing Base”.
•“Acquired North American Eligible Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “North American Borrowing Base”.
•“Additional Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 8.
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•“Additional European Borrowers” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(c)(ii).
•“Additional European Eligible Legal Jurisdiction” means, at the discretion of the Lead Borrower, any one of the following: (a) England and Wales, (b) the Republic of Ireland or (c) the Netherlands.
•“Additional European Facility Collateral” means any and all property of any Additional European Facility Loan Party subject to a Lien under any Collateral Document and any and all other property of any Additional European Facility Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that is or becomes subject to a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document, in each case, to secure the Obligations of any Additional European Borrower, other than any “Excluded Assets” (as defined in the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment establishing the Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, including any similar term).
•“Additional European Facility Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(c)(iii).
“Additional European Facility Loan Parties” means, collectively, (a) each Additional European Borrower and (b) each Additional European Facility Guarantor other than any US Person or Canadian Person.
•“Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(c).
•“Additional Revolving Commitments” means any revolving credit commitment added pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23.
•“Additional Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Additional Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate outstanding amount at such time of such Xxxxxx’s LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure and participation interest in Protective Advances and Overadvances, in each case, attributable to its Additional Revolving Commitments.
•“Additional Revolving Facility” means any revolving credit facility added pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23.
•“Additional Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(d).
•“Additional Revolving Loans” means any Revolving Loan made hereunder pursuant to any Additional Revolving Commitments.
•“Adjustment Date” means the first day of January, April, July and October of each Fiscal Year.
•“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
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•“Administrative Agent Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(b).
•“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders.
•“Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(f).
•“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claim), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, any Borrower or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened in writing, against or affecting Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries or any property of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
•“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
•“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, that Person. No Person shall be an “Affiliate” of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof solely because it is an unrelated portfolio company of the Sponsors and none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates or branches shall be considered an Affiliate of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof.
•“Aggregate Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of all Commitments at such time. As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the amount of Aggregate Commitments is equal to (a) during the Off-Peak Season, the Initial Primary Commitment and (b) during the Peak Season, the sum of (i) the Initial Primary Commitment and (ii) the Initial Peak Season Commitment.
•“Aggregate North American Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of (a) all Initial Commitments at such time and (b) all other Commitments incurred by or allocated to any North American Borrower at such time (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Revolving Commitments incurred by or allocated to any Additional European Borrower at such time). As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the amount of Aggregate North American Commitments is equal to (a) during the Off-Peak Season, the Initial Primary Commitment and (b) during the Peak Season, the sum of (i) the Initial Primary Commitment and (ii) the Initial Peak Season Commitment.
“Agreed Currency” means Dollars or any Alternate Currency, as applicable.
•“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this ABL Credit Agreement.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 9.25.
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•“AHYDO” means an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code.
•“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (b) to the extent ascertainable, Term SOFR (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of one (1) month and shall be determined on a daily basis) plus 1.00%, (c) the Prime Rate and (d) 0.00% per annum. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, as the case may be, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, as the case may be. Any change in the Prime Rate announced by Bank of America shall be effective from and including the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
•“Alternate Currency” means Canadian Dollars, Sterling, Euro and Australian Dollars, together with each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.13; provided that for each Alternate Currency, such requested currency is an Eligible Currency.
“Alternate Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternate Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, by reference to Bloomberg (or such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates), to be the exchange rate for the purchase of such Alternate Currency with Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided, however, that if no such rate is available, the “Alternate Currency Equivalent” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, using any reasonable method of determination its deems appropriate in its sole discretion (and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
“Alternate Currency Term Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to any Credit Extension:
(a)denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the day that is two (2) TARGET Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period (the “EURIBOR Rate”);
(b)denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (“CDORforward-looking term rate based on XXXXX (“Term XXXXX”), as published on the applicable BloombergReuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “CDORTerm XXXXX Rate”) on the first day of such Interest Period (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day)Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period plus the Term XXXXX Adjustment for such Interest Period;
(c)denominated in Australian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Bank Xxxx Xxxx Reference Bid Rate (“BBSY”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the
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Administrative Agent from time to time) (the “BBSY Rate”) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; or
(d)denominated in any other Alternate Currency (to the extent such Revolving Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a term rate), the term rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternate Currency at the time such Alternate Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.13 plus the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.13;
provided, that, if any Alternate Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate,” which shall include as of the Second, from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loans, BBSY Revolving Loans and EURIBOR Revolving Loans. All Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loans must be denominated in an Alternate Currency.
•“Alternate Currency Term Successor Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(b)(i)(D).
“Alternative Benchmark Rate” means a benchmark rate selected by the Lead Borrower; provided, that, the relevant alternative (a) is designed to be a broad based measure of average funding rates for banking institutions funding in U.S. Dollars, in institutional markets, on a senior unsecured basis, (b) is displayed on a screen or other reasonably available information service, (c) is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, (d) is represented publicly by the applicable benchmark administrator to be administered in accordance with the International Organization of Securities, and (e) is the then-prevailing market convention or an evolving market convention that the Lead Borrower reasonably expects to become the prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Applicable Creditor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24(b).
“Applicable Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) in the case of US Collateral, an ABL Intercreditor Agreement, and (b) otherwise, any Additional Agreement.
•“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender for any Class, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitments for such Class represented by such Xxxxxx’s Commitment for such Class; provided that for purposes of Section 2.21 and otherwise herein, when there is a Defaulting Lender, any such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in the relevant calculations. In the event the Aggregate Commitments for any Class shall have expired or been terminated, the Applicable Percentages of any Lender of such Class shall be determined on the basis of the Revolving Credit Exposure of the applicable Lenders of such Class, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
•“Applicable Rate” means, for any day,
(e)with respect to Initial Revolving Loans (other than FILO Revolving Loans), any Overadvance or any Protective Advance, the rate per annum applicable to the relevant Type of
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Revolving Loans set forth below, based upon the Average Availability for the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter:
Average Availability | ABR Revolving Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans and Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loans | Term SOFR Revolving Loans, XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loans and Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loans (i.e., CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loans, BBSY Revolving Loans and EURIBOR Revolving Loans) | ||||||
Category 1 ≥ 66% | 0.25% | 1.25% | ||||||
Category 2 < 66% but ≥ 33% | 0.50% | 1.50% | ||||||
Category 3 < 33% | 0.75% | 1.75% |
(f)with respect to FILO Revolving Loans, the rate per annum applicable to the relevant Type of FILO Revolving Loans set forth below, based upon the Average Availability for the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter; provided that until the first Adjustment Date following the completion of at least one (1) Fiscal Quarter ended after the Third Amendment Effective Date, the “Applicable Rate” with respect to FILO Revolving Loans shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Category 1:
FILO Revolving Average Availability | ABR Revolving Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans and Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loans | Term SOFR Revolving Loans, XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loans and Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loans (i.e., CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loans, BBSY Revolving Loans and EURIBOR Revolving Loans) | ||||||
Category 1 ≥ 66% | 1.25% | 2.25% | ||||||
Category 2 < 66% but ≥ 33% | 1.50% | 2.50% | ||||||
Category 3 < 33% | 1.75% | 2.75% |
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(g)with respect to any Additional Revolving Loan of any Class, the rate or rates per annum specified in the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility, or Extension Amendment.
The Applicable Rate pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the Average Availability in accordance with the tables above; provided that if the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate is not delivered when required pursuant to Section 5.01(l), the “Applicable Rate” shall be the rate per annum set forth in each applicable table above in Category 3 until such Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered in compliance with Section 5.01(l).
•“Approved Appraiser” means Hilco Valuation Services, LLC or any other appraiser or consultant approved in writing by the Lead Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) so long as no Event of Default is continuing, in which case the Lead Borrower’s consultation (but not approval) shall be required with respect to the appointment of an “Approved Appraiser”.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural person or a Disqualified Institution) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) any Affiliate of such Lender or (c) any entity or any Affiliate of any entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
•“Arrangers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
•“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 9.05), and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit A-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower.
•“Australian Dollars” or “AUS$” means the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.
•“Availability” means as of any applicable date, the amount by which the Line Cap exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Exposure, in each case at such time.
•“Availability Reserve” means without duplication, (a) the Rent and Charges Reserve; (b) the Hedge Product Reserve, (c) the Banking Services Reserve; provided that reserves of the type described in this clause (c) shall be instituted only after consultation with the Lead Borrower; (d) the Priority Payable Reserve; (e) the GST, HST Tax Reserve; (f) the Royalty Reserve; and (g) such additional reserves not otherwise addressed in clauses (a) through (f) above, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion may elect to establish or modify from time to time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) such Availability Reserves shall not be established or changed except upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Lead Borrower) prior written notice to the Lead Borrower, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such applicable Availability Reserve being established (during which period (a) the Administrative Agent shall, if requested, discuss any such Availability Reserve or change with the Lead Borrower and (b) the Lead Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve or
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change thereto no longer exists or exists in a manner that would result in the establishment of a lower Availability Reserve or result in a lesser change thereto, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (ii) the amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Administrative Agent, and any change in the amount of any Availability Reserve, shall be limited to such Availability Reserve or changes as the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be necessary (a) to reflect items that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value of the applicable North American Eligible Accounts or North American Eligible Inventory or (b) to reflect items that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the enforceability or priority of the Administrative Agent’s Liens on the applicable Collateral, and (iii) the amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Administrative Agent, and any change in the amount of any Availability Reserve, shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve, criteria, rate or such change; provided that (w) no Availability Reserves may be established with respect to any Supply Chain Financing Services except as expressly provided in the definition of Banking Services Reserve, (x) no Availability Reserves may be established after the Second Amendment Effective Date based on circumstances, contingencies, events, conditions or matters known to the Administrative Agent as of the Second Amendment Effective Date for which no Availability Reserve was imposed on the Second Amendment Effective Date or criteria included in the definitions of North American Eligible Accounts or North American Eligible Inventory, in each case, as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date, unless such events, conditions or matters have changed in any material adverse respect since the Second Amendment Effective Date, (y) in no event shall any Availability Reserve with respect to any component of any Borrowing Base duplicate any Availability Reserve or adjustment already accounted for in determining eligibility criteria (including collection and/or advance rates) and (z) no Availability Reserve shall be imposed on the first 5% of dilution of Accounts and thereafter no dilution Availability Reserve shall exceed 1% for each incremental whole percentage in dilution over 5% (it being agreed that partial percentage point reserves are permitted (e.g., a reserve for 0.1 percentage points where dilution is 5.1%)). Notwithstanding clause (i) of the preceding sentence, changes to the Availability Reserves solely for purposes of correcting mathematical or clerical errors (and such other changes as are otherwise agreed to by the Lead Borrower) shall only be subject to a notice period of one (1) Business Day, it being understood that no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to result therefrom, if applicable, for a period of five (5) Business Days.
•“Available Amount” means, at any time, an amount equal to, without duplication:
(h)the sum of:
(i)[reserved];
(ii)[reserved];
(iii)the amount of any Cash and Cash Equivalents (including from the proceeds of any property or assets (including Capital Stock)) and the Fair Market Value of property or assets contributed to the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Parent Company or received by the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in return for any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock to any Parent Company (but excluding any amounts (w) constituting a Cure Amount, (x) received directly from the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) the proceeds of equity used to incur Contribution Indebtedness, or (z) consisting of the proceeds of any loan or advance made pursuant to Section 6.06(h)(ii)), in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance
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of doubt, prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time; plus
(iv)the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, of the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness or such Disqualified Capital Stock issued to the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), which has been directly or indirectly converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Lead Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company (or contributed to the Lead Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company and cancelled), together with the Fair Market Value of any Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any property or assets received by the Lead Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary upon such exchange, conversion or contribution, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time; plus
(v)the net proceeds received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time in connection with the Disposition to any Person (other than the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any acquisition or Investment made in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date); plus
(vi)the aggregate proceeds received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time in connection with returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or the Fair Market Value of any property or assets, including cash principal repayments and interest payments of loans, in each case, received in respect of any Investment made after the Closing Date in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date under the Original ABL Credit Agreement); plus
(vii)an amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of any Investments made after the Closing Date by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date under the Original ABL Credit Agreement) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary (in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) that has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) the amount of Cash, Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of the property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that have been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed to the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Investments made prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time and (C) the net proceeds received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Investments made
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prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was previously a Restricted Subsidiary and designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent such proceeds have not otherwise increased any other Restricted Payment basket under Section 6.04(a); plus
(viii)the amount of any “Declined Proceeds” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement); minus
(i)an amount equal to the sum of (i) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(iii), plus (ii) Restricted Debt Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(b)(vi), plus (iii) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.06(r), in each case, (A) made under the Original ABL Credit Agreement after the Closing Date and prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, solely to the extent made in reliance on clauses (iii) through (viii) above, and (B) made after the Second Amendment Effective Date and prior to the time, or contemporaneously with, any such Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment or Investment identified in this clause (b).
•“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 payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
•“Average Availability” means, on the applicable Adjustment Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the average daily Availability for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Adjustment Date by (b) the average daily Line Cap for such Fiscal Quarter. In determining “Average Availability”, the Borrowing Base as of any day shall be calculated by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificates delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such day pursuant to Section 5.01(l).
•“Average Usage” means, on the applicable Adjustment Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the average daily Outstanding Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Adjustment Date by (b) the average daily Aggregate Commitments (other than Commitments of Defaulting Lenders) for such Fiscal Quarter.
•“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).
“Bank of America” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
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•“Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) under any arrangement that is in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date between Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary and a counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate or branch of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Arranger as of the Second Amendment Effective Date or (b) under any arrangement that is entered into after the Second Amendment Effective Date by Holdings, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with any counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate or branch of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Arranger at the time such arrangement is entered into: commercial credit cards, stored value cards, purchasing cards, treasury management services, netting services, overdraft protections, check drawing services, automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items and interstate depository network services), employee credit card programs, cash pooling services and any arrangements or services similar to any of the foregoing and/or otherwise in connection with Cash management and Deposit Accounts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Supply Chain Financing Services).
•“Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), in connection with Banking Services.
•“Banking Services Reserve” means the aggregate amount of reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion in respect of Secured Banking Services Obligations that the Lead Borrower has designated to be pari passu with Secured Obligations in respect of the Initial Revolving Loans in the allocation of proceeds pursuant to subclause (z) of clause fourth in Section 2.18(b); it being agreed that no Banking Services Reserve shall be established with respect to Secured Banking Services Obligations included after clause fourth in the allocation of proceeds in Section 2.18(b).
