FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Execution Version
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of June 20, 2023, is among KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each Subsidiary Guarantor party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors, the “Administrative Agent”), as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors, the “Collateral Agent”) and as an Issuing Xxxxxx, and the Lenders party hereto.
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A. The Company, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto from time to time are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 10, 2018 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 22, 2018, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 31, 2019 and that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 22, 2022 and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make certain loans to, and extensions of credit on behalf of, the Company.
B. The Company, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party hereto have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions herein, to make certain amendments and modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement, in each case as set forth herein, including to extend the tenor of the Facility.
C. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined herein has the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. On the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), (a) the Existing Credit Agreement (excluding the Exhibits and the Schedules thereto) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and (b) the Commitments shall be increased from $100,000,000 to $120,000,000 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase) and the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender shall be as set forth on Schedule 1A attached hereto.
Section 3. Amendments to Pledge and Security Agreement. Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Pledge and Security Agreement (excluding the Exhibits and the Schedules thereto) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.
Section 4. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1 of the Credit Agreement):
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4.1 The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable in connection with this Amendment or any other Credit Document on or prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company pursuant to this Amendment or any other Credit Document.
4.2 The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) a counterpart of this Amendment signed by the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Lender;
(b) a secretary’s certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 to the Credit Agreement executed and delivered by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Responsible Officer of the Company, certifying the Company’s and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s (a) officers’ incumbency appended thereto, (b) authorizing resolutions or consents appended thereto and (c) Organization Documents, with the applicable insertions and attachments being reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent;
(c) copies of certificates from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of such jurisdiction, evidencing good standing (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction) of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and in each state where the ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of business requires it to qualify as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) a solvency certificate in the form of Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement provided by the chief financial officer of the Company;
(e) copies of customary lien search reports reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent listing all effective financing statements, notices of tax, PBGC or judgment liens or similar notices that name any of the Company or any other Credit Party, as debtor in any jurisdiction having files which must be searched in order to determine fully the existence of the UCC security interests, notices of the filing of federal tax Liens (filed pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code), Liens of the PBGC (filed pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA) or judgment Liens on any Collateral, together with copies of such financing statements, notices of tax, PBGC or judgment Liens or similar notices (none of which shall cover the Collateral except to the extent evidencing Permitted Liens or for which the Collateral Agent shall have received termination statements (Form UCC-3 or such other termination statements as shall be required by local Law) authenticated and authorized for filing);
(f) evidence of the insurance under all insurance policies to be maintained with respect to the properties of the Company and its Subsidiary Guarantors forming part of the Collateral, including endorsements naming the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders, as an additional insured or loss payee, as the case may be; and
(g) an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
4.3 The representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.2(d) hereof shall be true and correct and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying the same.
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The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare this Amendment to be effective (and the Fourth Amendment Effective Date shall occur) when it has received documents confirming or certifying, to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 4 (or the waiver of such conditions as permitted in Section 12.1 of the Credit Agreement). Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Credit Agreement for all purposes.
Section 5. Miscellaneous.
5.1 Confirmation. All of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, are, and shall remain, in full force and effect following the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
5.2 Ratification and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby (a) acknowledges the terms of this Amendment; (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations under, and acknowledges, renews and extends its continued liability under, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and agrees that the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents remain in full force and effect; (c) agrees that from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (i) each reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in the other Credit Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment and (ii) this Amendment does not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document; and (d) represents and warrants to the Lenders that as of the date hereof, and immediately after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, (i) each of the representations set forth in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement, or which are contained in any other Credit Document are, to the extent already qualified by materiality, true and correct in all respects, and, if not already so qualified, are true and correct in all material respects, on and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
5.3 Credit Document. This Amendment is a Credit Document.
5.4 Counterparts; Electronic Execution.
(a) This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
(b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment and/or any Ancillary Document that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.
5.5 Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the Credit Parties, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any
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Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
5.6 GOVERNING LAW. Section 12.10 and Section 12.11 of the Credit Agreement are each hereby incorporated herein and apply hereto mutatis mutandis.
5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
5.8 Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
5.9 Amendments and Waivers. This Amendment cannot be amended, and no provision of this Amendment can be waived, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.1 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Compliance Financial Officer | ||
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GUARANTORS: KRYPTON HOLDCO, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
KRYPTON INTERMEDIATE, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
KLX ENERGY SERVICES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
KLX ENERGY SERVICES LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
KLX DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CENTERLINE TRUCKING, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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XXXXXX’X ENERGY GROUP, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, AN ISSUING LENDER AND LENDER: | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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LENDER: | XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Director
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Director
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EXHIBIT A
Credit Agreement
[Attached.]
Dated as of August 10, 2018
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO AS LENDERS
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and an Issuing Lender
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and an Issuing Lender
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Sole Bookrunner
CREDIT AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1A – Commitment Amounts
Schedule 1B – Existing Money Market Funds
Schedule 6.11 – Domestic Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.12 – Leasehold Interests
Schedule 6.22 – Insurance
Schedule 9.2(h) – Indebtedness
Schedule 9.2(j) – Contingent Obligations
Schedule 9.3 – Existing Liens
Schedule 9.6 – Permitted Asset Sales
Schedule 9.7 – Investments, Loans and Advances
Schedule 9.10 – Transaction with Affiliates
Schedule 9.14 – Restrictive Agreements
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Pledge and Security Agreement
Exhibit B-1 – Form of Company Closing Certificate (Secretary)
Exhibit B-2 – Form of Company Closing Certificate (Officer)
Exhibit C-1 – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit D – Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit E – Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F – Form of Subordination Terms and Conditions of Intercompany Note
Exhibit G – Form of Credit Party Accession Agreement
Exhibit H – Form of Guaranty
Exhibit I – Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit J – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 10, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, this “Agreement”), among KLX ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several Lenders from time to time parties hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders, as Collateral Agent (as defined below) and as an Issuing Lender (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Lenders provide asset-based loans and commitments to the Company in an aggregate amount up to the total Commitments (as defined below);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and for other good and valuable consideration, effective as of the Execution Date (as defined below), the parties do hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 UCC Definitions
The following terms which are defined in the UCC (as defined below) are used herein as so defined: Account, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Commodity Account, Deposit Account, Document, Equipment, General Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Record, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations.
1.2 Defined Terms
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
“ABL First Priority Collateral” means all Collateral consisting of the following: (i) all Accounts; (ii) all Inventory; (iii) all Pledged Deposit Accounts; (iv) all assets credited to any Pledged Deposit Account; (v) all Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments and General Intangibles evidencing or governing any of the items referred to in any of the preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv); provided that, to the extent any of the foregoing also relates to Other Priority Collateral, only that portion related to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) shall be included in the ABL First Priority Collateral; (vi) all books and records relating to any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, all books, databases, customer lists and records, whether tangible or electronic which contain any information relating to any of the foregoing); and (vii) all Proceeds of, and all Supporting Obligations (including, without limitation, guarantees, collateral security and Letter-of-Credit Rights) with respect to, any of the foregoing.
“ABR” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the ABR due to a change in the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest
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pursuant to Section 5.17 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 5.17(b)), then the ABR shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the ABR as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
“ABR Loans” means Loans bearing interest based upon the ABR.
“Account Debtor” means each Person obligated on an Account.
“Additional Collateral Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10(d).
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” of any Person means (i) any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or (ii) any Person who is a director or officer of (A) such Person, (B) any Subsidiary of such Person or (C) any Person described in clause (i) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, either (i) to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agents” means a collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit” means, at any particular time, the sum of (i) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit and (iii) the aggregate amount of all Revolving L/C Obligations.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Ancillary Document” has the meaning specified in Section 12.8.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, and all laws, rules, ordinances and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, money laundering or corruption.
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“Applicable Level” means each level under the column titled “Applicable Level” within the definition of “Applicable Margin”.
“Applicable Margin” means the percentage determined in accordance with the following pricing grid, provided that for each day during the period from the Funding Date to and including the date at the end of the first two full fiscal quarters following the Funding Date, the rate per annum shall be the rate set forth in Applicable Level II, and thereafter, the rate per annum for the relevant Type of such Loan shall be the rate set forth below opposite the Applicable Level as of the most recent determination date:
Applicable Level | Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio | ABR (for ABR Loans) | Term Benchmark and RFR (for Term Benchmark Loans and RFR Loans) | ||||||||
I | > 2.0x | 1.50% | 2.50% | ||||||||
II | ≤ 2.0x but > 1.5x | 1.75% | 2.75% | ||||||||
III | ≤ 1.5x | 2.00% | 3.00% |
For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing grid as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company based upon the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as calculated in the Compliance Certificate delivered with the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements of the Company pursuant to Section 8.2(f) and (b) each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Compliance Certificate indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided, however, that:
(i) in the event that the Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 8.2(f) is not delivered when due, then during the period from the date upon which such Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered, until the date upon which the Compliance Certificate is actually delivered, the Applicable Level shall be Applicable Level III;
(ii) in the event the financial statements or Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 8.2(f) are proven to have been incorrect and the Applicable Level would have been higher than the Applicable Level actually applied, then the Applicable Level for the relevant period shall be adjusted retroactively to reflect the level which would have applied for such period based on the corrected financial statements or Compliance Certificate, and any additional interest owing as a result of such readjustment shall be payable within one (1) Business Day after the Company receives notice that such additional interest is due;
(iii) at all times during which a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Level shall be Applicable Level III; and
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(iv) it is understood that this definition of “Applicable Margin” shall be effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and shall apply as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, and that the prior definition of “Applicable Margin” applies at all times prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
“Appraised Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means, with respect to Inventory, the appraised orderly liquidation value thereof (valued at the lower of Cost and market value) as determined by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with the Baseline Determination Method, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) a Lender Affiliate or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Sale” means any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any of its property or assets, including the stock of any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(c).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) accepted by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Assignor” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(c).
“Availability” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the Line Cap at such time, minus (b) the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility plus the undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility minus (c) Reserves with respect to Availability established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion (provided that any Reserves with respect to Availability shall not be duplicative of any Reserves with respect to the Borrowing Base).
“Availability Trigger” means Availability is less than the greater of (i) $15,000,000 and (ii) 20% of the Line Cap.
“Available Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, at a particular time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time less (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.1, (B) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (C) such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Revolving L/C Obligations and (D) such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount at such time of all Protective Advances; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Available Revolving Credit Commitments.”
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any
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tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e) of Section 5.17.
“Average Available Revolving Credit Commitments” means, as of any date of determination, the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments for the most recently ended 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 any Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets, or permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Baseline Determination Method” means the methodology employed in the determination of the Borrowing Base as reflected in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(k).
“Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to any (a) RFR Loan, the Daily Simple SOFR or (b) Term Benchmark Loan, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR or the Term SOFR Rate, as applicable, or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 5.17.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; and
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for the then-current
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Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent reasonably decides, after consultation with the Company, may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent reasonably decides, after consultation with the Company, is necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of
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such Benchmark (or component thereof) have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set
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forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 5.17 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with Section 5.17.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations 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”.
“Benefitted Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 12.7(a).
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of the following: (a) 85% of each Credit Party’s Eligible Accounts at such time, plus (b) 80% of each Credit Party’s Eligible Unbilled Accounts, plus (c) 85% of the Appraised Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory at such time, minus (d) Reserves. It is understood and agreed that (i) clauses (b) and (c), in the aggregate shall be limited to 20% of the Borrowing Base and (ii) clause (c) individually shall be limited to 10% of the Borrowing Base.