•“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).
•“BBSY” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate”.
•“BBSY Loan Rate” means the BBSY Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
•“BBSY Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate”.
•“BBSY Rate Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans denominated in Australian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the BBSY Loan Rate.
•“Benchmark” means, initially, Term SOFR; provided, that if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.14(a)(ii) have occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable replacement benchmark rate that shall have replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(ii).
•“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the Alternative Benchmark Rate for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor, the spread adjustment or method for calculating or determining such
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spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower 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 Alternative Benchmark Rate by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable replacement date, (ii) the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Lead Borrower reasonably expects to become the 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 Alternative Benchmark Rate for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (iii) whether any such spread adjustment or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent.
•“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
•“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
•“Blocked Account Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
•“Blocked Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
•“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the U.S.
“BofA Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
•“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
•“Borrowers” means, collectively, (a) the US Borrower, (b) the Canadian Borrower, (c) the Spanish Borrower and (d) the Additional European Borrowers (if any), and each, individually, a “Borrower”.
•“Borrowing” means any (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and Class made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Revolving Loans or Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loans (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loans), as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) incurrence of Swingline Loans or (c) Protective Advance.
•“Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, the aggregate amount of the North American Borrowing Base and the European Borrowing Base.
•“Borrowing Base Certificates” means the North American Borrowing Base Certificate or European Borrowing Base Certificate, as applicable.
•“Borrowing Request” means a request by any Borrower (or the Lead Borrower on its behalf) for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and substantially in the form attached
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hereto as Exhibit B-1 or such other form that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower.
•“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York or Toronto, Ontario are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that:
(j)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan or a Letter of Credit denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan or such Letter of Credit, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan or such Letter of Credit, means a Business Day that is also a TARGET Day;
(k)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loan or a Letter of Credit denominated in Sterling, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Sterling in respect of any such XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loan or such Letter of Credit, or any other dealings in Sterling to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loan or such Letter of Credit, means any such day other than a day on which banks are closed for general business in London because such day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday under the laws of the United Kingdom; and
(l)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loan or a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments to the Canadian Borrower or otherwise in Canadian Dollars in respect of any such CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loan or such Letter of Credit, or any other dealings in Canadian Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loan or such Letter of Credit, means any such day other than a day on which banks are closed for dealings in Canadian Dollar deposits in the Toronto interbank market;
(m)if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Euro in respect of an Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day other than a day on which banks are closed for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
“Canadian AML Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
•“Canadian Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the per annum rate of interest designated by Bank of America (acting through its Canada branch) from time to time as its base rate for commercial loans made by it in Dollars, which rate is based on various factors, including its costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such rate; (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (c) to the extent ascertainable, Term SOFR (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of one (1) month and shall be
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determined on a daily basis) plus 1.00%; and (d) 0.00% per annum. Any change in the Canadian Base Rate due to a change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, as the case may be, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, as the case may be. Any change in the base rate announced by Bank of America (acting through its Canada branch) shall be effective from and including the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
•“Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans to the Canadian Borrower denominated in Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Base Rate.
•“Canadian Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Canadian Collateral” means any and all property of any Canadian Loan Party subject (or purported to be subject) to a Lien under any Collateral Document and any and all other property of any Canadian Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that constitutes Collateral and that is or becomes subject (or purported to be subject) to a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document, in each case, to secure the Secured Obligations.
•“Canadian Concentration Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
•“Canadian Dollars” or “C$” refers to the lawful money of Canada.
•“Canadian Employee” means any employee or former employee of the Canadian Borrower or any other Canadian Loan Party.
•“Canadian Employee Plan” means any employee benefit, health, welfare, supplemental unemployment benefit, bonus, pension, supplemental pension, profit sharing, retiring allowance, severance, deferred compensation, stock compensation, stock purchase, unit purchase, retirement, life, hospitalization insurance, medical, dental, disability or other employment group or similar benefit or employment plans or supplemental arrangements applicable to the Canadian Employees, but does not include any Canadian Pension Plan.
•“Canadian LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Canadian Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all LC Disbursements with respect to Canadian Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.
•“Canadian Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate North American Commitments and (b) the Alternate Currency Equivalent of $20,000,000. The Canadian Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
•“Canadian Letters of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(i)(B).
•“Canadian Loan Parties” means the Canadian Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Canadian Person.
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•“Canadian Lockbox” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
•“Canadian Pension Plans” means each pension plan required to be registered under Canadian federal or provincial law that is maintained or contributed to by Canadian Loan Parties for their employees or former employees, but does not include the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan as maintained by the Government of Canada or the Province of Quebec, respectively.
•“Canadian Person” means any Person that is incorporated, organized or formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
•“Canadian Prime Rate” means, on any day, the annual rate of interest equal to the greater of (i) the annual rate of interest announced by the Administrative Agent (acting through its Canada branch) in effect as its prime rate on such day for determining interest rates on Canadian Dollar denominated commercial loans in Canada and commonly known as “prime rate” (which rate is based on various factors, including its costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such rate) and (ii) the annual rate of interest equal to the sum of (A) theTerm XXXXX for a one-month CDOR Loan Rate in effect on such dayterm plus the Term XXXXX Adjustment and (B) 1.00%, with any such rate to be adjusted automatically, without notice, as of the opening of business on the effective date of any change in such rate; provided that in no event shall the Canadian Prime Rate be less than zero.
•“Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans made to the Canadian Borrower denominated in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.
•“Canadian Restricted Subsidiary” means any Canadian Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
•“Canadian Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated ABL Canadian Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, among the Canadian Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and to the extent that a Canadian Loan Party has a place of business, registered office, chief executive office or tangible property in the province of Quebec, such term shall include each deed of hypothec and all related documents as may be applicable, each as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
•“Canadian Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that is a Canadian Person.
•“Canadian Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(a).
•“Canadian Swingline Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Swingline Commitment and (b) the Alternate Currency Equivalent of $10,000,000. The Canadian Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Swingline Commitment.
•“Canadian/Spanish Borrower Sublimit” means an amount equal to 30% of the then-outstanding Aggregate North American Commitments; provided that, at any time and from time to time following the Second Amendment Effective Date, at the request of the Lead Borrower, the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion may increase the Canadian/Spanish Borrower Sublimit
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to an amount not exceeding 40% of the then-outstanding Aggregate North American Commitments; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent shall post a notice to the Lenders reasonably promptly after any such increase to the Canadian/Spanish Borrower Sublimit becomes effective. The Canadian/Spanish Borrower Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate North American Commitments.
•“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease or finance lease on the balance sheet of that Person (but excluding any operating or non-finance lease regardless of whether the obligations thereunder are included as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person).
•“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
•“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that is maintained as a self-insurance subsidiary and is subject to regulation as an insurance company (and any Restricted Subsidiary thereof).
•“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any Deposit Account.
•“Cash Dominion Period” means (a) each Liquidity Period or (b) the period during which any Specified Default has occurred and is continuing.
•“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (a) readily marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed or insured as to interest and principal by the U.S. or Canadian government or (ii) issued by any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. or Canada, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. or Canada, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (b) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or province or territory of Canada or any political subdivision of any such state, province or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or by any foreign government, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency) and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency); (d) deposits, money market deposits, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances (or similar instruments) maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any bank organized under, or authorized to operate as a bank under, the laws of the U.S. or Canada, any state or province, as applicable, thereof or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof and that has capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating
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thereto; (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that has (i) substantially all of its assets invested in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above, (ii) net assets of not less than $250,000,000 and (iii) a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s; and (f) solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is not prohibited to make in accordance with applicable law. “Cash Equivalents” shall also include (x) Investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (f) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parent companies thereof) have the ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (y) other short-term Investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in Investments analogous to the Investments described in clauses (a) through (f) and in this paragraph.
“CDOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate”.
“CDOR Loan Rate” means the CDOR Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
“CDOR Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate”.
“CDOR Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the CDOR Loan Rate.
•“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, rule or regulation after the Second Amendment Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Second Amendment Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or such Issuing Bank 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 Second Amendment Effective Date (other than any such request, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date). For purposes of this definition and Section 2.15, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or U.S., Canadian or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
•“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:
(n)[reserved];
(o)the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, but excluding (i) any employee benefit plan and/or Person acting as the trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator therefor, (ii) one or more Permitted Holders and (iii) any group directly or indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders), of Capital
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Stock representing more than the greater of (A) 40% of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings and (B) the percentage of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Permitted Holders;
(p)any Borrower (other than the US Borrower) ceasing to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the US Borrower at any time such Person is a Borrower hereunder; and
(q)the US Borrower ceasing to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (or any permitted successor hereunder);
(r)provided that (x) a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to clause (b) above if the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of Holdings, and (y) the creation of a Parent Company shall not in and of itself cause a Change of Control so long as at the time such Person became a Parent Company, (1) there is no change in the direct or indirect beneficial ownership of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings by the Permitted Holders or (2) no Person and no group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) (other than one or more Permitted Holders or any group directly or indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders), shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provisions), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more, in the case of clause (b) above, of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings.
•“Charge” means any charge, fee, loss, expense, cost, accrual or reserve of any kind.
•“Charged Amounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20.
•“Class”, when used in reference to (a) any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Revolving Loans, Protective Advances, Additional Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or other loans or series established as a separate “class” pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an Initial Commitment, an Additional Revolving Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23 or a commitment to make any other Revolving Loans under any other Revolving Facility established as a separate “Class” and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Revolving Loan or Commitment of a particular Class. For purposes of this definition, any separate series or tranche shall be treated as a separate “Class” regardless of whether such series or tranche is specifically as a separate “Class”.
“Closing Date” means August 4, 2017.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
•“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.
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•“Collateral” means, collectively, (a) the North American Collateral and (b) the Additional European Facility Collateral.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter or acknowledgment agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, mortgagee, customs broker or other Person (other than any Loan Party) having possession of, a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in the inventory (or any books or records relating thereto) of any Loan Party, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower.
•“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, subject to (x) the applicable limitations set forth in this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document and (y) the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 5.12, the requirement that the Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a North American Loan Party after the Second Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.12 (including by any Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary):
•(a) (i) in the case of any Person that will become a US Loan Party, (A) a joinder to the Loan Guaranty in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (B) a supplement to the US Security Agreement in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (C) if such Restricted Subsidiary owns registrations of or applications for U.S. Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights that constitute Collateral, an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (D) a completed Perfection Certificate, (E) UCC or the equivalent financing statements in appropriate form for filing in such jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (F) an executed joinder to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (and any applicable Additional Agreement) in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, and (G) entry into a Blocked Account Agreement with respect to each of its Blocked Accounts; and
(s)(ii) in the case of any Person that will become a Canadian Loan Party, (A) a joinder to the Loan Guaranty in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (B) a supplement to the Canadian Security Agreement in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto and, if applicable, a Quebec law governed deed of hypothec, (C) PPSA or the equivalent financing statements and other appropriate registration documents in appropriate form for filing in such jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (D) entry into a Blocked Account Agreement with respect to each of its Blocked Accounts; and
•(b) each item of Collateral that such Restricted Subsidiary is required to deliver under the US Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Agreement or under any other Collateral Document required to be entered into pursuant to paragraph (a) above (which, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be delivered within the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 5.12 and shall exclude Excluded Assets);
•Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary,
•(A) no control agreements, other control arrangements or perfection by “control” shall be required (except as provided in clauses (y) and (z) below) and no Loan Party shall be required to perfect a security interest in any Collateral, in each case (to the extent applicable), other than perfection by (w) filing of a UCC-1 financing statement or a PPSA financing statement, (x) with respect to IP Rights, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, (y) delivery of certificates evidencing Capital Stock and notes and other evidence of indebtedness, in each
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case, to the extent required to be pledged as Collateral and required to be delivered pursuant to the Security Agreements, and (z) to the extent required pursuant to Section 5.15;
•(B)(i) no action (including any filings or registrations) outside of the United States in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset and equity located outside of the United States (with respect to assets and equity of US Loan Parties) or outside of Canada (with respect to assets and equity of Canadian Loan Parties) (including with respect to intellectual property and equity interests) shall be required and (ii) no security or pledge agreements shall be governed by any other law other than the laws of New York (except the laws of any other U.S. state may govern to the extent necessary to create or perfect a security interest in any portion of the Collateral (with respect to US Loan Parties) and the laws of any province or territory in Canada (with respect to Canadian Loan Parties)); and
•(C) the Loan Parties shall not be required to take any action to collaterally assign to the Administrative Agent their respective rights under (x) any documentation governing permitted acquisition or investment not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement, (y) any representation and warranty insurance policy or (z) any business interruption policy.
•With respect to any Collateral (other than ABL Priority Collateral or ABL Exclusive Collateral), to the extent that the First Lien Agent determines that any such property or assets shall not become part of, or shall be excluded from, the “Collateral” (as defined under the First Lien Credit Agreement), or that any delivery, perfection or notice requirement in respect of any such “Collateral” (as defined under the First Lien Credit Agreement) (other than ABL Priority Collateral or ABL Exclusive Collateral) shall be extended or waived, the Administrative Agent shall automatically be deemed to accept such determination under a provision that exists in substantially the same form in the First Lien Term Facility Documentation and the Loan Documents and shall execute any documentation, if applicable, requested by the Lead Borrower in connection therewith, including termination and release documents and extensions and waivers.
With respect to any Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, this definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall apply to the North American Collateral securing such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, but shall not apply to any Additional European Facility Collateral securing such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility or any guarantees by the Additional European Facility Guarantors in respect of the obligations under such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility.
•“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, (a) each Security Agreement, (b) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (c) any supplement to any of the foregoing delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (d) each of the other instruments and documents pursuant to which any Loan Party grants a Lien on any Collateral as security for payment of the Secured Obligations.
•“Combined Incremental Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental Cap”.
•“Combined Incremental European Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental European Cap”.
•“Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
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•“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, such Xxxxxx’s Initial Commitment, Additional Revolving Commitment and any other commitment to provide Revolving Loans under a Revolving Facility, as applicable, in effect as of such time.
•“Commitment Fee Rate” means, on any date, with respect to the Initial Primary Commitments and the Initial Peak Season Commitments, the applicable rate per annum set forth below based upon the Average Usage; provided that until the first Adjustment Date following the completion of at least one full Fiscal Quarter after the Second Amendment Effective Date, “Commitment Fee Rate” shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Level II:
Peak Season Unused Line Fee Rate | Off-Peak Season Unused Line Fee Rate | ||||||||||||||||
Level | Average Usage | Initial Primary Commitment | Initial Peak Season Commitment | Initial Primary Commitment | Initial Peak Season Commitment | ||||||||||||
I | ≥50% | 0.250% | 0.250% | 0.250% | 0.10% | ||||||||||||
II | < 50% | 0.375% | 0.375% | 0.375% | 0.10% |
The Commitment Fee Rate shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the Average Usage as of such Adjustment Date.
•“Commitment Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(a).
•“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Communication” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
“Company Competitor” means (a) any Person that is or becomes (i) a competitor of the Borrowers and/or any of their respective subsidiaries or (ii) an Affiliate of a Person described in clause (a)(i) and, in each case, identified in writing to the Administrative Agent, (b) any reasonably identifiable Affiliate of any person described in clause (a) above (on the basis of such Affiliate’s name) (other than any Debt Fund Affiliate unless the Lead Borrower has a reasonable basis to include such Debt Fund Affiliate as a Company Competitor or Disqualified Institution), and/or (c) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clause (a) or clause (b) above identified by name in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.
•“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
•“Concentration Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
•“Confidential Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
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•“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate for Term SOFR, as applicable any conforming changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “SOFR,” the definition of “Term SOFR,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definition of “Business Day” and the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) that the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably agree are appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with the prevailing market practice for broadly syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable currency (or, if (x) the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or (y) if the Administrative Agent determines, and the Lead Borrower reasonably agrees, that no market practice for the administration of such replacement Benchmark rate exists, in such other manner of administration as (i) in the case of clause (x) above, the Administrative Agent reasonably proposes as administratively feasible and consistent with its administration of similarly situated credit facilities and reasonably agreed by the Lead Borrower or (ii) in the case of clause (y) above, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably agree is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
• “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, as to any Person for any period, an amount determined in accordance with Section 1.09, for such Person on a consolidated basis equal to the total of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income in any period, other than in respect of clauses (xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii) below or deducted from revenues in net income (or loss) used in calculating Consolidated Net Income) the amounts of:
•(i) consolidated total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP and, to the extent not reflected in such consolidated total interest expense, annual agency fees paid to the administrative agents and collateral agents under any credit facilities, costs associated with obtaining hedging arrangements and breakage costs in respect of hedging arrangements related to interest rates, any expense resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, penalties and interest relating to taxes, any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and discounted liabilities and any other amounts of non-Cash interest, any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions after the Second Amendment Effective Date, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any qualified securitization facility, any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any Prepayment premium or penalty, interest expense attributable to a parent company resulting from push-down accounting and any lease, rental or other expense in connection with any lease that is not a capitalized lease, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk (net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations), costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or immediately expensed), fees and expenses paid to (or for the benefit of) any arranger, any administrative or
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collateral agent, any lender or any other secured party under the Loan Documents and the First Lien Credit Agreement (and any related loan documents) or to (or for the benefit of) any other holder of permitted Indebtedness in connection with its services hereunder (including fees and expenses in connection with any modifications of the Loan Documents), other bank or any other Person in connection with its services as administrative agent or trustee, or similar capacity under any other Indebtedness permitted hereunder and financing fees;
•(ii) (A) provision for Taxes during such period (including pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement or any distributions or other Restricted Payments for the payment of any Tax), including, in each case, arising out of tax examinations, repatriation of amounts from a Foreign Subsidiary and (without duplication) any payment to a Parent Company pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(i) and (iv) in respect of Taxes and (B) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period;
•(iii) depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill, software and other intangible assets);
•(iv) any non-cash Charge (provided, that to the extent any such non-cash Charge represents an accrual or reserve for any actual or potential cash items in any future period (including of the type described in clause (vii) below), (A) such Person may elect (in its sole discretion) not to add back such non-cash Charge in the then-current period, in which case, any cash payment in respect thereof in any future period shall be not subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, and (B) to the extent such Person elects (in its sole discretion) to add back such non-cash Charge in the then-current period, any cash payment in respect thereof in any subsequent periods shall be subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(v) below);
•(v) [reserved];
•(vi) Public Company Costs;
•(vii) (A) management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees (including termination fees) and indemnities and expenses actually paid or accrued by, or on behalf of, such Person or any of its subsidiaries (1) to the Investors (or their Affiliates or management companies) to the extent permitted under this Agreement or (2) as permitted by Section 6.09(f); (B) the amount of payments made to option holders of any Parent Company in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, including any cash consideration for any repurchase of equity, in each case to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents and (C) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities paid to directors, including of Holdings or any Parent Company;
•(viii) losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any receivables financing permitted under this Agreement;
•(ix) any Charges (or net income) attributable to any interest, non-controlling interest and/or minority interest of any third party in any Restricted Subsidiary;
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•(x) the amount of earnout obligation expense (or similar Charges) incurred in connection with (including adjustments thereto) (A) acquisitions and Investments consummated prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date and (B) any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement, in each case, which is paid or accrued during the applicable period;
•(xi) pro forma “run rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies (net of actual amounts realized) projected by the Lead Borrower in good faith that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of such Person) in connection with (A) the Transactions (as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement) related to actions that have been taken and (B) any acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions and other Specified Transactions, operating expense reductions, any operating, revenue and productivity improvements, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other actions and initiatives (including new business, customer and contract wins, modification and renegotiation of contracts and other arrangements, pricing adjustments and increases, rebate reductions, supply chain optimization (including consolidating or changing suppliers, supply base reduction and reduction in shipping and freight costs), product and warranty improvements (including lean manufacturing initiatives, design, engineering and automation optimization and discontinuing or replacing products) and other items of the type described in clause (xii) below) projected by the Lead Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken (including prior to completion of any such transactions, actions, initiatives or items) or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Lead Borrower) within twenty-four (24) months (or, in respect of any pricing increases only, within twelve (12) months) after any such transactions, actions, initiatives or items, pro forma “run rate” shall be the full benefit associated with any action taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such costs savings, operating expense reductions, operating revenue and productivity improvements and synergies had been fully realized on the first day of the applicable period for the entirety of such period; provided that, solely for purposes of determining the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, any such “run rate” revenue improvements and synergies in any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to 10% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters determined on a Pro Forma Basis;
•(xii) (A) Charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of operating, revenue and productivity improvements and enhancements, operating expense reductions, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives, transitions, openings and pre-openings, business optimization, restructurings, integration, inventory optimization programs, software development, systems upgrade, closure or consolidation of facilities and properties, curtailments, entry into new markets, strategic initiatives and contracts, consulting fees, signing or retention costs, retention or completion bonuses, expansion and relocation expenses, severance payments, modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature, new systems design and implementation and startup costs, (B) reductions, improvements, enhancements, synergies and
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initiatives as contemplated in clause (xi) above, and (C) Charges related to legal settlement, fines, judgments or orders, including with respect to warranty claims;
•(xiii) to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, proceeds of business interruption insurance in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace (whether or not then received so long as such Person in good faith expects to receive such proceeds within the next four (4) Fiscal Quarters (it being understood that to the extent not actually received within such Fiscal Quarters, such proceeds shall be deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(iv) below));
•(xiv) [reserved];
•(xv) the amount of (A) any Charge to the extent that a corresponding amount is received in cash by such Person from a Person other than such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person under any agreement providing for reimbursement of such Charge and (B) any Charge with respect to any liability or casualty event, business interruption or any product recall, (1) so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next four (4) Fiscal Quarters) or (2) without duplication of amounts included in a prior period under clause (B)(1) above, to the extent such Charge is covered by insurance proceeds received in cash during such period (it being understood that if the amount received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceeds the amount of Charge paid during such period such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against any Charge in any future period);
•(xvi) the amount of Cash actually received (or the amount of the benefit of any netting arrangement resulting in reduced Cash Charges) during such period, to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income in any period or related non-Cash gain deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period;
•(xvii) the excess of rent expense during such period over actual Cash rent paid over due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes; and
•(xviii) Other Agreed Adjustments,
•minus (c) to the extent such amounts increase Consolidated Net Income, without duplication:
•(i) non-cash gains or income; provided, that to the extent any non-cash gain or income represents an accrual or deferred income in respect of actual potential Cash items in any future period, such Person may elect (in its sole discretion) not to deduct such non-cash gain or income in the then-current period;
•(ii) [reserved];
•(iii) [reserved];
•(iv) the amount added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xiii) above in a prior period to the extent the relevant business interruption insurance proceeds
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were not received within the time period required by such clause and are required to be deducted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xiii) above;
•(v) to the extent that such Person added back the amount of any non-Cash charge to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(iv) above in a prior period, the cash payment in respect thereof in the relevant future period (except as otherwise provided in clause (b)(iv) above); and
•(vi) the excess of actual Cash rent paid over rent expense during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes.
•“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.09 (and, if applicable, Section 1.11), at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date (i) under this Agreement, (ii) that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the US Collateral (including both ABL Priority Collateral that is US Collateral and First Lien Collateral) on a pari passu or senior basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations and subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or similar Applicable Intercreditor Agreement), (iii) under any First Lien Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis (including under the First Lien Credit Agreement) and subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the US Collateral (including both ABL Priority Collateral that is US Collateral and First Lien Collateral) on a Split Collateral Basis and is subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
•“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis at any date of determination and in accordance with Section 1.09, the sum, without duplication, of (a) consolidated Cash interest of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, (i) including (A) the Cash interest component of Capital Lease obligations and (B) net Cash payments made (less net Cash payments received) pursuant to obligations under permitted hedging arrangements related to interest rates (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 1.09(b)); but (ii) excluding (A) annual agency and trustee fees paid to the administrative and collateral agents and trustees under any credit facilities, indentures or other permitted Indebtedness, (B) costs associated with obtaining hedging arrangements and breakage costs in respect of hedging arrangements related to interest rates, (C) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, (D) penalties and interest relating to Taxes, (E) any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (F) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and discounted liabilities and any other amounts of non-cash interest, (G) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or, after the Second Amendment Effective Date, any other transactions (including acquisitions and Indebtedness), (H) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any qualified securitization facility, (I) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any Prepayment premium or penalty (including amendment, tender and consent solicitation fees), (J) interest expense attributable to a parent company resulting from push-down accounting and (K) any lease, rental or other expense in connection with any lease that is not a Capital Lease, net of (b) Cash interest income of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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•“Consolidated Net Income” means, as to any Person determined in accordance with Section 1.09, on a consolidated basis (the “Subject Person”) for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Subject Person for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded, without duplication:
•(a) (i) the income of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Subject Person) in which any other Person (other than the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except that the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments (including any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment) paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period (regardless of whether such payment is in respect of the income of such Person in the current period or any prior period) shall be included in Consolidated Net Income or (ii) the loss of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Subject Person) in which any other Person (other than the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, other than to the extent that the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has contributed cash or Cash Equivalents to such Person in respect of such loss during such period for the express purpose of funding such losses (but shall exclude any other Investment in such Person);
•(b) gains or losses (less all fees and expenses chargeable thereto) attributable to any sales or dispositions of Capital Stock or assets (including asset retirement costs) or of returned surplus assets, in each case, outside of the ordinary course of business;
•(c) (i) gains or losses from extraordinary items, any one-time event or item, and nonrecurring or unusual items, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Subject Person, and (ii) any costs of and payments of actual or prospective legal settlements, fines, judgments or orders and all related fees and expenses, including in connection with any acquisitions, Investments and Dispositions;
•(d) any unrealized or realized net foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses impacting net income (including currency re-measurements of any Indebtedness); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, realized gains and losses in respect of any Designated Operational FX Hedge shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;
•(e) any net gains, Charges or losses with respect to (i) any disposed (other than Dispositions of assets and inventory in the ordinary course of business), abandoned, divested and/or discontinued asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of the Subject Person, any asset, property or operation pending the disposal, abandonment, divestiture and/or termination thereof), (ii) any disposal (other than Dispositions of assets and inventory in the ordinary course of business), abandonment, divestiture and/or discontinuation of any asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of such Subject Person, relating to assets or property held for sale pending the Disposition thereof) and/or (iii) facilities or plants that have been closed during such period or for which Charges and losses were required to be recorded pursuant to GAAP;
•(f) (i) any net income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness (and the termination of any associated Hedge Agreements) and (ii) any other losses and expenses incurred in connection with
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the early termination, refinancing or prepayment of guarantee obligations, operating leases and other similar contractual obligations;
•(g) (i) any Charges incurred pursuant to any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement, or any similar equity plan or agreement, including any fair value adjustments that may be required under liquidity puts for such arrangements and (ii) any Charges in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by management of any Parent Company, any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent that any such Charge is funded with net cash proceeds contributed to relevant Person as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of Qualified Capital Stock;
•(h) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve (12) months after the Second Amendment Effective Date (or after the closing of any consummated acquisition or Investment) that are required to be established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions (or such acquisition or Investment) in accordance with GAAP or as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP;
•(i) any (A) write-off or amortization made in such period of deferred financing costs and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (B) impairment Charges, write-offs or write-downs of any assets and (C) amortization of intangible assets;
•(j) (A) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Subject Person and its subsidiaries) in the Subject Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, deferred rent, deferred trade incentives and other lease-related items, advanced xxxxxxxx and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase acquisition accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of Taxes and (B) the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles or policies made in such period in accordance with GAAP which affect Consolidated Net Income (except that, if the Lead Borrower determines in good faith that the cumulative effects thereof are not material to the interests of the Lenders, the effects of any change, adoption or modification of any such principles or policies may be included);
•(k) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date on which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person or is merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with such Person’s assets are acquired by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person:
(l) Transaction Costs;
(m) transaction fees and Charges (1) in connection with the consummation of any transaction (or any transaction proposed and not consummated), (2) in connection with any offering of debt or equity securities (or any offering of debt or equity securities proposed and not consummated) and/or (3) that are actually reimbursed or reimbursable by third parties pursuant to indemnification or reimbursement provisions or similar agreements or insurance; provided, that in
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respect of any fee, cost, expense or reserve that is added back in reliance on clause (3) above, such Person in good faith expects to receive reimbursement for such fee, cost, expense or reserve within the next four (4) Fiscal Quarters;
(n) (i) unrealized net losses and gains under Hedge Agreements and/or other derivative instrument (regardless of whether pursuant to FASB ASC No. 815 – Derivatives and Hedging) and (ii) any net loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness (and the termination of any associated hedging arrangements);
•(o) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date; and
•(p) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items.