The Administrative Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, (i) establish, modify, or eliminate Reserves in accordance with the definition of Reserves, (ii) reduce the advance rates set forth above or (iii) modify one or more of the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base (provided that any Reserves with respect to the Borrowing Base shall not be duplicative of any Reserves with respect to Availability), with any such changes to be effective three (3) Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders; provided that the Company may not obtain any new Revolving Credit Loans or Letters of Credit to the extent that such Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit would cause the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit to exceed the Line Cap after giving effect to the establishment, modification or elimination of such Reserve as set forth in such notice. The Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8.2(f).
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D (or such other form as may be agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent) setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base,
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including a calculation of each component thereof (including, to the extent the Company has received notice of any such Reserve from the Administrative Agent, any of the Reserves required to be maintained for purposes of calculation of the Borrowing Base), all in such detail as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. All calculations of the Borrowing Base in connection with the preparation of any Borrowing Base Certificate shall be made by the Company and certified to the Administrative Agent.
“Borrowing Date” means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to (i) Section 5.1 as a date on which the Company requests the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans hereunder or (ii) Section 2.5 as a date on which the Company requests the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder.
“Burdensome Restrictions” means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type described in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 9.14.
“Business Day” means, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, a Business Day shall be any such day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day (a) in relation to RFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such RFR Loan, or any other dealings of such RFR Loan and (b) in relation to Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or any other dealings of such Loans referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, without duplication, all amounts or commitments to expend money for any purchase or acquisition of assets that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified as additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided that, Capital Expenditures shall exclude (a) expenditures which constitute a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition or an Investment permitted by Section 9.7(m), and (b) interest capitalized during construction, as the same are or would be set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period.
“Capital Lease” means, of any Person, any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will any lease that would have been categorized as an operating lease as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the Funding Date, be considered a “Capital Lease” as a result of any changes in GAAP that take effect subsequent to the Funding Date.
“Cash Collateral Account” means a special cash collateral account pledged to the Administrative Agent containing cash deposited pursuant to the terms hereof to be maintained with the Administrative Agent.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for the Revolving L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender.
“Cash Dominion Event” means any time that (a) an Availability Trigger shall have occurred or, (b) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Once commenced, a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed to be continuing until such time as (x) no Event of Default is continuing and (y) if such Cash Dominion Event resulted from an event specified in the
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preceding clause (a), Availability equals or exceeds for thirty (30) consecutive days the greater of (1) $15,000,000 and (2) 20% of the Line Cap then in effect.
“Cash Equivalents” means (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition, (ii) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any Lender or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii) above, (iv) commercial paper issued by any Lender, the parent corporation of any Lender or any Subsidiary of such Lender’s parent corporation, and commercial paper rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition thereof, (v) money market funds that (A) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (B) are rated AA by S&P and Aa by Xxxxx’x and (C) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000, (vi) money market funds existing on the Execution Date that are listed on Schedule 1B, and (vii) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, investments that are substantially equivalent to the foregoing investments described in clauses (i) through (v) above that are available in the currency of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit, purchasing or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement or on the Execution Date, is a Lender or a Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender or a Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“Cash Management Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person owing to a Cash Management Bank under or in respect of a Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“CFC Holdco” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than direct or indirect equity in, and Indebtedness owing by, one or more Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“Change in Law” means, with respect to any Lender, the adoption of any law, treaty, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the issuance of any final rule, regulation or guideline by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such Lender or, in the case of Section 5.12(b) or 5.20(b), any corporation controlling such Lender, in each case, after the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the
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United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events from the Execution Date:
(i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), other than the holders of the Equity Interests of the Company on the Execution Date, has acquired or owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, Equity Interests representing 35% or more (on a fully-diluted basis and giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all outstanding rights, warrants, options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities, indebtedness or other rights, in each case, exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests (or convertible or exchangeable securities) of the Company, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event (whether or not such securities are then currently convertible or exercisable and taking into account all such securities that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)) of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of the Company shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). For this purpose, a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right); or
(ii) during any period of 12 (twelve) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed of individuals (A) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body at the time of the Execution Date, (B) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in sub-clause (A) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (C) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in sub-clauses (A) and (B) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property and other assets (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any and all Real Property owned by any Credit Party other than Real Property that is made subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.10(d)) of any Credit Party now existing or hereafter acquired, that is at any time required under the terms hereof or of any of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Access Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
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“Collateral Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as collateral agent and/or security trustee (as applicable) for the Secured Parties and its successors and assigns in such capacity (or such of its Affiliates as it may designate from time to time).
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Pledge and Security Agreement, any Additional Collateral Documents, any additional pledges, security agreements or mortgages that create or purport to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and any instruments of assignment, Control Agreements, lockbox letters or other instruments or agreements executed pursuant to the foregoing.
“Collection Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).
“Commitment Fee Rate” means, for any day, with respect to the Commitment Fees payable hereunder, the applicable rate per annum set forth below based upon the Average Available Revolving Credit Commitments for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company:
Average Available Revolving Credit Commitment | Commitment Fee Rate | ||||
> 50% | 0.50% | ||||
≤ 50% | 0.375% |
For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in Average Available Revolving Credit Commitments shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of determining the Commitment Fee Rate on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, the Average Available Revolving Credit Commitments during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company shall be used.
If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any Borrowing Base Certificate or related information based upon which the Average Available Revolving Credit Commitments and the corresponding Commitment Fee Rate was determined was incorrect (whether based on a restatement, fraud or otherwise), the Company shall be required to retroactively pay any additional amount that the Company would have been required to pay if such Borrowing Base Certificate or related information based upon which the Average Available Revolving Credit Commitments was determined had been accurate at the time it was delivered.
“Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Lender.
“Commitments” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, if any (individually, a “Commitment”). On the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments
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is $120,000,000. The aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Commitment Increases after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date shall not exceed $50,000,000.
“Commonly Controlled Entity” means an entity, whether or not incorporated, organized or constituted, which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Company and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
“Company Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.
“Compliance Certificate” means, a certificate, in the form attached as Exhibit E, of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company.
“Conduit Lender” means any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (i) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Sections 5.12, 5.19, 5.20 or 5.21 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (ii) be deemed to have any Commitment.
“Consolidated Cash Balance” means, at any time, (a) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, treasury bonds and bills, certificates of deposit, investments in money market funds, and commercial paper, in each case, held or owned by (either directly or indirectly), credited to the account of or that would otherwise be required to be reflected as an asset on the balance sheet of the Company and its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries, but excluding, in any event, the proceeds of any issuance of common Equity Interests of the Company during the 90 days period following the applicable issuance less (b) Excluded Cash.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense paid or required to be paid in cash by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding therefrom any unusual or extraordinary items of gain or loss); plus
(ii) without duplication, those amounts which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, have been deducted for:
(A) Consolidated Interest Expense;
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(B) provisions for Federal, state, local and foreign income, value added and similar taxes;
(C) depreciation, amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets), impairment of goodwill and other non-cash charges or expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period);
(D) non-cash compensation expense, or other non-cash expenses or charges, arising from the granting of stock options, the granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any repricing, amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock option, stock appreciation rights or similar arrangements);
(E) (x) any costs, fees, expenses or charges incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of, or in connection with, the ESG Spin-Off Transaction (including pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.4 to the Form 10) and (y) for any period ended on or prior to Funding Date, the Company’s allocable share of historical costs of KLX as provided in the adjustment described in note (1) to the Company’s unaudited pro forma condensed statement of earnings for the year ended January 31, 2018 in the Form 10 and similar non-recurring separation costs incurred during such period;
(F) any (x) financial advisory fees, underwriting fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket advisory and consulting expenses, and (y) prepayment premiums, breakage costs and interest rate indemnities, redeployment costs or funding costs, with respect to each of clause (x) and clause (y) incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of, or in connection with, any issuance, incurrence, refinancing, redemption, repayment or prepayment of Indebtedness, to the extent permitted under this Agreement; and
(G) any (x) financial advisory fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket advisory and consulting expenses, and (y) all cash and non-cash restructuring and integration charges, costs, and expenses, in each case incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of any Permitted Acquisition (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include the ESG Spin-Off Transaction) or Permitted Foreign Acquisition and deducted from net income, and, in the case of the items described in this sub-clause (y), which are factually supportable, identifiable and documented, and which are not objected to by the Administrative Agent; provided that, the aggregate amount of such costs and expenses under this sub-clause (y) shall not exceed 10% of Consolidated EBITDA; minus
(iii) any amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been added for any non-cash income or non-cash gains, all as determined in accordance with GAAP; minus
(iv) the aggregate amount of cash payments made during such period in respect of any non-cash accrual, reserve or other non-cash charge or expense accounted for in a
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prior period which were added to Consolidated Net Income to determine Consolidated EBITDA for such prior period and which do not otherwise reduce Consolidated Net Income for the current period.
For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period pursuant to any determination of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Required Ratio or ratio of Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA, if during such period (or in the case of pro-forma calculations, during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date as of which such calculation is made) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Foreign Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro-forma basis.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period the sum of (i) the amount of interest expense, both expensed and capitalized (excluding amortization and write offs of debt discount and debt issuance costs and any other non-cash interest expense or accretions of discounts), net of interest income, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for such period and (ii) dividends paid in cash during such period on preferred stock issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for any period for determining the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, if during such period (or in the case of pro-forma calculations, during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date as of which such calculation is made) the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Foreign Acquisition, then Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a pro-forma basis.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or net loss) after taxes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period (i) the income (or loss) of any Person in which any other Person (other than the Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash by the Company or such Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or other equity distributions during such period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the income of any Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary.
“Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary of the Company or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and “Consolidated Subsidiaries” means all of them, collectively.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and excluding all intercompany items) as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered in accordance with Section 8.1(a) or (b) of this Agreement.
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“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any obligations in respect of hedging arrangements.
“Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include (x) endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and (y) any obligation resulting from the existence of deferred revenue, including customer deposits. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (based on the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith) of the primary obligation or portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by the Company in good faith.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it is bound.
“Control Agreement” means an account control agreement (or similar agreement), in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, executed by the applicable Credit Party, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the relevant bank, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, as applicable, party thereto. Such agreement shall provide a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the applicable Credit Party’s Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, as applicable.
“Controlled Account” means a Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account that is subject to a Control Agreement.
“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.
“Cost” means, with respect to any item of Inventory, the cost of purchase of such Inventory, calculated based upon the Company’s accounting practices as reflected in the most recent financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or 8.1(b).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
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(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Credit Documents” means the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty (including any guarantee or Credit Party Accession Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 8.10 or 9.15 of this Agreement), the Collateral Documents, any Incremental Facility Amendment, the Intercreditor Agreement and any other document or instrument designated by the Company and the Administrative Agent as a “Credit Document”. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to a Credit Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto.
“Credit Parties” means the collective reference to the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Credit Party Accession Agreement” means an accession agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, executed and delivered by a Subsidiary after the Execution Date, in accordance with Section 8.10 or Section 9.15.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (a) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (b) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Company. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second (2nd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Date, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Date has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR as published in respect of the first (1st) preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Article 10, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“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, subject to Section 5.24, any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Finance Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause
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(i) above, such Xxxxxx notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Finance Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Xxxxxx’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and indicates that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request in writing by the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Finance Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent entity that has, after the date hereof, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
“Designated Cash Management Obligations” means, as of any date, Cash Management Obligations that are Finance Obligations and that have been designated in writing (or designated in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered on or prior to such date) by the Company in its sole discretion to the Administrative Agent as “Designated Cash Management Obligations”; provided that in each case such designation shall not become effective until the third Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such designation (it being acknowledged and agreed that, unless so designated, no Reserve in respect of such Cash Management Obligation will be instituted or maintained). All Cash Management Obligations of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as a Lender, and its Affiliates, that are Finance Obligations will be deemed to be “Designated Cash Management Obligations” without the need of further notice.
“Designated Swap Obligations” means, as of any date, Swap Obligations that are Finance Obligations and that have been designated in writing (or designated in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered on or prior to such date) by the Company in its sole discretion to the Administrative Agent as “Designated Swap Obligations”; provided that in each case such designation shall not become effective until the third Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such designation (it being acknowledged and agreed that, unless so designated, no Reserve in respect of such Swap Obligation will be instituted or maintained). All Swap Obligations of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as a Lender, and its Affiliates, that are Finance Obligations will be deemed to be “Designated Swap Obligations” without the need of further notice.
“Dollars” and “$” mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
“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.
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“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Account” means, at any time, each Account held by and owed to the Company other than any Account:
(a) which is not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent;
(b) which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent and (ii) a Lien permitted by paragraph (a) or (r) of Section 9.3;
(c) (i) which is unpaid more than ninety (90) days after the date of the original invoice therefor or more than sixty (60) days after the original due date therefor, or (ii) which has been written off the books of the applicable Account Debtor or otherwise designated as uncollectible;
(d) which is owing by an Account Debtor for which more than 50% of the Accounts owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible pursuant to paragraph (c) above;
(e) which is owing by an Account Debtor to the extent the aggregate amount of Accounts owing by such Account Debtor and its Affiliates to the Company that would be included as “Eligible Accounts” but for this paragraph (e) exceeds 25% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts;
(f) with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Collateral Documents has been breached in any material respect;
(g) which (i) does not arise from the sale of goods or performance of services in the ordinary course of business, (ii) is not evidenced by an invoice or other documentation in a form heretofore supplied to the Administrative Agent or its agent (or is otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) which has been sent to the Account Debtor, (iii) represents a progress billing, (iv) is contingent upon the Company’s completion of any further performance, (v) represents a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment, cash-on-delivery or any other repurchase or return basis or (vi) relates to the payment of interest;
(h) for which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or for which the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed by the Company;
(i) with respect to which any check or other instrument of payment has been returned uncollected for any reason;
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(j) which is owed by an Account Debtor which has (i) applied for, suffered, or consented to the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of its assets, (ii) had possession of all or a material part of its property taken by any receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator, (iii) filed, or had filed against it, any request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as bankrupt, winding-up, or voluntary or involuntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (other than post-petition accounts payable of an Account Debtor that is a debtor-in-possession under a Bankruptcy Event and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (iv) admitted in writing its inability, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as they become due, (v) become insolvent, or (vi) ceased operation of its business;
(k) which is owed by any Account Debtor which has sold all or substantially all of its assets;
(l) which is owed by an Account Debtor that fails to satisfy at least one of the following requirements: (i) it maintains its chief executive office in the U.S. or Canada or (ii) its jurisdiction of organization is in the U.S. or Canada;
(m) which is owed in any currency other than U.S. dollars;
(n) which is owed by (i) any Governmental Authority of any country other than the U.S. unless such Account is backed by a Letter of Credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, and is directly drawable by, the Administrative Agent, or (ii) any Governmental Authority of the U.S., or any department, agency, public corporation, or instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C. § 15 et seq.), and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the Collateral Agent in such Account have been complied with;
(o) which is owed by any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party or any employee, officer, director, agent or stockholder of any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates;
(p) which is owed by an Account Debtor or any Affiliate of such Account Debtor to which the Company is indebted, but only to the extent of such indebtedness, or is subject to any security, deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar advance made by or for the benefit of an Account Debtor, in each case to the extent thereof;
(q) which is subject to any counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute, but only to the extent of any such counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute;
(r) which is evidenced by any promissory note, Chattel Paper or Instrument unless all steps necessary to perfect the Lien of the Collateral Agent in such promissory note, Chattel Paper or Instrument have been complied with in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(s) which is owed by an Account Debtor (i) located in any jurisdiction which requires filing of a “Notice of Business Activities Report” or other similar report in order to permit the Company to seek judicial enforcement in such jurisdiction of payment of such Account, unless the Company has filed such report or qualified to do business in such jurisdiction, or (ii) which is a Sanctioned Person;
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(t) with respect to which the Company has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any reduction thereof, other than discounts and adjustments given in the ordinary course of business but only to the extent of any such reduction, or any Account which was partially paid and the Company created a new receivable for the unpaid portion of such Account;
(u) which does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local, including, without limitation, the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Board;
(v) which is for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that indicates or purports that any Person (other than the Company) has or has had an ownership interest in such goods, or which indicates any party (other than the Company or the Collateral Agent) as payee or remittance party;
(w) which was created on cash on delivery terms;
(x) as to which the contract or agreement underlying such Account is governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than (or, if no governing law is expressed therein, as to which, under applicable choice of law principles, such Account would not be governed by the laws of any of) the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; or
(y) which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines is unacceptable in its Permitted Discretion.
In the event that an Account which was previously an Eligible Account ceases to be an Eligible Account hereunder, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. In determining the amount of an Eligible Account, the face amount of an Account may, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Company may be obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Company to reduce the amount of such Account. Subject to Section 8.12(d), the Administrative Agent shall have received periodic field examinations and appraisals satisfactory to it with respect to the Eligible Accounts and Eligible Unbilled Accounts included within the Borrowing Base. Standards of eligibility may be made more restrictive from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, with any such changes to be effective three (3) Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.6 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder).
“Eligible Inventory” means, at any time, all Inventory owned by the Company or any Credit Party other than any Inventory:
(a) which is not subject to a perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Pledge and Security Agreement;
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(b) which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent and (ii) a Lien permitted by paragraph (a), (b) or (r) of Section 9.3 (provided that such Liens shall not be prior to the Liens of the Collateral Agent unless a Reserve shall have been established for such Liens);
(c) which is, in the Administrative Agent’s determination consistent with the Baseline Determination Method (as such determination may be updated pursuant to each field examination conducted pursuant to Section 8.12) slow moving, obsolete, expired, unmerchantable, defective, used, unfit for sale, not salable at prices approximating at least the cost of such Inventory in the ordinary course of business or unacceptable due to age, type, category and/or quantity, or does not comply with any certification requirements for sale applicable to such Inventory;
(d) with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Collateral Documents has been breached in any material respect and which does not conform in any material respect to any applicable standard applicable to the sale or use thereof imposed by any Governmental Authority;
(e) in which any Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary shall (i) have any direct or indirect ownership, interest or title or (ii) be indicated on any purchase order or invoice with respect to such Inventory as having or purporting to have an interest therein;
(f) which is not finished goods or which constitutes work-in-process, raw materials, packaging and shipping material, samples, prototypes, displays or display items, bill-and-hold or ship-in-place goods, goods that are returned or marked for return, repossessed goods, defective or damaged goods, goods held on consignment, or goods which are not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
(g) (i) is not located in the U.S. or a province in Canada in which the PPSA has been adopted or (ii) is in transit (other than Inventory in transit that has been shipped from a location where the Lien of the Collateral Agent is perfected under the laws of such location to another location where the Lien of the Collateral Agent is perfected under the laws of such other location);
(h) which is located in any location leased by the Company or any Subsidiary unless (i) the lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Reserve for rent, charges and other amounts due or to become due in the next three-month period with respect to such facility has been established;
(i) which is located in any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee (other than a third party processor) and is not evidenced by a Document (other than bills of lading in respect of Inventory in transit pursuant to paragraph (g) above), unless (i) such warehouseman or bailee has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent may require or (ii) a Reserve for charges for storage or transportation, insurance, labor and other similar expenses for which such warehouseman or bailee has a lien or a claim on the relevant Inventory has been established;
(j) which (i) is located in a customer location, (ii) cannot be located or is being processed offsite at a third party location or outside processor, or (iii) is in-transit to or from such third party location or outside processor;
(k) which is a discontinued product or component thereof;
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(l) which is the subject of a consignment by the Company or any Subsidiary as consignor;
(m) which is perishable;
(n) which contains or bears any intellectual property rights licensed to the Company or any Subsidiary unless such Inventory may be sold or disposed of by the Company or such Subsidiary or any Secured Party without (i) infringing the rights of such licensor, (ii) violating any contract with such licensor, or (iii) incurring any liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to the sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement;
(o) which is not reflected in a current perpetual inventory report of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof (unless such Inventory is reflected in a report to the Administrative Agent as “in transit” Inventory);
(p) for which reclamation rights have been legally and validly asserted by the seller;
(q) which is otherwise eligible to be included in the Borrowing Base but is located in a single location and, together with any other Eligible Inventory that is located in that single location, has an aggregate value of less than $100,000;
(r) which has been acquired from a Sanctioned Person; or
(s) which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines in its Permitted Discretion is unacceptable.
In the event that Inventory which was previously Eligible Inventory ceases to be Eligible Inventory hereunder, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. Standards of eligibility may be made more restrictive from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, with any such changes to be effective three (3) Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders. Subject to Section 8.12(d), the Administrative Agent shall have received periodic field examinations and appraisals satisfactory to it with respect to the Eligible Inventory included within the Borrowing Base.
“Eligible Unbilled Accounts” means, with respect to each Credit Party, each Account of a Credit Party that would be an Eligible Account but for the fact that such Account has not been invoiced, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, and which the Administrative Agent, in its judgment, exercised in its Permitted Discretion, shall not deem (in a notice to the Company) to be excluded as ineligible; provided that, no more than thirty (30) days have elapsed from the date on which the goods or services to which such Account related were delivered or performed.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or legally enforceable requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health as they relate to Materials of Environmental Concern or the protection of the environment, including, without limitation, Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
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“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m), (n) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) any failure to satisfy statutory minimum funding standards with respect to any Plan; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company or any ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“ESG Business” means the business of providing technical services and related rental equipment to oil and gas exploration and production companies in oil and gas producing regions as conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“ESG Spin Distribution” means the distribution to KLX’s stockholders of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company held by KLX and the related treatment of Company Restricted Stock Awards, Company PSU Awards and Company RSU Awards (each as defined in the Merger Agreement), each in accordance with the ESG Spin-Off Transaction Agreements.
“ESG Spin-Off Transaction” means the separation of KLX and the ESG Business through a taxable spin-off of the ESG Business pursuant to the ESG Spin-Off Transaction Agreements into a separate publicly traded company, including through the formation of, and contribution of the KLX Energy Services, LLC to, the Company, and the ESG Spin Distribution.
“ESG Spin-Off Transaction Agreements” means (i) the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Agreed Form Spin-Off Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (iii) all other written
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Contracts (as defined in the Merger Agreement) with unaffiliated third parties entered into with respect to the ESG Spin-Off Transaction and (iv) all other material instruments and documents with unaffiliated third parties delivered in connection therewith other than the ESG Registration Statement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and any Other ESG Required Company Filing (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Article 10, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Account” means accounts that are (a) solely used for the purposes of making payments in respect of payroll, taxes and employees’ wages and benefits, (b) disbursement accounts where solely proceeds of indebtedness, including the proceeds of the Loans are deposited, (c) zero balance accounts, (d) trust accounts and (e) other accounts with funds on deposit averaging less than $1,000,000 individually and $2,500,000 in the aggregate.