•“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis, at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the US Collateral.
•“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.09, at any date of determination, all amounts 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 applicable Person at such date.
•“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.09, at any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness for borrowed money (which shall be deemed to include LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed within the time periods required by this Agreement, after giving effect to any grace and cure periods) and the outstanding principal balance of all Indebtedness with respect to purchase money Indebtedness, in each case, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) all leases (including any Capital Leases), letter of credit (including all undrawn letters of credit), bank guarantees or similar obligations and performance, surety or similar bonds, (ii) any intercompany Indebtedness eliminated in accordance with GAAP during consolidation and (iii) any such Indebtedness for which such Person has irrevocably deposited in trust or escrow the necessary funds (including Cash and Cash Equivalents) for the payment, redemption or satisfaction of Indebtedness), minus, (b) the aggregate amount of (i) unrestricted Cash (including all principal Cash held in dedicated accounts for the deposit of payments by customers and disbursements to be made in connection with services performed for customers) and Cash Equivalents of such Person in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (ii) Cash and Cash Equivalents restricted in favor of the Revolving Facility or any First Lien Facility (which may also include Cash and Cash Equivalents securing other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral along with the Revolving Facility and any First Lien Facility).
•“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
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agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Contribution Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(r).
•“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.
•“Copyright” means the following: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright whether published or unpublished, copyright registrations and copyright applications; (b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
•“XXXXX” means the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average administered and published by the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
•“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.
•“Covenant Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on any day on which Availability is less than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii)(A) $32,500,000 if calculated from January 1 to July 31 of any year and (B) $20,000,000 if calculated from August 1 to December 31 of any year, and (b) continuing until the Availability for each day over a thirty (30) consecutive day period has been equal to or greater than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii)(A) $32,500,000 if calculated from January 1 to July 31 of any year and (B) $20,000,000 if calculated from August 1 to December 31 of each year.
“Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.27.
•“Credit Extension” means each of (i) the making of a Revolving Loan or Protective Advance or (ii) the issuance, amendment, modification, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit (other than any such amendment, modification, renewal or extension that does not increase the Stated Amount of the relevant Letter of Credit).
•“Credit Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in the last paragraph of Article 8.
•“Cure Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(b).
•“Cure Right” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(b).
“Daily Simple SOFR” with respect to any applicable determination date means the SOFR published on such date on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source).
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•“Debt Fund Affiliate” means, with respect to any Disqualified Institution, any bona fide debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated lending entity (in each case, other than any person that would otherwise be a Disqualified Institution) that is (i) primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and (ii) managed, sponsored or advised by any Person that is Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Disqualified Institution or Affiliate thereof, but only to the extent that no personnel associated or involved with the investment in (or management, control or operation of) such Disqualified Institution or such Affiliate thereof (A) makes (or has the right to make or participate with others in making) investment decisions on behalf of, or otherwise cause the direction of the investment policies of, such debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated entity or (B) has access, directly or indirectly (including through such Disqualified Institution or any of its Affiliates), to any information (other than information that is publicly available) relating to any Parent Company, Holdings, any Borrower and/or any of their respective subsidiaries and/or of their respective businesses.
•“Debtor Relief Laws” means (a) the Bankruptcy Code of the U.S., (b) the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), (c) the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), (d) the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada), and (e) and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, general assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S., Canada or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
•“Default” means any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would 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 has (a) defaulted in its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, (x) to make a Revolving Loan within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be made by it hereunder or (y) to fund its participation in a Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan required to be funded by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of such obligation arose or such Revolving Loan, Letter of Credit was required to be made or funded, (b) notified the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Loan Party in writing that it does not intend to satisfy any such obligation or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under agreements in which it commits to extend credit generally, (c) failed, within two (2) Business Days after the request of Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Revolving Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent if received prior to the applicable funding date, (d) become (or any parent company thereof has become) (i) insolvent or been determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets, to be insolvent, or the assets or management of which has been taken over by any Governmental Authority or (ii) the subject of a Bail-In Action or (e) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, monitor, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, unless in
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the case of any Lender subject to this clause (e), the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall each have determined that such Lender intends, and has all approvals required to enable it (in form and substance satisfactory to each of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent), to continue to perform its obligations as a Lender hereunder; provided that no Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock in such Lender or its parent by any Governmental Authority; provided, further, that, such action does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the U.S. or Canada or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contract or agreement to which such Lender is a party.
•“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
•“Derivative Transaction” means (a) any interest-rate transaction, including any interest-rate swap, basis swap, forward rate agreement, interest rate option (including a cap, collar or floor), and any other instrument linked to interest rates that gives rise to similar credit risks (including when-issued securities and forward deposits accepted), (b) any exchange-rate transaction, including any cross-currency interest-rate swap, any forward foreign-exchange contract, any currency option, and any other instrument linked to exchange rates that gives rise to similar credit risks, (c) any equity derivative transaction, including any equity-linked swap, any equity-linked option, any forward equity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to equities that gives rise to similar credit risk and (d) any commodity (including precious metal) derivative transaction, including any commodity-linked swap, any commodity-linked option, any forward commodity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to commodities that gives rise to similar credit risks; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants of the Borrowers or their subsidiaries shall be a Derivative Transaction.
•“Designated Hedging Obligations” means any Secured Hedging Obligations for which the applicable Loan Party has complied with the requirements of the definition of Secured Hedging Obligations to constitute “Designated Hedging Obligations.”
•“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-Cash consideration received by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition pursuant to Section 6.07(h) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of Cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to Cash or Cash Equivalents).
•“Designated Operational FX Hedge” means any Hedge Agreement entered into for the purpose of hedging currency-related risks in respect of the revenues, cash flows or other balance sheet items of Holdings, any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries and designated at the time entered into (or on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date) as a Designated Operational FX Hedge by a Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent.
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•“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, lease, sublease, or other disposition of any property of any Person (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise).
•“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which, 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, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such redemption is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), (b) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case at any time on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued, (c) contains any mandatory repurchase obligation or any other repurchase obligation at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, which may come into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such repurchase obligation is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) or (d) requires scheduled payments of dividends in Cash on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued; provided that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Capital Stock is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any change in control, offering of debt or equity securities or any Disposition occurring prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if (x) such Capital Stock provides that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Termination Date or (y) such redemption is subject to events that would cause the Termination Date to occur.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (A) if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants or by any such plan to such directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, in each case in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations, and (B) no Capital Stock held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, member of management or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Borrower (or any Parent Company or any subsidiary) shall be considered Disqualified Capital Stock because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right or other stock award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.
•“Disqualified Institution” means:
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•(a) (i) any Person that is identified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date (or if identified after the Second Amendment Effective Date the disqualification of such person is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (ii) any reasonably identifiable Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above (on the basis of such Affiliate’s name) and (iii) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) above that is identified by name in a written notice to the Administrative Agent after the Second Amendment Effective Date;
•(b) any Company Competitor (it being understood and agreed that no Debt Fund Affiliate of any Company Competitor may be designated as a Disqualified Institution pursuant to this clause (b) unless the Lead Borrower has a reasonable basis for such designation); and/or
•(c) any Affiliate of any Initial Revolving Lender (other than Bank of America and BofA Securities) that is engaged as a principal primarily in private equity, mezzanine financing or venture capital;
•provided, that no written notice delivered pursuant to clauses (a)(i), (a)(iii) above or clauses (a) and/or (c) of the definition of “Company Competitor” shall apply retroactively to disqualify any person that has previously acquired a valid assignment or participation interest in the Revolving Loans.
•“Dollar Equivalent” means, subject to Section 1.09(a), at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such other currency.
•“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the U.S.
•“Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Lead Borrower organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia, that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
•“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Lead Borrower organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia.
•“Early Buy Program” means the sales incentive program where products are sold to distributors and customers in advance of the seasonal sales period.
•“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.
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•“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 authority to exercise any Write-Down and Conversion Powers.
•“Electronic Copy” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
•“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
•“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
•“Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, or finance company, financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act), or (c) any Affiliate or branch of any Lender; provided that in any event, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any natural person, (ii) any Disqualified Institution, (iii) the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates or (iv) if the proposed assignment is in respect of any Revolving Loans made to the Spanish Borrower or any Commitment with respect to which the Spanish Borrower may borrow any Revolving Loans, any Person that is not a Spanish Qualifying Lender.
•“Eligible Currency” means any lawful currency other than Dollars that is readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market available to the Lenders in such market and as to which a Dollar Equivalent may be readily calculated. If, after the designation by the Lenders of any currency as an Alternate Currency, any change in currency controls or exchange regulations or any change in the national or international financial, political or economic conditions are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued, result in, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent (in the case of any Revolving Loans to be denominated in an Alternate Currency) or the applicable Issuing Bank (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternate Currency), (a) such currency no longer being readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (b) a Dollar Equivalent is no longer readily calculable with respect to such currency, (c) providing such currency is impracticable for the Lenders or (d) no longer a currency in which the Required Lenders are willing to make such Credit Extensions (each of clauses (a), (b), (c), and (d), a “Disqualifying Event”), then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Lead Borrower, and such country’s currency shall no longer be an Alternate Currency until such time as the Disqualifying Event(s) no longer exist(s). Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall repay all Revolving Loans in such currency to which the Disqualifying Event applies or convert such Revolving Loans into the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans in Dollars, subject to the other terms contained herein.
•“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
•“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to the Environment.
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“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future applicable foreign or domestic, federal, provincial or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other applicable requirements of Governmental Authorities and the common law relating to (a) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; or (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, in any manner applicable to the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any Facility.
•“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
•“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code of which that Person is a member; and (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code of which that Person is a member.
•“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the 30-day notice period has been waived); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan, or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or a failure to make a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal by any Borrower, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to any Borrower, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on any Borrower, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) of any Borrower, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Multiemployer Plan, or the receipt by any Borrower, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (h) a failure by any Borrower, any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; (i) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at-risk” status,
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within the meaning of Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA; or (j) the incurrence of liability or the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 436 or 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
•“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
•“EURIBOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate”.
•“EURIBOR Loan Rate” means the EURIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
•“EURIBOR Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternate Currency Term Rate”.
•“EURIBOR Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans denominated in Euro and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the EURIBOR Loan Rate.
“Euro” or “€” means the single currency unit of the Participating Member State.
•“European Borrowing Base” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(c)(iv).
•“European Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate with respect to the European Borrowing Base from a Responsible Officer of the Additional European Borrower.
•“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 7.
•“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
•“Excluded Account” means any Deposit Account or Securities Account (as defined in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable) of a North American Loan Party (i) which is a Trust Fund Account, (ii) any Deposit Account used by any North American Loan Party exclusively for disbursements and payments (including payroll) in the ordinary course of business, (iii) which is used for the sole purpose of holding the proceeds of First Lien Collateral pending reinvestment by the applicable North American Borrower or application against the First Lien Loans, (iv) which is a zero balance account, (v) which has a daily balance at any time of less than $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Excluded Accounts or (vi) which is a segregated lockbox or collection account maintained solely in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility .
•“Excluded Assets” means each of the following:
(a) any assets (including any lease, licenses or agreement) subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease or similar arrangement permitted by this Agreement as to which the grant of a security interest therein would (i) constitute a violation of a restriction in favor of a third party (other than Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries) or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right of the relevant Loan Party, or (ii) result in a breach, termination (or a right of termination) or default under such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or other document (including pursuant to any “change of
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control” or similar provision); provided, however, that any such asset will only constitute an Excluded Asset under clause (i) or clause (ii) above to the extent such violation or breach, termination (or right of termination) or default would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction, the PPSA or any other applicable law; provided further that any such asset shall cease to constitute an Excluded Asset at such time as the condition causing such violation, breach, termination (or right of termination) or default or right to amend or require other actions no longer exists and to the extent severable, the security interest granted under the applicable Collateral Document shall attach immediately to any portion of such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or document that does not result in any of the consequences specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(b) the Capital Stock of any (i) Immaterial Subsidiary, (ii) Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiary (except to the extent the security interest in such Capital Stock may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1, PPSA or similar financing statement), (iv) not-for-profit subsidiary, (v) special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization facility, (vi) Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and is not permitted to be pledged pursuant to such entity’s organizational documents without (A) the consent of one or more unaffiliated third parties other than Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction, the PPSA or any other applicable law) or (B) giving rise to a “right of first refusal”, a “right of first offer” or a similar right that may be exercised by any third party other than Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries, (vii) any subsidiary that is prohibited from having its stock pledged by (A) any law or regulation or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval or authorization, or (B) any Contractual Obligation that exists on the Second Amendment Effective Date or at the same time such subsidiary becomes a subsidiary of any North American Borrower and not entered into in contemplation of such subsidiary becoming a subsidiary of such Borrower, (viii) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired by any North American Borrower or any of their North American Restricted Subsidiaries after the Second Amendment Effective Date that, at the time of the relevant acquisition (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), is an obligor in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be assumed by such North American Borrower or such North American Restricted Subsidiary to the extent (and for so long as) the documentation governing the applicable assumed Indebtedness prohibits the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary from being pledged, and (ix) any person that is not (A) a Borrower or (B) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct, first tier subsidiary of a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(c) any IP Rights in any non-U.S. jurisdictions and any intent-to-use Trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or an “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, only to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom under applicable law;
(d) any asset (including governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters, authorizations and agreements), the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would (i) be prohibited or restricted by applicable law (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC, the PPSA and other applicable laws), (ii) require any governmental consent, approval, license or authorization that has not been obtained (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC, the PPSA and other applicable laws), (iii) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of applicable Requirements of Law, except, in the case
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of this clause (iii), to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, or (iv) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts governing such asset in existence on the Second Amendment Effective Date or on the date of acquisition of the relevant asset (and in each case not entered into in anticipation of the Second Amendment Effective Date or such acquisition and except, in each case, to the extent that term in such contract providing for such prohibition purports to prohibit the granting of a security interest over all assets of such North American Loan Party or any other North American Loan Party) other than to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC, PPSA or other applicable law;
(e) (i) any leasehold Real Estate Asset and (ii) any owned Real Estate Asset;
(f) any leasehold interests in any other asset or property (except to the extent the security interest in such leasehold interest may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 or PPSA financing statement);
(g) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(h) any Margin Stock;
(i) any asset of a Foreign Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco;
(j) the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary Holdco, other than 65% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct, first-tier Restricted Subsidiary of a North America Loan Party and owned by a North America Loan Party;
(k) (i) Commercial Tort Claims with a value (as reasonably estimated by the Lead Borrower) of less than $20,000,000 (except as to which perfection of the security interest in such Commercial Tort Claims is accomplished by the filing of a Form UCC-1 or PPSA financing statement covering “ all-assets” (or similar language)), (ii) Letter-of-Credit Rights (except to the extent constituting a supporting obligation for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest in such Letter-of-Credit Rights may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 or PPSA financing statement covering “all-assets” (or similar language)), and (iii) Excluded Accounts;
(l) any (i) Cash or Cash Equivalents comprised of (a) funds specially and exclusively used or to be used for payroll and payroll taxes and other employee benefit payments to or for the benefit of any Loan Party’s employees, (b) funds used or to be used to pay all Taxes required to be collected, remitted or withheld (including, without limitation, withholding Taxes (including employer’s share thereof)) and (c) any other funds which any Loan Party holds as an escrow or fiduciary for the benefit of another Person (Cash and Cash Equivalents described in this clause (l), the “Tax and Trust Funds”) as long as such Tax and Trust Funds are deposited in a Trust Fund Account;
(m) any Permitted Receivables Facility Assets sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or pledged in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility permitted by this Agreement; provided that such Permitted Receivables Facility Assets have been removed from the applicable Borrowing Base;
(n) any asset or property (including the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary), the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would result in material adverse tax liabilities or consequences to any Parent Company, Holdings, the North American Borrowers or
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any North American Restricted Subsidiary (including with respect to any tax distribution paid or payable to any Parent Company), as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent;
(o) any asset with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower have reasonably determined that the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence (including any effect on the ability of the relevant North American Loan Party to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course of business) of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein outweighs the benefit of a security interest to the relevant Secured Parties afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower; and
(p) any property or assets that would otherwise constitute First Lien Collateral, to the extent that the First Lien Agent in respect of any First Lien Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis determines that any such property or assets shall not become part of, or shall be excluded from, the Collateral under the First Lien Facility (other than in connection with the Discharge of Term Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement));
provided that, (i) Excluded Assets shall not include any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (p) (unless such proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Assets) and (ii) with respect to any Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, this definition of “Excluded Assets” shall apply to the North American Collateral securing such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, but shall not apply to any Additional European Facility Collateral securing such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility.
•“Excluded Subsidiary” means:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(b) any Immaterial Subsidiary;
(c) any Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from providing a Guarantee by (i) law or regulation or whose provision of a Guarantee would require a governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide a Guarantee or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on the Second Amendment Effective Date or at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a subsidiary (which Contractual Obligation was not entered into in contemplation of such Restricted Subsidiary becoming a subsidiary) from providing a Loan Guaranty;
(d) any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that is (i) a not-for-profit subsidiary, (ii) a Captive Insurance Subsidiary or (iii) a special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization or receivables facility or financing,
(e) (i) a Foreign Subsidiary or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or (iii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(f) any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Lead Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent), the burden or cost of providing a Loan Guaranty outweighs the benefits afforded thereby;
(g) solely in the case of any obligation under any Secured Hedging Obligations that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, any subsidiary of Holdings that is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined under the
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Commodity Exchange Act (after giving effect to any applicable customary “keepwell” provision under the Loan Guaranty);
(h) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired by a North American Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Second Amendment Effective Date that, at the time of the relevant acquisition (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), is an obligor in respect of assumed Indebtedness that is permitted hereunder to the extent (and for so long as) the documentation governing the applicable assumed Indebtedness prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary from providing a Loan Guaranty;
(i) any subsidiary of a North American Borrower where the provision of a Loan Guaranty would result in material adverse tax consequences to any Parent Company, Holdings, the North American Borrowers or any North American Restricted Subsidiary, as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent; and
(j) any subsidiary as reasonably agreed between the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
provided that, with respect to any Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, this definition of “Excluded Subsidiaries” shall apply to the Canadian Restricted Subsidiaries and Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise required to secure the Obligations of any Additional European Borrower under such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility, but shall not apply to any other Person required to guarantee such Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility.
•“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Loan Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Subsidiary Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Loan Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section 3.19 of the Loan Guaranty and any other “keepwell,” support or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor) at the time the Loan Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Loan Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
•“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (which for purposes of this term shall include any Issuing Bank and any Swingline Lender) or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document (each such Person, a “Recipient”), (a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (however denominated) and franchise Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed under Section 884(a) of the Code or any similar Tax imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a), (c) in the case of any Lender with respect to a Revolving Loan or Commitment extended to the US Borrower, any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the benefit of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Revolving Loan or Commitment that are (or would be) required to be withheld pursuant to a Requirement of Law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this
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Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except (i) pursuant to an assignment or designation of a new lending office under Section 2.19 and (ii) to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (d) any Tax imposed as a result of a failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with Section 2.17(f), (e) any withholding Tax or Canadian Tax, in each case, imposed under FATCA, (f) U.S. backup withholding taxes, (g) in the case of any Lender with respect to a Revolving Loan or Commitment extended to the Canadian Borrower, any Canadian withholding tax imposed by reason of the Recipient (i) not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with a Loan Party or (ii) being a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) of a Loan Party or not dealing at arm’s length with such a specified shareholder for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), except where the non-arm’s length relationship arises or where the Recipient is a specified shareholder of a Loan Party or does not deal at arm’s length with a specified shareholder of a Loan Party, on account of the Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document and (h) any Spanish withholding tax that is imposed on amounts that are (or would be) required to be withheld pursuant to a Requirement of Law in effect at the time any Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or changes its tax residence such that it is no longer a Spanish Qualifying Lender); provided, that this clause (h) shall not apply to any Lender that is an Initial Revolving Lender on the Second Amendment Effective Date unless such Lender (i) ceases to the be the beneficial owner of the interest income derived from any Revolving Loans made to the Spanish Borrower (including by virtue of any participation) and the actual beneficial owner is not a Spanish Qualifying Lender or (ii) changes its tax residence such that if such Lender were a Spanish Qualifying Lender on the Second Amendment Effective Date, it is no longer a Spanish Qualifying Lender.
•“Existing Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit previously issued under the Original ABL Credit Agreement that (a) will remain outstanding on and after the Second Amendment Effective Date and is governed by the terms and conditions of, this Agreement from and after the Second Amendment Effective Date and (b) is listed on Schedule 1.01(d) as of the Second Amendment Effective Date.
•“Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
•“Extended Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
•“Extended Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
•“Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
•“Extension Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (to the extent required by Section 2.23) and the Borrowers executed by each of (a) Holdings, (b) the Borrowers, (c) the Administrative Agent and (d) each Lender that has accepted the applicable Extension Offer pursuant hereto and in accordance with Section 2.23.
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•“Extension Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
•“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or, except with respect to Articles 5 and 6, hereof owned, leased, operated or used by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
•“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any property, assets (including Capital Stock and Indebtedness) or obligations, the fair market value thereof as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower (after taking into account, with respect to property and assets, any liabilities with respect thereto that impact such fair market value).
•“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreement between the U.S. and any other jurisdiction that facilitates the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction relating to any such intergovernmental agreement.
•“FCPA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(b).
•“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
•“Fee Letter” means (a) that certain Fee Letter, dated as of May 6, 2021, by and among Bank of America, BofA Securities, the US Borrower and the Canadian Borrower and (b) any other fee letter with respect to the Revolving Facility in effect on or after the Second Amendment Effective Date.
•“FILO Revolving Borrowing Base” means, at any time prior to the FILO Revolving Sublimit Termination Date, the Dollar Equivalent sum of the following as set forth in the most recently delivered North American Borrowing Base Certificate:
(t)at any time during the applicable time period set forth in the table below, the percentage of North American Eligible Accounts set forth opposite such time period; plus
(u)at any time during the applicable time period set forth in the table below, the lesser of (i) the percentage of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the North American Eligible Inventory set forth opposite such time period and (ii) the percentage of the book value of the North American Eligible Inventory set forth opposite such time period (in each case, calculated at the lower of cost or market value).
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Applicable Period | Advance Rate | ||||
From and after the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the fifteen (15) month anniversary thereof | 10.00% | ||||
From and after the fifteen (15) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the eighteen (18) month anniversary thereof | 8.75% | ||||
From and after the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the twenty-one (21) month anniversary thereof | 7.50% | ||||
From and after the twenty-one (21) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the twenty-four (24) month anniversary thereof | 6.25% | ||||
From and after the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the twenty-seven (27) month anniversary thereof | 5.00% | ||||
From and after the twenty-seven (27) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the thirty (30) month anniversary thereof | 3.75% | ||||
From and after the thirty (30) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the thirty-three (33) month anniversary thereof | 2.50% | ||||
From and after the thirty-three (33) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the thirty-six (36) month anniversary thereof | 1.25% | ||||
From and after the thirty-six (36) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date | 0.00% |
•“FILO Revolving Line Cap” means at any time, the lesser of (i) the FILO Revolving Sublimit at such time and (ii) the then-applicable FILO Revolving Borrowing Base.
•“FILO Revolving Loan” means any Initial Revolving Loan made under the FILO Revolving Sublimit.
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•“FILO Revolving Sublimit” means at any time, an amount under the Initial Revolving Facility equal to the lesser of (a) the Initial Primary Commitment at such time and (b) at any time during the applicable time period set forth in the table below, the amount set forth opposite such time period:
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Applicable Period | FILO Revolving Sublimit | ||||
From and after the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the fifteen (15) month anniversary thereof | $35,000,000 | ||||
From and after the fifteen (15) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the eighteen (18) month anniversary thereof | $30,625,000 | ||||
From and after the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the twenty-one (21) month anniversary thereof | $26,250,000 | ||||
From and after the twenty-one (21) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the twenty-four (24) month anniversary thereof | $21,875,000 | ||||
From and after the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the twenty-seven (27) month anniversary thereof | $17,500,000 | ||||
From and after the twenty-seven (27) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the thirty (30) month anniversary thereof | $13,125,000 | ||||
From and after the thirty (30) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the thirty-three (33) month anniversary thereof | $8,750,000 | ||||
From and after the thirty-three (33) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date through (but excluding) the thirty-six (36) month anniversary thereof | $4,375,000 | ||||
From and after the thirty-six (36) month anniversary of the Third Amendment Effective Date | $0 |
Each Initial Revolving Lender’s commitment to make Initial Revolving Loans under the FILO Revolving Sublimit shall be equal to the product of (x) such Initial Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
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aggregate Initial Primary Commitments, times (y) the aggregate FILO Revolving Sublimit. The FILO Revolving Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Initial Primary Commitment.
•“FILO Revolving Sublimit Termination Date” means the earliest of (a) the date that is three (3) years after the Third Amendment Effective Date, (b) the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (c) the Termination Date.
•“First Lien Agent” means the administrative agent, the trustee or other similar representative under the First Lien Credit Agreement.
•“First Lien Collateral” means Term Priority Collateral (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement).
•“First Lien Credit Agreement” means the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, and as amended and restated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, among, inter alios, Holdings, the US Borrower, the First Lien Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto and any other document governing any First Lien Facility.
•“First Lien Facility” means the credit facility governed by the First Lien Credit Agreement and one or more debt facilities or other financing arrangements (including indentures) providing for loans, notes or other long-term indebtedness that replace or refinance such credit facility, including any such replacement or refinancing facility or other financing arrangements (including indentures) that increases or decreases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, amendments and restatements or refundings thereof or any such indentures or credit facilities that replace or refinance such credit facility (or any subsequent replacement thereof) to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(p) (or any other provision in Section 6.01, so long as, if applicable, any corresponding Lien is permitted by Section 6.02).
•“First Lien Facility Documentation” means the First Lien Facility and all related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit and guarantees, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing (as the same may be in effect from time to time).
•“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period then most recently ended to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“First Lien Loans” shall mean the loans under the First Lien Facility.
•“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that, subject (in the case of US Collateral) to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, such Lien is senior in priority to any other Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.
•“First Priority Secured Obligations” means the Secured Obligations in respect of the Initial Revolving Facility and any other Revolving Facility secured by the Collateral on a pari
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passu basis with the Initial Revolving Facility (as incurred and secured on the Second Amendment Effective Date).
•“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
•“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Lead Borrower ending on December 31 of each calendar year unless otherwise permitted by Section 6.13.
•“Fixed Basket” means any category or subcategory of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on a fixed Dollar amount and/or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets as of any date of determination (including in Article 6 and the Fixed Incremental Amount, the Fixed Incremental European Amount and clause (b) or any sub-clause therein of the definition of “Incremental Cap”) or that is not otherwise an Incurrence-Based Basket.
•“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period minus (i) capital expenditures paid in cash during such Test Period (except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions, long term Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Loans)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of federal, state, local and foreign income Taxes actually paid or payable currently in cash during such Test Period to (b) Fixed Charges actually paid or payable currently in cash during such Test Period, in each case, of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
•“Fixed Charges” means without duplication, during any applicable period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) scheduled principal amortization payments in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money paid or payable in cash (other than payments made by the Borrowers or their Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries and, in any case, excluding any earn-out obligation or purchase price adjustment), all calculated for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (c) solely for purposes of testing Section 6.15, unfinanced Restricted Payments made in reliance on the Payment Conditions and (d) solely to the extent testing compliance with the Payment Conditions, Restricted Payments made in reliance on the Payment Conditions.
•“Fixed Incremental Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental Cap”.
•“Fixed Incremental European Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental European Cap”.
•“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
•“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary or a Canadian Subsidiary.
•“Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” means a direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of any North American Borrower that (i) has no material assets other than the capital stock and, if applicable, indebtedness of one or more subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries or other Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos or (ii) is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and owns capital stock of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or other Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos.
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•“Fourth Amendment” means that certain Amendment No. 4 to ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties thereto.
•“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” means June 26, 2024.
•“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding LC Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, but other than such LC Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans, but other than such Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
•“Funding Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(h).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. in effect and applicable to the accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is made, subject to Section 1.04(a); provided, that, unless the Lead Borrower elects otherwise or exercises its rights under Section 1.04(a), the accounting for operating leases and capital leases under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, Accounting Standards Codification 840) shall apply for the purposes of determining compliance with the provisions of this Agreement (including the definition of Capital Lease, Consolidated Total Debt and Indebtedness), as applied by the Lead Borrower in good faith.
•“Governmental Authority” means any federal, provincial, territorial, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state or locality of the U.S., the U.S., a province or territory of Canada, Canada, or a foreign government or any other political subdivision thereof, including central banks and supra national bodies.
•“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
•“Granting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(e).
•“GST, HST Tax Reserve” means an amount determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion from time to time representing an estimate of potential prior or pari passu ranking capital gains tax, value added tax, goods and services tax, harmonized sales tax and/or any other taxes and the costs of any administration or winding-up.
•“Guarantee” of or by any Person (as used in this definition, the “Guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person (the “Primary Obligor”) in any manner and including any obligation of the Guarantor (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary 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
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Indebtedness or other monetary 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 monetary obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or monetary obligation, (e) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (f) secured by any Lien on any assets of such Guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation is assumed by such Guarantor (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition, Disposition or other transaction permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.
•“Hayward Ibérica” means Hayward Ibérica S.L.U, a Spanish private limited liability corporation (Sociedad Limitada Unipersonal).
•“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance or waste, or any constituent thereof, which is prohibited, defined, listed or regulated as “toxic”, “hazardous” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” or words of similar meaning or effect by any Environmental Law, including asbestos and asbestos-related material.
•“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Material, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Material, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
•“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any Derivative Transaction between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person.
•“Hedge Product Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Secured Hedging Obligations.
•“Hedge Product Reserve” means the aggregate amount of reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion in respect of Designated Hedging Obligations, which shall not exceed the sum of all Hedge Product Amounts in respect of Designated Hedging Obligations at such time.
•“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.
•“HMT” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(a).
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•“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement, together with any successors and assignees permitted hereunder.
•“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002, as in effect from time to time (subject to the provisions of Section 1.04), to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that has been designated by the Lead Borrower as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement, provided that the Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (as so determined) of all such designated Immaterial Subsidiaries that would otherwise be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and 5.0% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case, of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the relevant Test Period.
•“Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals, such individual’s estate (or an executor or administrator acting on its behalf), heirs or legatees or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
•“Incremental Cap” means:
(v)the greatest of (i) $175,000,000 (the “Fixed Incremental Amount”), (ii) the maximum amount such that after giving pro forma effect to any Incremental Revolving Facility implemented in reliance on this clause (a)(ii) (assuming a full drawing of such Incremental Revolving Facility), the First Lien Leverage Ratio does not exceed 5.00:1.00 (the “Ratio Incremental Amount”; and, together with the Fixed Incremental Amount, the “Combined Incremental Amount”), and (iii) the amount by which the North American Borrowing Base exceeds the Aggregate North American Commitments at such time; provided that, in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, the Borrowing Base shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis without giving effect to any limitations, exclusions or qualifications with respect to the acquired assets set forth in the definition of “Borrowing Base”, including any eligibility requirements with respect to the acquired assets pending the completion of any field examinations and inventory appraisals, plus
(w)the amount of any permanent voluntary reduction of any Aggregate North American Commitment, plus
(x)in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility that effectively replaces any Aggregate North American Commitment terminated in accordance with Section 2.19, an amount equal to the relevant terminated Aggregate North American Commitment, minus
(y)the sum of the aggregate amount of commitments incurred under the Incremental European Cap (if applicable) or the Incremental FILO Cap, in each case, in reliance on the Fixed Incremental Amount.
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provided, that the establishment of the FILO Revolving Sublimit on the Third Amendment Effective Date does not constitute an Incremental Revolving Facility or an Incremental Revolving Commitment, nor will it be deemed to utilize any of the Incremental Cap.
•“Incremental European Cap” means the sum of (a) $100,000,000 (the “Fixed Incremental European Amount”) and (b) the lesser of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) the remaining unused amount of the Combined Incremental Amount (this clause (b), the “Combined Incremental European Amount”).
•“Incremental FILO Cap” means the lesser of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) the remaining unused amount of the Combined Incremental Amount.
•“Incremental FILO Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(b).
•“Incremental Revolving Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
•“Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
•“Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by (a) Holdings and the Borrowers, (b) if the Additional European Incremental Revolving Facility is being incurred pursuant to Section 2.22(c) under such Incremental Revolving Facility, (i) each Additional European Borrower, (ii) each Additional European Facility Guarantor and (iii) the Administrative Agent, (c) if any other Incremental Revolving Facility is being incurred pursuant to Section 2.22, then solely to the extent such Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment is adversely affecting the rights and interests of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and (d) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of such Incremental Revolving Facility being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section 2.22.
•“Incremental Revolving Lender” means, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, each Lender providing any portion of such Incremental Revolving Facility.
•“Incremental Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
•“Incurrence-Based Basket” means any category (or subcategory) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on complying or subject to compliance (including on a Pro Forma Basis) with any financial ratio (including, without limitation any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Net Leverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and/or the Ratio Incremental Amount and the Combined Incremental European Amount).
•“Indebtedness” as applied to any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases to the extent recorded as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments to the extent the same would appear as indebtedness on a balance sheet (including the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (d) any obligation owed for all or
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any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than any earn out obligation, purchase price and working capital adjustment obligations and any similar obligation except to the extent reflected as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP and not paid within thirty (30) days after becoming due and payable), which purchase price is due more than three hundred sixty four (364) days from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof; (e) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such Person regardless of whether the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property or asset subject to such Lien; (f) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (g) the Guarantee by such Person of the Indebtedness of another; (h) all obligations of such Person in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock and (i) all net obligations of such Person in respect of any Derivative Transaction, including any Hedge Agreement, whether or not entered into for hedging or speculative purposes. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or any joint venture (other than any joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, (A) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness hereunder but for the application of this proviso shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder, (B) the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivative created by the terms of such Indebtedness (it being understood that any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Agreement but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness under this Agreement), (C) liabilities under vendor agreements to the extent such liabilities may be satisfied exclusively through non-cash means such as purchase volume earning credits, (D) reserves for deferred taxes (or obligation to make any distributions or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), (E) any obligations incurred under ERISA or under applicable law relating to Canadian Pension Plans or Canadian Employee Plans, (F) accrued expenses and trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business (including on an inter-company basis), (G) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits, (H) Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the credit of such Person and (I) for all purposes under this Agreement other than for purposes of Section 6.01, intercompany Indebtedness among Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further; that the principal amount of any Indebtedness shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.
•“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
•“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
•“Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.11(a).
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•“Initial Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, (a) during the Off-Peak Season, such Lender’s Initial Primary Commitment and (a) during the Peak Season, the sum of such Lender’s (A) Initial Primary Commitment and (B) Initial Peak Season Commitment in effect at such time.
•“Initial Peak Season Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Initial Revolving Loans (and acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans) hereunder as set forth on the Commitment Schedule under the heading “Initial Peak Season Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Initial Peak Season Commitment, effective from the first calendar day of each Peak Season through the last calendar day of each Peak Season, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10. As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Initial Peak Season Commitments of all Lenders is $50,000,000.
•“Initial Primary Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Initial Revolving Loans (and acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans) hereunder as set forth on the Commitment Schedule under the heading “Initial Primary Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Initial Primary Commitment as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.22 or (c) established or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.22 in connection with an Incremental Revolving Facility. As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Initial Primary Commitments of all Lenders is $425,000,000 (of which a portion is made available for the FILO Revolving Sublimit).
•“Initial Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Initial Revolving Lender at any time, (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Initial Revolving Loans of such Initial Revolving Lender, plus (b) the aggregate amount at such time of such Initial Revolving Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure and participation interest in Protective Advances and Overadvances, in each case, attributable to its Initial Commitments.
•“Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the date that is five (5) years after the Second Amendment Effective Date.
•“Initial Revolving Facility” means the Initial Commitments and the Initial Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder.
•“Initial Revolving Lender” means any Lender with an Initial Commitment or any Initial Revolving Credit Exposure.
•“Initial Revolving Loan” means any loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a), Section 2.01(b) or Section 2.01(c).
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means any agreement, including any supplement thereto, executed on or after the Closing Date confirming or effecting the grant of any Lien on IP Rights owned by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the US Security Agreement, including any of the following: (a) a Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the US Security Agreement, (b) a Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the US Security Agreement or (c) a Copyright Security Agreement attached as an exhibit to the US Security Agreement, together with any and all supplements or amendments thereto.
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•“Interest Election Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower in the form of Exhibit D or another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
•“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan (including Swingline Loans), Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loan, the first Business Day of each January, April, July and October (commencing on July 1, 2021) or the maturity date applicable to such Revolving Loan, (b) with respect to any Term SOFR Revolving Loan or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Revolving Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three (3) months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three (3) months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing, (c) as to any XXXXX Xxxx Revolving Loan, the first Business Day of each month and the Maturity Date and (d) to the extent necessary to create a fungible Class of Revolving Loans in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Revolving Loans, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower, the date of the incurrence of such Additional Revolving Loans.
•“Interest Period” means with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing or Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing, and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one (1), three (3) or (other than in respect of a CDORTerm XXXXX Revolving Loan) six (6) months (in each case, subject to availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant currency) (or, to the extent available to all relevant affected Lenders, twelve (12) months or shorter period) thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect in its Borrowing Request; 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, in the case of a Term SOFR Revolving Loan or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan, 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 pertaining to a Term SOFR Revolving Loan or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Revolving Loan 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) the applicable Borrower may not elect any Interest Period that would result in such Interest Period extending beyond the Maturity Date. 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.
•“Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC (and/or, with respect to any Inventory of a Canadian Loan Party, as defined in the PPSA).
•“Investment” means (a) any purchase or other acquisition by the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries of any of the Securities of any other Person (other than any Loan Party), (b) the acquisition by purchase or otherwise (other than any purchase or other acquisition of inventory, materials, supplies and/or equipment in the ordinary course of business) of all or substantially all of the business, property or fixed assets of any other Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any other Person and (c) any loan, advance (other than any advance to any current or former employee, officer, director, member of management, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Borrowers, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or
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capital contribution by the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person. Subject to Section 5.10, the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment, plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto, but giving effect to any repayments of principal in the case of any Investment in the form of a loan and any return of capital or return on Investment in the case of any equity Investment (whether as a distribution, dividend, redemption or sale but not in excess of the amount of the relevant initial Investment) and in each case, the amount of any Investment shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.
•“Investors” means (a) the Sponsors and (b) any other Person making a cash equity investment directly or indirectly in any Parent Company after the Second Amendment Effective Date, so long as in the case of this clause (b), (i) no such Person’s direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings is greater than the Sponsors’ direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings, and (ii) the aggregate direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings by such Persons does not exceed 40% of the aggregate direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings of all Investors collectively, in each case, other than any Person who is a Lender on the Closing Date or the Second Amendment Effective Date (and such Person shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of an Investor under this Agreement).
•“IP Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(c).
•“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
•“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
•“Issuing Bank” means Bank of America (in the case of any Canadian Letters of Credit, acting through its Canada branch) and any other Lender that, at the request of any Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) agrees to become an Issuing Bank; provided that the maximum amount of US Letters of Credit and Canadian Letters of Credit issued and outstanding of any Issuing Bank shall not exceed the amount set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) (as such schedule may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 2.05(b) with the consent of the applicable Issuing Banks to reflect additional Issuing Banks) at any time unless otherwise agreed in writing by such Issuing Bank. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by any Affiliate or branch of such Issuing Bank, which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or branch with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or branch.
•“Junior Lien Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral (other than Indebtedness among Holdings and/or its subsidiaries) that is contractually junior or subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Indebtedness outstanding under any First Lien Facility, (ii) “Incremental Equivalent Debt” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any equivalent term under any documentation governing any First Lien Facility, in each case if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the First Lien Collateral securing the obligations under the First Lien Credit Agreement) and (iii) Indebtedness under this Agreement each shall not constitute Junior Lien Indebtedness.
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•“Latest Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Revolving Loan or commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Initial Revolving Loan, Additional Revolving Loan or Additional Revolving Commitment.
•“LC Collateral Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(j).
•“LC Disbursement” means a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
•“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all LC Disbursements with respect to Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.
•“LC Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all unreimbursed LC Disbursements.
•“LC Reimbursement Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(e)(i).
•“LCT Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.11(a).
•“LCT Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.11(a).
•“Lead Borrower” means the US Borrower.
•“Legal Reservations” means the application of relevant Debtor Relief Laws, general principles of equity and/or principles of good faith and fair dealing.
•“Lenders” means the Initial Revolving Lenders (which as the context requires, includes the Swingline Lender), any Additional Revolving Lender, any lender with a Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Loan and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
•“Letter of Credit” means any US Letter of Credit or Canadian Letter of Credit.
•“Letter of Credit Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
•“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate North American Commitments and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of $50,000,000, subject to increase in accordance with Section 2.22. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate North American Commitments.
•“Letter-of-Credit Right” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
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•“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, deed of trust, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing), in each case, in the nature of security and any deemed trust (statutory or otherwise); provided that in no event shall an operating lease in and of itself be deemed to constitute a Lien on any asset.
•“Limited Condition Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.11(a).
•“Line Cap” means at any time, the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the sum of each then-applicable Borrowing Base.
•“Liquidity Period” means any period (a) beginning on the date on which Availability shall have been less than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii)(A) $32,500,000 if calculated from January 1 to July 31 of any year and (B) $20,000,000 if calculated from August 1 to December 31 of any year, in each case for each day during a period of five (5) consecutive Business Days, and (b) ending on the date on which Availability is equal to or greater than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii)(A) $32,500,000 if calculated from January 1 to July 31 of any year and (B) $20,000,000 if calculated from August 1 to December 31 of each year, for each day during a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.