“Excluded Cash” means (a) any cash or cash equivalents to pay payroll, payroll taxes, other taxes, employee wage and benefit payments and trust and fiduciary obligations or other obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to third parties and for which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have issued checks or have initiated wires or ACH transfers (or, in the Company’s discretion, will issue checks or initiate wires or ACH transfers in order to pay such amounts (x) with respect to any cash or cash equivalents to pay payroll, within ten (10) Business Days and (y) with respect to any cash or cash equivalents to pay other obligations provided for in this clause (a), within five (5) Business Days), (b) any amounts in an Excluded Account that is an Excluded Account solely of the type described in clause (e) of the definition thereof, (c) cash deposited with an Issuing Lender to Cash Collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit and (d) any cash or cash equivalents constituting purchase price deposits held in escrow by an unaffiliated third party pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party containing customary provisions regarding the payment and refunding of such deposits.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under this Agreement) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office or designates a Conduit Lender, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.23(b), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.23(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Execution Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 7.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1).
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“Extensions of Credit” means the collective reference to Loans made and Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement.
“Facility” means each of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (if any) made thereunder.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantively similar) and any regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate, provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means (a) the Fee Letter dated as of June 15, 2018 between KLX and JPMCB, (b) the Third Amendment Fee Letter dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date between the Company and JPMCB, and (c) the Fourth Amendment Fee Letter dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date between the Company and JPMCB.
“Finance Obligations” means, at any date, (i) all Obligations, (ii) all Swap Obligations of a Credit Party permitted hereunder owed or owing under any Swap Contract to any Hedge Bank and (iii) all Cash Management Obligations of a Credit Party owing under any Cash Management Agreement to a Cash Management Bank.
“Finance Party” means, collectively, the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender.
“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means a Foreign Subsidiary held directly by the Company or another Credit Party.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA minus Unfinanced Capital Expenditures to (ii) the sum of Fixed Charges, all calculated for the Measurement Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.
“Fixed Charges” means, for any period, (a) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such period, (b) income taxes and other taxes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or payable in cash during such period (determined on a consolidated basis, but net of any refund in respect of income taxes actually received in cash during such period), (c) principal of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including payments in respect of Capital Leases but excluding (i) Indebtedness owed under the Facility, (ii) Indebtedness owed under Section 3.01(c)(i) of the Distribution Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (iii) intercompany payments in respect of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), in each case, paid or scheduled to be paid during such period (determined on a consolidated basis for such period), (d) the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and distributions and Qualified Stock Repurchases (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) paid or effected under Section 9.9 during such period (other than pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of such Section) and (e) the aggregate amount of all lease payments paid or payable by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transactions, without duplication, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt the initial Floor for each of the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall be 0.00%.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Company is a resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each state thereof, and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code).
“Form 10” means the form for registration of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act filed by the Company with the SEC on June 20, 2018.
“Fourth Amendment” means that certain Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders party thereto.
“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” means June 20, 2023.
“Fronting Fee Letter” means the letter dated August 10, 2018, among the Company, JPMCB and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association.
“Funding Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Sections 7.2 and 7.3 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.1).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Agreement.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
“Guaranty” means the guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, made by one or more Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties, together with each other guaranty or guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 8.10 or Section 9.15 of this Agreement.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract or on the Execution Date, is a Lender or a Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender or a Lead Arranger, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.
“Incremental Commitments Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.5.
“Incremental Facility Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.
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“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.
“Incremental Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3.
“Incremental Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Indebtedness” means, of any Person, at any particular date, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables or liabilities and deferred payment for services to employees or former employees incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices and other deferred compensation arrangements), (ii) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (iii) all liabilities (other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, (iv) obligations of such Person under Capital Leases and (v) all indebtedness of such Person arising under acceptance facilities; but excluding (x) any obligation resulting from the existence of deferred revenue, including customer deposits and interest thereon in the ordinary course of business, (y) deferred rent, and (z) trade and other accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and in the case of both clauses (x) and (z) above, which are not overdue for a period of more than one hundred and twenty (120) days or, if overdue for more than one hundred and twenty (120) days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5(a)(iv).
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 12.13(a).
“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2018, among JPMCB, as ABL Representative, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Representative and each of the Credit Parties and other representatives party thereto from time to time.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day of each quarter and the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (b) with respect to any RFR Loan (i) each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one (1) month after the borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and (ii) the Revolving Credit Termination Date and (c) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any borrowing of Term Benchmark Loans, the period commencing on the date of such borrowing of Loans and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan), as the Company may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that commences on
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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 (c) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 5.17(e) shall be available for specification in any request made pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 5.3. For purposes hereof, the date of a borrowing of Loans initially shall be the date on which such borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such borrowing.
“Investment” has the meaning specified in Section 9.7.
“Issuing Lender” means JPMCB or any other Lender (or their respective Affiliates) which agrees to be an Issuing Lender and is designated by the Company and the Administrative Agent as an Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as issuer of Letters of Credit.
“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.
“KLX” means KLX Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“L/C Application” means a letter of credit application in the Issuing Lender’s then customary form for the type of letter of credit requested.
“L/C Commitment” means, with respect to each Issuing Lender, the commitment of such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder. The initial amount of JPMCB’s L/C Commitment hereunder is $7,500,000. If an Issuing Lender enters into an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise assumes an L/C Commitment after the Third Amendment Effective Date, such Issuing Lender’s L/C Commitment shall be the amount set forth for such Issuing Lender as its L/C Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent. The L/C Commitment of an Issuing Lender may be modified from time to time by agreement between such Issuing Lender and the Company, and notified to the Administrative Agent.
“L/C Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“L/C Participating Interest” means an undivided participating interest in the face amount of each issued and outstanding Letter of Credit and the L/C Application relating thereto.
“Lead Arrangers” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, in their capacities as Joint Lead Arrangers.
“Lease Obligations” means, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, if any, under Operating Leases (net of rental commitments from sub-leases thereof).
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“Leaseholds” means, with respect to any Person, all of the right, title and interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.
“Lender” means each bank or other lending institution listed on Schedule 1, each Eligible Assignee that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 12.6(c), each Incremental Lender that becomes a Lender pursuant to Article 3 and their respective successors and shall include, as the context may require, the Issuing Lender in such capacity.
“Lender Affiliate” means (i) any Affiliate of any Lender, (ii) any Person that is administered or managed by any Lender and 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 (iii) with respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor/manager as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor/manager.
“Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to its ABR Loans, the office of such Lender which will be making or maintaining its ABR Loans, (b) with respect to its RFR Loans, its RFR Lending Office and (c) with respect to its Term Benchmark Loans, its Term Benchmark Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued by an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.3.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, charge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement, security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing, except for the filing of financing statements in connection with Lease Obligations to the extent that such financing statements relate to the property subject to such Lease Obligations).
“Line Cap” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the Borrowing Base, each as then in effect.
“Loans” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans (including Protective Advances) and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, if any; individually, a “Loan”.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) a material impairment of the ability of the Company and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform any of its obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party, (iii) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Credit Document or (iv) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Credit Documents to which it is a party, or (v) a material impairment of the Collateral Agent’s Liens (on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.
“Material Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal amount equal to or greater than $5,000,000.
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“Materials of Environmental Concern” means any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, medical waste and radioactive materials, in each case, as regulated by any applicable Environmental Laws.
“Measurement Period” means the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
“Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 30, 2018 among The Boeing Company, Xxxxx Xxxxxx Sub, Inc. and the Company, including the exhibits, schedules, annexes and other attachments thereto, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner not materially adverse to the interest of the Lenders.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors or, absent any such successor, such nationally recognized statistical rating organization as the Company and the Administrative Agent may select.
“Mortgage” means, in the case of owned real property interests, a mortgage or deed of trust, in a form to be reasonably agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent, including any Credit Party, the Collateral Agent and one or more trustees, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Motley Acquisition” means the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding unit rights of Motley Services, LLC and its subsidiaries pursuant to that certain Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of October 22, 2018 (the “Motley Acquisition Agreement”), without giving effect to any amendments thereto, by and among District 5 Investments, LP, a limited partnership organized under the laws of Texas, 3M Capital, Inc. a corporation organized under the laws of Texas, and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, as the sellers, KLX Energy Services LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, as buyer, and the Company, as parent.
“Motley Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Motley Acquisition”.
“Motley Tax Redemption” means any redemption of Equity Interests of the Company (that have been issued as consideration in connection with the Motley Acquisition) in accordance with the Motley Acquisition Agreement and related share purchase agreements in order to pay the recipient’s income tax liability with respect to the issuance of such Equity Interests.
“Motor Vehicles” means motor vehicles (including automobiles and trucks), trailers, containers and related equipment owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Motor Vehicle Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or other similar transaction, in each case, in respect of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to which (i) a Credit Party or Subsidiary transfers title in one or more Motor Vehicles to a third party for minimal consideration, leases the Motor Vehicle back and has the right to receive sale proceeds (less commissions) upon a sale by such third party of such Motor Vehicle, (ii) no material lease payments are made by such Credit Party or Subsidiary and (iii) the fair market value of all Motor Vehicles subject to such transaction, when combined with the fair market value of the Motor Vehicles transferred in any other Motor Vehicle Sale and Leaseback Transaction, does not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.
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“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“New Term Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(g).
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Notes” means the collective reference to any promissory notes evidencing Loans.
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” means for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 A.M. on such day received to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rates shall be deemed to be zero.
“NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
“Obligations” means the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company and the other Credit Parties to the Agents or any Lenders (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, related to any Credit Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, the other Credit Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents or any Lender or any such Affiliate) or otherwise.
“Operating Lease” means, as applied to any Person, a lease (including leases which may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.
“Organization Documents” means: (i) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-United States jurisdiction); (ii) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (iii) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to a Lender (including an Issuing Lender) or the Administrative Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or
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former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).
“Other Priority Collateral” means all Collateral other than the ABL First Priority Collateral.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, but excluding property or similar Taxes imposed in such circumstances as a result of the Company or other Credit Party being organized or resident in, maintaining an office in, conducting business in or maintaining property located in, the taxing jurisdiction imposing such property or similar Taxes.
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(b).
“Participants” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(b).
“Participating Lender” means any Lender (other than the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit) with respect to its L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning specified in Section 6.24.
“Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.13(a).
“Payment Conditions” means (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the taking of the relevant action as to which the satisfaction of the Payment Conditions is being determined and (ii) on a pro forma basis, immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to any transaction that is subject to the Payment Conditions, either (A) (1) Availability is at least the greater of (x) 20% of the Line Cap and (y) $10,000,000, at such time and for the immediately preceding sixty (60) days (or, if shorter, for the period from the Funding Date) and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (B) Availability is at least $25,000,000 at such time and for the immediately preceding sixty (60) days (or, if shorter, for the period from the Funding Date).
“Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.13(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“Permitted Acquisitions” means non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase or otherwise) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) except for
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Permitted Joint Ventures, 100% (less the amount of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, if any, not exceeding 5% in the aggregate thereof, attributable to director qualifying shares, shares required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Person to be held by management or other third party and such additional shares the current ownership of which, at the time of such Permitted Acquisition, cannot, after commercially reasonable efforts by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, be identified or acquired) of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity that acquires such Person, division or line of business is owned directly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any such capital stock or other Equity Interests acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (other than any capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, any Subsidiary that is not required to be so pledged pursuant to Section 8.10); (iii) the Company causes any such corporation or other entity to comply with Section 8.10, if such Section is applicable; (iv) any such corporation or other entity is not liable for and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not assume any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.2); (v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets; and (vi) at the time of any such acquisition (and after giving effect to loans, advances and investments in connection therewith or pursuant thereto), either (A) (1) Availability is at least the greater of (x) 20% of the Line Cap and (y) $10,000,000, at such time and for the immediately preceding sixty (60) days (or, if shorter, for the period from the Funding Date) and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0, or (B) Availability is at least $25,000,000 at such time and for the immediately preceding sixty (60) days (or, if shorter, for the period from the Funding Date), after giving pro forma effect to such transaction as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period. All pro forma calculations required to be made pursuant to this definition shall (A) include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) be certified to by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.
“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means (i) those liens, encumbrances and other matters affecting title to any mortgaged property listed in the title policies in respect thereof and found, on the date of delivery of any such title policy to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, reasonably acceptable by the Collateral Agent, (ii) zoning, building codes, land use and other similar Laws and municipal ordinances which are not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the present use by the mortgagor of the premises under any Mortgage and (iii) such other items to which the Collateral Agent may consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
“Permitted Foreign Acquisitions” means non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase or otherwise) by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a Restricted Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all of the shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person which is engaged in the same business as the Company and its Subsidiaries or in a related business; provided that immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) such acquired Person or the Person directly owning such division, line of business or other assets shall be a Consolidated Subsidiary; (ii) 100% (less the amount of such capital stock or other Equity Interests, if any, not exceeding 5% in the aggregate thereof, attributable to director qualifying shares, shares required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Person to be held by management or other third party and such additional shares the current ownership of which, at the time of such Permitted Foreign Acquisition, cannot, after
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commercially reasonable efforts by the Company and its applicable Foreign Subsidiaries, be identified or acquired) of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity that acquires such Person, division or line of business is owned directly by a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary; (iii) 65.0% of all outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; (iv) neither the applicable First Tier Foreign Subsidiary nor any such other corporation or other entity is liable for, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not assume, any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.2(k)); (v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets; (vi) at the time of any such acquisition (and after giving effect to loans, advances and investments in connection therewith or pursuant thereto), either (A) (1) Availability is at least the greater of (x) 20% of the Line Cap and (y) $10,000,000, at such time and for the immediately preceding sixty (60) days (or, if shorter, for the period from the Funding Date) and (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, is at least 1.0 to 1.0, or (B) Availability is at least $25,000,000 at such time and for the immediately preceding sixty (60) days (or, if shorter, for the period from the Funding Date), after giving pro forma effect to such transaction as if such acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period; and (vii) such acquired Person shall have its jurisdiction of organization in the U.S., Canada or Mexico. All pro forma calculations required to be made pursuant to this definition shall (A) include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) be certified to by a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.
“Permitted Joint Ventures” means acquisitions (by merger, purchase, formation of partnership, joint venture or otherwise) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary not constituting Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Foreign Acquisitions of interests in any of the assets of, or shares of the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person engaged in the same business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in a related business, provided that immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) any outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of any acquired or newly formed corporation or other entity owned directly by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor is duly and validly pledged to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders if and to the extent required to be so pledged pursuant to the definition of “Pledge and Security Agreement” or pursuant to Section 8.10; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such corporation or other entity or acquired assets.
“Permitted Liens” means any Liens permitted under Section 9.3.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
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“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the other Credit Parties from time to time party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms from time to time.
“Pledge and Security Agreements” means the collective reference to the Pledge and Security Agreement and any other pledge agreement or security agreement entered into by a Credit Party and the Collateral Agent (on substantially the same terms as the Pledge and Security Agreement) in accordance with Section 8.10.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning specified for the term “Collateral” in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Pledged Deposit Accounts” means all Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts of the Credit Parties which are subject to a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and other personal property security legislation of the applicable Canadian province or provinces in respect of the Credit Parties or the Collateral as all such legislation now exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified, supplemented or replaced, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto.
“Prepayment Event” means (i) the occurrence of any Asset Sale that yields Proceeds in excess of $2,500,000, and (ii) the receipt of any Proceeds by any Credit Party in respect of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards with respect to Collateral in an amount greater than $2,500,000 per any such occurrence.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
“Proceeds” means (a) all “proceeds”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC with respect to the Collateral, and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including, without limitation, all proceeds of insurance policy covering the Collateral.
“Properties” means each parcel of real property currently or previously owned or operated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Protective Advances” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(a).
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 8.2.
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“Public-Sider” means a Lender whose representatives may trade in securities of the Company while in possession of the financial statements provided by the Company under the terms of this Agreement.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.18.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guaranty or grant of the relevant security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other Person constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualified Stock Repurchases” means, collectively, one or more open market or privately negotiated purchases by the Company for cash of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock if each share of common stock so purchased is retired and cancelled (and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares) promptly following the consummation of such repurchase.
“Real Property” means, with respect to any Person, all of the right, title and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures, including Leaseholds.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if the RFR for such Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, then four U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such setting or (3) if such Benchmark is none of the Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.6(d).
“Related Document” means any agreement, certificate, document or instrument relating to a Letter of Credit.
“Related Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5(a)(iv).
“Relevant Governmental Body” means, the Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or (ii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder.
“Required Lenders” means, at a particular time, and subject to Section 5.24(b), Lenders that hold at least 66 2/3% of the sum of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled, the sum of (A) the aggregate then
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outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, plus (B) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (C) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations, plus (D) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in Sections 2.8(a) and (b) with respect to the Protective Advances then outstanding and (ii) from and after any applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date, the related Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or, if the Revolving Credit Commitment Increases have been cancelled, the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the related Incremental Revolving Credit Loans; provided that at any time there are fewer than three Lenders party to this Agreement, the definition of “Required Lenders” shall be “all Lenders”.
“Required Ratio” means, on any date of determination with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness under Sections 9.2(f), 9.2(g) (except for the Specified Secured Senior Notes), 9.2(i) and 9.2(l), for the applicable Measurement Period, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (net of Unrestricted Cash, only in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding on such date does not exceed $10,000,000) as of the end of such period to (y) Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable Measurement Period shall: (1)(i) with respect to incurrence of Indebtedness under Sections 9.2(f), 9.2(g) (except for the Specified Secured Senior Notes) and 9.2(l), not exceed 2.0 to 1.0 and (ii) with respect to incurrence of Indebtedness under Section 9.2(i), not exceed 3.0 to 1.0 or (2) with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment permitted under this Agreement, not exceed (A) such ratio existing immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or Investment permitted under this Agreement or (B) 3.0 to 1.0; provided that, in each case, (A) all pro forma calculations of such ratio within this definition shall include only those adjustments that are based on reasonably detailed written assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) for any Indebtedness incurred in connection with Sections 9.2(f) or 9.2(i) or a Permitted Acquisition or Investment, pro forma calculations of such ratio shall be accompanied by a certificate from a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, certifying that such calculation has been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions and giving effect to such incurrence on a pro forma basis, the Company is in compliance with the Required Ratio.
“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the Organization Documents of such Person, and any Law (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws), in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Reserves” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the following reserves established by the Administrative Agent (and determined without duplication):
(a) in the case of Designated Cash Management Obligations, the aggregate exposure on such date of all Cash Management Banks under all Designated Cash Management Obligations, based on the most recent exposure notified to the Administrative Agent by the relevant Cash Management Banks and the Company; plus
(b) in the case of Designated Swap Obligations, the aggregate mark-to-market termination exposure (after giving effect to applicable netting arrangements) on such date of all Hedge Banks under all Designated Swap Obligations, based on the most recent mark-to-market termination exposure notified to the Administrative Agent by the relevant Hedge Banks and the Company; plus
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(c) in the case of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Unbilled Accounts, reserves established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion for dilution, for uninsured, underinsured, un-indemnified or under-indemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation and for taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges; plus
(d) in the case of Eligible Inventory, reserves established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion for volatility, for Inventory shrinkage, for customs charges and shipping charges related to any Inventory in transit, for rent at locations leased by the Company, for consignee’s, warehousemen’s and bailee’s charges, for uninsured losses, for uninsured, underinsured, un-indemnified or under-indemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation, for taxes, fees, assessments, and other governmental charges and for retention of title or similar arrangements; plus
(e) other reserves established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of the Company or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, controller, vice president – finance or treasurer of the Company.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, its obligations to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1, to purchase its L/C Participating Interest in any Letter of Credit and to purchase participations in Protective Advances in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name in Schedule 1 under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” and in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount equal to such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may be reduced or adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, increases pursuant to Article 3); collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Revolving Credit Commitments”. On the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments is $120,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment constitutes of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated, the percentage of the outstanding Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Protective Advances constituted by such Xxxxxx’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and participating interest in Protective Advances).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Execution Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
“Revolving Credit Lenders” means the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.
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“Revolving Credit Loan” and “Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a), and shall include Protective Advances made pursuant to Section 2.8.
“Revolving Credit Termination Date” means, the earliest to occur of (i) September 15, 2025, (ii) August 1, 2025 (if the Specified Secured Senior Notes are still outstanding as of such date) and (iii) any other date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder.
“Revolving L/C Obligations” means the obligations of the Company to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payments made by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 2.6.
“RFR Borrowing” means, as to any borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such borrowing.
“RFR Lending Office” means the office of each Lender which shall be making or maintaining its RFR Loans.
“RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a business of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.
“Sale and Leaseback Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(e).
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 9.17.
“Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, any Person subject or target of any Sanctions, including (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the U.S. government (including those maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce), (b) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, or otherwise a target of Sanctions, (c) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, or (d) any Person that is owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c) (including, without limitation for purposes of defining a Sanctioned Person, as ownership and control may be defined and/or established in and/or by any applicable laws, rules, regulations, or orders).
“Sanctions” means applicable economic, financial or trade sanctions (including secondary and sectoral sanctions), embargoes, anti-terrorism laws and similar laws and regulations imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. Government, including those administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or the U.S. Department of State including but not limited to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Trading with the Enemy Act, United Nations Participation Act, Foreign
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Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act, Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and similar laws, executive orders and regulations concerning sanctions, (b) His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) the European Union, and any European Union member state, (d) the United Nations Security Council or (e) other relevant sanctions authority.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, each Hedge Bank party to any Swap Contract, to the extent the obligations thereunder constitute Finance Obligations, each provider of Cash Management Services to the extent the obligations thereof under the Cash Management Agreement to which it is a party constitute Finance Obligations and any other Persons the obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents, and the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
“Single Employer Plan” means any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (iv) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Secured Senior Notes” means senior secured notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000, a portion of which will be used to consummate the Motley Acquisition.
“Specified Secured Senior Notes Redemption” means the redemption in full of the Specified Secured Senior Notes at 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest thereon in accordance with the terms of the Specified Secured Senior Notes in the event that (i) the Motley Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to November 30, 2018 or (ii) at any time prior to November 30, 2018, the Unit Purchase Agreement relating to the Motley Acquisition is terminated without the Motley Acquisition being consummated.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Determination Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
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“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than capital stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, or both, by such Person. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries which is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time shall or shall be required to deliver a Guaranty or a Credit Party Accession Agreement or other guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 8.10 or 9.15.
“Swap Contract” means (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” of any Person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) of such Person in respect of any Swap Contract, excluding any amounts which such Person is entitled to set-off against its obligations under applicable law.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Benchmark” when used in reference to any Loan or borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
“Term Benchmark Borrowing” means, as to any borrowing of Loans, the Term Benchmark Loans comprising such borrowing.
“Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at
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approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then, so long as such day is otherwise a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Third Amendment” means that certain Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” means September 22, 2022.
“Type” means, as to any Loan, its nature, or classification, as an ABR Loan, Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“UK Financial Institutions” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person and for any period, Capital Expenditures made by such Person during such period and not financed from the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Loans), the proceeds of any issuance of equity or the proceeds of any asset sale.
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“Unmatured Surviving Obligations” means, at any date, contingent indemnification or expense reimbursement claims which are not then due and payable or with respect to which no demand has been made.
“Unrestricted Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are deposited in or credited to deposit accounts or securities accounts subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent and that are not “restricted” for purposes of GAAP.
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means (a) any Subsidiary that is formed or acquired after the Execution Date and is designated subsequent to the Execution Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Company pursuant to Section 8.10(b) and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. As of the Execution Date, there are no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 5.23(g)(ii)(B)(III).
“VAT” means any tax imposed by EC Directive 2006/112/EC on the Common System of value added tax, any national legislation implementing that directive, together with any legislation supplemental thereto, and any other tax of a similar nature and all penalties, cost and interest related thereto.
“Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary” means at any date a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company which is a Domestic Subsidiary at such date, and “Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiaries” means all of them, collectively.
“Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means at any date a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is a Restricted Subsidiary at such date, and “Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries” means all of them, collectively.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, any Subsidiary of such Person all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan as provided in Section 4201 of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised
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under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.3 Other Definitional Provisions
(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any other Credit Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(b) As used herein and in any other Credit Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(d) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (v) any reference to any law, rule or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
1.4 Divisions
For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
1.5 Interest Rates; Benchmark Notifications
The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 5.17(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate
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thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Company. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Company, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender agrees to extend credit, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment, to the Company from time to time on any Borrowing Date during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period by purchasing an L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and by making loans to the Company (“Revolving Credit Loans”) from time to time. Revolving Credit Loans shall be denominated in Dollars. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the Administrative Agent’s authority, in its reasonable discretion, to make Protective Advances pursuant to Section 2.8, in no event shall (i) any Revolving Credit Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if, after giving effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof as irrevocably directed by the Company, the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit would exceed the Line Cap then in effect or (ii) any Revolving Credit Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if the amount of such Loan to be made or any Letter of Credit to be issued would, after giving effect to the use of proceeds, if any, thereof, exceed the Available Revolving Credit Commitments. Subject to the foregoing, during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Company may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, repaying the Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and/or by having the Issuing Lender issue Letters of Credit, having such Letters of Credit expire undrawn upon or if drawn upon, reimbursing the relevant Issuing Lender for such drawing, and having the Issuing Lender issue new Letters of Credit.
(b) Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of the lesser of (i) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, except that any borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan to be used solely to pay the like amount of an L/C Disbursement may be in the principal amount of such L/C Disbursement.
2.2 Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans
The Company shall use the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans solely for financing the working capital or general corporate purposes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including making payments to an Issuing Lender to reimburse the Issuing Lender for drawings made under the Letters of Credit). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credit Party will request any Loans, and no Credit Party shall use, and shall procure that their Subsidiaries and their
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respective directors, officers, employees and, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, agents, shall not use, the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country in a manner that breaches applicable Sanctions, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
2.3 Issuance of Letters of Credit
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company may from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period request any Issuing Lender to issue (or amend or extend) a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars by delivering to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in Section 12.2 and the Issuing Lender an L/C Application completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, together with the proposed form of the Letter of Credit (which shall comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph (b) below) and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request; provided that if the Issuing Lender informs the Company that it is for any reason unable to open such Letter of Credit, the Company may request another Lender to open such Letter of Credit upon the same terms offered to the initial Issuing Lender and if such other Lender agrees to issue such Letter of Credit each reference to the Issuing Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to such Lender. Letters of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars.
(b) Each Letter of Credit issued (or amended or extended) hereunder shall, among other things, (i) be in such form requested by the Company as shall be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion and (ii) subject to paragraph (c) below, have an expiry date occurring not later than the earlier of (A) three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (B) five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
(c) If the Company so requests in the applicable L/C Application, the Issuing Lender may agree to issue a Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor that has automatic extension or renewal provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that (x) any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to prevent any such extension or renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a certain number of days prior to each anniversary of such Letter of Credit’s date of issuance (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”), such number of days to be agreed upon by the Company and the Issuing Lender at the time such Letter of Credit is issued and (y) such prior notice shall be deemed to have been given by the Issuing Lender on the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender in accordance with Section 11.9. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Lender to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided, however, that the Issuing Lender shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Issuing Lender has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.1(a), Section 2.5 or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is thirty (30) days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Company
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that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7.3 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing Lender not to permit such extension.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, amend or extend, and shall not issue, amend or extend, any Letter of Credit (i) the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (A) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement, (ii) if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing, amending or extending such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law relating to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance, amendment or extension of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Execution Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Execution Date and which the Issuing Lender in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it, (iii) if the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally or (iv) if the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit would result in more than twenty (20) Letters of Credit being outstanding at any time; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the 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 the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed not to be in effect on the Execution Date for purposes of clause (ii) above, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
2.4 Participating Interests
Effective in the case of each Letter of Credit opened by the Issuing Lender as of the date of the opening thereof, the Issuing Lender agrees to allot and does allot, to itself and each other Revolving Credit Lender, and each Revolving Credit Lender severally and irrevocably agrees to take and does take in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Application, an L/C Participating Interest in a percentage equal to such Revolving Credit Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each such Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Lender, in each case to the extent not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in Section 2.6, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason.
2.5 Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit
Upon receipt of any L/C Application from the Company in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and the Administrative Agent will notify each Revolving Credit Lender. The Issuing Lender will process such L/C Application, and the other certificates, documents and other papers delivered to the Issuing Lender in connection therewith, upon receipt thereof in accordance with its customary
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procedures and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, shall promptly open such Letter of Credit by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof and by furnishing a copy thereof to the Company; provided that no such Letter of Credit shall be issued (i) if the amount of such requested Letter of Credit, together with the sum of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of Revolving L/C Obligations outstanding at the time of such request and (B) the maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, would exceed $10,000,000, (ii) if the amount of such requested Letter of Credit, together with the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of Revolving L/C Obligations made by an Issuing Lender that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time and (B) the maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender and outstanding at such time, would exceed such Issuing Lender’s L/C Commitment (unless such Issuing Lender otherwise agrees) or (iii) if Section 2.1 would be violated thereby.
2.6 Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit
(a) If the Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement in Dollars, (i) not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the same Business Day if the Company receives notice of such L/C Disbursement at or before 11:00 A.M. New York City time on such Business Day, or (ii) if the Company receives a notice of disbursement after 11:00 A.M. New York City time not later than 1:00 P.M. New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the date that the Company receives such notice; provided that the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 5.1 that such payment be financed with an ABR Loan, which is a Revolving Credit Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Loan which is a Revolving Credit Loan.
(b) If an Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such L/C Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, then, Section 5.7(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such Revolving Credit Lender to the extent of such payment. If the Company fails to make such payment when due, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Issuing Lender and each other applicable Revolving Credit Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each applicable Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the payment then due from the Company (and Section 5.18(b) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Lender in Dollars the amounts so received by it from such Revolving Credit Lender. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Revolving Credit Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Lender, then to such Revolving Credit Lenders and the applicable Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing
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Lender for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.
(c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any other Revolving Credit Lender such other Revolving Credit Lender’s pro-rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising therefrom, the Issuing Xxxxxx receives any reimbursement on account of such Revolving L/C Obligation or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such other Revolving Credit Lender, through the Administrative Agent, its pro-rata share thereof in like funds as received (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided that, in the event that the receipt by the Issuing Lender of such reimbursement or such payment of interest (as the case may be) is required to be returned, such other Revolving Credit Lender will promptly return to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it in like funds as such reimbursement or payment is required to be returned by the Issuing Lender.
(d) The Company shall pay to each Issuing Lender, each of the fees set forth in Section 5.11.
2.7 Participations
Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.4 is absolute and unconditional as set forth in Section 5.16.
2.8 Protective Advances
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, may make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company on behalf of the Lenders, so long as the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Loans shall not exceed 5% of the Borrowing Base, if the Administrative Agent deems that such Revolving Credit Loans are necessary or desirable (i) to protect all or any portion of the Collateral, (ii) to enhance the likelihood or maximize the amount of repayment of the Loans and the other Obligations or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to the Company pursuant to this Agreement (such Revolving Credit Loans, “Protective Advances”); provided that (A) in no event shall the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) the Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agent’s authorization to make future Protective Advances (provided that existing Protective Advances shall not be subject to such revocation and any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof). At any time that the conditions for making a Revolving Credit Loan are satisfied, the Administrative Agent may request the Lenders to make a Revolving Credit Loan to repay a Protective Advance. At any other time the Administrative Agent may require the Lenders to fund their risk participation described in Section 2.8(b).
(b) Upon the making of a Protective Advance, each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent (regardless of the existence of any Event of Default or other condition), without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance based upon their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of all payments of principal
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and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.
(c) All Protective Advances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest as provided in this Agreement for ABR Loans.
3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF INCREMENTAL LOANS
3.1 Requests for Incremental Loans
Upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) at any time after the Funding Date but prior to the date falling 12 months prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Company may request additional revolving loan commitments or increases in the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments (each such additional commitment or increase, a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” and all of them, collectively, the “Revolving Credit Commitment Increases”); provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitment Increases that have been added pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall not exceed $50,000,000. Any loans made in respect of any such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (the “Incremental Revolving Credit Loans”) shall be made by increasing the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments with terms identical to those of the existing Revolving Credit Loans.
3.2 Ranking and Other Provisions
The Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (i) shall have the same guarantees as, and rank pari passu in right of payment and in respect of lien priority as to the Collateral with the Obligations in respect of, the Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation identical as, and treated substantially the same as, the Revolving Credit Loans.
3.3 Notices; Xxxxxx Elections
The notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, which proposed terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of Section 3.2. At the time of the sending of such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). Incremental Revolving Credit Loans (or any portion thereof) may be made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution (any such bank or other financial institution, an “Incremental Lender”), in each case on terms permitted in this Article 3 and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided that the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall have consented (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to such Lender’s or Incremental Lender’s, as the case may be, making such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans if such consent would be required under Section 12.6 for an assignment of Loans to such Lender or Incremental Lender, as the case may be. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, unless it so agrees. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to provide a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Commitment Percentage of such requested increase (which shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of the funded and unfunded exposure under all the Loans held by each Lender). Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to provide a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase. The
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Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Incremental Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
3.4 Incremental Facility Amendment
Revolving Credit Commitment Increases shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by the Company, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Incremental Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Article 3.
3.5 Effective Date and Allocations
If any Revolving Credit Commitment Increases are added in accordance with this Article 3, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the “Incremental Commitments Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increases. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and the Incremental Commitments Effective Date.