•“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any Promissory Note, the Loan Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, each Blocked Account Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Fee Letter and any other document or instrument designated by the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent as a “Loan Document.” Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto.
•“Loan Guaranty” means (a) the Amended and Restated Loan Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date and executed by each North American Loan Party party thereto and by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (b)(i) each other guaranty agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit I, (ii) another form of guaranty that is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower or (iii) any supplement or joinder to any of the foregoing, in each case, executed by any Person pursuant to Section 5.12 or as provided in the definition of “Subsidiary Guarantor”.
•“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the US Loan Parties, the Canadian Loan Parties, the Spanish Borrower and the Additional European Facility Loan Parties, and in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
•“Lockboxes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
•“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
•“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of any applicable Parent Company on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(viii) multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities
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exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.
•“Material Account” means any Deposit Account or Securities Account of a Loan Party other than any Excluded Account.
•“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations, in each case, of Holdings, the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) under the applicable Loan Documents or (iii) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the applicable Loan Documents.
“Material Debt Instrument” means any promissory note payable to, or in favor, of a Loan Party with an aggregate principal amount outstanding, in each case, of not less than $25,000,000.
•“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Initial Revolving Loans, the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment and (c) with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
•“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20.
•“Minimum Extension Condition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(b).
•“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
•“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, and in respect of which the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, makes or is obligated to make contributions or with respect to which any of them has any ongoing obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
•“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements with respect to which it is delivered, a management discussion and narrative report describing the operations of Holdings, the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then-current Fiscal Year to the end of the period to which the relevant financial statements relate.
•“Net Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
•“Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means with respect to North American Eligible Inventory of any Person, the orderly liquidation value thereof, net of all costs and expenses reasonably estimated to be incurred in connection with such liquidation, as determined based upon the most recent Inventory appraisal conducted in accordance with this Agreement.
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•“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness or Capital Stock, the Cash proceeds thereof, net of all Taxes and customary fees, commissions, costs, underwriting discounts and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
•“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b).
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.
•“North American Borrower” means the US Borrower or the Canadian Borrower, as applicable.
•“North American Borrowing Base” means the Dollar Equivalent sum of the following as set forth in the most recently delivered North American Borrowing Base Certificate:
(z)(1) at any time prior to the FILO Revolving Sublimit Termination Date, 85% of North American Eligible Accounts and (2) from and after the FILO Revolving Sublimit Termination Date, (i) during the Peak Season, 92.5% of North American Eligible Accounts and (ii) during the Off-Peak Season, 85% of North American Eligible Accounts; plus
(aa)(1) at any time prior to the FILO Revolving Sublimit Termination Date, the lesser of (i) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the North American Eligible Inventory and (ii) 75% of the book value of North American Eligible Inventory (in each case, calculated at the lower of cost or market value) and (2) from and after the FILO Revolving Sublimit Termination Date, the lesser of (i)(A) during the Peak Season, 95% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of North American Eligible Inventory and (B) during the Off-Peak Season, 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the North American Eligible Inventory and (ii)(A) during the Peak Season, 80% of the book value of the North American Eligible Inventory if such calculation is made at any time during the Peak Season and (B) during the Off-Peak Season, 75% of the book value of North American Eligible Inventory if such calculation is made during the Off-Peak Season (in each case, calculated at the lower of cost or market value); plus
(ab)100% of the FILO Revolving Borrowing Base; plus
(ac)100% of Qualified Cash of the North American Loan Parties, up to an amount not exceeding $55,000,000 in the aggregate; minus
(ad)any Availability Reserve established in connection with the foregoing.
In connection with any Specified Transaction, the Lead Borrower may submit a North American Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting a calculation of the North American Borrowing Base that includes North American Eligible Accounts and North American Eligible Inventory (otherwise satisfying the criteria in respect thereof, contained in such definition) acquired by the applicable North American Loan Parties in connection with such Specified Transaction (the “Acquired North American Eligible Accounts” and the “Acquired North American Eligible Inventory”, respectively) and, from and after the Specified Transaction Date, the North American Borrowing Base hereunder shall be calculated giving effect thereto; provided that prior to the completion of a field examination and inventory appraisal with respect to such Acquired North American Eligible Accounts and Acquired North American Eligible Inventory, such adjustment to the North American Borrowing Base shall only be available if a customary
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desktop audit with respect to such assets reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion has been completed and shall be limited to (i) from the Specified Transaction Date until the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Specified Transaction Date, the aggregate amount of Acquired North American Eligible Accounts and Acquired North American Eligible Inventory included in the North American Borrowing Base prior to the completion of a field examination and inventory appraisal with respect thereto, shall not exceed 10% of the North American Borrowing Base (calculated after giving effect to the inclusion (up to such 10% cap) of the Acquired North American Eligible Accounts and Acquired North American Eligible Inventory as to which a field examination and inventory appraisal has not been performed). From the ninety-first (91st) day following the Specified Transaction Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), the North American Borrowing Base shall be calculated without reference to the Acquired North American Eligible Accounts and the Acquired North American Eligible Inventory until a field examination and inventory appraisal has been completed with respect to such assets; it being understood and agreed that (x) there shall be no Default or Event of Default solely as a result of a failure to complete and deliver such inventory appraisal and field examination on or prior to the dates indicated above and (y) the performance of such inventory appraisal and field examination on the Acquired North American Eligible Accounts and the Acquired North American Eligible Inventory shall not count toward the limitations on the number of inventory appraisals and field examinations contained in Section 5.06(b).
•“North American Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit M, as such form, subject to the terms hereof, may from time to time be modified as agreed by the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent or such other form which is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
•“North American Collateral” means the US Collateral and the Canadian Collateral, as applicable.
•“North American Eligible Accounts” means those Accounts created by any North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) in the ordinary course of business, that arise out of such North American Loan Party’s sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties in all material respects respecting North American Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address, among other things, the results of any audit performed by the Administrative Agent from time to time after the Second Amendment Effective Date. In determining the amount to be included, North American Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash and shall be reduced by, without duplication, the amount of all discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, rebated price adjustments, finance and service charges and counterclaims (including (x) up to 100% of accruals of anticipated warranty claims related to Xxxxxx’x Poolmart and (y) up to 25% of accruals of anticipated warranty claims related to any other customers), provided that, (1) the aggregate amount of all such reductions for rebated price adjustments accrued or provided to any Account Debtor shall not exceed an amount equal to the gross amount of North American Eligible Accounts attributable to such Account Debtor and included in any Borrowing Base, and (2) no such reductions shall be applied with respect to the Accounts of any Account Debtor all of whose Accounts are excluded pursuant to clause (c) below. North American Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(ae)Accounts (i) that are more than sixty (60) days past due and (ii) that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within ninety (90) days of original invoice date (or one hundred twenty
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(120) days for Accounts in an aggregate amount not in excess of $2,500,000); provided that with respect to Accounts related to any Early Buy Program, such Accounts shall not be subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, but they shall become ineligible if such Accounts remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days after the original due date shown on the invoice,
(af)Accounts owed by an Account Debtor where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,
(ag)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of a Loan Party, or an employee or agent of a Loan Party, as applicable, (other than Accounts of an Affiliate that is a portfolio company of the Sponsor (and is not a subsidiary of Holdings) arising in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length terms),
(ah)Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold (except where ownership in the underlying good has been transferred to the Account Debtor and in connection therewith the Administrative Agent has in its Permitted Discretion, established an Availability Reserve), or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,
(ai)Accounts that are payable in a currency other than Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Sterling, Australian Dollars and Euro,
(aj)Accounts exceeding $12,500,000 in the aggregate with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) not domiciled in the United States or Canada or (ii) if other than a natural Person, not organized, formed or incorporated under the laws of the United States or Canada unless, (x) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit or other credit support reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (y) the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of an Account Debtor that satisfies either clause (i) or (ii) above that has initiated the relevant purchase order on behalf of such Account Debtor in the ordinary course of business,
(ak)(i) Accounts in excess of $7,500,000 in the aggregate with respect to which the Account Debtor is the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which the US Borrower has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC § 3727) or (ii) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is Canada or any province or territory of Canada or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which the Canadian Loan Party has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, with Part VII of the Financial Administration Act (Canada) or other similar applicable law in Canada restricting the assignment thereof or the granting of a Lien thereon),
(al)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of a Borrower or any Loan Party, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of setoff or dispute (unless such Account Debtor has entered into a written agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to waive such claim, right of offset, or dispute), solely to the extent of such claim, right of setoff or dispute or open accounts payable,
(am)Accounts with respect to which an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to the Loan Parties exceeds (a) with respect to Pool Corp. and Xxxxxx’x Poolmart,
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collectively, 60% and (ii) with respect to any other Account Debtor, 20% (in each case, such percentage, as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all North American Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided, however, that, in each case, the amount of North American Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based on all of the otherwise North American Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit but shall not be excluded in an amount in excess of the foregoing percentage,
(an)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an insolvency proceeding, is not solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which a Borrower or any Loan Party has received notice of an imminent insolvency proceeding unless an Account Debtor has been authorized to pay such Accounts pursuant to a valid court order (and so long as the financial condition of such Account Debtor is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion),
(ao)Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent (including taking into account the governing law of the applicable contracts evidencing the Accounts and sufficiency of the applicable Collateral Documents to create valid and enforceable Liens with respect thereto as determined by the Administrative Agent acting in its Permitted Discretion); provided that this clause (k) shall not exclude from North American Eligible Accounts those Accounts subject to unregistered Liens created by operation of law that accrue amounts not yet due and payable, provided that such Liens are Permitted Liens,
(ap)Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor or (iii) the services represent fees for shared warehouse space, lab fees and other miscellaneous non-trade activity,
(aq)Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance xxxxxxxx that are due prior to the completion of performance by the applicable Loan Party, of the subject contract for goods or services,
(ar)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Person described in Section 3.17(a)(i) or a country listed in Section 3.17(a), and
(as)(i) Accounts of any Account Debtor that have been sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or pledged in connection with, or that are otherwise subject to, a Permitted Receivables Facility and (ii) all other Accounts of an Account Debtor with respect to which any Accounts of such Account Debtor are deemed ineligible under the preceding subclause (i) (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in the event that any Accounts of an Account Debt are deemed ineligible under any provision of this clause (o) and, subsequently, none of the Accounts of such Account Debtor have been transferred or pledged in connection with, or are otherwise subject to, a Permitted Receivables Facility subsequently, all Accounts of such Account Debtor may be included as North American Eligible Accounts unless otherwise ineligible pursuant to clauses (a) through (n) above.
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“North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means Inventory owned by a North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) that would be North American Eligible Inventory if it were not subject to a document of title and in transit from a non-North American Loan Party location to a location of such North American Loan Party within the United States or Canada, and that the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems to be North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory. Without limiting the foregoing, no Inventory shall be North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory unless it (a) is subject to a negotiable paper bill of lading or negotiable paper document of title showing the applicable Loan Party as consignee or buyer, which negotiable paper bill of lading or negotiable paper document of title is in the possession of the Administrative Agent or such other Person as the Administrative Agent shall approve in its Permitted Discretion; (b) is fully insured in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; (c) is not sold by a vendor that has a right to reclaim, divert shipment of, repossess, stop delivery, claim any reservation of title or otherwise assert Lien rights against the Inventory, or with respect to whom any Loan Party is in default of any obligations; (d) is subject to purchase orders and other sale documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and title has passed to the applicable Loan Party; (e) is shipped by a common carrier that is not affiliated with the vendor and is not a Person described in Section 3.17(a)(i) or a country listed in Section 3.17(a) or on any specially designated nationals list maintained by OFAC or similar list maintained by the Government of Canada, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or HMT, and is not otherwise a “sanctioned” Person under any Canadian AML Laws; and (f) is being handled by a customs broker, freight carrier, freight-forwarder or other handler that has entered into, as applicable, a customary ocean imported goods agreement or a customary ocean freight forwarder agency agreement in respect of such Inventory with the Administrative Agent and the applicable Loan Party, in each case, that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that, Inventory that would otherwise constitute “North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory” under this definition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 (or such greater amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, $35,000,000 as the Administrative Agent may agree from time to time in its Permitted Discretion) shall be exempt from the conditions set forth in the forgoing clauses (a) and (f) so long as, for the avoidance of doubt, each of the other conditions set forth in this definition of “North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory” shall have been satisfied.
•“North American Eligible Inventory” means Inventory of a North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) consisting of raw materials, work in progress and finished goods, that complies with each of the representations and warranties in all material respects respecting North American Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address, among other things, the results of any audit or appraisal performed by the Administrative Agent from time to time after the Second Amendment Effective Date. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or market value on a basis consistent with the North American Loan Parties’ historical accounting practices. An item of Inventory shall not be included in North American Eligible Inventory if:
(at)a North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
(au)a North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of such North American Loan Party), unless, in each case, such Inventory is otherwise eligible pursuant to clause (d) below,
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(av)it is not located at a location in the United States or Canada (in each case, unless it is North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory),
(aw)it is in-transit to or from a location of a Loan Party (other than (i) in-transit from one location of a North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) to another location of a North American Loan Party (other than Holdings) and (ii) North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory),
(ax)it is located on real property leased by a North American Loan Party or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Rent and Charges Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent, if required in its Permitted Discretion,
(ay)it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title (unless it is North American Eligible In-Transit Inventory),
(az)it is not subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent; provided that this clause (g) shall not exclude from North American Eligible Inventory that Inventory subject to unregistered Liens created by operation of law that secure amounts not yet due and payable, provided such Liens are Permitted Liens,
(ba)it is located at any location at which the aggregate value of all Inventory at such location is less than $500,000,
(bb)it is the portion of the North American Eligible Inventory that represents intercompany profit,
(bc)[reserved],
(bd)it is consigned to a customer,
(be)any Inventory as to which the applicable Loan Party takes a revaluation reserve, but only to the extent of the reserve,
(bf)it is located at an outside processor or vendor,
(bg)it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, labels, supplies used or consumed in a North American Loan Party’s business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, “out-of-spec”, damaged, non-standard, trial items, “seconds” or Inventory acquired on consignment,
(bh)it consists of goods returned or rejected by the applicable North American Loan Party’s customers other than the goods that are undamaged or resalable in the ordinary course of business,
(bi)it is subject to any licensing arrangement or any other intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any Person, the effect of which would be to limit the ability of the Administrative Agent, or any Person selling the Inventory on behalf of the Administrative Agent, to sell such Inventory in enforcement of the Administrative Agent’s Liens without further consent or payment to the licensor or such other Person (unless such consent has then been obtained), or
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(bj)it is not covered by casualty insurance maintained as required by Section 5.05.