3.6 Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase
The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, each Lender party thereto, if any, and the Incremental Lenders, if any, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (the “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the following conditions:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date each of the following, each dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date unless otherwise indicated or agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment; (ii) certified copies of resolutions of the board of directors of each Credit Party approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Incremental Facility Amendment; and (iii) a favorable opinion of counsel for the Credit Parties dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(b) (i) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7.3 shall have been satisfied both before and after giving effect to such Incremental Facility Amendment and the additional Extensions of Credit provided thereby (it being understood that all references to “the obligation of any Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing” shall be deemed to refer to the effectiveness of the Incremental Facility Amendment on the Incremental Facility Closing Date) and (ii) all Incremental Revolving Credit Loans provided by the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment shall be made on the terms and conditions provided for above; and
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(c) there shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including any Person becoming a Lender as part of such Incremental Facility Amendment on the related Incremental Facility Closing Date), as applicable, all fees and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) invoiced with reasonable supporting documentation that are due and payable on or before the Incremental Facility Closing Date.
3.7 Effect of Incremental Facility Amendment
On the Incremental Commitments Effective Date, each Lender or Eligible Assignee which is providing a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (i) shall become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (ii) shall have a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase which shall become a “Commitment” hereunder.
3.8 Revolving Credit Commitment Increases
Upon each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to this Article 3, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each existing Lender, if any, and each Incremental Lender, if any, in each case providing a portion of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”), and each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Xxxxxx’s participation interests hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participation interests, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participation interests hereunder in Letters of Credit held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage and (ii) if, on the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall take those steps which it deems, in its sole discretion and in consultation with the Company, necessary and appropriate to result in each Revolving Credit Lender (including each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) having a pro-rata share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans based on each such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, provided that any prepayment made in connection with the taking of any such steps shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 5.21. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro-rata borrowing and pro-rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to any transaction that may be effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
3.9 Conflicting Provisions
The provisions of this Article 3 shall supersede any provision of Section 5.18 or 12.1 to the contrary.
4. [RESERVED]
5. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
5.1 Procedure for Borrowing by the Company
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(a) The Company may borrow under the Commitments on any Business Day after the Funding Date. The Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i) 1:00 P.M., New York City time, three (3) Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date in the case of a proposed borrowing of Term Benchmark Loans and (ii) 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans; provided that any such notice of a borrowing of ABR Loans to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.6(a) may be given not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing) signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are initially to be Term Benchmark Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof, (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Term Benchmark Loans, the length of the Interest Period for such Term Benchmark Loans and (D) the amount of such borrowing to be constituted by Revolving Credit Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, which notice shall in any event be delivered to each Lender by 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on such date. Not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 12.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may direct) in Dollars an amount in Same Day Funds equal to the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender. Loan proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be made available to the Company by the Administrative Agent’s crediting the account of the Company designated by the Company, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent; provided that Revolving Credit Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6 shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Lender.
(b) Any borrowing of Term Benchmark Loans by the Company hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (i) except as provided in Section 2.1(b), the aggregate principal amount of all Term Benchmark Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) no more than ten Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Term Benchmark Loans.
5.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
(a) The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article 10). The Company hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 5.7.
(b) At all times during a period when a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing, on each Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall apply all funds credited to the Collection Account as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Business Day (whether or not immediately available), first, to prepay any Protective Advances, second, to prepay the Revolving Credit Loans third, to the payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and fourth, to Cash Collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit, without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any funds credited to the Collection Account constitute Proceeds, the application of such proceeds shall be subject to Section 5.6(c).
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(c) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 12.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Company and each Lender’s share thereof.
(e) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 5.2(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
5.3 Conversion and Continuation Options
(a) The Company may elect from time to time to convert Term Benchmark Loans into ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Term Benchmark Loans shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Company may elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the ABR Loans then outstanding to Term Benchmark Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in any event by 2:00 P.M., New York City time, notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions of Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Term Benchmark Loans outstanding in respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) The Company may elect from time to time to continue Term Benchmark Loans upon the expiry of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Term Benchmark Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, either in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company or by electronic means (including e-mail) if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent, in either case delivered prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of such Interest Period, and in each case specifying the new Interest Period selected therefor, provided that any such continuation shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Company fails to timely deliver such notice with respect to a Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan, unless repaid as provided herein, shall be converted to a borrowing of ABR Loans at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
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and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then no outstanding borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans may be continued or converted to Term Benchmark Loans and, unless repaid, each Term Benchmark Loan shall be converted to a borrowing of ABR Loans at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, so long as a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then no outstanding borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans may be continued or converted as an RFR Borrowing and, and unless repaid, each RFR Borrowing shall be converted to a borrowing of ABR Loans on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto.
5.4 Changes of Commitment Amounts
(a) The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the provisions of this Section 5.4. To the extent, if any, that the sum of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the Line Cap (after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitments as then reduced), the Company shall be required to make a prepayment equal to such excess amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied first, to prepay any Protective Advances, second, to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and fourth, to Cash Collateralize any outstanding Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and by Cash Collateralization of any outstanding Letter of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent by way of a deposit with the Administrative Agent into the Cash Collateral Account an amount of cash collateral equal to 105% of the aggregate undrawn stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit as security for the Finance Obligations to the extent that such Letters of Credit are not otherwise paid or cash collateralized at such time. Upon termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, any Letter of Credit then outstanding which has been so Cash Collateralized shall no longer be considered a “Letter of Credit”, as defined in Section 1.1 and any L/C Participating Interests heretofore granted by the Issuing Lender to the Lenders in such Letter of Credit shall be deemed terminated (subject to automatic reinstatement in the event that such cash collateral is returned and the Issuing Lender is not fully reimbursed for any such Revolving L/C Obligations), but the Letter of Credit fees payable under Section 5.11 shall continue to accrue to the Issuing Lender (or, in the event of any such automatic reinstatement, as provided in Section 5.11) with respect to such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof.
(b) Interest accrued on the amount of any partial prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.4 to the date of such partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. In the case of the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, interest accrued on the amount of any prepayment relating thereto and any unpaid Commitment Fee accrued hereunder shall be paid on the date of such termination. Any such partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
5.5 Optional Prepayments
The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in whole or in part, upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (i) one (1) Business Day in advance (to be received no later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of
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ABR Loans, (ii) three (3) Business Days in advance (to be received no later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of Term Benchmark Loans or (iii) five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days in advance (to be received no later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Business Day) in the case of RFR Loans and specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that RFR Loans and Term Benchmark Loans prepaid on any date other than the last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto shall be prepaid subject to the provisions of Section 5.21. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If such notice is given, the Company shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein. Accrued interest on the amount of any Loans paid in full pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall be paid on the date of such prepayment. Accrued interest on the amount of any partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans, as the case may be.
5.6 Mandatory Prepayments
(a) In the event and on such occasion that the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceeds the Line Cap (including after giving effect to any reductions in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.4(a)), the Company shall prepay Revolving Credit Loans (or, if no such Loans are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(b) Upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Company shall, with respect to each then outstanding Letter of Credit, if any, either (i) cause such Letter of Credit to be cancelled without such Letter of Credit being drawn upon or (ii) Cash Collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit with a letter of credit issued by banks or a bank satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) If any Credit Party receives any Proceeds in respect of any Prepayment Event, then the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days following such Credit Party’s receipt of such Proceeds, prepay the Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of 100% of such Proceeds and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans; provided that, if no Cash Dominion Event is then in existence, then the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days after its receipt of such Proceeds, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect that the Credit Parties intend to apply the Proceeds from such Prepayment Event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate) within six (6) months after receipt of such Proceeds to acquire equipment, inventory or other tangible assets to be used in the business of the Credit Parties, and certifying that no Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing, and then either (i) so long as no Cash Dominion Event has occurred or is in effect, no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph (c) in respect of the Proceeds specified in such certificate (provided that, any portion of the Proceeds not reinvested pursuant to this paragraph (c) by the 180th day after receipt of such Proceeds shall be repaid by such 180th day in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of 100% of such non-reinvested Proceeds and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans), or (ii) if a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing and such Proceeds have not been applied to repay the Loans, then the Company shall deposit such Proceeds into the Collection Account and, thereafter, such funds shall be made available to the applicable Credit Party as follows:
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(A) the Company shall request that a release (specifying that the request is to use Proceeds pursuant to this Section 5.6(c)) from the Collection Account be made in the amount needed; and
(B) so long as the conditions set forth in Section 7.3 have been met, the Administrative Agent shall release funds from the Collection Account.
All prepayments made under this Section 5.6(c) shall be made without a permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment.
5.7 Interest Rates and Payment Dates
(a) Each Protective Advance shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until repayment thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each (i) Term Benchmark Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) RFR Loan shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(d) While an Event of Default exists (and without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Article 10), the Company shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to (A) in the case of overdue principal, 2.00% above the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section or (B) in the case of overdue interest and fees, 2.00% above the rate described in paragraph (c) of this Section for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans, in each case from the date of such nonpayment or Event of Default, as applicable, until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).
(e) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.
5.8 Computation of Interest and Fees
(a) Interest in respect of ABR Loans at any time the ABR is calculated based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest in respect of Term Benchmark Loans, RFR Loans and ABR Loans at any time the ABR is not calculated based on the Prime Rate and all fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of each determination of the Relevant Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the ABR becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change.
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(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company, deliver to the Company a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining the Relevant Rate.
5.9 Commitment Fees
(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”), in Dollars, which shall accrue at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment outstanding from time to time during the period from and including the earlier of (x) the Funding Date and (y) October 1, 2018 to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
(b) Commitment Fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth (15th) day following such last day and on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate.
5.10 Certain Fees
The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a non-refundable agent’s fee, and to JPMCB all other fees, in each case, in the amount and payable on such dates as provided in the Fee Letter (as the same may be amended, supplemented, and restated or otherwise modified from time to time).
5.11 Letter of Credit Fees
(a) The Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit fee in Dollars, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders, on the daily outstanding amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Term Benchmark Loans in effect on such day, whether or not there are any such Term Benchmark Loans outstanding at such time, payable in arrears. The Letter of Credit fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on such last day; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the Revolving Credit Termination Date and any such fees accruing after the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall be payable on demand.
(b) In addition, notwithstanding the specification of any inconsistent fronting or other similar fee contained in any L/C Application, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender (solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Letter of Credit and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein) with respect to each Letter of Credit, during the period from and including the Execution Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (i) the fronting fee as set forth in the Fronting Fee Letter, together with (ii) the Issuing Lender’s standard documentary, processing, administrative, issuance, amendment and negotiation fees and out of pocket expenses only, in connection with Letters of Credit. Any such fees accruing after the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall be payable on demand. Any other fees, costs and expenses payable to the Issuing Lender pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand by the Issuing Lender.
5.12 Letter of Credit Reserves
(a) If any Change in Law after the date of this Agreement shall either (i) impose, modify, deem or make applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment or similar
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requirement against letters of credit issued by the Issuing Lender or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement or any Letter of Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (which increase in cost shall be the result of the Issuing Lender’s reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall immediately pay to the Issuing Lender, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Lender, additional amounts which shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Lender for such increased cost, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for ABR Loans. A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.
(b) In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to the Issuing Lender shall, in the opinion of the Issuing Lender, require that any obligation under any Letter of Credit be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital or liquidity to be maintained by the Issuing Lender or any corporation controlling the Issuing Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of the Issuing Lender’s obligations under such Letter of Credit to a level below that which the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Issuing Lender to be material, then from time to time following notice by the Issuing Lender to the Company of such Change in Law, within fifteen (15) days after demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction. If the Issuing Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.12(b), it shall promptly notify the Company of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.