•“North American Line Cap” means at any time, the lesser of (i) the Aggregate North American Commitment and (ii) the then-applicable North American Borrowing Base.
•“North American Loan Parties” means, collectively, the US Loan Parties and the Canadian Loan Parties.
•“North American Obligations” means all Obligations of the North American Loan Parties.
•“North American Restricted Subsidiary” means a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary or a Canadian Restricted Subsidiary.
•“North American Secured Obligations” means all Secured Obligations of the North American Loan Parties.
•“Notice of Intent to Cure” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(b).
•“Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses (including interest, fees and expenses accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Initial Revolving Loans, any Additional Revolving Loans made to any Borrower, all Overadvances, all Protective Advances, all LC Exposure, all Swingline Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees, premiums and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and all other advances to, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents in respect of any Revolving Loan, Overadvance, Protective Advance or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute, contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.
•“OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(a).
“Off-Peak Season” means, with respect to the North American Borrowing Base, the period from June 1 of each calendar year through January 31 of the immediately succeeding calendar year; provided that, in the event that the Lead Borrower modifies the Peak Season period in accordance with the definition thereof, the foregoing Off-Peak Season period (as modified prior to such date) shall automatically be deemed to be modified to reflect the corresponding modifications to the definition of Peak Season. For the avoidance of doubt, the Off-Peak Season shall begin and end on the dates set forth in the preceding sentence, regardless of the date as of which the then applicable North American Borrowing Base Certificate was prepared.
•“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, its certificate and/or articles of incorporation or organization and its by-laws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization or association or certificate of formation or incorporation, and its operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), and (e) with respect to any other form of entity, such other organizational documents
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required by local law or customary under such jurisdiction to document the formation and governance principles of such type of entity. In the event that any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
•“Original ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 30, 2018, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date), by and among the US Borrower, the Canadian Borrower, Holdings, the lenders party thereto immediately prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date and Bank of America, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
•“Other Agreed Adjustments” means (a) the Other Agreed Adjustments as defined in the Original ABL Credit Agreement, and (b) any add-backs and adjustments (including pro forma adjustments of the type in clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”), to the extent not otherwise included in “Consolidated Net Income” or “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”, of the type reflected in any confidential information memorandum, lender presentations and other marketing materials in respect of the Initial Revolving Loans, in each case, which add-backs and adjustments shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be limited to the time periods or amounts in respect of which such add backs and adjustments were identified therein.
•“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Revolving Loan or Loan Document).
•“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes or any intangible, recording, filing or other similar Taxes, charges or similar levies arising 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, but not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, grant of a participation, designation of a different lending office or other transfer (other than an assignment or designation of a different lending office made pursuant to Section 2.19) or Excluded Taxes.
•“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans occurring on such date, (b) with respect to any Letters of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit after giving effect to any changes in the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit or the issuance or expiry of any Letters of Credit, including as a result of any LC Disbursements and (c) with respect to any LC Disbursements on any date, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding amount of such LC Disbursements on such date after giving effect to any LC Disbursements occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of LC
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Disbursements as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by any Borrower of unreimbursed LC Disbursements.
•“Overadvance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(b).
•“Parent Company” means Holdings and any other Person of which the US Borrower is an indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
•“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).
•“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with the legislation for the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
•“Patent” means the following: (a) any and all patents and patent applications; (b) all inventions described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations in part thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
•“Payment Conditions” means as to any transaction, (i) no Specified Default exists or would result from any such transaction, and (ii) Availability (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) on the date of the proposed transaction and the 30-Day Average Availability immediately preceding such transaction would be greater than (a) in the case of Restricted Payments, (x) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is greater than or equal to 1.00:1.00, the greater of 15% of the Line Cap and $45,000,000 and (y) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is less than 1.00:1.00, the greater of 17.5% of the Line Cap and $55,000,000 and (b) in the case of Investments, Restricted Debt Payments and any other similar transaction subject to Payment Conditions, (x) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is greater than or equal to 1.00:1.00, the greater of 12.5% of the Line Cap and $37,500,000 and (y) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is less than 1.00:1.00, the greater of 15.0% of the Line Cap and $45,000,000.
•“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Peak Season” means, with respect to the North American Borrowing Base, the period from February 1 through May 31 of each year; provided that the Lead Borrower shall have the right to modify such period (which period, in any event, shall not exceed four (4) consecutive calendar months in any Fiscal Year) by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the Peak Season then in effect. For the avoidance of doubt, the Peak Season shall begin and end on the dates set forth in the preceding sentence, regardless of the date as of which the then applicable North American Borrowing Base Certificate was prepared.
•“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, which the Lead Borrower or any of its
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Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, maintains or contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to, or otherwise has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
•“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
•“Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a supplement to the Perfection Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
•“Perfection Requirements” means, with respect to any North America Loan Party and/or North America Collateral, (a) the filing of appropriate financing statements with the office of the Secretary of State, the PPSA register or other appropriate office or security register of the jurisdiction of organization (and, as applicable, of the jurisdiction of the registered office, chief executive office or location where such Loan Party maintains Collateral) of each North American Loan Party, (b) with respect to any US Loan Party, the filing of appropriate assignments or notices with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (or the First Lien Agent as bailee and agent for the Administrative Agent), (c) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of any stock certificate or Material Debt Instrument required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Loan Documents, together with instruments of transfer executed in blank and (d) entry into a Blocked Account Agreement with respect to each Blocked Account, in each case, subject in all respects to the definitions of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and “Excluded Assets”.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division or product line of, any Person or of a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock of any Person (but in any event including any Investment in (x) any Person that results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower, (y) any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to increase the Borrowers’ or any Restricted Subsidiary’s respective equity ownership in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) any joint venture for the purpose of increasing the Borrowers’ or their relevant Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership interest in such joint venture).
•“Permitted Discretion” means the reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices of the Administrative Agent for comparable asset-based lending transactions.
•“Permitted Receivables Facility” means any agreement between a Borrower and/or a Restricted Subsidiary and a bank, financial institution or other third party, pursuant to which (a) such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, agrees to sell, transfer or pledge accounts receivable, together with Permitted Receivables Facility Assets related thereto and (b) the obligations of the Borrowers and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries party thereto thereunder are non-recourse (except for Permitted Receivables Repurchase Obligations, Permitted Receivables Facility Undertakings, indemnity obligations and any customary obligations for such Permitted Receivables Facility that do not constitute a guaranty of collection of any sold, transferred or pledged Accounts) to such Borrowers and/or such Restricted Subsidiaries, it being agreed and understood that (x) the North American Borrowers and any North American Restricted Subsidiaries party thereto may be jointly and severally liable for all Permitted Receivables Facility Undertakings and Permitted Receivables Repurchase Obligations of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary party thereto and (y) such accounts receivables and Permitted Receivables Facility Assets have been removed from the applicable Borrowing Base to the extent otherwise included therein.
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•“Permitted Receivables Facility Assets” means (a) any Accounts owed to a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary subject to a Permitted Receivables Facility and the proceeds thereof and (b) all chattel paper, general intangibles (or intangibles) and instruments governing, securing or relating to such accounts receivable, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights, rights under insurance policies, guarantees, supporting obligations or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all records with respect to such accounts receivable and any other assets, rights and remedies customarily sold, transferred or pledged together with accounts receivable in connection with such Permitted Receivables Facility .
“Permitted Receivables Facility Undertakings” means the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities entered into by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that are customary for such Permitted Receivables Facility .
•“Permitted Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller, transferor or pledgor of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets in a Permitted Receivables Facility to compensate the purchaser for non-credit losses, or repurchase such assets, arising as a result of (a) a breach of a Permitted Receivables Facility Undertaking, or (b) any Accounts or portion thereof becoming invalid under such Permitted Receivables Facility or becoming subject to any defense, dispute, offset, claim or counterclaim of any kind asserted by the Account Debtor (or third party in respect of any account receivable).
•“Permitted Holders” means (a) the Investors and (b) any Person with which one or more Investors form a “group” (within the meaning of Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) so long as, in the case of this clause (b), the relevant Investors beneficially own more than 50% of the relevant voting stock beneficially owned by the group.
•“Permitted Liens” means Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02.
•“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability partnership, Governmental Authority or any other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) maintained by the US Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of its ERISA Affiliates, other than any Multiemployer Plan.
•“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
•“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or any successor statute) and the regulations thereunder or similar legislation of any other Canadian province or territory (including the Civil Code of Quebec) the laws of which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the issue, perfection, enforcement, validity or effect of security interests.
•“Prepayment” means any prepayment, redemption, purchase, repurchase (including pursuant to any tender offer, offer to purchase or repurchase, or similar process or arrangement), retirement or other reduction (including upon cancellation after contribution, assignment or other transfer thereof to the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) of any Indebtedness (in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of commitments); “Prepay” and “Prepaid” shall have correlative meanings.
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•“Primary Obligor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Guarantee”.
“Prime Rate” means the rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.
•“Priority Payable Reserve” means, in each case other than items reflected in the GST, HST Tax Reserve and the Rent and Charges Reserves, with respect to the North American Loan Parties, the total amount of liabilities at such time of the North American Loan Parties which are secured by a Lien, xxxxxx or inchoate, which ranks or is capable of ranking prior to or pari passu with the Administrative Agent’s Liens in respect of North American Eligible Accounts or North American Eligible Inventory, but only to the extent prescribed pursuant to Canadian law and statute then in force, including amounts owing for wages (including amounts protected by the Wage Earner Protection Program Act (Canada)), vacation pay, employee deductions, sales tax, excise tax, tax payable pursuant to Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (net of GST input credits), income tax, workers’ compensation, government royalties, employee and employer pension plan contributions (including “normal cost”, “special payments” and any other payments in respect of any funding deficiencies or shortfalls), Taxes, and other statutory or other claims that have or may have priority over, or rank pari passu with, the Administrative Agent’s Liens.
“Pro Forma Basis” or “pro forma effect” means, as to any calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Net Interest Coverage Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets or any component definitions of any of the foregoing), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.11 and shall give pro forma effect to any Specified Transactions (and if applicable, any Limited Condition Transaction) and other pro forma adjustments pursuant to Section 1.11.
“Projections” means the projections provided by the Lead Borrower and its subsidiaries included in any confidential information memorandum, lender presentation and other marketing materials used in syndicating and marketing the Aggregate North American Commitments prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, including any financial estimates, forecasts and other forward looking financial information set forth therein.
•“Promissory Note” means a promissory note of the relevant Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G, evidencing the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans of such Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Loans made by such Lender.
•“Protective Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).
•“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
•“Public Company Costs” means any Charge associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and Charges relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (and, in each case, similar Requirements of Law
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under other jurisdictions), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, any Charge relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees and listing fees.
•“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.27.
•“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
•“Qualified Cash” means the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the applicable Loan Parties at such time to the extent held in an account both (a) maintained with the Administrative Agent and (b) subject to a Blocked Account Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent and in compliance with Section 5.15.
“Rate Determination Date” means two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then “Rate Determination Date” means such other day as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).
•“Ratio Incremental Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental Cap”.
•“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, all right, title and interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) of any Loan Party in and to real property (including, but not limited to, land, improvements and fixtures thereon).
•“Refinancing” means, substantially concurrently with the initial funding of the Revolving Loans on the Second Amendment Effective Date, (a) all Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Lead Borrower and its subsidiaries under the Original ABL Credit Agreement and (b) at the Lead Borrower’s option, all or a portion of any amounts outstanding for borrowed money of the Lead Borrower and its subsidiaries under the First Lien Credit Agreement (including by rollovers, exchanges or similar transactions into new tranches thereunder), in each case, will be refinanced and each will be amended and restated to, among other things, extend the maturity thereof.
•“Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(p).
•“Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(a)(ix).
•“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
•“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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•“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
•“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
•“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
•“Related Funds” means, with respect to any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any other Approved Fund that is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, managers, officers, trustees, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the Environment, including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto, (b) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Sterling, the Bank of England, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Bank of England or, in each case, any successor thereto, (c) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Euros, the European Central Bank, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the European Central Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto, and (d) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in any other Agreed Currency, (i) the central bank for the currency in which such Revolving Loan is denominated or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (x) interest rates in such Agreed Currency or (y) the administrator of interest rates in such Agreed Currency or (ii) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (w) the central bank for the currency in which any interest rates in such Agreed Currency is denominated, (x) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (A) interest rates in such Agreed Currency or (B) the administrator of interest rates in such Agreed Currency, (y) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (z) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
“Relevant Rate” means with respect to any Credit Extension denominated in (a) Dollars, Term SOFR, (b) Canadian Dollars, the CDORTerm XXXXX Rate, (c) Sterling, the XXXXX Xxxx, (d) Australian Dollars, the BBSY Rate and (e) Euro, the EURIBOR Rate.
•“Rent and Charges Reserve” means the aggregate of (a) all past due amounts due and owing by a Loan Party to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any North American Eligible Inventory and could legally assert a Lien on any North American Eligible Inventory; and (b) an amount equal to up to three (3) months’ rent for all of the Loan Parties’ leased locations or the amount that may be payable for up to three (3) months to any third party warehouse or other storage facilities where North American Eligible Inventory is located, in each case, other than (x) any such location with respect to which the
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Administrative Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that upon receipt of any such Collateral Access Agreement with respect to such location the portion of any Rent and Charges Reserve attributable to such location shall be immediately released), (y) any amounts being disputed in good faith and (z) any such location where North American Eligible Inventory not in excess of $2,000,000 is located.
•“Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
•“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure or unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Lenders at any time; provided, further, that the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and unreimbursed LC Obligations that a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in making such determination to the extent such Lender that is the Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank is not a Defaulting Lender.
•“Required Minimum Balance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(b).
•“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, municipal, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning as defined in the last paragraph of Article 8.
•“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.