(c) The Company agrees that the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) and the provisions of each L/C Application providing for reimbursement or payment to the Issuing Lender in the event of the imposition or implementation of, or increase in, any reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement in respect of the Letter of Credit relating thereto shall apply equally to each Participating Lender in respect of its L/C Participating Interest in such Letter of Credit, as if the references in such paragraphs and provisions referred to, where applicable, such Participating Lender or any corporation controlling such Participating Lender.
5.13 Further Assurances
The Company hereby agrees, from time to time, to do and perform any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender to effect more fully the purposes of this Agreement and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder. The Company further agrees to execute any and all instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender in connection with the obtaining and/or maintaining of any insurance coverage applicable to any Letters of Credit.
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5.14 Obligations Absolute
The payment obligations of the Company under this Agreement with respect to the Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:
(a) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary, or any transferee, of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender, any Agent or any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the Related Documents, any Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated herein, or any unrelated transaction;
(b) any statement or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(c) payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, except where such payment constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender; or
(d) any other circumstances or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, except for any such circumstances or happening constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender.
5.15 Assignments
No Participating Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit or any of its rights or duties hereunder shall be subdivided, assigned or transferred (other than in connection with a transfer of part or all of such Participating Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with Section 12.6) without the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Such consent may be given or withheld without the consent or agreement of any other Participating Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participating Lender may subparticipate its L/C Participating Interest without obtaining the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender.
5.16 Participations
Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to Sections 2.4 and 2.8 shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Company, or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Company or any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
5.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Term Benchmark Loans and Alternate Interest Rate
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(a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 5.17, if:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such borrowing for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such borrowing;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Company delivers a new election request in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3 or a new request for borrowing in accordance with the terms of Section 5.1, any request by the Company for the conversion of any Revolving Credit Loan to, or continuation of any Revolving Credit Loan as, a Term Benchmark Loan and any request by the Company for a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an election request or a borrowing request, as applicable, for (1) a RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 5.17(a)(i) or (ii) above or (2) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 5.17(a)(i) or (ii) above; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Loan, then the other Types of Loans shall be permitted. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 5.17(a) with respect to the Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Company delivers a new interest election request in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3 or a new request for borrowing in accordance with the terms of Section 5.1, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 5.17(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 5.17(a)(i) or (ii) above on such day and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance
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with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, as applicable, the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 5.17, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 5.17.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(f) Upon the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Company may revoke any request for (i) a Term Benchmark Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued or (ii) a RFR Borrowing or conversion to RFR Loans, during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Company will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing, as applicable, into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to (A) a RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any
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Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to the Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 5.17, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute (x) a RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan.
5.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
(a) Each borrowing of any Loans by the Company from the Lenders, each payment by the Company on account of any fee hereunder (other than as set forth in Sections 5.10 and 5.11) and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Commitment Increases of the Lenders hereunder shall be made pro-rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account of principal of and interest on the Loans (other than as set forth in Sections 5.6, 5.19, 5.20 and 5.21) shall be made pro-rata according to the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office located at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X0, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx in Same Day Funds. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments ratably to each Lender in like funds as received to the extent required by this Agreement. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Term Benchmark Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Term Benchmark Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date (or with respect to an ABR Loan, on the Borrowing Date) that such Lender will not make the amount which would constitute its Commitment Percentage of the borrowing on such date available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with Section 5.1, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company a corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the daily average NYFRB Rate during such period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Borrowing Date to the date on which such Xxxxxx’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing shall have become immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender
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with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 5.18(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Xxxxxx’s Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder on demand, from the Company without prejudice to any rights which the Company or the Administrative Agent may have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this Section 5.18(b) shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.
(c) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.
(d) All payments and prepayments (other than mandatory prepayments as set forth in Section 5.6 and other than prepayments as set forth in Section 5.20 with respect to increased costs) of Term Benchmark Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Term Benchmark Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
(e) Any proceeds of Collateral received by any Collateral Agent (i) not constituting either (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Credit Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Company), (B) a mandatory prepayment (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.6) or (C) amounts to be applied from the Collection Account when a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.2(b)) and (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, whenever the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, shall be applied ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements including amounts then due to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lender from the Company (other than in connection with Cash Management Obligations or Swap Obligations), second, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Company (other than in connection with Cash Management Obligations or Swap Obligations), third, to pay interest due in respect of the Protective Advances, fourth, to pay the principal of the Protective Advances, fifth, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans (other than Protective Advances) ratably, sixth, to prepay principal on the Loans (other than Protective Advances), unreimbursed L/C Disbursements and, to the extent that Reserves have been established with respect to such amounts, amounts owing with respect to Designated Cash Management Obligations and Designated Swap Obligations, ratably, seventh, to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit, to be held as cash collateral for Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, eighth, to payment of any amounts owing with respect to all other Cash Management Obligations or Swap Obligations that constitute Finance Obligations up to and including the amount then due to the relevant parties, and ninth, to the payment of any other Finance Obligation due to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender by the Company. Any application of funds pursuant to this Section 5.18 to Revolving Credit Loans shall be applied first, to ABR Loans, second, to RFR Loans and third, to Term Benchmark Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Credit Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation (as such term is defined in the Guaranty) of such Credit Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Company, or unless a Default is in existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives to any Term Benchmark Loan, except (a) on the
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expiry date of the Interest Period applicable thereto or (b) in the event, and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans and, in any such event, the Company shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance with Section 5.21.
5.19 Illegality
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any Requirement of Law or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the Execution Date shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans or to convert all or a portion of ABR Loans into Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans shall forthwith be cancelled and such Xxxxxx’s Loans then outstanding as Term Benchmark Loans, if any, shall, if required by law and if such Lender so requests, be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such request. To the extent that such affected Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans are converted into ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender’s ABR Loans. The Company hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this Section 5.19 including, but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans hereunder (such Lender’s notice of such costs, as certified to the Company through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive absent manifest error).
5.20 Requirements of Law
(a) In the event that, at any time after the date hereof, any Change in Law or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority:
(i) does or shall subject any Agent or Lender (or its Lending Office) to any fee of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Note or any Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans made by it, or change the basis of imposition of any such fee;
(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge, liquidity or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of the Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR;
(iii) does or shall impose on such Lender any other condition, cost or expense;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, continuing, converting, renewing or maintaining advances or extensions of credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, in each case, in respect of its Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans, then, in any such case, the Company, shall promptly pay such Lender, on demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable as determined by such Lender with respect to such Term Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans.
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(b) In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to any Lender shall, in the opinion of such Lender, require that any Commitment of such Lender be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital or liquidity to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital or liquidity, as the case may be, as a consequence of such Xxxxxx’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Xxxxxx’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time following notice by such Lender to the Company of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.20, within fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender, the Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 5.20(b) based on the occurrence of a Change in Law unless such Lender is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the United States loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 5.20(b).
(c) If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.20, it shall promptly notify the Company through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. The Company shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender for any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.20 unless such Lender has given written notice to the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of its intent to request such payments prior to or within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date on which such Xxxxxx became entitled to claim such amounts. If any Lender has notified the Company through the Administrative Agent of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least two (2) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and subject to Section 5.21, prepay or convert into ABR Loans all (but not a part) of the Term Benchmark Loans and/or RFR Loans then outstanding. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) of this Section 5.20 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the increase in costs or reduction in payments resulting from such event (including, without limitation, endeavoring to change its Lending Office); provided, however, that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage. If any Lender has notified the Company, through the Administrative Agent, of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 5.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lender thereof), and subject to Section 5.21, reduce or terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with Section 5.4.
(d) A certificate submitted by such Xxxxxx, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The covenants contained in this Section 5.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the outstanding Loans.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 5.20 shall not apply to any Taxes, which shall be governed solely by Section 5.23.
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5.21 Break Funding Payments
(a) With respect to Loans that are not RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 5.5 or 5.6), (ii) the conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (iv) the assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 5.22, then, in any such event, the Company shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.21(a) shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days (or such later date as may be agreed by the applicable Lender) after receipt thereof.
(b) With respect to RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of principal of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 5.5 or 5.6), (ii) the failure to borrow or prepay any RFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 5.5 or 5.6 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (iii) the assignment of any RFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 5.23(h), then, in any such event, the Company shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.21(b) shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
5.22 Replacement of Lenders
In the event any Lender (i) is a Defaulting Lender, (ii) exercises its rights pursuant to Section 5.19 or (iii) requests payments pursuant to Sections 5.20 or 5.23, the Company may require, at the Company’s expense and subject to Section 5.21, such Lender or the Issuing Lender to assign, at par plus accrued interest and fees, without recourse (in accordance with Section 12.6) all of its interests, rights and obligations hereunder (including all of its Revolving Credit Commitments and the Loans and other amounts at the time owing to it hereunder and its interest in the Letters of Credit) to a bank, financial institution or other entity specified by the Company; provided that (i) such assignment shall not conflict with or violate any law, rule or regulation or order of any court or other Governmental Authority, (ii) the Company shall have received the written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, and of the Issuing Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, to such assignment, (iii) the Company shall have paid to the assigning Lender all monies other than principal owing hereunder to it and (iv) in the case of a required assignment by the Issuing Lender, the Letters of Credit shall be canceled and returned to the Issuing Lender.
5.23 Taxes
(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 5.23, the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Lender, and the term “Withholding Agent” means the Company and the Administrative Agent.
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(b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company under any Credit Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Company shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Company. The Company shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, or any Lender, within twenty (20) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes arising from any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Company under any Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or are required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Person and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within twenty (20) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Company has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.6(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes pursuant to this Section 5.23 by the Company to a Governmental Authority, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(g) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.23(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, but only if the Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Credit Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(II) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Company
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within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(C) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or Exhibit J-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(D) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(E) if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Xxxxxx’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this sub-clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h) Lending Office. Any Lender claiming additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5.23 agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, the making of such change (i) would eliminate or reduce any such additional amounts payable to such Lender in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed out-of-pocket cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.
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(i) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.23 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.23(b)), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made or additional amounts paid under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (i) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (i), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (i) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(j) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.23 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Credit Document.
5.24 Defaulting Lenders
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) Commitment Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 5.9;
(b) Such Defaulting Lender shall not have the right to vote on any issue on which voting is required (other than the matters provided in Section 12.1(i) requiring the consent of such affected Lender), and the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 12.1); provided, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.1, this paragraph (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or of each Lender affected thereby;
(c) if any amount outstanding in respect of Letters of Credit exists at the time such Xxxxxx becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Lender in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages but only to the extent that (x) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in Revolving Credit Loans and in Letters of Credit plus such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in
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Letters of Credit does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments, (y) the conditions set forth in Section 7.3 are satisfied at such time (and, unless the Company shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Company shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time) and (z) to the extent such reallocation does not, as to any non-Defaulting Lender, cause such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, its Protective Advances and its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in Letters of Credit to exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent Cash Collateralize, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender, the Company’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 10.1 for so long as such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is outstanding;
(iii) if the Company Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving L/C Obligations pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Company shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 5.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is Cash Collateralized;
(iv) if the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.9 and Section 5.11 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; and
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is neither reallocated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all Commitment Fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit) and Letter of Credit fees payable under Section 5.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until and to the extent that such Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in Letters of Credit is reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized; and
(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in then outstanding Letters of Credit will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 5.24(c), and participating interests in any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 5.24(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or Bail-In Action with respect to the parent of any Lender shall occur following the Execution Date and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the
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Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Issuing Lender shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, satisfactory to the Issuing Lender to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Issuing Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the L/C Participating Interest of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitments and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitments.
5.25 Cash Dominion